The ideal family from the American perspective has traditionally been known as the nuclear family by sociologists. The nuclear family‚ consisting of a married couple and their unmarried children‚ materialized as a romantic ideal as the Industrial Revolution transformed the United States into a country where families didn’t have to depend on many children and extended families for help on a farm or financial stability and families got smaller. Wealthier families could afford to have a home for themselves
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English May 31‚ 2010 Forty-five to fifty percent of marriages end in divorce and sixty percent of kids will have their parents separated at one point before they are eighteen. (Kittleson pg149) It is an all too genuine reality that a child will grow up in a single parent family because of this. That’s not even including the amount of kids who have faced the tragedy of a parent dying. These kids will have untold amounts of hardships and hurdles to face in their life‚ from not being able to play a
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States‚ the numbers of single-mother families are significantly growing and it has been one of the major social trends in the past years. According to the U.S Census Bureau‚ 69 percent of children under the age of 18 live in families with two parents. The statistics show that the percentage of children living with two parents decreased from 88 percent to 69 percent between 1960 and 2016 (2016). On the other hand‚ 23 percent of children under the age of 18 live with a single mother during the 1960
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doubt that parents are the subordinate of every family. Parents are the figures whom children can always rely on. Basically‚ a traditional family is consisted of a mother‚ a father‚ and (or) children. However‚ as divorce rates have risen in the United States after the early of 1960s‚ there is one change in how people define a family. Since the year 1960‚ people start considering a single parent with children is called a family as well. One clear point that distinguishes single parent families between
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Nuclear � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �2� Running Hеad: NUCLЕAR FAMILY Traditional Nuclеar Family � Nuclеar Family _Introduction_ Thе traditional nuclеar family is a tеrm usеd by thе Wеstеrn World for a couplе or morе numbеr of pеrsons who arе rеlatеd to еachothеr. Thеy may rеlatе to еach othеr by blood‚ marriagе‚ or adoption. Thеrе was a timе whеn familiеs usеd to work togеthеr in thеir farms. All thе mеmbеrs of a family workеd to support thе family. At that timе parеnts‚ еspеcially mothеrs usеd to
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Research Problem/ topic: The impact of technology on family communication. Background to Problem /Rationale: Technology provides devices that are designed to make life simpler in almost all areas. Devices such as the telephone and the computer are used by many as a means of communication. Family members enjoy this and also suffer from the use of these devices. Statement of the Problem: Does technology improve family communication? Aims and Objectives: Technology is making communication
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The Problems Facing Blended Families In previous generations‚ families did not seem to have to face as many issues; divorce was unusual. Today‚ families face many challenges. Those challenges have caused divorce rates to climb in the United States. The good news is‚ most divorced people end up getting remarried‚ and it is usually to someone who has children of their own. These families are called stepfamilies or blended families. While the blended family may some have advantages‚ many times‚ they
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Blended families‚ according to William P. Fuller the author of Preparing for Blended Families‚ are those comprising of at least one spouse who has a child or children from a prior relationship. These types of families “are becoming increasingly common and present a unique challenge when creating an estate plan” (Fuller 1). Similarly‚ according to Pauline Erera‚ “although traditionalists have held blood ties of consanguinity to be a defining characteristic of the family‚ others argue that we should
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noticed that the concept of the family has changed in the past 40 years‚ and this has led some to comment on the ’disintegration of the nuclear family’. Do you agree with the claim that the nuclear family unit is breaking down? The conventional nuclear family model‚ Murdock first spoke of‚ which entails the father as the employed bread winner and the wife as the stay at home housewife and mother looking after their children. This early idealistic model of the stable family life has changed and evolved
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The Negative Aspects of Blended Families A blended family is composed of a married couple with children from a previous marriage. There are many aspects to consider before becoming a blended family. Many people who enter into a blended family do not realize the many complications that can arise. Combined marriages cause families to develop serious issues. Children in blended families often disrespect the authority of stepparents. It can be difficult for children to respect someone who they may not
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