American Family Families In The 1950's

The typical American family used to be the father goes to work, and the mother stays home and does housework and takes care of the children. It has changed significantly since the 1950’s, now there is not one typically family, but a large variety of different family structures. Now there is a larger portion of both parents working to support the family. It’s also more common to see single parent families, which was not as common in the 1950’s. The typical American family could be summed up as two parents, and children. That is the typical family, but with times changing families are evolving. There are countless circumstances that can affect family structure, we are becoming more accepting of woman working, and single parents, which is changing the view of families here in the United States.
The traditional Japanese family is very similar to the typical American family from the 1950’s, with a few minor differences. When the parents get to old their children take care of them, but here in the United States that’s not as common. Traditional Japanese family have arranged marriages by the parents, that has changed due to western influence but the American family never had such arranges marriages. The Japanese family changed after the occupation of allied troops after World War II, and …show more content…
My mother goes to University, and all of us do the housework. So it’s not just one of us doing the chores it’s all of us. My mother used to stay home and take care of us, but as we got older she didn’t really need to do that anymore. So she got a part time job to help provide. A Japanese family would have to take care of the ageing grandparents, but we really won’t have to do that. They would just go to a retirement home, which is totally different from what a Japanese family would do. I would say my family is more similar then different then a Japanese