1. According to Coontz families are better off now than they were 50 years ago because people aren’t ignoring the issues within families anymore. In the 1950’s child abuse, rape, drugs, and other problems within families were glanced over and not taken control of. Now these things would be reported, the law would be involved, and there would be consciences for what was done. She also talks about how today both parents work and share household duties and childcare, but in the past only the father was working and the mother would stay home tending to the housework and the children. Based on studies stated in the article with both parents working and contributing to the childcare children are better off.
2. She thinks that our society longs to
2. She thinks that our society longs to