During the industrialization period the ideals and realities of family was slowing changing. This was most evident in the middle class. The middle class redefined notions of what a family is. The working-class families struggled with the annoying changing.
The days of the whole family working to support the house was slowing down. With the middle class making more money from industry; it was possible to restructure the family dynamic. Children no longer were economic assets but rather seen as fulling children from a good home. The size of the family was also growing smaller. No longer did women need to give birth to five or six children. They were content with two maybe three. This allowed them to devote more time and effort into being
The days of the whole family working to support the house was slowing down. With the middle class making more money from industry; it was possible to restructure the family dynamic. Children no longer were economic assets but rather seen as fulling children from a good home. The size of the family was also growing smaller. No longer did women need to give birth to five or six children. They were content with two maybe three. This allowed them to devote more time and effort into being