Nontraditional Families: Ever-Ambiguous Family Values For Children

Today, nontraditional families are frowned upon, because they are said that they do not offer the stability for children, nurturing them in the community of successful relationships from which they can model their lives. Traditional families are said to offer the ever-ambiguous “family values” as opposed to nontraditional families, this is something that varies case by case. Nontraditional families allow children to view the world with grey areas and not just in the black and white. Although some people may say traditional families, offer the stability and support one needs to grow and be successful in today’s society, nontraditional families allow children to see different aspects of society and life because they allow children to be more independent and handle the different situations that society has to offer. To begin with, nontraditional families offer experiences to children that are normally not seen by traditional “Barbie and Ken” families. Divorced families allow children to see the world with only one parent in the household, this shows them independence and making decisions on their own, without the approval of both parents. Households with single parents lead …show more content…
Studies show that children who come from and typical “Brady Bunch” family can be introduced into society easier because they grew up in a diverse environment, than those who come from a traditional family. Furthermore, traditional families are not ridiculed as much as nontraditional families because their ways are seen as customary, as opposed to nontraditional families because their teachings are different. However nontraditional families have better values because they have experience the struggles and the opposition that our society has to