According to the U.S. Census, the definition of a family is two or more people that live in the same household and are related by blood, marriage, or adoption. However, that has not always been the agreed upon definition. The idea of what is considered a family has changed tremendously over the years due to changes in society (within the United States) in the last fifty years. These changes including the Supreme Court Cases that affected the ideas of what a family can be, like Loving v. Virginia, which found the state bans on interracial marriages unconstitutional in 1967 and the legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015 (Obergefell v. Hodges.) To explore some other ways that family life has changed over the years I interviewed my dad, Jerry
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You had a man...you had a woman and you had a couple of kids. It isn’t the same anymore.” After I asked him to expand on this statement he said “Well ugh now little Trey can have two mommies or two daddies. The circumstances has changed, it is no longer a man and woman. There can be a man and a man: a woman and a woman. I never thought I would see such a thing growing up. I never even heard about it growing up.” Also, when asked about what changes in attitude he has seen towards divorce, single parents, and living together before marriage, he stated “It’s changed. People are more good with it. I don’t feel it has been a good change….it happens so much more common now people get divorced too easy over stupid things and little arguments. It is like not buying cheese can led to a divorce. It is stupid…you get married you stay together til one of ya die. That is how it works.” Also, he felt the attitude towards single parents and living together has become too accepted now as well stating “It is a cheap way …show more content…
When I grew up if you acted up at school you would get a tail whopping by the teacher and then go home and get another one. I bet you wouldn 't do whatever you did again. Now kids can do anything and get nothing for doing it. In fact, they can call the police on their parents for trying to discipline them; it is craziness.” Furthermore, when asked about what chores he had as a kid, he laughed then said “My chores were jobs.” When asked to expand on this he laughed again and said, “I was a farm boy. I started working on the farm at five. It was me and my brothers and sisters chopping wood, raking leaves, and doing everything that involved working on a farm for the white family we were working for at the time. We played outside, it wasn’t a lot but more than y’all with those IPhones, IPads, and IDevices.” After that question, we talked more about his childhood and his experiences of going to school during segregation and after it which led him to say “That is another difference, I did experience it [segregation] long, however y’all kids will never have to y’all get the best and equal education. College is expected and it available for everyone as it should be no matter the child’s
You had a man...you had a woman and you had a couple of kids. It isn’t the same anymore.” After I asked him to expand on this statement he said “Well ugh now little Trey can have two mommies or two daddies. The circumstances has changed, it is no longer a man and woman. There can be a man and a man: a woman and a woman. I never thought I would see such a thing growing up. I never even heard about it growing up.” Also, when asked about what changes in attitude he has seen towards divorce, single parents, and living together before marriage, he stated “It’s changed. People are more good with it. I don’t feel it has been a good change….it happens so much more common now people get divorced too easy over stupid things and little arguments. It is like not buying cheese can led to a divorce. It is stupid…you get married you stay together til one of ya die. That is how it works.” Also, he felt the attitude towards single parents and living together has become too accepted now as well stating “It is a cheap way …show more content…
When I grew up if you acted up at school you would get a tail whopping by the teacher and then go home and get another one. I bet you wouldn 't do whatever you did again. Now kids can do anything and get nothing for doing it. In fact, they can call the police on their parents for trying to discipline them; it is craziness.” Furthermore, when asked about what chores he had as a kid, he laughed then said “My chores were jobs.” When asked to expand on this he laughed again and said, “I was a farm boy. I started working on the farm at five. It was me and my brothers and sisters chopping wood, raking leaves, and doing everything that involved working on a farm for the white family we were working for at the time. We played outside, it wasn’t a lot but more than y’all with those IPhones, IPads, and IDevices.” After that question, we talked more about his childhood and his experiences of going to school during segregation and after it which led him to say “That is another difference, I did experience it [segregation] long, however y’all kids will never have to y’all get the best and equal education. College is expected and it available for everyone as it should be no matter the child’s