The Structure Of A Traditional Family Since World War II

There is a great diversity within each family structure. The structure of a traditional family has changed since the end of World War II and it continues to do so. We are all familiar with the stereotype that a family must consist of a father, mother, two children, and pet. Society has since become more accepting of people who choose not to marry. Since 1970 the number of single parents have more than doubled. Studies show that currently half of all children spend about half of their time in a single parent home. Thirty-one percent of all children also are born to unmarried mothers. My family structure falls into a number of categories. One being that I was raised in a single parent home to a mother who is unmarried. Women who are 20 and over account for 54% of births to unmarried mothers. My mother waited until her late thirties to have her final third child. Things do not always go as planned so it left her being an unmarried single mother. My father …show more content…
I am grateful that I have never been a victim of enslavement, segregation, discrimination and racial oppression. I am considered to be lower class but, my class background does not determine me. Survival and protection of one’s family remains a dominate matter among African Americans. I am thankful that I have never had to live in poverty nor go without essential things in life. My mother works in a warehouse and my father drives trucks. Education is viewed as the way to a better life in African American families. Both of my parents did receive a high school diploma but, decided not to attend college. I am a first generation college student. No one in my family had gone to college except my grandmother who graduated from Winston-Salem State Teachers College. Growing up in knew I always wanted to be better than my parents. I have witness my mother live pay check to pay check to make ends meet for my siblings and