Single-parent families are considered non-traditional yet they have always actually been the norm because of the high mortality rates in the beginning of the
19th century, 10 years before the oldest child was ready to leave home. It wasn’t until the 1970’s that children begin to experience their parents divorce before they left their teen years as opposed to it being because on of their parents died.
Step families, something that is considered non traditional has actually been the norm. The author actually says that it is the most traditional form of family and that the issues that step families used to face in the past were worse then the ones seen today. In the past, issues that arose were based on wealth and property while the one stepfamilies …show more content…
If there is adequate child care and paid leave for mothers, then stress levels and the occurrences of depression would decrease.
Coontz adds that good childcare could actually be a positive for the children because it would help a child develop social and economic skills and
4 relationships. Working mothers make men more hands on fathers, which benefits the children. It causes boys to become more empathetic while girls have more success in the future as they enter non-traditional fields. Although there can be negatives to the evolution of marriage and family, Coontz believes that the future is still bright. Divorce still occurs but it can be minimized by weeding out unsuitable partners and knowing the causes of divorce. The existence of single parent families will still occur but there are benefits to such an arrangement like that of increased communication between the single parent and child. There will always be challenges to marriage but the prospects are still good and filled with possibilities. Every type of family will face stresses and weaknesses the only way to help such things from occurring is to “stop pointing fingers and instead extend a helping hand because the clock can’t be turned
19th century, 10 years before the oldest child was ready to leave home. It wasn’t until the 1970’s that children begin to experience their parents divorce before they left their teen years as opposed to it being because on of their parents died.
Step families, something that is considered non traditional has actually been the norm. The author actually says that it is the most traditional form of family and that the issues that step families used to face in the past were worse then the ones seen today. In the past, issues that arose were based on wealth and property while the one stepfamilies …show more content…
If there is adequate child care and paid leave for mothers, then stress levels and the occurrences of depression would decrease.
Coontz adds that good childcare could actually be a positive for the children because it would help a child develop social and economic skills and
4 relationships. Working mothers make men more hands on fathers, which benefits the children. It causes boys to become more empathetic while girls have more success in the future as they enter non-traditional fields. Although there can be negatives to the evolution of marriage and family, Coontz believes that the future is still bright. Divorce still occurs but it can be minimized by weeding out unsuitable partners and knowing the causes of divorce. The existence of single parent families will still occur but there are benefits to such an arrangement like that of increased communication between the single parent and child. There will always be challenges to marriage but the prospects are still good and filled with possibilities. Every type of family will face stresses and weaknesses the only way to help such things from occurring is to “stop pointing fingers and instead extend a helping hand because the clock can’t be turned