Change and Adapt
Professor Clark
English Comp. 101
Change and Adapt The concept of a family in America was basic support system of siblings involving a married man and woman that cared and provided stability for their biological children. In the 1900s this was the concept of a family in the United States. The role of a woman was to stay home to be a mom and a wife, while the man would work and be the breadwinner or the head of household. This type of family has become uncommon throughout the years, society has changed so naturally families changed and adapted. Structures and even roles each played in a family have evolved from the traditional definition. The diversity of family concepts have always existed but American families have had to adapt to influential changes, including divorce, single parent families, teenage pregnancy, unwed mothers and same-sexed marriages. Social movements also have contributed to the development of alternative family concepts and generating new versions of the American family today.
Traditional roles of mother and father have changes over these years. As I stated before, women were the ones who stayed home and took care of the children. During the 1950s this started to change. This is about the time where women started entering the work force. Because of the women’s rights movements push for equality among men and women, women have sacrificed their years of child bearing to establish their mark in society. Also there has been an increased pressure for fathers to engage more with their children lives. As more women focus in making and developing a career, there are more men focusing on the children even staying home to raise them. The family structure you see the most is the sole parent. Before the 1940s the term single parents was used to describe a widowed individual. Today it’s used to describe the divorced and the unwed parents. The comprehension of marriage as a definite institution is feeble permitting people to leave their marriages
English Comp. 101
Change and Adapt The concept of a family in America was basic support system of siblings involving a married man and woman that cared and provided stability for their biological children. In the 1900s this was the concept of a family in the United States. The role of a woman was to stay home to be a mom and a wife, while the man would work and be the breadwinner or the head of household. This type of family has become uncommon throughout the years, society has changed so naturally families changed and adapted. Structures and even roles each played in a family have evolved from the traditional definition. The diversity of family concepts have always existed but American families have had to adapt to influential changes, including divorce, single parent families, teenage pregnancy, unwed mothers and same-sexed marriages. Social movements also have contributed to the development of alternative family concepts and generating new versions of the American family today.
Traditional roles of mother and father have changes over these years. As I stated before, women were the ones who stayed home and took care of the children. During the 1950s this started to change. This is about the time where women started entering the work force. Because of the women’s rights movements push for equality among men and women, women have sacrificed their years of child bearing to establish their mark in society. Also there has been an increased pressure for fathers to engage more with their children lives. As more women focus in making and developing a career, there are more men focusing on the children even staying home to raise them. The family structure you see the most is the sole parent. Before the 1940s the term single parents was used to describe a widowed individual. Today it’s used to describe the divorced and the unwed parents. The comprehension of marriage as a definite institution is feeble permitting people to leave their marriages