H D 204 1nd Edition Lecture 3 Outline of Last Lecture I Traditional American Family II Despite Realities III What Does Traditional Mean IV The Traditional Family An Anomaly History V Reality of 1950 s Outline of Current Lecture II In The 1960 s Times Changed III Today Society Recognizes Families as Diverse IV Author s Definition of Family V Today s Trend VI Economic Realities VII Ethnicity is Changing VIII The Wired Family Current Lecture In the 1960 s Times Changed o Birth of women s movement o Sexual liberation o Larger proportion of women working o Progress to more open families o Discrimination laws changed Today Society Recognizes Families as Diverse o Single parent primary parent o Two biological parents o Blended or step parent Remarriage following divorce Gay and lesbian Adoption Single parent marries o Co habiting o Gay and lesbian These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o Intentional fictive or voluntaristic neighbor kids o Extended Author s Definition of Family o Families are a network of people who share their lives over long periods of time bound by ties of marriage blood commitment legal or otherwise who consider themselves as family and who share a significant history and anticipated future of functioning in a family relationship Today s Trend o Americans continue to marry 53 of households married couples More people marry after 21 than any other time More childless couples o Divorce rate is stabilizing 43 of marriage end in divorce On average divorce happen after seven years 61 of children live with single parent before 18 years old 50 of children will experience divorce by 12 years old o Remarriage rate dropping o Age and parenting responsibility affect remarriage o Stepfamilies continue to increase through remarriage or cohabitation 35 of children will live in a blended family before 18 years old About 25 of stepfamilies are formed by cohabitation o Number of single parent families are increasing o Families constructed through Birth traditional Adoption Expanded technology o More adult children live at home boomerang kids o Number of cohabiting partners is growing o Gay and lesbian families increasing o Extended families continue to flourish o Families increasing represent four and five generations Economic Realities o 64 of married couples both work o 70 of single moms work o 67 of mom with children under 6 years old work 1992 census o 73 of mothers with children under 18 years old work 1992 census o Poor families are more likely to be ethnic o Children and elderly are the poorest Ethnicity is changing o Culture heritage are an important influence on family interaction o By 2050 52 of families in the U S will be Anglo 16 will be African American 22 will be Latino and 10 will be Asian o Classification is becoming less useful due to cross cultural marriage The Wired Family o Effect of Internet on families o o o o People work around the clock Face to face communication is declining Interpersonal communication skills are poor False selves especially among teens