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1、YouwillhearalotabouttheAmericanfamilyintheelectioncampaign.Formostofus,thatcallsupanimageofamanandwifeandtwoorthreechildren.Forgetit.Predominantasthesocialpatternforseveralhundredyears,thatAmericanfamilyhaslostitsplace.Householdsofunmarriedcouplesandhouseholdswithoutchildrenoutnumber"Americanfam
2、ily"households.Andonlyabout20percentoffamiliesfitintothetraditionalstructurewithfatherastheonlybreadwinner.您将听到了很多关于美国家庭在竞选活动。对于大多数人来说,一说家庭就会想起丈夫,妻子和两个或三个孩子。算了吧。占主导地位的社会模式几百年,即美国家庭已经失去了它的位置。的未婚夫妇没有孩子的家庭的家庭多于“美国家庭”住户。只有约20%的家庭融入传统的结构与父亲的唯一养家糊口的人。Hereiswhathasbeenhappening:Inthe1950s,80percentofad
3、ultsweremarried;today,roughly50percentare.Why?Partlybecausepeoplearedelayingmarriage,withthemedianageforafirstmarriagerisingbyfouryearsformenandaboutfiveyearsforwomen.Second,divorcerateshavemorethandoubledsincethe1960sasmarriageevolvedfromasacramenttoacontract.Third,millionsmorecohabitbeforemarr
4、iage.Fourth,birthstounmarriedmothers,whiteandblack,haverisenfrom5percentin1960toabout35percenttoday.SothenewAmericanfamilyisahouseholdwithfewerchildren,withbothparentsworking,andwithmothersgivingbirthtotheirchildrenataneverolderage,havingfewerchildren,andspacingthemfurtherapart.这里发生了什么:在上世纪50年代,
5、80%的成年人结婚;今天,大约有50%是。为什么呢?部分是因为人们推迟结婚,与年龄中位数第一次婚姻上升了四年的男性和女性五岁。其次,离婚率增加了一倍以上,从六十年代以来婚姻圣礼的合同。第三,数百万人婚前同居。第四,未婚母亲生育,白人和黑人,从1960年的5%上涨到今天的大约35%。因此,新的美国家庭是家庭少生孩子,父母都要上班,和母亲生下他们的孩子在一个年龄较大,有更少的孩子,和间距进一步拉开。Thisisnotgoodnews.Twiceasmanymarriedpeopleindicatetheyareveryhappyascomparedwiththosewhoaren'tmar
6、ried.Butitisthechildrenwhoaremostaffected.Thestablefamilyoftwobiologicalparents—surprise,surprise!—turnsouttobetheidealvesselformoldingcharacter,fornurturing,forinculcatingvalues,andforplanningforachild'sfuture.Bycomparison,thechildrenofsingleparentsorbrokenfamiliesdoworseatschoolandintheircaree
7、r.Marriage,orthelackofit,isthebestsinglepredictorofpoverty,greatereventhanraceorunemployment.这不是一个好消息。两倍多结婚的人表示他们很高兴与那些没有结婚的人相比,但是谁的孩子受到的影响最大。稳定的家庭的两个亲生父母的惊喜,惊喜!打开是的理想容器成型字符,为培育,灌输价值观,并为孩子的未来规划。单一父母或破碎家庭的孩子相比较而言,做更坏在学校和在其职业生