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1、AmericanFamiliesChange,Continuity,RedefinitionreadingsDidallofthegraphsload?Theyareontheoriginalsite.HowthefamilyhaschangedinTeacherMitchell'slifetime1960:thenormisaworkingfatherwithamotherwhostaysathomeandtwoormorechildren.2009:Only68%ofchildrenliveinhomeswithtwoparentsSinglep
2、arentfamiliesFamilieswithbothparentsworkingChildlessmarriagesFamilieswithadoptedchildrenGayandlesbianparentsPurposeoffamilyAmericanviewoffamilyItexiststoadvancethehappinessofindividualmembersofthefamily.--nottoadvancethefamilyasagroup;nottoestablishandadvancethefamilyname.Fewfa
3、miliesfunctionasaneconomicunit.Americansresentoutsidecontrol.Thisincludesattemptsbyfamilymemberstocontrolthem—auntsanduncles,oldersiblings,grandparents,evenparents.Forexample,courtshipandmarraiageParentshavelittlecontrolandnoauthorityoverwhomtheirchildrenmarry.Theydonotarrangem
4、arriage,Oftenareonlyinformedafterthedecisionhasbeenmade.MarriagejudgedbyhappinessHappinesscomesfromcompanionship.Unhappinesscanbereasonfordivorce.About½ofmarriagesendindivorce.WhenIwasyoung,Americanbelievedinstayingtogetherforthesakeofthechildren;thisisnolongercommon.Childrenun
5、der18livingwith2marriedparents:68%Livingwithonlythemother:23%Livingonlywiththefather:3%Livingwith2unmarriedparents:3%Livingwithneitherparent:4%FamilyarrangementsWesternfamilies:immediatefamilyMother:afemaleparentFather:amaleparentSon:amalechildoftheparent(s)Daughter:afemalechil
6、doftheparent(s)Brother:amalechildofthesameparent(s)Sister:afemalechildofthesameparent(s)Grandfather:fatherofafatherormotherGrandmother:motherofafatherormotherWesternfamilies:collatoralUncle:father'sbrother,mother'sbrother,father's/mother'ssister'shusbandAunt:father'ssister,moth
7、er'ssister,father's/mother'sbrother'swifeNephew:sister'sson,brother'sson,wife'sbrother'sson,wife'ssister'sson,husband'sbrother'sson,husband'ssister'ssonNiece:sister'sdaughter,brother'sdaughter,wife'sbrother'sdaughter,wife'ssister'sdaughter,husband'sbrother'sdaughter,husband'ssi
8、ster'sdaughterCfChina—didIgetthisright?大姨二姨三姨AuntAuntA
