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¶ … Social Changes for the American Family: Today and in 10 Years
The next ten years will see a greater variation in the structure of families and marriages, with much greater variations and flexibility than has ever been the case in the past. This will be primarily driven by the recognition that children, regardless of the composition of a family unit, need the structure and stability of long-term relationships at the adult level of stabilize their emotional maturation
(Milot, 2001). This shift to as much greater tolerance of marriage structures in addition to a questioning of consumerism, and if economic conditions continue to be turbulent, anti-consumerism, will mark the next ten years. The American family will shift from the prototypical nuclear family definition to one marked by more of a polyglot of roles, responsibilities and lifestyles (Milot, 2001).
Analysis of the American Family Today and in Ten Years
Clearly the economic conditions...
This will accelerate over the coming ten years with it becoming increasingly typical for multiple generations to live in the same house together to help make ends meet. There is also going to be an increasingly dominant trend in defining the sociological structure of the family, with increased variation in the type of relationships more tolerated as well (Milot, 2001). There will be much greater focus on creating family structures that allow for greater levels of economic security while also ensuring a high level of flexibility and variability of roles, all predicated on supporting the ongoing functioning of a family unit (Perrone, Worthington, 2001). In short, the family will increasingly become focused on being more agile than it is today, capable of being flexible across a broader range of situations, both social and economic. There will also be a much greater tolerance in…
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