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More of a discussion topic than a comment: The introduction lists Mintz and Kellogg's 3 main reasons for changes in the family: changes in the economy, demography, and changes in the roles of women. Does anyone think there is any other reasons for changes in family from the husband, wife, and kids outlook of family set up in the introduction of ''Domestic Revolutions''? About 21 years after the book was published, I think technology has changed family. For some families, I think there is more isolation, but with others I feel (so far) that since members of a family can/do move far away (be it because of military, job, or whatever) that technology has also created a type of 'glue' that can help families stay together, or connected, in the world we live in now. Even though the definition of family has changed, I think some families are staying in better contact not with just their immediate family (parents, siblings) but with extended family (relatives, and friends). --Ashley Wilkins | More of a discussion topic than a comment: The introduction lists Mintz and Kellogg's 3 main reasons for changes in the family: changes in the economy, demography, and changes in the roles of women. Does anyone think there is any other reasons for changes in family from the husband, wife, and kids outlook of family set up in the introduction of ''Domestic Revolutions''? About 21 years after the book was published, I think technology has changed family. For some families, I think there is more isolation, but with others I feel (so far) that since members of a family can/do move far away (be it because of military, job, or whatever) that technology has also created a type of 'glue' that can help families stay together, or connected, in the world we live in now. Even though the definition of family has changed, I think some families are staying in better contact not with just their immediate family (parents, siblings) but with extended family (relatives, and friends). --Ashley Wilkins | ||
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| + | I agree on the second point. While those three would constitute a large part of the changes in family life, I think that there are other factors. Technology is one of them. I think that the decline of religion, particularly the Christian denominations, and the separation of church and state are factors in the change of family structure and responsibility. Had the founding fathers not created that division between law and religion, families may have retained a lot more of that cohesive autonomy that marked the previous centuries. -Lacey | ||
