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I'm glad that we've identified technology (Ashley) and women's access to education (Sarah) as other reasons families have changed. In the Pop Culture class I took two years ago we studied families through television. I couldn't help but think of this when I was reading the intro. Ozzie& Harriet was the first example, symbolizing the family that Mintz and Kellogg seem to revere. The next was the Cosby Show from the 80s. Here is one of the first examples of a working mother and non-traditional family. The final show we covered was Gilmore Girls, with the divorced, now-single, young mother raising her daughter and sharing with her all the details of her personal life. This transition in a roughly 50 year period epitomizes what could be viewed as the "deterioration" of the family. What I wonder is how much has the media contributed to the divorce rate? How much is society affected by what they watch on tv and what is the correlation of real families to the stamp of approval given by the media to the divorced and non-nuclear families we see in every tv show today? I believe the trends Mintz and Kellogg identified are correct, but their reasons are lacking. -Amanda | I'm glad that we've identified technology (Ashley) and women's access to education (Sarah) as other reasons families have changed. In the Pop Culture class I took two years ago we studied families through television. I couldn't help but think of this when I was reading the intro. Ozzie& Harriet was the first example, symbolizing the family that Mintz and Kellogg seem to revere. The next was the Cosby Show from the 80s. Here is one of the first examples of a working mother and non-traditional family. The final show we covered was Gilmore Girls, with the divorced, now-single, young mother raising her daughter and sharing with her all the details of her personal life. This transition in a roughly 50 year period epitomizes what could be viewed as the "deterioration" of the family. What I wonder is how much has the media contributed to the divorce rate? How much is society affected by what they watch on tv and what is the correlation of real families to the stamp of approval given by the media to the divorced and non-nuclear families we see in every tv show today? I believe the trends Mintz and Kellogg identified are correct, but their reasons are lacking. -Amanda | ||
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| + | I disagree with Mintz and Kellogg that today the United States "is a society without a clear unitary set of family ideals and values." While I agree that many aspects of family life have changed over the decades, some of the most inherent aspects of family have remained. Most especially, the idea of love and loyalty to ones family members. To be a family, is to have a group of people to rely on and care about, especially in rough times. Thus while the nature of families have changed to include single parents and step-parents, all families value love and loyalty. -- Sarah Gardner | ||
