Statesmen define a family as “a group of individuals having a common dwelling and related by blood, adoption or marriage, which includes common-law relationships.” Most people are born into one of these groups and must live their lives as a family in such a group. Although the definition of a family may not change, the relationship of people to each other within the family group changes as society changes. More and more wives are taking paying jobs, and, as a result, the roles of husband, wife and children are changing. Today, men expect to keeping for pay for about 40 years of their lives, and, in today’s marriages (41) which both spouses have paying jobs, women can expect to work for about 30 to 35 years of their lives. This mean that man must learn to do their share of family tasks such as caring for the children and daily (42) chores. Children, too, especially adolescents, have to (43) with the members oftheir family in sharing household tasks. The widespread acceptance of contraception has meant that having (44) is as matter of choice, not an automatic result of marriage. Marriage itself has become a choice. As alternatives (45) common-law relationships and single-parent families have become socially acceptable, women will become more independent.
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