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 will live their lives as a family in such a group. Although 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 work for pay for about 40 years of their lives ,and ,in today's marriages in which both spouses have paying jobs , women can expect to work for about 30 to 35 years of their lives. This means that man must learn to do their share of family tasks such as caring for The children and daily household chores . Children , too, especially adolescents , have to cooperate with the members of their family in sharing household tasks. The widespread acceptance of contraception has meant that having families is as matter of choice, not an automatic result of marriage. Marriage itself has become a choice. As alternatives similar to common-law relationships and single-parent families have become socially acceptable, women will become more independent
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