In the past few decades, the patterns of a family have greatly diversified. There are some changes regarding its organization and members’ role; and in my opinion, these changes can be seen as a progress.
Families at present have undergone two main differences compared to the past. First, the structure of a nuclear family now can have more than one breadwinner, who normally is the father. This is because in the modern world, only a few jobs could secure the stability of single-earner families, which forces both parents to be the financial supporters. Second, the trend that parents exchange their roles has become more common. As the result of women’s protest for their rights, mothers now have equal opportunities for education and work, which allows the other spouse to assume responsibility as a stay-at-home parent to take care of the children and the housework.
From my perspective, those changes in the family’s structure and parental roles are positive for a number of reasons. That both parents can become the breadwinners would ensure the stable finance of a family, which not only directly eases the burden that the father have to bear in order to support the whole family but also enables the mother to pursue her dream job. From another angle, it is an upward step that people are at liberty to do what they like and what they are good at. Women can follow their dream and stabilize her family financial status if they are better at work than their husbands.
In conclusion, I think the changes occurring to a family’s hierarchy and members’ responsibilities are a positive step toward a better world.
In the past few decades, the patterns of a
family
have
greatly
diversified. There are
some
changes
regarding its organization and members’ role; and in my opinion, these
changes
can be
seen
as
a progress
.
Families at present have undergone two main differences compared to the past.
First
, the structure of a nuclear
family
now
can have more than one breadwinner, who
normally
is the father. This is
because
in the modern world,
only
a few jobs could secure the stability of single-earner
families
, which forces both
parents
to be the financial supporters. Second, the trend that
parents
exchange their roles has become more common. As the result of women’s protest for their rights, mothers
now
have equal opportunities for education and work, which
allows
the other spouse to assume responsibility as a stay-at-home
parent
to take care of the children and the housework.
From my perspective, those
changes
in the
family’s
structure and parental roles are
positive
for a number of reasons. That both
parents
can become the breadwinners would ensure the stable finance of a
family
, which not
only
directly
eases
the burden that the father
have to
bear in order to support the whole
family
but
also
enables the mother to pursue her dream job. From another angle, it is an upward step that
people
are at liberty to do what they like and what they are
good
at. Women can follow their dream and stabilize her
family
financial status if they are better at work than their husbands.
In conclusion
, I
think
the
changes
occurring to a
family’s
hierarchy and members’ responsibilities are a
positive
step toward a better world.