The family TODAY

 I learned the family today in the United State . The traditional image of the average family in the  United state is that Mom takes care of her children and a house while Dad drives off to work.  But such a family is relatively rare today.  New forms of the family unit have become increasingly common. I will give three of what I learned.

 At first, recently in the United States, there has been a tremendous increase in the numbers of married women who work outside the home .  

 Second,  with increased divorce, there has been a huge rise in the number of children growing up in households with just one parent. These families are more likely to experience unemployment, lack of social support, problem at school, and so on.

 Third, Because of the high rates of divorce and remarriage, stepfamilies have also become quite common.

Compared with the families in the United State, Japanese families almost tend to be like that. It is very common in Japan that the married women works outside the home.  It is because of active participation of women in society. The jobs women can get have increased. And I think a recession is also main reason.  There are many families they can not make a living without Mom’s income.  Mom also need to work to make a living.

And,  there are  many children growing up in households with just one parent because of divorce. As I mentioned before, The job women can get has increased. Even if women divorce, they can get job, they can live. I think that is why children they live just one parent.

Regarding of stepfamily, the rate of  that is still quite smaller than the United State. But I have a friend whose family is stepfamily. I heard of her life. It seemed to be kind of hard. I got to know there are a lot of problem.

Finally, I learned that the United State has many kinds of family style. It is very interesting. I hope all family live to happy.