Rebuild the American family, starting with mom and dad By Mort Zuckerman

You will hear a lot about the American family in the election campaign. For most of us, that calls up an image of a man and wife and two or three children.

Forget it. Predominant as the social pattern for several hundred years, that American family has lost its place. Households of unmarried couples and households without children outnumber "American family" households. And only about 20% of families fit into the traditional structure with father as the only breadwinner.

 

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