In the 1950s, the idea of the typical family would consist of the father going to work every morning and bringing home the bacon. While the father was at work the mother would stay home and take care of the kids if they didn’t have school, clean the house, and make the dinner. While that was going on the kids would go off to school. When they got home, they would go outside and play with their neighboring friends until

This is all because more and more, individuals are forced to work. With work being a bigger part of people’s lives, the family is put on the backburner in a way. People are not allowed to spend all the time that they would want because they are forced to work up to 90 hours a week. It has gotten to a point where certain families spend only a few minutes together throughout the course of the day. Most families today fit this description.

With this trend more and more couples are opting to avoid the whole ideal of having the big house in the suburbs, and choosing not to have kids. Many now live in an apartment or a small house where it’s just the two of them, having no plans to have kids because it doesn’t coincide with their lifestyle. Families, or should I say, “couples,” are finding it more and more difficult to find the time to have the big house, the 2.5 kids, and to take care of it all while at the same time managing both of the

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