1. An overview of the family structure.

2. Continuing and growing economic trends

4. Family problems in the workplace; what can be done?

An Overview of the Family Structure.

The three major trends affecting the American family over the past 50 years, according to the national non- profit agency Families and Work institute, are; a rise in teen pregnancy, an increased divorce rate, and an emergence of the two-income family (Manning, A). The United States has by far the highest teenage pregnancy rate and the highest divorce rate of all major industrialized nations. Between 1960 and 1992, the number of births to unmarried teenage girls b

According to a survey conducted last year by CNN, 24 percent of U.S. workers said they spent 50 or more hours on the job each week. Twenty-two percent said they worked six to seven days a week, and 25 percent said they don't use vacation time to which they're entitled. The survey found that those who said they felt overworked were more likely to neglect themselves and less likely to feel successful in their personal and family relationships. Overworked employees can lead to drastic on-the-job consequences. They are more likely to look for a new job, to feel angry with their employers and to make mistakes. Seventeen percent of respondents who said they felt overworked said they often made mistakes at work, compared with only 1 percent of those who said they did not feel overworked.

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