The Family in History

Read the article under the "Handouts" tab called "The American Family" by Stephanie Coontz. In this article, Coontz challenges the idea of the "good old days".

Summarize the article in one paragraph.

For the rest of this exercise, answer the following questions:

Where do you think our ideas about families today come from? Provide examples. Please cite anything that you use. (second paragraph)

How have relationships with parents and children changed since the 1960s? You can refer to the textbook(The Family: Diversity, Inequality, and Social Change, Second Edition) this answer. (third paragraph).

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