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Key Trends in American Family Life

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- What are some of the key trends in American family life? How do you define family in your own life?

- What are these key factors driving some of the trends you've mentioned? Do you expect these trends to continue?

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This posting briefly summarizes some future issues that affect American families.

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Although I do not have access to your week's readings, I deem some of the key trends in American family life as remaining or living at home with parents longer due to the economic recession, greater rates in same sex marriages and couples, more gay and lesbian couples having/adopting kids, more blended families due to higher divorce and ...

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