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A "typical" British family used
to consist of mother, father and two children, but in recent years there have
been many changes in family life. Some of these have been caused by new laws
and others are the result of changes in society. For example, since the law
made it easier to get a divorce, the number of divorced has increased. In fact
one marriage in every three now ends in divorce. This means that there are a
lot of one-parent families. Society is now more tolerant than it used to be of
unmarried people, unmarried couples and single parents. As a result of
these changes in the pattern of people's lives, there are many households which
consist of only one person or one adult and children.
You might think that marriage and the family are not so popular as they once
were. However, the majority of divorced people marry again, and they sometimes
take responsibility for a second family.
Members of a family—grandparents, aunts, uncles,
cousins—keep in touch, but they see less of each other than they used to. This is because people often
move away from their home town to work, and so the family becomes scattered.
Christmas is the traditional season for reunions. Although the family group is
smaller nowadays than it used to be, relatives often travel many miles in order
to spend the holiday together.
In general, each generation is keen to become
independent of parents in establishing its own family unit, and this fact can
lead to social as well as geographical differences within the larger family
group.
Relationships
within the family are different now. Parents treat their children more as
equals than they used to, and children have more freedom to make their own
decisions. The father is more involved with bringing up children, often because
the mother goes out to work. Increased leisure facilities5 and
more money mean that there are greater opportunities outside the home. Although
the family holiday is still an important part of family life (usually taken in
August, and often abroad) many children have holidays away from their parents,
often with a school party or other organized group.
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