In 1970, more than two-thirds of American adults between 25 and 49 lived with a spouse and at least one kid.
For a society structured around the ideal of the nuclear family, its demise has left everyone wondering: What happens now?
Without one partner focused on full-time housekeeping, the amount of work required to run a nuclear family isn't really feasible.
It doesn't take much of a mental leap to see why capitalism and the nuclear family make for such cozy bedfellows.
Coontz, a leading historian of the American family, notes that every family structure comes with its own set of distinct weaknesses, strengths, and possibilities.
Persons:
Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, O'Brien, David Brooks, Moira Weigel, Brooks, Charles E, " O'Brien, Stephanie Coontz, Kristen Ghodsee, Ghodsee, coparenting, Mark Boster, Coontz, —
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Pew Research, Elon, Labor, Getty, University of Pennsylvania, Brookings Institution, Pew, Los Angeles Times, Guardian
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The, California, Somerville , Massachusetts