The
____________________
family
is
the
traditional
family
structure
in
the
West
.
This
term
,
originating
in
the
1950s
,
describes
families
____________________
of
a
father
,
a
mother
,
and
their
offspring
.
Under
this
structure
,
the
family
is
seen
as
the
basic
unit
in
society
;
the
father
functions
as
the
____________________
and
the
mother
as
the
homemaker
.
____________________
,
alternative
family
types
are
becoming
more
____________________
,
such
as
single
-
parent
families
,
families
headed
by
same
-
sex
parents
,
and
extended
families
where
families
live
with
their
kin
,
which
may
include
several
generations
.
Extended
families
are
less
common
in
North
America
,
where
it
is
not
uncommon
to
place
grandparents
in
____________________
homes
.
A
Social
Trends
survey
in
2009
reported
radical
changes
in
child
____________________
and
marriage
practices
in
the
United
Kingdom
.
Figures
showed
that
while
30
percent
of
women
under
thirty
had
given
birth
by
the
age
of
25
,
only
24
percent
had
tied
the
knot
.
This
marked
the
first
time
childbirth
had
become
the
first
major
____________________
in
adult
life
,
ahead
of
marriage
.
In
1971
in
the
U
.
K
,
3
/
4
of
women
were
married
by
the
age
of
25
and
half
were
mothers
.
Judging
by
the
high
____________________
of
divorce
and
the
____________________
number
of
children
born
out
of
____________________
,
it
would
appear
that
the
family
as
an
institution
is
in
decline
.
American
sociologist
Stephanie
Coontz
believes
so
too
,
but
for
different
reasons
.
Coontz
points
out
that
marriages
are
no
longer
arranged
for
political
or
economic
reasons
,
and
children
are
no
longer
required
to
contribute
to
the
family
income
.
Marriages
nowadays
are
founded
on
love
.
She
believes
this
shift
towards
love
and
free
choice
has
actually
weakened
both
the
family
by
____________________
it
optional
and
the
bond
between
the
husband
and
wife
by
making
it
contingent
on
emotional
____________________
.
