Cross Culture Understanding (CCU) Family : Types and Traditions in America

Family : Types and Tradition in America

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Family: Types and Tradition

How many different things a family can be -- nest of tenderness, a jail for the

heart, a nursery of souls. Families name us and define us, give us

strength, give us grief. All our lives we struggle to embrace or escape their

influence. They are magnets that both hold us close and drive us away. And

yet, is there anything we take for granted more than family?

Child Rising

In the United States it is common for parents to put a newborn in separate bedroom when the child is a view weekend old. Part of the reason

is Economic that is many houses are large enough to offer each child a separate room.By having their own rooms, the children will also be able to have privacy when they are

older. The children will eventually learn to be responsible for their own living space.

Young childhood

American children have typically have typically been encouraged, but usually not

forced, to leave nest and begins independent lives.

Then over 50 percent of young adult aged eighteen to twenty-four currently live in

their parents’ home. Parents do not arrange marriages for their children, nor do

children usually ask their parent’s permission to get married: romantic love is

most often the basis for marriages for in United States.

The Elderly

Societal and familial treatment of the elderly also reflects the values of independence and individualism.Senior citizen centers provide a

means for peer-group association within their age group. Indifference to the aged sixty-five to seventy four

and 35 percent of women in the same age group live alone.

The Nuclear And The Extended Family

The nuclear family consists of the father, the mother, and the children:

this is “the family.” The extended family, which consists

of grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, and in-

laws, is important in United States.

Working wives and husbands

The male was responsible for the financial support of the home and family members,

and the female was responsible for emotional support, child rising, and housekeeping. For

many women, their work represents the need to contribute to the family income and not a

means of attaining personal fulfillment.

Single - Parent Families

Many single mother and fathers often feel stretched to their limits with a unending

responsibilities that face them. Despite he number of single parents in the United States

in the United States, there is no indication that marriage is becoming less popular, the

remarriage rate remains high, with approximately four out of five divorce couples

eventually remarrying other people.

Varieties Of Families In United States

The largest percent percentage is still the traditionally family with two parents and

children, but this type is not even the majority of families. Two women or two men with or without children can also constitute a family.

Couples who have decided not to have children or unmarried couples who have chosen to live together may likewise see

themselves as a family.