Today’s family is breaking up by following modern trends and social changes. Let us briefly survey the following table of the shifts that have happened to marriages and families over the last 50 years.
THE CONTEXT OF OUR 21ST CENTURY: THE HOME IS AT THE APEX OF SOCIOLOGICAL CHANGE
- Transitioning from rural & urban
- Local/ regional influence
- Technological
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Society |
- Urban
- National/International influence
- Informational
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- Home as primary influence Church
- School: peer pressure
- Pressing the limits
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Primary Influences |
- Home one of many influences Media/Music
- School: peer pressure breaking the limits
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- God-centered
- Others-centered
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World View |
- Man-centered
- Self-centered
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- Culture reinforced moral standards
- Respected
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Morals |
- Culture reinforced moral standards
- Rejected
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- One new form of recreation
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Television |
- The major form of influence
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- Traditional model
- Advocated by society
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Marriage / Family |
- Myriad of models
- Attacked by society
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Pattern of Authority |
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Marital Roles |
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- Role to society valued and esteemed
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Mothers |
- Career often valued over motherhood
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- Value anticipated
- Childhood lasted
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Children |
- Value optional
- Childhood hurried
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Result |
- Imperfect and disintegrating
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Juliet Thomas Christian Articles for Young Women
