decline of the family essays

decline of the family essays Within the past ten years, the focus of American families has become unpleasantly clear. Divorce, teenage pregnancy, violence, suicide, and addiction are all plaguing our families today. Conservatives, Liberals, and Feminists all have their views on why the breakdown of the families is occurring. The conservatives believe that the lack of religious beliefs and practices have led to the moral disintegration of this generation. Daytime television glorifying unwed motherhood, further obscuring right from wrong. With traditions rapidly diminishing and society's view on moral misfortitude eroding. Many conservatives feel that welfare actually contributes to the breakup of marriages. By making fatherless families a viable option to many. With the lack of social stigma in divorce and the lack of personal commitment in marriage, all factors in the general feeling today of short term instant gratification. Society puts a very high emphasis on obtaining one's personal desires over all else, including the children's sake. There seems to be a strong connection between one parent families and the rise in health and social problems in children. The time parents are available for supervision and interaction, has dropped 10 hours in the last 20 years. Without a parent to supervis e their children after school, children watch to much TV, play in dangerous areas, and become generally too subseptible to the wrong elements. Children are expected to grow-up too fast,with parents leaving them to care for themselves at a very early age. The solution is to cut out benefits to men and women who violate social -exceptable standards of living beyond their means, by having multiple births while continuing poverty level living. The liberal view is one of changes in the economy, and the smaller family unit, distroys the social capital of organization, trust among individuals, and mutual obligation that enhan ...