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Discusses the changing makeup of families. Changes from 1950s concept of the nuclear family. Examines effects of new types of alternative families on the developing child. Changes in natue of childhood. Conflicts causes by single parenting. Issues of single income, interparental conflict, psychological abuse. Value of the extended family.

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"In the perfect television world of the sitcom, most families have two parents, and those families with one parent are either so well adjusted that the children are counseling their peers at school or so maladjusted that they become icons for bad children everywhere. In the real world, there are more and more single parent families, or families made up of multiple marriages or relationships on either side. Indeed, the definition of family has undergone a drastic change from the 1950s concept of the nuclear family (father, mother, child) to one that is more loosely defined as groups of people connected by blood and marriage; sometimes connected simply by virtue of the fact that even though these two criteria are not met, they are considered family. In the midst of this knew type of family a new type of child has developed. This paper will examine the effects that..."

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