Traditional Families

Running Head: Nontraditional Families ​​1

Nontraditional Families affects on children

Liberty University

Christopher Bowen

Introduction to Human Services

LaTara Kea

October 11, 2013

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For the duration of the past few decades there have been numerous changes to family structure. According to Feldman, “ With an increase in the number of parents who both work outside homes, a soaring divorce rate, and a rise in single-parent families, the environment faced by children passing through middle childhoods in the 21st century is very different from that faced by prior generations” (Feldman, 2011). Family structures within nontraditional home family have similar characteristics that affect a child growing up (Ono & Sanders, 2010). According to the International Journal of Childbirth Education, “defining the term nontraditional family may elicit many different responses depending on the age, gender or geographical location” (Lantz, 2012). One of the reason children in nontraditional families are consider to have disparities more notable is because of instability of family structure formation (Ono & Sanders, 2010). Another reason is because of the instability within family structure that cause children to have increasingly salient part of their lives (Fomby & Cherlin, 2007). Consequences of living in a nontraditional family setting often come from changes in the family and disruptions (Porter, 2012). According to Bramlett & Blumberg (2007) “Family structure can have a profound impact on children’s experiences and life trajectories. Family structure affects a child outcome of life in...