The Way We Really Are:
Coming to Terms with America's Changing Families
In the article, "The Way We Really Are: Coming to Terms with America's Changing
Families", author Stephanie Coontz summarizes many points that are affecting families
today. In the last two decades, many Americans have harked back to what they perceived
to be the "good old days", the 1950s where every household had two parents. Times
when family values and the strength of family were much more evident than it is thought
to be today. …
