Family and Gender

Family and Gender

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Today the traditional family of two parents with the father working to provide and the mother at home caring for the children is occurring less often. Women and working more and spending less time with their children whereas men seem to be increasing the time they spend with their children. More children are also living with only one parent rather than two. Siegel & Welsh (2005) states that "as many as 40 percent of White children and 75 percent of African-American children will experience parental separation or divorce before they reach age sixteen?" (p. 157). Changes or disruption in the family unit has the potential to have a lasting effect on children.

Primarily, children learn values and attitudes which guide their actions from their...