However, there are many new positives too. People can’t ignore babies conceived outside marriage and people are marring older when they are more mature. Pre-marital sex is expected. Infertile, single, and gay people can have families of their own due to science and technology. We have a long way to go in terms of redefining parental leave and making it more accommodating to the changing family dynamic. There are new choices women have available in regards to whom they marry and under what circumstances, they marry. Coontz describes the scenarios of women saying no to shot gun weddings and can divorce. There are economic downfalls to this new social independence. Divorce can be painful and remarrying and stepfamilies are hard to blend. Coontz stresses that these changes are here to stay. Coontz is optimistic we can meet these changes and these challenges. Coontz believes that two income houses can be less stressed with programs to access affordable childcare. Fathers can be more attentive which benefit children, especially daughters. These changes improve children’s economic and social adjustment. Teaching people to marry based on compatibility will also lead to less
However, there are many new positives too. People can’t ignore babies conceived outside marriage and people are marring older when they are more mature. Pre-marital sex is expected. Infertile, single, and gay people can have families of their own due to science and technology. We have a long way to go in terms of redefining parental leave and making it more accommodating to the changing family dynamic. There are new choices women have available in regards to whom they marry and under what circumstances, they marry. Coontz describes the scenarios of women saying no to shot gun weddings and can divorce. There are economic downfalls to this new social independence. Divorce can be painful and remarrying and stepfamilies are hard to blend. Coontz stresses that these changes are here to stay. Coontz is optimistic we can meet these changes and these challenges. Coontz believes that two income houses can be less stressed with programs to access affordable childcare. Fathers can be more attentive which benefit children, especially daughters. These changes improve children’s economic and social adjustment. Teaching people to marry based on compatibility will also lead to less