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Assess the view that, despite recent changes in family life,
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Assess the view that, despite recent changes in family life, "the conventional nuclear family remains the norm" for families and households in Britain today. Since the Industrial revelation the nuclear family has been recognised as the norm of British society and although there have been recent changes in family life, is the norm of Britain today still the conventional nuclear family? The nuclear family has always been considered the norm in society ever since the industrial revolution but in society today the single parent family has had a dramatic increase from around 4% to 10% and no longer is the conventional nuclear family the powerful norm that it used to be. The supposed value of the "traditional family unit" is that it provides social cohesion and stability because the family home is a place where two adults live and care for each other and for their children, where needs are met, moral...
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