I came across this article in the UCLA magazine titled, "The Fractured Family", It seems that even traditional nuclear families are having a harder time of it these days.
"the traditional nuclear family represented only 24 percent of American households"!!!
" [Adults are] taking on more to do in less time, with research showing that dual-income parents now work more than 90 hours a week combined."
"family members were all together in the same room only 14 percent of the time."
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The Fractured Family. what an evocative title. So, if something is fractured does that mean its different from something that's broken? Fragmented? Wounded? Disjointed? Hmmm....this has me thinking about how we talk about family/relational distress....
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