How Does Family Influence Family Structure

The Influence of Family Structures
According to Mental Health Professional Michelle Blessing, “there is no right or wrong answers when it comes to what is the best type of family structure. As long as a family is filled with love and support for one another, it tends to be successful and thrive. Families need to do what is best for each other and themselves, and that can be achieved in almost any unit” (Blessing). Families offer companionship, security, and a measure of protection against an often uncaring world, but family structure has undergone significant changes since World War II. Variations in family structure are now plentiful -- and yet often still quite successful. Whatever the family situation, whatever the familial structure, it will have tremendous and unique influence upon the child’s happiness, development, and future.
Background
The influence

To this day there is a strong correlation between ethnicity and income and the effect it has on the structure of families., According to Margaret Simms in her article Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among Low-Income Families members of racial minority groups are more likely to have lower incomes (Simms). Many people argue about why this may be, but even so, the fact that it 's happening is not being disputed.
After analyzing my survey results further, which dealt with examining race, income and family type, I have found that different races tend to have different family structures, but this is only due to the fact that some ethnicities have lower incomes than others. For example, blacks may be more likely to live in single-parent homes, but they are no more likely to live in single-parent homes than whites who earn the same amount of money they