The Pros And Cons Of Nuclear Family

The phrase “Nuclear Family” is a concept whose true complexity seems to have escaped our intellectual grasps until recent decades. Before, this model of familial relations was regarded as the standard or the cultural norm that no one seemed to question because this was the way it had been done, in most societies, since people could remember. Today though, with our ever-evolving cultures and belief systems, the ideology of and behind a nuclear family has come into question. What is or should be the true definition of a nuclear family? Is a nuclear family really the best way to raise children and sustain society? Are there any negative aspects of the nuclear family model that we may have not considered, and if so, what are they? These questions and others have become the center of a worldwide debate regarding family systems and diversity; the interesting part is the subjectivity of this topic and the amount of factors that affect the arguments from both sides, making it difficult to reach any sort of viable conclusion. Our modern world rapidly evolves in both subjects of technology and sociopolitical ideology, causing questions such as these to be subject to many different perspectives and thus causing many different reactions.

One of the results of this is the popularization of the process of divorce, or the legal dissolution of one’s marriage by a court. Today, ninety percent of people in Western culture marry before the age of fifty, but forty to fifty percent of these marriages are ending in divorce. On top of the increase in separations there is also a decrease in the amount of marriages, most likely due to increasing popularization of ideology that marriage is not for every single person, and support for different types of l...

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... analysis from another article from the reader, “Beyond Marriage: Democracy, Equality, and Kinship for a New Era” in regards to this sub claim, at least for comparison purposes because the article does have a focus on the LGBTQ community, but her intentions with investigating new ways to achieve true equality is similar to what I believe should be considered for marriage as a whole.

It will also hopefully help readers realize that there may not be an answer in sight, just a continual discussion on how best to preserve our cultural identity as our society moves forward into an age dominated by technology and innovation. I would also like to explore data or research pertaining to minority races within the U.S. to see if the difference in cultural ideology has any affect on the way divorce is perceived, handled, and the amount of cases in which it occurs in general.