San Antonio College Library

"Many people think that American families are disintegrating. These critics often compare today's families with an imagined typical family of the past--stable, middle class, working father, stay-at-home mother, and two or three children. But most American families are not, and never were, like that. Moreover, these critics are often unaware that divorce rates and welfare rolls are down, or that teen pregnancy rates are lower than they were in the...