Now they must find the time to balance both the responsibilities of nurturing family and maintaining career." (Liazos, npg)
A recent United Nations study on family responsibilities reveals those women "made more sacrifices for the family and much of their work were unpaid. They worked longer hours in the workplace, but men had not made commensurate efforts in the home" (Pleck, npg)
In developing an argument in favor of non-traditional families, there are two strategies that can be taken from "Finding Arguments: Thinking Like a Writer." The first is freewriting, which goes beyond brainstorming and involves "writing freely, and without stopping, whatever thoughts and ideas you have about your subject" (Goshgarian, Krueger and Minc 68)
Despite the emergence of different types of family structure and arrangement, like single parent families, extended families, and many more, the nuclear family arrangement is still believed to be the most effective and efficient family structure. Although, the nuclear family structure has been under some criticism, still the advantages and benefits of this family structure are strong enough to ignore and overcome all criticism (Chamratrithirong, Morgan, & Rindfuss, 926-950)
This consistency along with stability allows the children to perform well in the every domain of their life. Such children have more tendency to act positively and perform good in schools, apart from this their involvement level with the society and other activities also increase (Grief)
The first real site that actually support the thesis that the nuclear family is not the only way to have a thriving family environment is the McGraw Hill "Online Learning Center." (Kottak) This is an academic site that answers FAQ's about the nuclear family and assert that it is no longer considered to be the only viable family unit