Author Question: What are the primary forces that have shaped the nuclear family in the United States during the past ... (Read 38 times)

sdfghj · **on:** Aug 11, 2018

What are the primary forces that have shaped the nuclear family in the United States during the past fifty years?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Gregor Mendel:

a. was a professor at the University of Vienna.
b. did not know about chromosomes.
c. won the Nobel Prize for his discoveries.
d. never published his work.
e. was formally trained as a geneticist.

SomethingSomething · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 11, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The primary forces are industrialization and job mobility, changing social norms about the independence of offspring, and the availability of retirement homes and alternative nonextended family options for older parents and grandparents.

Answer to Question 2

b