American Family Trends

The traditional American family consists of a husband, wife and children. Nowadays it is becoming less and less frequent. More people who are not legally married are living together. More and more children are being raised in single-parent families. Marriages are either civil or performed in the church. Marriage has a legal foundation. It means that a Registry Office has a record of it and it carries certain economic rights. When getting married both parties sign the document of marriage, that is, a marriage certificate. Young people rarely live with their parents. Usually, on graduation from high school children move out of the family home. Young people frequently rent apartments or a house. Usually two to five young people rent apartment or a house together and share other expenses.

While young people are getting married later in life, the divorce rate is increasing. Almost 50 % of all marriages in the United States now end in divorce. The cheapest way of getting a divorce is when two parties come to an agreement between themselves about the distribution of property. If there is no agreement then each hires a lawyer and the divorce will be very costly. One of the trends in American society is the increasingly high number of children being born to unmarried young people in poverty who are being raised without fathers. Two-thirds of black children are now being born in fatherless households. These children will add to the number of those in poverty and to those involved in crime.

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