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 The Family (Only a Shadow of its Former Self) Average family size in the US has been decreasing since 1800. It really began to drop with the manufacture and availability of barrier type contraception. When oral contraception and abortion were widely used starting in the 1970s, the birth rate dropped even more. As the formulation of oral contraceptives became less harmful to women, they also shifted from a mechanism of preventing ovulation to preventing embryonic implantation (perhaps better called chemical abortion). To better understand how families worldwide used to function, one has to realize that people grew up, married, and raised families of their own in the place where they were born. Families were multi-generational and composed of numerous siblings and cousins. When the automobile came along, younger people often moved away from their families for more personal freedom and economic opportunities in cities.  One might see the Industrial Revolution as taking men out of the home, public education taking children out of the home, and feminism taking women out of the home. In times past when two people got married it was for the purpose of building a family of their own and with an intimate and deep knowledge of each other that only growing up together can provide. A 50% divorce rate, the normalizing of casual fornication, the increase in fatherless homes, and almost everyone being a relative stranger is indicative of a split from the past so great that it seems an alien planet.  The typical suburban home might be seen more as temporary housing for children until they can leave for a life on their own. The declining birth rate would be indicative of those who would be parents choosing instead to use their resources on themselves rather than the inconvenience of having children at all. There has been a transition from what historically was called family life into an interaction with “society”. Until recently the shrunken family at least had face to face contact with their friends, coworkers, and schoolmates. Now as husband, wife, and children each pursue their own interests using the home more as a boarding house and with social media, there is even greater fragmentation and isolation.  |
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