The family structure has changed dramatically. The way a family was normally run back in the 50s and 60s is not how it is now. Some people still like to think that things are still being run that way. Our grandparents still like to think that's how things are. They can not accept that nowadays women are bringing in the money too.
The roles of women and men have sort of switched in a way. In the 50s the mother was the one that had to stay home and take care of the kids. The men were the ones that would leave every morning and got to work, come home and dinner would be on the table. Now men and women are both working. Sometimes some women bring home more then their husbands. I think this is something that was a positive transaction to happen to women. Women needed to break out of that cook, clean, and watch children stage.
Not only have the roles changed for men and women, it's changed also for children and teenagers. Sometimes teenagers and children have as much responsibility as the parents. If teenagers have younger siblings, sometimes they have to pick them up from school, cook them dinner, and give them bathes. Its like as if they take on the role of the parents. Back in the 50s teenagers would not worry about giving bathes, or cooking dinners. The mother would be the one to do that.
Teenagers now have it better then their parents. Even though some teenagers do not want to admit it, but we do. We have it better because we have so much more freedom. My mother had to go to school and then work, that was pretty much it. She was not allowed to go out like I do. Her mother was very strict. Teenagers now have so many more things to do. We have computers, game systems, and stereos. We get to go out sometimes whenever we want, all together I think we have a lot more freedom. .
So in conclusion, times have changed. I think our culture has accepted it and moved with it. Some people can not accept it but most people think its great.