Activity Five

The Family in the U.S.A.

• 2.5 kids and a white picket fence
• fast food instead of homemade food
• both parents working
• soccer moms
• hectic schedules
• high divorce rate
• gay couples/ gay couples adopting
• daycare and babysitters
• women beginning to have children in their 30s
• single moms
• extended (and sometimes immediate) family spread all over the country
• holiday gatherings
• more than one car
• family traditions
• pets
• blended families
• food stamps (in this economy)

My ideas come from thinking about my own family as well other families I know. And stereotypes. To expand on these ideas, I could give specific examples or statistics. I would probably need official government websites in order to find statistics. I could do simple interviews in order to give specific examples.