Public Perception Of Stepfamilies At The National Level

Abstract: 5 pages in length. The family structure has enough difficulties within the intolerance of contemporary society to have to also deal with the issue of stepparenting and blended families. Inherent to the added pressures of assimilating into someone else's familial composition is the external perception of how such families are supposed to work, with the public perspective often exacting undesirable and erroneous requirements upon those who so desperately try to adapt to such a new life. On the other hand, however, a greater component of public perception toward stepfamilies lends itself to a significantly more positive approach to this modern form of family structure, inasmuch as the high rate of divorce continues to bring two otherwise independent units together in order to create one. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

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Catagory: Race, Politics & Society

Subcatagory: Sociology, Social Work, & Counseling

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