10.10.2020. Culturestudy Lesson 6 Theme: Portrait of a british family. Family traditions and values. Read the text and answer the questions Family The average British family has classically been understood as a nuclear family with their extended family living separately. However, today the archetypical family (husband, wife and children) can no longer be the exact social expectation. In the UK, one in three people is a step-parent, step-child, adult step-child, step-sibling or step-grandparent. According to the Office for National Statistics, more children are being raised in single parent households. Also, as the stigma associated with premarital intercourse has diminished, the number of unwed mothers has increased. Families are increasingly incorporating LGBTQI + relationships. As such, children of same-sex couples are becoming more common. However, while the traditional archetypal British family structure is no longer an expected cultural standard, the f...
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