Title: Culture Change: Overview
Headings: Overview
Overview
What Actually Changes When Cultures Change?

Content: When there are fewer  children, parents can give more attention to each one. Likewise, more money per  child is available for clothes, entertainment, gifts, and education. Potentially,  there is also more money and leisure time for parents when there are fewer children in  their family. North  American father
in a non-traditional role: caring for his child while
his wife works elsewhere

The  interrelated nature of cultural institutions can also be seen in the effects of changing  roles for American women since the mid-20th century. As they have increasingly moved  into the work force outside of the home, it has given them financial independence and has  altered traditional roles within the family. Men are less essential as bread winners  and less accepted as patriarchs . They have  begun to take on more child rearing and other domestic household responsibilities  previously defined as "women's work." Divorce has become an economically  viable alternative for women in unhappy marriages. There also has been a marked  decrease in the frequency of mother-child interaction.