“Changing American Families” with Deborah B. Smith

As American society changes, so do American families. So why does the image of the white picket fence with breadwinner father and homemaker mother persist? Prof. Smith, Dir. UMKC’s Family Studies, will provide a bit of history of the American family and offer TWO new definitions of “family” to ground our understanding as we move forward into the ever-changing nature of American families.

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