Contemporary Families in Canada

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Gender equality: Woman are more of a dominate, however, it should be equal treated (Andrew)

Children: Unwilling to have children (Andrew)

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Work: Less motivated to achieve success (Andrew)

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new type of familys(James)

Canadian women can work（Tracy）

Dual-income family

Blended family

Transitional family

Family Structure:Diversified family structure (eg single parent, same-sex couple) (SAMUEL)

When a couple really enters into family life. The way they make decisions will change. Because they're not the same person from the beginning.（Chris）

Both Spouses works full time (SAMUEL)

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Men and women have the same right to work, and women have a higher status than ever（Alex)

Communication: Most family that has children are lacking of communication or usefully communication due to the cultural differences (Andrew)

Contemporary Canadian families

Both spouses can work.（Tracy）

Mother leaving the workforce (temporarily) after their baby and children (SAMUEL)

Divorced partners with children re-marry (SAMUEL)

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more immigrant families （SAMUEL）

Elkie . There will be new family types, such as Gay families and Childless families.

The role of women is wife, mother and housewife, the role of men is job, father, head of the household. (BellaA)

Young people spend less time with their families, and as women become more powerful, men take care of their children and work at home

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Compared to traditional family formations, contemporary families have more structure such as same-sex families Adoptive families(Alex)

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Both women and men go out to work, and sometimes men stay at home to look after the children.(Elkie )

Both spouses work and don’t have time to havechildren，so they can’t build a complete love story.（Tracy）

adoption, foster family （SAMUEL）

QUOTE：In 1994, about one percent of Canadian children lived in adoptive or foster homes: Statistics Canada, "Canadian Children in the 1990s: Selected Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Children and Adolescents," Canadian Social Trends (Spring 1997) (SAMUEL)

New family types are evolving（BellaA）

the period that parents accompany children become less and less.(Robyn)
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Contemporary Canadian families（BellaF）

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Excessive family

Dual-income family

blended family

women gain more power than before.(Robyn)

lower fertility, delayed childbirth and high rates of divorce. (Elkie )

women gain more power than before. some of the make have equal power like male. (Robyn

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women: women come to go outside for work to step out of their household role.(Robyn)

QUOTE: Nearly 70 percent of mothers with preschool-aged children and more than three-quarters of mothers with school-aged children are employed or actively looking for work; most of these are full-time jobs. One consequence of increased employment is increased stress as parents struggle to juggle their multiple responsibilities. 50% of working mothers and 36% of working fathers report difficulty managing their work and family responsibilities. (OHRC) (SAMUEL)

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Many families have communication problems with their children, and children are more concerned than ever（Alex）

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When a couple really enters into family life. Their mindset will change, because from the moment they live together, they will think not just for themselves but for each other. It's a sign of responsibility. （Chris）

When a couple really enters into family life. The husband of the family will change over time. He will become more and more mature because of his sense of responsibility.（Chris）