In addition, there are many family structures that break from the traditional nuclear family ideal of husband, wife and two kids. (oureverydaylife.com)
The reemergence of a Victorian family ideal as part of the vision of a Christian America in the 1950s was an epiphenomenon, a temporary spark of life in a dying ethos. (religion-online.org)
This new family ideal takes an entire book to elaborate (with important questions still left unanswered), but can be briefly summarized as follows: it is the voluntary lifetime union of a woman and a man who parent their own children in a relationship characterized by love, justice and equal regard. (religion-online.org)