The Increase in the Number of Working Mothers, the Number

question 41

Multiple Choice

The increase in the number of working mothers, the number of single-parent families, and divorce over the last fifty years has probably been instrumental in changing the way children in the United States are socialized, because

• A) children are spending less and less more time in school.
• B) the impact of institutions other than the family in the socialization of children has become more profound.
• C) school has always been the primary socializing institution in the lives of children.
• D) the median income of families has improved dramatically as a consequence of second incomes in most families.

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Female In-Laws

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