An Expanding Definition of Family


Family is a small but powerful word that defines an increasingly diverse array of relationships and situations. as a culture, our definition of family has gone through an evolution, albeit a sometimes slow and painful one. so be careful about romanticizing that 1950s Leave It To Beaver family. Yes, there are families that consist of one man and one woman who are happily married to each other, who have never been married to anyone else and who are rearing only their biological children born bout any reproductive technology and born after the two the adults were legally married. Yes, that's a great kind of family. there are many other fantastically loving, wonderful, creative, fulfilling and healthy ways to make family. Even Jesus was born to an unwed mom and raised by a doting stepfather. Listen. these days our film and television culture is finally keeping up with the variety that is family.


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