Brief History The American Family

摘要

Every Family Has Its Ups and Downs. The American family has booms and busts. Since the economic downturn took hold in 2008, birth and marriage rates have fallen to all-time lows, according to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This comes after 4.3 million babies were born in 2007, the most ever. But while the recent ebb and flow of the American family has followed that of the stock market, the institution has been slowly and steadily evolving since the nation's founding.