Reinvention of Marriage. Raise the overall priority given to family activities relative to work, material consumption, or leisure. Marriage is the basic building block of society. Taking a pledge for abstinence. New fatherhood movement.
Fathers have a unique role as providers and role models.
Full-time motherhood should be an honorable choice. Differential opportunities for people to construct productive and meaningful families 2. Children from disadvantaged families suffer consequences a. Less time with parents b. Economic and structural changes have placed new demands on the family without providing countervailing social supports 1.