The Decline of Family in Modern Britain

The decline of families in contemporary British families - "Group of people related to each other like mothers, fathers, children" (Cambridge Dictionary Online, Cambridge University Press (2008)), this is obviously the family's view in 2008 This definition, which can be said to be somewhat outdated, points out that families are declining. In the UK today, compared with the 1950s, families are primarily nuclear families, working at home, women cooking at home, cleaning, taking care of children.

As can be seen from historical reading, the core concept of this family's meal is quite a modern phenomenon. In Victorian England, children of aristocracy and wealthy families are not sitting on "family table" but eat at the nursery or servant's nursery or kitchen, or eat at a boarding school's public restaurant There is a tendency. Low-income households may not have even a sitting table. In North America, "meal time" at home was part of the middle class consciousness in the latter half of the 19th century. In the era of postwar economic growth and prosperity, the concept of "traditional" family meals may simply be a standard of social class.

One of the typical examples of modern family traditions is the current British royal family family tradition. One of the family traditions demands that the current British royal male member serve in the army. According to the BBC's report on June 12, 2003, "Prince Harry's decision to join the army was that he would keep the family tradition of many years service." Prince Harry's other uncle, Prince Edward joined the Royal Marine Corps as a lieutenant in 1983. Prince Harry's father, Prince of Wales, was appointed Colonel of Wales Army in the UK in 1969. Harry 's grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, joined the Navy in 1939 and served in the Second World War.

Remember, this is one of the worldly most secular countries of modern England. A recent survey of religious beliefs in the UK showed that formal religion, especially Christianity, is suddenly declining. There is no religious tradition in half of the population (exactly 48.5%). It reminds me of research on religious beliefs of American youth by Christian Smith published in Soul Searching in 2005. He insisted that the prospects of American teenagers are not Christians (even if they identify themselves), but stick to what he calls "moral treatment of naturalism" You may be able to explain it more.