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In recent years there have been many changes in family life. A typical British family used to consist of mother, father and two children. Since the law has made it easier to get a divorce, the number of divorces has significantly increased: one marriage in every three now ends in divorce. As a result, there are a lot of one-parent families. Society is now tolerant more of unmarried couples and single parents.<br><br>The increased number of divorces, however, does not mean that marriage and the family are not popular: the majority of divorced people marry again, and they usually take responsibility for the children in their second family.<br><br>Members of a family - grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins - keep in touch, but they see each other less than before, because people often move away from their home town to work, and so the family becomes scattered. Christmas is the traditional season for reunions, and relatives often travel many miles in order to spend the holiday together.<br><br>Taking care of the older generation. There are about ten million old-age people in Britain, of whom about 750,000 cannot live entirely independently. The government gives them financial help in the form of a pension. More than half of all old people are looked after at home. Old people who have no families live in Old People's Homes, which may be state-owned or private.<br><br>The individual and the family. The relations between the members of the family have become more democratic than they used to be. Many parents treat their children more as equals, and children have more freedom to make their own decisions. The father gives more time to bringing up children, often because the mother goes to work. Although the family holiday is still an important part of family life, many children spend their holidays away from their parents, often with a school party or another organized group.
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