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The concept of the typical family has changed plenty over the past half century. It has changed on the economical level as well as the interactive. In the 1950s, the typical family was one where the father would be considered the breadwinner, the mother would stay at home and take care of the two children, and the whole family would sit down to dinner every night. Over the years, families have grown apart in a way and become more individualistic as opposed to the holistic way of living that took place just half a century before. In the 1950s, the idea of the typical family would consist of the father going to work every morning and bringing home the bacon. While the father was at work the mother would stay home and take care of the kids if they didn’t have school, clean the house, and make the dinner. While that was going on the kids would go off to school. When they got home, they would go outside and play with their neighboring friends until