The stable traditional family is declining and, by contrast, more and more new-style families are making their appearance. They have a fragile structure, are unstable, and cannot be defined in generational terms.
穩固的傳統家庭越來越少，相對地，越來越多新型態家庭已經出現，它們結構脆弱，分合不定，正是不確定年代中的產物。