"Identification" and the Inculcation of Social Values

each remarried, surprised a group of her elders at a social gathering not long ago by innocently blurting out: I like my father's wife much better than my mother's husband. This remark, regarded by those who heard it merely as an example of childish frankness, has wide implications which should be apparent to any one interested in the changing aspects of American family life. Specifically, it reflects an attitude on the part of the child toward the family and marriage that would have been incomprehensible a generation or two ago. It suggests, further, a radical modification in the older stereotype of the family and family life, and, presumably, of the associated social values

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