Слайд 2 A ‘typical’ British family used to consist of mother, father and

two children
Слайд 3 One marriage in every three now ends in divorce
This means that

there are a lot of one-parent families
Слайд 4people are living longer nowadays
there are many household which consist of only

one person or one adult and children
Слайд 5people marry again, and they sometimes take responsibility for a second family

Слайд 6Members of a family keep in touch, but they see less of

each other then they used to
Слайд 7There are about 10 million old-age pensioners in Britain, of whom about

750,000 cannot live entirely independently
Слайд 8Relationships within the family are different now
Parents treat their children and children

have more freedom to make their own decisions