Based on the information in this lesson, highlight the changes in the American family from 1990 to 2000. Include the issue of grandparents serving as caregivers for their grandchildren as well as your prediction of what family structures will be like in the future.

This is a nuclear family but the fact that grandparents have to take of the children gives an idea that both parents have to work in order to make ends meet. It is a tight-knitted family in the sense that everybody contributes to taking of things but it does give you an idea of how difficult it is to raise a family these days.