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Not a “Modern Family” at all


ABC's hit series Modern Family has returned to the air for its second

season.

It's the "modern" elements of the Modern Family that you're supposed

to notice right away. The family patriarch, Jay, has divorced his

children's motter and is married to a much younger Colombian toman

named Gloria. Gloria has her own son from a previous marriage,

Manny. Jay's own children - Claire and Mitchell - are grown and

have households of their own. Claire is married with three children.

Mitchell, who is gay, lives with his partner Cameron and their adopted

Vietnamese daughter, Lily.

And yet I'm struck', over and over again, by how unmodern - or at least

how atypical, by contemporary American standards - this family is.

To begin with, the entire family lives in the same town. There's a lot

of "day-to-day grandparenting," precisely the kind of grandparenting

is that few American children ever experience.

Moreover, in each of the (very well-appointed) households there is

at least one parent who stays home with the children. This is in stark

contrast to the contemporary reality, in which families with one

"stay-at-home" parent are a distinct minority.

Even if we regard the family on Modern Family merely as an ideal,

we have to recognize that it is an ideal that is becoming out-of-reach

for more of us all the time.

www.frontporchrepublic.com, 2010



1. Read the article. List the

characters and recap the family

relationships.

2. What are the specificities of this

family? Pick out three elements

from the text.

3. According to the author does this reflect Americans'reality? Explain why

4. What does the author want

to denouce in this article?

Justify your answer.