Coontz explains industrialization and urbanization trends contributed to what is often considered "the modern family." First, describe what characteristics changed to make up the "modern family" compared to earlier families. Then, describe two populations of people who were overlooked in this definition and one way per group that they were affected by this change.

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-Modern family: smaller, lower fertility rates, revolved tightly around the nuclear core, creating separations between servants boarders, parents become more emotionally involved in child rearing, childhood was extended, and a sharper separation between home and work.
-The middle-class white decision to extend childhood meant that African women were often brought in as domestic servants, limiting their time with their families.
-Low-class women often converted their houses for lodgers, and also made small products. They were not afforded the same leisure as upper-class women.

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