Marie and Joel Have Two Children

Marie and Joel have two children.They have had serious difficulties in their relationship but have decided to remain together to try to work things out.They know that divorces are expensive,it will be hard to sell their home during a recession,and they need two incomes to support a household for their children to grow up in.Marie and Joel are representative of what change within married families today?

A) the changing role of fathers as head of household
B) the changing role of mothers as primary caregiver
C) delayed departure of adult children
D) divorce rates decline during hard economic times