The mother-at-home father-at-work family

a. has been the standard throughout U.S. history until the women's movement encouraged women to enter the workforce.
b. represents the majority of families in the U.S.
c. emerged as a new model of family in the early nineteenth century.
d. is, according to Skolnick and Skolnick, the best type of family for childrearing.


C

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