![]() ![]() This idealized depiction of familial life was not intended to serve as an objective reflection of the majority of American families nor as a barometer of the potential dangers that awaited children in the real world. ![]() INTRODUCTIONÄuring the first half of the twentieth century, the representation of the family in American children's literature was widely derived from the model of the "nuclear family"-a father working outside the house while serving as the primary breadwinner, a mother working at home, attending to the meals, housework, and the immediate cares of her family, and children who exist blithely and safely in the world created for them by their parents. Representations of nontraditional, extended, and often unusual family units in the literature for juveniles and young adults. TYPES OF UNCONVENTIONAL FAMILIES: FOSTER, ADOPTED, HOMOSEXUAL The Unconventional Family in Children's Literature INTRODUCTION ![]()
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