欧洲和北美近20年来的一大特点便是家庭的结构和功能发生了深刻的变化。家庭的传统形式受到各种试验性同居的挑战与排挤,后者不知不觉间已获得社会的认可。直到五六十年代,人们还认为繁殖人口和教化子女是现代家庭的基本功能,但是,相当多的一部分人按照新的方式生活,不再承认这些基本功能。这些变化现巳家喻户晓,议论纷纷,它引起了各种感情风波,导致政策上的措施和学术上的争议。人们首先注意的是各国范围内的发展,而很少讨论这些现象的国际 A major feature of Europe and North America over the past two decades has been the profound changes in the structure and function of families. The traditional forms of families are challenged and marginalized by various experimental cohabitation, which has unwittingly gained social acceptance. Until the fifties and sixties, people also believed that breeding and enlivening children were the basic functions of modern families. However, a considerable part of them lived in a new way and no longer recognized these basic functions. These changes are now well-known and talked about all over the world, causing a great deal of emotional turmoil that has led to policy measures and academic controversies. The first thing that people pay attention to is the development of their country-wide development, and the international community, which seldom discusses these phenomena