In the 1950s family life was seen as a stay-at-home mother, while the father was the sole breadwinner, and children were considered well-mannered or at least that's what TV represented, for example “ Leave it to Castoro." The family structure has changed over the years since the last half century. The family structure has changed compared to the traditional family, according to which society sees the sole breadwinner and housewife. The roles of men and women have changed since 1950. Women are out of the home and working to meet the demand for family income. Women now have more career choices that allow them to advance through the ranks and have well-paid jobs. The number of women employed today is leading to women having trouble having children, and among U.S. women ages 40 to 44, 20 percent have never had children, a percentage that has doubled in the last thirty years. Women with young children still work outside the home (Jojio et al., 2012). Parents' roles are changing. But not all traditional ways have disappeared from society; we still have problems with gender equality in dividing housework and children between each partner. The ideal family, a mother and father with two children, who has a white picket fence, no longer exists. Families are becoming diverse, creating many family structures, such as single parents, cohabiting families, gay and lesbian families, stepfamilies, and teen parents, each making their own changes to society. All these family structures are having an impact on children's well-being. Children raised by two married biological parents have declined over the years due to changes in family...... middle of paper ......IONS AND TEENAGE WELL-BEING. [Electronic version].Demography, 43(3), 447-461.Jojic, M., Raj, A., Wilkins, K., Treadwell, R., Caussade-Rodriguez, E., & Blum, J. (2012 ). Demography and treatment of the American family. [Electronic version]. International Review of Psychiatry, 24(2), 128-132. doi:10.3109/09540261.2012.659239 Mallon, G. P. (2007). Evaluating prospective lesbian and gay foster and adoptive families: A focus on the home study process. Child Welfare, 86(2), 67-86.Phillips, T. (2012). The influence of family structure vs. Family climate on adolescent well-being.[Electronic version] Journal of Social Work for Children and Adolescents, 29(2), 103-110. doi:10.1007/s10560-012-0254-4Snyder, A. R., Brown, S. L., & Condo, E. P. (2004). Residential differences in family formation: the meaning of cohabitation. [Electronic version] Rural sociology, 69(2), 235-260.