什么是“豆竿家庭”
四世同堂式的大家庭曾在中国很普遍,七大姑八大姨齐聚一个屋檐下也不足为奇。但随着社会的发展,家庭模式也有了新的变革。核心家庭(nuclear family)、丁克家庭(DINK family)都是时下常见的家庭模式。其实,大家庭并没有消失,只是换了种模式,他们成了beanpole family。 Beanpole family,一般译作“豆竿家庭”,指的是: A family whose living members come from many generations, but with few members in each generation. 几代同堂,但是每一代人数都很少的家庭。 豆竿家庭不朝横向发展,而朝纵向传宗接代,像菜豆茎依附竹竿爬升一样瘦长。当家庭传宗接代的功能丧失,这种家庭就成为截断家庭,像豆竿断枝一样,无后了。 近年来,在很多国家都出现了这样的家庭,新生代的人数普遍减少,多为独生子女,而老一代 人的寿命又在延长,所以整个家庭的模式就像插在地上帮助豆秧向上攀爬的豆竿(beanpole)一样,又细又长。这种家庭最初在英国被称为 verticalized family(垂直化家庭)。 The rising divorce rate partly explains the growth of the 'beanpole' family. With almost one in two marriages ending in divorce, many adults have at least two families, each with a single child. 不断上升的离婚率是“豆竿家庭”产生的一部分原因。在大约每两段婚姻中有一段以离婚告终的情况下,很多成年人都至少有两个家庭,每个家里还都有一个孩子。
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