The family played an important role in stabilizing society after World War II. In the 1950s, this marked the beginning of the “gilded age family,” where the nuclear family was seen as the ideal primary household (Hughes and Fergusson, 2004, p. 47). It is defined as a social unit composed of the wife, husband and dependent children (ibid.). Sociologists often refer to this family as “the cereal pack family,” which refers to most people's image of family during the golden years (Nelson, 2013). However, since the early 1960s, British society has become more liberal with a greater emphasis on equality and personal freedom (Morgan, 2013). This is where the diversity of family types and relationships within families begins to manifest. Nowadays, people are beginning to express concern about what is happening to the “traditional family” in contemporary British society (Hughes and Fergusson, 2004, p. 46). Furthermore, there is widespread fear that changes in family life will lead to more uncertainty and private problems in people's lives. (Mooney et al, 2004 cited in Hughes and Fergusson, 2004, p.46). However, for feminists, the increasing diversity of the family is seen as a good thing because it allows for more equality and freer relationships between men, women and children (ibid, p. 64). On the other hand, for conservative thinkers, increasing diversity changes and undermines the secure, hierarchical order that the family establishes for society as a whole (ibid, p. 61). Therefore, this essay will present the family as an example of continuity change with an explanation on changes in household types. Additionally, social scientists' views on diversity within the family will be discussed with a focus on...... middle of article...... identities, roles, and affections based on reproductive sexuality which, for religion, is against the God-given way of ordering life (Somerville, 2000). Therefore, this is considered social deviance since for conservatives, the family should consist of heterosexual parents with clear segregation in roles based on sexual differences within the family so that parents can instill appropriate values ​​in the children. children (Hughes and Fergusson, 2004). , p60) while children raised by a same-sex couple could suffer adverse effects on their psychological and social well-being. However, research by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI, 2009) invalidated conservative theories because children raised by same-sex couples were considered as normal and positive as children raised by same-sex couples. opposite sex. couple.