Can claims for a crisis of the family be justified?

It would seem over the last century that there have been irreparable changes to the structure of family. Indeed Anthony Giddens describes the idea of returning to a traditional family as implausible. We must understand what changes the traditional family has gone through and determine whether there is cause to proclaim a crisis of the family. Comparing todays society with those regarded as traditional does not specify exactly with which timeframe one must deal with.

However, historically, families were often less loving and affectionate towards one another than they are in contemporary societ…(short extract)