many modern families live rather di

many modern families live rather differently, and because of this some people think that the family units is drying and society is begin weakened. many couples still get married. but others live together without getting married. A few years ago, couples living together usually got married when they wanted to stat a family (= have children), but this happens less now. Another trend is for people to get married later in life and to have fewer children, so the size of the average family is shrinking.