First of all today's mothers spend much less time wich their stayed home A generation or two ago most households got by on Dad's paycheck and Mom stayed home Now many mothers work and their children attend an after-school program stay with a neighbor rocgo home to an empty house Another change is that families no longer eat together In the spast Mom would be home to fix a full dinner-salad pot roast potatoes and vegetables with homemade cake or pie to top it off food eaten out Finally television has taken the place of family conversation and togetherness Most homes even have sevsral TV sets which people watch in separate rooms Children learn how to act like grown-ups by watching the adults in their family