As human children are unusually dependent for an unusually long time, it's obvious that every society must provide a domestic context in which the children are brought up and educated. In present day English, the word ‘family’ has two meanings: firstly, the【1】group of parents and children; and secondly, a【2】of relations who might be expected to【3】at a wedding or a【4】. At the first level, my brothers and sisters and myself are all in the same【5】as children, but in different ones as parents; but at the second【6】, we're all in the same family from start to finish. As nuclear families become more【7】, families of relations become more dispersed (分). The young mother can still talk to her Mum on the phone, but she can't ask her to【8】for a few minutes to watch the baby. Ideas about the【9】of women have been changing: wives are thought to be the【10】of their husbands rather than their【11】. But perhaps they're more【12】enslaved to their children than before. The point is that there doesn't seem to be any【13】. There is a genuine【14】between the right of the woman to be treated as a free and self-respected【15】, and the right of the child to demand care and【16】. We have created for ourselves three【17】: social equality of men and women:【18】of the marriage; and lifelong love and【19】between parents and children. However, we have【20】a social system in which it's quite impossible for these factors to co-exist. (1)