How birth control relates to the image of the nuclear family

Historian Samira K. Mehta argues that a single, traditional American family structure has never actually existed, despite the common image of a married mother and father raising children in a single-family home with a male breadwinner and a female homemaker.

Writing for U.S. Catholic, Nathaniel Hunter notes that while many Americans view this nuclear family model as timeless, Mehta suggests the concept is a specific version of family life rather than a historical constant.