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THIS ARTICLE OFFERS REFLECTIONS ABOUT FAMILY LIFE, WHY IT HAS CHANGED AND HOW IT IS LIKELY TO EVOLVE IN THE FUTURE. THE FOCUS IN ON THE INTERFACE BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM AND THE FAMILY, BOTH ON THE LEVEL OF SWEEPING GENERALITIES-WHAT FAMILIES TEACH US ABOUT SOCIALISM-AND ON THE LEVEL OF POLITICAL REALITIES OF HOW TO FORMULATE A PROGRESSIVE AGENDA FOR FAMILY POLICY. THE AUTHOR CONSIDERS THE WAYS IN WHICH CAPITALIST DEVELOPMENT HAS UNDERMINED MANY FAMILIAL OBLIGATIONS AND GENERATED STATE POLICIES THAT HAVE SOUGHT, OFTEN UNSUCCESSFULY, TO COMPENSATE.

The advent of nationally-representative time-use surveys has generated a wave of new empirical research on time devoted to unpaid work and challenged traditional resistance to considering its impact on household living standards. Measurement and valuation of such work can generate estimates of "extended income" on the household level, with significant implications for assessment of income inequality. While few such estimates have been generated to date, this essay argues that they are conceptually desirable, empirically feasible, and politically important. A critical assessment of objections to the valuation of unpaid work provides support for this argument, which is further strengthened by a historical account of the social forces driving the expansion of modern time use surveys.

Emphasizes collective struggles over the distribution of the costs of children. Because the production of children's capabilities creates a public good that cannot be priced in the market, childless individuals can free-ride on the efforts of parents in general & mothers in particular. It is argued that the social contract should be revised in ways that encourage more sustainable forms of intergenerational altruism & reciprocity. 57 References. Adapted from the source document.