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The Belizean Society

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Introduction

The Belizean society has been modernizing for the best of us as so we think, but has been a toll changing family trends for the bad over the last 25 years. These past years it has been only about making money, jobs are now demanding certain expectations which lead many people with broken homes because they are always busy with work and don’t have the time to even say hello or bid the time of the day. The Belizean society has been “Americanize” that they even forget the traditions of their culture; they’ve been brainwashed with all the nice clothes they see on television and wanting to fit in. Before cell phones was a big hit and along with having internet, there were such thing as “family bonding” which many families now …show more content…

The changes that caused this is because of the modern world we live in today, that doesn't stand for morals and traditions anymore. There have been more divorces than they are of marriages. Many children here in Belize has been born out of wedlock, this marks a shift away from the ideal of the companion marriage which was very popular in the early 1920's. Society has become more inclusive and women has become more financially independent, which has resulted in increased tension in marriages. Why have it increased tension in marriages? well because men in the past have been brought up with the idea that only men can be the "bread winners" in the household. In our modern society today, women now believe in equality and that they are here more than just breeding and taking care of their children. Couples that have been married for more than 20 years they get divorce wanting toe experience more of what this modern life has to offer. Living in the modern society, married couples become selfish thinking only of their needs and not of how it will affect their children psychologically …show more content…

Today's society thinks only about fashion and how many money they make and who they can get sexually physical with. In Belize the rate of teenage pregnancies has increased significantly. The result of these teenage pregnancies has led to many children being neglected. Why is this? well because teenagers of today have not been thought any responsibility, and obviously they haven't been thought about safe sex. They only want to party and have fun, then leaving their child with their parents. Majority of the households in Belize are single parent household, the mother or father works hard to have a roof over their heads and food on the table. Being the bread winner and taking of the children all at once can be very exhausting without support. This doesn't only affect the parent but it more affects the child/children, because seeing other children having both parents can affect them psychologically. Also, for a single parent they dont have time for themselves much less of their children, which results in many children being raised on their own hence the reason many children of today has no moral support. This was not of an issue in the past, Why? well because there was only a small amount of single parent homes and more of nuclear families consisting of both parent and children. The father would be the bread winner and the mother the house wife

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