Since I am coming in late to the discussion, I had the opportunity to read what everyone else had to say, which was nice. I noticed that a lot of the posts discussed how there really is no typical or normal American family. I agree with what Leah said about Family Ties being presenting what a fallacy the typical American Family is. I think it is good that the notion of the nuclear family as ideal continues to lose popularity, while at the same time acceptance for "non-traditional" families is increasing. This just goes to show that society is finally realizing that the nuclear family is actually the minority, while "non-traditional families" are really today's norm.