Connecting
Since the mid-1960s, the family in Germany - like in other highly developed industrial societies, has undergone pronounced change processes. Many social scientists believe that marriage and family are going through a crisis; there is even occasional talk of the “death of the family”. Childlessness, single-parent family, and ageing population, the collapse of traditional family form has caused series of social problems and financial crisis; more children and adolescents no longer grow up during their entire childhood and adolescence with both birth parents.