When there are more television sets than members of a household under one roof, it is obvious that technology and media has greatly effected the contemporary American family. There are many forces and pressures that help to shape the American family that we all see, as well as, are a part of today. Technology and media has brought us very far as a country, but has also inflicted upon norms of yesterday. Technology is growing now just as fast as ever before and families are constantly changing because of it.

Every age has its own new invention. New and exciting things started happening long ago. Progressions that got America to where it is today are tremendous. Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb in the late 1800's. The Wright Brothers claimed the first "gas motored and manned" airplane in 1903 (Bellis). These early times also held a place for Henry Ford...