Part 1: The family. What is a family? -- History, culture, and Canadian families -- -- Part 2: The couple relationship : merging differences. Getting together -- Wedding bells … or not -- -- Part 3: The expanding family. Children--yes or no? -- Bringing up baby -- -- Part 4: The middle years of the family. The middle years of the family and the not-so-empty nest -- Grey power and the sunset years -- -- Part 5: Changes in the family. The lone-parent family--the future majority? -- Coming apart--the divorce experience -- The second time around -- The family and the world of work -- -- Part 6: Social problems in the family. The family beleaguered--when problems come -- Home dangerous home—violence in the family -- Poverty and the family -- -- Part 7: The future of Canadian families -- The crystal ball-predicting the future of the family.