n where they are then integrated into appropriate task-oriented roles. The family is a significant foundation of the late 18th century lifestyle; Historian and Professor John Demose believes families that went "bad" were a threat to the social community.
             There are a number of material conditions of family life that reflect the ideal American family of the 1790's. The colonial home is not only the emotional center of a family but also serves as a workplace, hospital, school, vocational training institute, old age home, and a place of worship. Small, one-room houses make it difficult to have "private intimacy" (Bloch). Families also require the support of children; boys help with fieldwork and girls with taking care of younger siblings. Colonial families average 6 to 8 kids, with the wife giving birth almost every other year until menopause. These conditions and ideals were dominant in the late 18th century, but with the arrival of new economic and social circumstances the concept of the ideal American family was transformed.
             Industrialization results in a direct effect on the roles and material conditions of individual family members. This economic change has a drastic impact on women. Though women still stay at home, their previous manufacturing household tasks decline as result of the market economy; families do not need to produce cloth, butter, timber and other items that could be supplied for by the new economy. As the other responsibilities diminish, the role of the wife gradually becomes synonymous with child raising and child care. The man, who now entered the industrialized workplace, becomes associated with time-disciplined work in the public sphere
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