Family

              Family is the 9th chapter in "The Audacity of Hope" this chapter, Obama talks about his own family life and the common challenges that he and many Americans has faced. Obama also talks about how both he and Michelle were working parents that needed to balance there home and family commitments with there business commitments like many families in society. Saying this in chaper 9 he goes on to challenge republicans saying that having the "traditional" family lifestyle is not big idea anymore, he goes on to say "traditional family is under assault from hollywood movies and gay pride parades--with tales of women consigned to permanent singlehood, me unwilling to make lasting commitment, and teens engaged in endless sexual escapades"(381). Obama makes a good point, the "traditional family" barely exists anymore just because of all those things he previously listed and because many people know what they want and what they dont't want, with technology being as advanced as it is, people have the opportunity for those things. Theres no denying that American's lifestyles have changed in the past 50 or so years and they always will.