One definition is "a significant social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and their children." While this definition is a good starting point, some modern family structures are excluded from it. In her essay “Family: Idea, Institution, and Controversy,” Betty Farrell seemingly assumes that the traditional family has changed radically and that the dynamics of change have altered the definition of “family.” A family is no longer an image of a particular image from the mythical past, referring to the golden days of the “1950s”. It is no longer about a father, a mother and their biological children living together under the same roof (and certainly not with a breadwinner father and a stay-at-home mother). In today's modern society, it is now common to see women raising their children alone without the help of their husbands; unmarried couples living together; and gay and lesbian couples – while far from universally accepted – adopting and raising children to complete their families. Therefore, even though children live in single-parent families, or do not live with their “married heterosexual biological parents” under the same roof, it does not necessarily mean that they are not families. Farrell states that “a family is defined not so much by a particular group of people but by the quality of the relationships that bind them”. In other words, Farrell believes that a “family” is more than just a collection