Before one can make a decision in determining whether the traditional family model is superior to the different types of families present in modern society, it is important to define what is meant by a traditional and non-traditional family. According to the dictionary, a traditional family includes a man, who takes the role of the husband, and a woman who takes the role of the wife, and one or more biological or adopted children. On the other hand, non- traditional families are defined as those including cohabitation, single parenthood and same sex families. All in all, traditional families have been seen to develop better rounded children, however, this model poses a detrimental threat towards society as a whole since this model persists in engraining the role of the woman as the primary homemaker. On the other hand, non-traditional families can be said to be better for society as the societal status quo is challenged encouraging tolerance, though the weakness remains that this model results in higher poverty and rate of delinquent children. One of the key features which define traditional families is their abidance to role expectations, specifically gender role expectations which are ultimately transmitted to the children. Raising children in such a setting yields the advantage of producing children who are more balanced. Certain biological approaches have looked at unravelling the differences between the two sexes with the common belief that women are perceived to be