Watch The Late Session online: Episode 4 Modern Family

Winston Churchill once said that the greatest virtues of human society are created, strengthened and maintained by "the family". But you have to wonder what kind of family he was thinking of when he said that? One wouldn’t expect it was one with an adopted child from Malawi; or shared parenting duties with Mum’s new girlfriend; or perhaps a family without children altogether. So what exactly is a modern family anyway? How does the experience of family life continue to define us? And what exactly is the statute of limitations for blaming our parents for everything?

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