In a message dated 4/2/2007 11:04:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
tara_affinity@yahoo.com writes:
> Seems the focus is "young family" biased,
I don't see that in the request. They say, "This family should also have a
child or children over 5...." Such a family could be twenty-somethings with a
6 year old, or they could be sixty-somethings with a 17 year old, or they
could be blended family with one young-adult spouse and one older adult spouse
and children ranging from newborn to 30s or 40s.
The bias I do note is the nuclear family starting point, "a husband and
wife" and child. That might be something they didn't realize they were doing, or
it might be an intentional decision to limit the number of dimensions of
"uniqueness" being portrayed all at once. They can only stretch their audience so
far so fast before they lose that audience--and the opportunity to increase
awareness.
Maybe they want to start with a traditional-looking nuclear family with a
poly twist during the early days of the series, then move on to less
traditional forms of poly, etc, as they carry the audience along with them. Introduce
one dimension of uniqueness at a time before combining them. That's what I
would do.
Jasmine