...What is Family? When asked, what defines a family, the normal response is, mom, dad, and child. According to Webster, “family is defined as a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household, all descendants of a common ancestor.” I do believe this to be an 2group of people who are not related by marriage or blood, but people that genuinely love, care and respect each other. I have a special group of lady friends and we call ourselves the “crew.” Every year, we plan a vacation and go away together. We plan various activities, dinner outings and special bonding time. We display our love for one another by hugging and saying I loveyou. We pray together. There is absolutely no way these ladies aren’t my family. No, they are not related to me by blood, but we are there for each other no matter what, whenever there is a need. So, family is way beyond a mom, dad and child; it consist of individuals that love and care for each other whether they are related by blood or not, and about spending quality time with each other and developing relationships. If parents would spend more time bonding with their children, I think we would have a lot more strong loving families in the world. We would see less news reports of children killing parents or parents killing children. By bonding with each other, you develop respect and love for each other. Bonding, as Webster defines “as the formation of a close relationship, as between friends, the emotional and...
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...What is Family? When most people hear the word family, mother, father, children, and relatives immediately come to mind. This is how a family would be defined, but the word "family" can also be alive, in action. Family can also be related by blood, and also can be an acting part of family because they're united. The word family may have a different meaning to all of us. To me, it is those around me who love and support me and will always stand by my side. My friends are who make up most of my family. They have been there for me through thick and thin and would not trade any of them for the world. I have formed bonds with them that will last a lifetime. I know I can call any of them up and they will be there at a drop of a hat. For example, I needed help cleaning my garage out last summer and they all volunteered to help. So in return for their helping hands we grilled out that night and I provided all food and beverages. Although my friends are not related to me by blood, they are still considered very much so a part of my family. Almost every aspect of our lives involves the term family. Even in some religions they are considered a "family" of believers. One person unites our country as a "family" whom we all look towards for guidance. While these examples might be accepted by society today, it only describes family in broad terms. Family love is much deeper than all of that and is the love you share with friends and relatives. Every...
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...The family is the basic unit of society. Families exist in all sizes and configurations and are essential to the health and survival of the individual members and to society as a whole. As the primary group for the individual, the family serves as a buffer between the needs of the individual and the demands and expectations of society. The role of the family is to meet the needs of society (Taylor, et. Al., 1989). The family is a unity of interacting persons related by ties of marriage, birth or adoption, whose central purpose is to create and maintain a common culture which promotes the physical, mental, emotional and social development of each of its members (Duval, 1971). In today’s society, Friedman defines the family as composed of two or more people who are emotionally involved with each other and live in close geographical proximity. The family provides a set of functions important to the needs of the individual members and to society as a whole. The family provides the individual with the necessary environment for development and interactions; it also provides new and socialized members for society. 4 Major Functions of a Family: (Friedman, 1981) Physical Function – carried out by providing a safe, comfortable environment necessary to growth, development and rest/recuperation. Economic Function – provide financial aid for members, as well as, meeting monetary needs of society. Reproductive Function – it is met by the birth of children. ...
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...Marriage makes a family and you have to have love between one another. Some of the issues that families face are health issues and financial issues. Financial issues can be resolved by managing your money. Health issues can be tricky to resolve. Some health issues are out of our control. All you can do to try to resolve health issues is try to eat right and live right. The parents are in charge of making money to pay bills, buy food, gas, clothing, etc. The parents are also in charge of setting the ground rules for the kids. The kids' job is to respect their parents and to do the best that they can in school. It is the whole families' job to do the work around the house. A family is made up of a father, mother and one or more children living together. Some issues that families face are domestic abuse, financial worries and health problems. Another issue that families face is lack of communication between family members which can lead to a number of problems such as divorce. Domestic abuse can be resolved by leaving the family home and setting up a new life away from the abuser. Financial stress can be resolved by increasing the income or decreasing expenses. Some health problems can be resolved by changing your diet. A well-balanced diet of healthy foods combined with exercise can help you sustain good health. Parents are expected to teach, discipline and provide for their children. Children are expected to cooperate and respect their parents. I learned that...
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...There are many themes in this novel, but family is the one I noticed because of the research and theme project. The many themes that this novel shows are; Identity, Mortality, Family, Guilt and Blame, Betrayal, Art and Culture, Supernatural, and Change. The theme that I picked matches with any family it’s just about their relationships with each other and in this case the Sweetwine’s. Before tragedy struck the twins they were each other's best friends, and the aftermath of their mother’s death split them apart. Other things were happening at the time of Dianna’s (Noah and Jude’s mother) death; like the divorce process with Ben (Noah and Jude's father). “The yelling reaches us. It's loud like the house might break in two. Same as the other times...
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...My family is very non-traditional where only three couples were ever married. My grandmother wasn’t born in America, but was brought here by her parents. They abandoned both my maternal grandmother and her brother once they arrived here. Marriage in my family never seemed to be an important factor. Most of the members of my family never actually got married, they would just cohabitate. The three couple that were or married in my family are myself, my mother and my aunt. My mother and I both got married in 2015. My aunt was married in 2011 but divorced in 2016. Beside my aunt divorced my mother’s marriage is monogamous. My marriage is same-sex. I am also the only person in my family that has ever been with a person of the same gender. All the...
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...Every family has their different way how to treat their family, by showing their love or sometimes they use the hard way to show it. Those times together with our family are always going to be the precious time for each of us. We may have some hard times with our family, we fight with each other, argue to one another, insult, or even punch each other; but when it comes to love, our family has an endless love for us. Without them we may be a different person, because they are the one that make us who we are now. According to Goodman, basically she said that even though we argue with each other but we also take for each other. She also mentioned there is two parts of us in our family, which is the “we” and the “I”. We are all “raised in families … to be individuals” (Goodman, 4). They taught us everything, how to survive in this cruel world. We always come back to our family in the hardest moment of our lives, and surprisingly they will not bring us down. We make mistakes and some people will not forgive us, but family will. Once I read: Boyfriend, Girlfriend, and Friend all of them has an “end” but family has “ily” which means “I love you” and we should believe in that, nobody will treat us as good as our family will ever do. Furthermore, the “we” and the “I” are really obvious. The “we” is when we are together, for example on holiday when we eat together, laugh together, just having a moment of our life. We “ruthlessly compete with each other” but yet we work together that...
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...Fyodor Dosteovsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and author of Crime and punishment portrays the meaning of family in various ways throughout the novel. Sonya, Marmeladov, Dounia, and Pulcheria show four very different feelings towards family. Sonya being one to sacrifice her own body in order to help her family. Marmeladov on the other hand fully aware of his actions, yet still bringing down his family one drink at a time. Dounia full of forgiveness and doesn't seem to let things get to her. Pulcheria on the other hand is willing to sacrifice her daughter to save her son. Each of these characters whether tied together or not, show very strong feelings towards their family, some negatively while others positively. From reading the novel you can put together that Dostoevsky wrote about these four very different perspectives on what it means to be a family from his own life experiences. People often sacrifice things of higher value to them in order to save their families. Sonya sacrifices her own body in prostitution in sake of her own family....
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...What can Catholic Social Teaching Group do for families in Vietnam? I thought our group is very strong, but actually... Actually our group consists of a dozen guys, a few persons in Saigon, and some in Hanoi! You guys are not even considered a Catholic Association? No, we’re just a small group of laypeople. We go to the church on Sunday afternoon and gather in a parish room. We pray and then share news about the Church and society. There is “no father” at the beginning. Then arrives the father who gives some lecture on the social teaching. We attend Mass until dismissal! Do you learn about the family? Yes, we learn these vital points: 1. The family is the first natural society (Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, 211), the vital cell of society (211), and the sanctuary of life (231); 2. The family makes up the fundamental structure for human ecology, suited to teach and transmit cultural, ethical, social, spiritual and religious values (212 and 238); 3. The family must have priority over society and the State (214); 4. Divorce is a plague on society (225); 5. Homosexual persons are to be fully respected in their human dignity (228); 6. The family is an active participant in social life (246-251); and 7. Society is at the service of the family (252-256). When practicing the CST, do you participate in indirectly serving the family? Yes, we do. The Group’s members when living the values of Freedom, Love, Truth and Justice are already applying the...
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...Assessed Essay In what ways can the representation of the family in Nada be read as a microcosm of Spanish society in the immediate post-Civil War era? Carmén Laforet's first novel, “Nada” is set in the war torn city of 1940's Barcelona, and depicts the aspiration of a young woman arriving to the city. This protagonist, Andrea, has her dreams quickly shattered as she witnesses, from the shadows, the chaos and mental and physical torment within the house. The novel is loosely based on Laforet's own experiences, her circumstances are very similar to that of Andrea; in the novel Andrea expects to find joy and love within her grandparents house in Barcelona, as she lived there as a child, however her hopes of this are quickly shattered,“cuando yo era la única nieta pasé alli las temporadas más excitantes de mi vida infantíl...¿todo esto podíá estar tan lejano?” (p22) Even though, taken literally, the narrator is reminiscing over earlier, happier times spent in the house, it echoes memories of Spain in general before the Civil War. Laforet herself was born in Barcelona and both Andrea and Laforet moved away as children and returned during the early 1940's in their late teens to study at the University of Barcelona. From this, Laforet experienced the struggles of post-war Spanish society first hand and evidence of this pervades the novel, drawing a picture of the times, which are not only represented in the city, but almost metaphorically in the household in which the majority...
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...causes of BPD can be due to genetic, family and social factors. Some of the factors that can increase the chances of someone getting BPD will be like disrupted family life, poor communication in the family, sexual abuse, abandon childhood and etc. This depression is normally found in woman than men. Example like Suzanna, her mum can be seen with high anxiety thus this might be genetic that causes her to act the same. There are various symptoms to indentify if someone is suffering from BPD, however we cannot avoid the fact that being in the environment with people having depression might worsen the situation of one. Some of the symptoms include suicidal behaviour, inappropriate/difficulty controlling anger, unstable self control, impulsiveness in area that are potentially self damaging, unstable interpersonal relationship and more. Some of the people identify with this symptoms might not be truly ill as they did all this for a reason. However they will be labelled as the type 2 and after being sent in to the mental care, most would stereotype and think that they are really insane. All this would bring different impact to different type of family. In average, there will be impacts like suicide threats and attempts, self-inflicted injuries, outbursts of rage and recrimination, impulsive marriages, divorces, pregnancies and abortions; repeated starting and stopping of jobs and school careers, and a pervasive sense, on the part of the family, of being unable to help or they might...
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...The purpose of major crime reporting programs is to keep track of crimes that are being committed. These programs report when, where, and what types of crimes that have taken place. The law enforcement agencies use this program to help reduce the crime rates, and also to see if criminal activity is increasing or decreasing. In order for a crime reporting program to be successful; it must be accurate. If the information that is being reported is not accurate that the program will not be a success. In addition to the accuracy of the reports, all crimes must be reported. Many cases will not be reported to make a certain area or division appear to have a lower crime rate. This happens a lot when someone is being into office. Once a crime has been reported into the system, it is difficult to try to take it out; therefore, sometimes the crimes just do not get reported. Clearance rates are a measure of crimes solved by the police. The relation of crime rates to clearance rates, and arrest rates revolves around the Conflict Theory. The Conflict Theory states that clearance rates may cause offices to focus on appearing to solve crimes rather than solving them. Our text gives us an example of cops that catch a burglar and convince this burglar to confess to other burglaries that he did not commit in exchange for testimony on his behalf by the cops. The burglar confessed and the cases were cleared. The cops did not arrest the burglars of the other crimes. Various police forces have...
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...between family groups are allowed but no difference in slope coefficients, versus an alternative hypothesis where also slopes are allowed to differ between family groups. What do you conclude?Perform a Chow test where the null hypothesis is that intercept differences between family groups are allowed but no difference in slope coefficients, versus an alternative hypothesis where also slopes are allowed to differ between family groups. What do you conclude?Perform a Chow test where the null hypothesis is that intercept differences between family groups are allowed but no difference in slope coefficients, versus an alternative hypothesis where also slopes are allowed to differ between family groups. What do you conclude?Perform a Chow test where the null hypothesis is that intercept differences between family groups are allowed but no difference in slope coefficients, versus an alternative hypothesis where also slopes are allowed to differ between family groups. What do you conclude?Perform a Chow test where the null hypothesis is that intercept differences between family groups are allowed but no difference in slope coefficients, versus an alternative hypothesis where also slopes are allowed to differ between family groups. What do you conclude?Perform a Chow test where the null hypothesis is that intercept differences between family groups are allowed but no difference in slope coefficients, versus an alternative hypothesis where also slopes are allowed to differ between family groups...
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...| What is a Reconstituted Family? | A reconstituted family is a family that consists of a mother and her children from one family and a father and his children from another family joining together through marriage. | | What is meant by the term 'industrialisation'? | When the industry changed from being one of agriculture to one where factories, shops, markets and healthcare was provided. This is the process of Structural Differentiation. | | What does cohabitation mean? | Cohabitation is where people live together without being married, it is also seen as a 'trial' marriage. | | The definintion of the 'Warm Bath Theory' | The Warm Bath Theory is... After a long, stressful and tiring day at work, going home to your family or household is said to relax you like a warm bath would. | | Who came up with the 'Warm Bath Theory'? | Parsons was the one who believed that the warm bath theory was an important major function of the family (stress reliever). | | What is Primary Socialisation? | Primary socialisation is where the family teaches the children the values and norms of society and the behaviour that is acceptable and unacceptable. | | What is meant by an Instrumental Leader? | The instrumental leader within the family is the male as he goes to work to earn money and provide for his family. | | Who identifield the Instrumental and Expressive Leader? | Parsons identifield the Instrumental and Expressive Leader. | | What is meant by an Expressive Leader? |...
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...Patrick Williams English 111 16 October 2014 Family Value and Truth Family in society is a social structure. Family plays a key role in human life because it can give people a sense of home, or a loving and supportive group. In most cases when people think of families they think of having a mom, dad, brother, sister. However, nothing in life is perfect. Today, we have separated , same sex, extended, and blended families. Society tries to explain these more contemporary families but has a harsh way of doing so. In the essay, Stone Soup, by Barbara Kingsolver, she discusses how society views families and in the essay, Family Values, by Richard Rodriguez, he talks about American family values. Both essays express the view that family should be valued regardless of differences. Kingsolver breaks down what it means to be a real family while Rodriguez emphasizes the value of family; both authors show the importance of having family. In the introduction of the Kingsolver essay, she talks about a young boy’s soccer game. She talks about how the young boy, whose name is Andy, has a blended family. Kingsolver writes, “He’s Andy, my best friend’s son. The cheering section includes his mother and her friends, his brother, his father, and stepmother, a stepbrother and stepsister, and a grandparent” (147). She uses her friend’s son as an real life example of what kind of family would be considered a broken family by society but is not. Andy’s family is supportive of him and loves him enough to come and cheer for him regardless of ...
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