Abstract A family consists of two or more people who share a bond of either blood, love or both. ... They loved each other and were close to each other no matter the challenge. ... Affection brings about love, care and understanding among the family members, hence, a happy family is their reward. ... A family transforms a house into a home where all members of the family live surrounded with love, concern, care and a feeling of ample security. Love, adjustments and mutual understanding creates the indestructible bond among the family members and creates happiness within the family. ...

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But how do we define a family? ... At the same time, this individual can dictate who belongs in his family – even a best friend or a pet dog maybe part of his family. ... But because part of growing up is acquiring new experiences and widening social network, this web of interconnections I call 'family' has branched out to include my best friends in it, the organization I am included in, and the college block I have learned to love. ... As much as possible we maintain an open book relationship, and I feel the devotion and love my parents are devoting on me. ... Or we might co...

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To what extent does this novel uphold traditional family values? ... The traditional family is at the heart of the novel. ... The maintenance of conservative community cohesion and a stable family life were regarded as desirable goals, one "more important than love-. ... Her relationship with her husband is based on compromise and forgiveness as well as love, as her willingly principles has permitted her to understand and not judge her adulterous spouse and accept her self-seeking daughter. ... Ironically when Kate is struck with cancer, Ellen assumes all the domestic duties that her ...

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The Gulden family and many of Langhorne residence provide a model of traditional family life and value to a substantial degree, as prevalent during the 1950s in America. ... The traditional family is at the heart of the novel. ... The maintenance of conservative community cohesion and a stable family life were regarded as desirable goals, one "more important than love-. ... Her relationship with her husband is based on compromise and forgiveness as well as love, as her willingly principles has permitted her to understand and not judge her adulterous spouse and accept her self-seeking daug...

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During a recent White House summit on working family, President Obama said "A whole lot of father would love to be home for their new baby's first weeks in the world " (Gretchen, 2014). Of course Obama is a father in his family and he would want to be with his family for his newborn baby like other men do. ... There are many evidences that show the love between the father and his child, many fathers today help their spouse taking care of their children and some take care of their infants by themselves without the women's help. ... However, it is not possible do take the time off, sin...

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Social activist Nee Gloria Watkins in her second chapter of the book , states that there can be no love without justice.Until we live in a culture that not only respects but also upholds basic civil right for children , most children will not know love. ... Hook uses numerous logical reasonings to support that ,"Abuse and neglect negate love." ... In conclusion, it is easy to think that we all learn love in our childhood, but when one looks at the facts it is clear that not all people learn love during our childhood. Some people learn love as adults, elders , or even as a teenager from not ju...

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Tobias Wolff explores the idea of a conventional 1950's family. ... Wolff recalls his longing for a stable family during his childhood, and highlights the reality of the family Wolff had. ... Geoffrey gave Tobias the same love he got from his mother and gave him inspiration to do better and assisted him in escaping Dwight's oppressive nature. ... Tobias Wolff faces the harsh reality of a family. ... Her ability to want for a better life for him and herself during a time where divorce was a stigma showed her unconditional love for Tobias as she always put him first by valuing his opi...

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Lock up our family behind barbed wire and then draft me? ... Organic farming is not easy it requires a lot of manual labor, intensive hours and extreme love of what you are doing. ... The would be like signing a death sentence for his father " it seems that Masumoto being a farmer knew what losing the capability to do what you love meant to his father therefore after the whole family when home and he's day was over at the farm he will visit to give his dad the extra push needed for him not to give up. ... I believe that with the support and patience of the family, father and son whe...

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The narrator of the story is a young Bengali girl who lives with her parents who have moved to America to pursue better opportunities and she is reflecting on her childhood of how her mother fell in love with Pranab who was a friend to them. ... The story starts out explaining the relationship between her mother and a friend of the family who they refer to as Pranab who is actually from Calcutta but is in America attending graduate school at MIT. ... The narrator says her mother lived for the moments she heard Pranab call out "Boudi" from the porch, and says that her mother and Prana...

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Siblings form one of the most unique relationships within the family unit. ... This view is important to consider because it appears that there is a significant amount of pressure for siblings to love the very person that they are competing against for parental affection. ... Participants included 188 families with first and second born adolescents. ... In about one third of the families, either one or both parents favored the secondborn sibling. ... Turning to the child abuse issue, many researchers argue that "power assertion and love withdrawal are likely to be interpreted by children...

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Throughout its plot, the parable also demonstrates various other themes including forgiveness, parental love, anger, and jealousy. ... In the other hand, despite the rather insulting request, the father's reaction of granting the younger son his part of the inheritance seems to represent parental selfless love. ... Upon the younger son's return, his older brother refused to celebrate with his family because he has never received such treatment even though he has never disrespected his father. ... As it is demonstrated in this essay, the structure, the language, the style, and the na...

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Man is the head of the family, while the mother is the core of the family who takes care of everyone else by keeping the home, maintaining relationships, and educating the children. ... In Rousseau's perfect home, the father is the head of the family not only because it is natural or that he is stronger than the mother, but because she has household duties to attend to, and has no time to venture outside of the home. ... If women are supposed to educate the children to be patriots, Wollstonecraft believes that they themselves must be patriots; and this love of mankind which "can only be...

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Her mother plays the central role in her family and thus has a powerful impact on Ruth. ... One of the first things Ruth mentions about her mother is her love for everything exotic. ... This guilt and responsibility limits Ruth's ability to accomplish all that she wants to and to branch away from her family. ... Our families affect us all; we all have adopted traits, both good and bad, from those to whom we are closest. For Ruth Reichl, her mother is the driving force in her family and the central figure in much of her life. ...

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The findings of an annual study done by the Colorado Department of Human Services on October 23, 2001 reports that families currently make up 65% of homeless people in Metro Denver. The percentage of homeless families is up from 50% in 1998 and 25% in 1989. ... Whether that is the family moving frequently, living in a shelter, or the youth shuttling between the homes of several different relatives and friends, homelessness is a usually a process, not an event. ... Neglecting and uninvolved parenting styles that are also often present in homeless families are lax, inconsistent, and also use ...

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Consequently, the unlimited allowance of technology induces the children's desire towards violence, which results in bringing devastation to the whole family. ... The parental supersession triggers the children's familiarity with the house, which causes their love towards the parents to vanish. ... In conclusion, it is reasonable to declare that the presence of the nursery inadvertently contributed to the destruction of the family. ...

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Like every family, my family has always had ups and downs, happiness and sorrow. My family has always been united and a whole. ... We all knew that it would be a new step, a new life with this new family member coming into our lives. ... We returned to the hospital, and ten minutes after, some people of our family began to arrive there, all too eager for the arrival of this new family member. ... After a while I heard a noise coming from the mini bed and went to see if everything was ok, and I realize that my brother was awake, I spoke to him and he looked at me, he was out of the covers, an...

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Amy Chua, a mother of two and law professor at Yale, published a best-selling book called Battle Hymm of the Tiger Mother. The book talks about the parenting style of what she calls a "typical Chinese mother". She explains what American parents, or "western parents" lack when it comes to proper pare...

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Janie would love to do this she always thought of it as spending time with the ladies. ... Harmon came home after spending the weekend at the couple's house and had told Janie how he was going to be adopted by this couple and was going to be a family with them now. ...

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