... over a series of divorce issues such as financial support, property division, custody, and access to the children, or to values and methods of child rearing. Tactics dimension of conflict is the way in which the divorcing couple tries to resolve disagreement. This can be handled many ways, for instance ... conflict and hostility between parties. Maccoby and Mnookin's data was able to indicate that one quarter of divorces were highly conflicted when it came to child rearing behaviors around three and a half years after separation. (Johnston, 1994) The long term emotional harm to kids as an...

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... quot;a situation detrimental to any family structure (Minuchin 291). In the course of my adolescent years, I became immune to my parents' marital struggles caused by cultural disparities and conflicting child-rearing techniques, convincing myself that I was not the least bit bothered by their forthcoming separation. I was almost happy that they were on their way to find individual happiness apart from each ... one another "a situation that Rothbaum and Dyer-Tarquino claim to bear extreme negative consequences (Rothbaum and Dyer-Tarquino 7). My parents' stubbornness to adapt to one another...

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... and therefore rendering it unnecessary. The fact that a father is present in the family structure does not always mean it will be a positive environment for child-rearing. Popenoe acknowledges the fact that fathers are not always positive role models, and that "across societies, fathers may or may not be closely engaged with ... perceived unhappiness is a factor in the lifestyle of "single-by-choice": the decision of single women who have not found the right man to have a child anyways. However, it has also been shown that "marriage could be healthful for women if husbands did not domina...

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... author of this piece believes that two married biological parents are best for kids ("Happy Marriage"). The author stresses the importance of both biological parents rearing children in a low conflict marriage for future health and happiness ("Happy Marriage"). The second article is titled, "Moving on: Parental Breakups May Not ... the children's later relationships. Campbell also makes the point that depending on the quality of the relationship between the parent and child, divorce might leave the child better off. The other author says nothing about divorce as an answer. Rather, the a...

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... for the middle class women. A woman's role was most indefinitely redefined. Motherhood was no longer seen as every woman's maternal instinct and was claimed to be not sufficient enough for child rearing. Now mothers were expected to seek and rely on the advice of professionals such as doctors, nurses, and trained educators in nursery school and kindergartens. Up until this point, this ... the face of what was an abrogation of her rights, the very perception of change itself provoked vigorous public debate over the fertility of American women. The issue of combining child rearing and car...

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... strong as a way of preparation towards social responsibility. The women were supposed to take care of the homestead by providing food, cleaning, washing, rearing of children and other domestic duties. They were supposed to be submissive and had to obey their husbands as they were thought as being weak, ... a bride who traditionally held the lowest status in the family, might be divorced if she failed to please her in-laws or produced a child. Authority meant responsibility as well as privilege. The family head was responsible for economic welfare and also the department of other members...

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... in the home was literature and books urging women to subordinate themselves to their husbands (Epstein/Easton 93). This literature put the home at the center of a woman's life with child rearing the most important aspect of home. Women then became willing to follow the leanings of society and remain at home. Of course, the women had to be able to do ... many developed the desire to rebel (Epstein/Easton 97). There was also the feeling for some that they were failing in child rearing. They were being told that the "most primary and inviolable of human ties was the one between mother and ...

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... , a family is "the basic unit in society having as its nucleus two or more adults living together and cooperating in the care and rearing of their own or adopted children. " Despite this definition, which appears to be all inclusive, lesbian and/or gay couples, with or without ... sex does not offend the First, Eighth, Ninth or Fourteenth Amendments marriage as a union of a man and woman, uniquely involving the procreation and rearing of children within a family, is as old as the book of Genesis. " This ruling not only supported the stance of the U.S. against gay ... best raised by opposi...

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... of monogamous, marital sex been established. For the purpose of assuring paternity, the need for willing estates to heirs of legitimate lineage, maintaining sexual health, and providing a family unit for child rearing, has the institution of marriage been created. That being the case, one might consider adultery to be wrong for the fact that it compromises these outcomes. One must consider although ... moral level viewed through Utilitarian philosophy his actions are arguable in both directions. Supporting his actions is the fact that his relationship with his kids is improved, thereby ...

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... that of the Ancient Roman era. These families differ from those of today in the areas of family structure, family cycle which includes mate selection, marriage institution, family member roles, child rearing, and later life, family controls and censures. In early roman times, before the Punic Wars, the Roman family was patrilineal, patrilocal, and patriarchal. This meant that only relatives on the ... became adults, he still over-powered them, due to the fact that he was responsible for the actions of any members of the household. He had the authority to kick a child or even an adult ou...

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... were able to communicate very well with their children. Adults who disagreed strongly with each other on a great many issues were able to cooperate in the care of the children. Child-rearing issues were not a source of disagreement for over one-third of the parents. Onehalf of the children experienced relatively consistent handling by both parents. We were sometimes surprised to find ... general. Conversely, where the divorce is unplanned, undertaken impulsively, pursued in anger or guilt over fancied or real misdeeds, or where the divorce coincides with other unrelated family crises, t...

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... To alleviate the huge overpopulation pressure, family planning became a fundamental national policy since the 1970s. Normally, one couple is only allowed to have one child. The traditional concept doesn't die down easily, many families, special those in the countryside, would long for a boy to be born. Some ... Having a boy or a girl does not make any difference any more, as long as they are the blessing of love. Having a healthy child is the top concern. Sharing Same Ambitions In the ancient Chinese families, there is a clear distinction of duties between husband and wife. The ... Red M...

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... loss and most importantly receive less support and nurturing from their parents. These are just a few implications of divorce but demonstrates how it changes the lives of children. Each child is unique, so the short and long term functioning of the children after divorce varies widely. Wallerstein and Kelly (1980) observed and interviewed parents and children three times ... in the long term effects. Preschool children with their egocentric forms of reasoning, blame themselves for a parent leaving and take it as a personal rejection. This can be associated with a child's disturbed eating...

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... in today's society regarding divorce and remarriage includes the new trend of "trophy wives." Trophy wives are defined as women who older, successful men remarry, to replace their older, loyal, child-rearing wives. Usually, the trophy wives are younger, thinner, better educated, and boost the older man's corporate image of being successful both professionally and sexually. The early stages of the stepfamily ... of betrayal. Unfortunately, family violence is also another issue facing societies of today and the future. Examples of family violence include marital rape, women's abuse of men...

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... Family ideology and how it is affecting our homes. "In a society of post-nuclear families and a regime governed by Love Family ideology, patterns of child-rearing have steadily moved from "high investment, warm affect" to "diminished investment, distorted affect" (Whitehead, 154). In the seventh chapter of Divorce Culture, Whitehead ... Culture describes what is going on as an "exodus of fathers" and a "widespread disengagement of fathers from their biological children". The common father-child bond has eroded with the increase in divorces over the last thirty-five years. As many fathers...

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... loss and most importantly receive less support and nurturing from their parents. These are just a few implications of divorce but demonstrates how it changes the lives of children. Each child is unique, so the short and long term functioning of the children after divorce varies widely. Wallerstein and Kelly (1980) observed and interviewed parents and children three times ... in the long term effects. Preschool children with their egocentric forms of reasoning, blame themselves for a parent leaving and take it as a personal rejection. This can be associated with a child's disturbed eating...

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... our childrens future. People should vote and file a petition to change the system of our government that married couples should be prepared and do some kind of community services regarding child-rearing, or propose a town meeting that will discuss a healthy relationship that will benefit their role as parent and as husband and wife as well. This proposal will help the husband ... are emotionally stable, have more parental guidance, and are most likely to be happy, content, and likely to succeed in the future. The importance of having two parents in a child's life has a great impact on ...

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... of these mothers are unemployed or underemployed, which leads to the mother leaning on the government to help with her financial needs for the child. Although many of these single adults are raising children, they still are forced to pay higher taxes, unemployment rates, receive fewer job benefits ... In doing this it will allow their employees to add another adult to their health plans, such as a domestic partner or a qualifying child. This decline in marriage raises some questions. Will the future generation be able to support the needs of retirement? Will there be enough educated ......

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... of young American children raised in poverty from these single mothers trying to make a living and raise they"re children because they got some dead beat dad that wont pay child support. And for the families who are still together the evidence clearly indicates that men are sharing very little of the burden of raising children and care of the home ... to compensate. Great decrease in the proportion of women favoring large family, both husbands and wives should be able to work, have roughly similar opportunities, and share household responsibilities and child rearing. What kids really re...

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... raised in a large family. The family was consisted of twelve members; eleven of which lived under one roof, at one time. Johnson was the middle child, fourth from the oldest out of all her brothers and sisters. She confesses that, "I did all the washing, cooking, cleaning and caring for my ... eleven years old at this time. Families actively play a role in gender-role-socialization by the ways in which they organize the environment for the child. This is shown in all the responsibilities that were bestowed upon Johnson and what she was expected to do. At a young age she found ... did no...

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... maximum control and to expect unquestioning obedience. Children may perceive such parents as rejecting and as refusing to give them any autonomy. Parent-child interact is not the give-and-take of a developing relationship but the giving of orders by a superior to a sub ordinate. In ... that encourages their autonomy, controls their behavior moderately, and allows them to express their opinions and develop their own decision-making ability. Parent-child interaction is generally characterized by affection, a certain amount of give-and-take, but relatively clear expectations for the childre...

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... couples in the study fell into the category that the authors call a rescue marriage. Many young men and women today have grown up fearing that because they were abused as a child, they are destined to repeat those sufferings throughout their adulthood too. Here, with the rescue marriage is a direct confirmation that people who have suffered great pain can put it behind ... of the spouses, usually the wife, takes time out of her work to dedicate attention to young children; she dovetails working and parenting. Companionate couples share the economic burdens and child rearing. Mutual comm...

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... up in chapter one was the myth that said that having children increases marital satisfaction. In truth, studies show that marital satisfaction decreases for one or both spouses during the child rearing years. One or both parents claim this for reasons such as no time and energy for their relationship and having ... a child adds financial restraints. Marital status does, in fact, increase when the child or children grow up and leave home. The myth that a good sex life is the best predictor of marital status is also false. Sexual compatibility and sexual fulfillment are important ... ...

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... out about his wife is that she cannot bear any young. In order to keep from bringing shame to herself, Lusanna, ...may have circulated rumors of giving birth to, and rearing, children as a form of wish fulfillment and to refute allegations that she was sterile. (Brucker 92). That is probably one reason why Giovanni found it ok to have her as ... have, what use is it to marry her? She tried to make things better for Giovanni by taking the baby of a slave girl so, ...his relatives would think that the child was his (Brucker 86) but this was highly illegal to claim this so the plan was not...

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... between two people who love each other. Raising children is not necessarily a stipulation of marriage. Although many couples do marry with the intent to start a family, it is obvious that rearing children is not a priority for some couples. Examples of this type of family would include those who marry at an elderly age. Couples who are sexually infertile can also be ... procreation issue as an argument against gay marriages and then completely ignore it for non-childbearing heterosexual marriages? These homosexual couples could also adopt a child since they could not produce one. Just b...

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