The show is comprised of three interrelated families, the Pritchett family, the Dunphy family and the Pritchett-Tucker family. ... The Dunphy family is the current traditional family representation in America; the family does not convey a sense of modernity to the audience. The family setting represents the normal American family that has been the traditional family in America. ... All these families promote the dominant ideology of the current American family structure. ... The legality of her love for her husband is questioned, as she faces condemnation from her family members, and she is r...

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There are many myths in America dealing with marriage and family. ... I love this movie because it so real to me and what a real life marriage is like. ... That show takes you to the edge and back of what families in real life go through. ... Equity is important to both of us and we both love the way our relationship is. He loves complementing me and doing anything for me if I ever need him too, and I love receiving those complements as well as doing things for him. ...

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Throughout my twenty years of Naval service, I was separated from my family extensively with fourteen of the years onboard various ships. ... The only family that deployed sailors have for 180 days are the immediate members of their division and the rest of the crew. ... Finally, we needed to know our families would be adequately provided for while we were away which included various family support resources, housing, medical care, commissaries and exchanges so we didn't need to worry about our families while we were deployed. ... Most importantly, email communication provided us with...

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Because of love, man and woman come together and become a family £ » however after a long time being a couple, sometimes, the true love has faded and the husband or wife has the feeling named love with another person. ... And the third situation is that the family member loves and already has actual infidelity with another person. ... Furthermore, honesty plays a significant role in a family. Every family member has the right to know what happened. ... No matter what reason it is, the married people should balance their families and their affections when they face the family cri...

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Your strength and love has guided me and gave me wings to fly.... My mother is the definition of strength, faith, and love. ... She comes from an ordinary family consisting of her parents, two brothers, and a sister. ... Not only did my father come from a wealthy family, but he was also a pilot; therefore, we had the luxury of living a fancy lifestyle. ... She is, with certainty, the backbone of my family and is someone I can always count on. ...

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She provides history on the culture of her land, it's terrain, her personal family's beliefs and health status. ... Her family remains in Thailand, but E.S. has a sister moving here next summer - also marrying a gentleman that she met on-line. ... Her relationship with her family has remained close thanks to the computer and face time capabilities that she has. ... To her knowledge she has no genetic disease in her family although she has a sister with elevated triglyceride levels also. She denies that there have been any serious illness in her family but does remember her grandm...

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Keywords: Family Assessment Assignment, Structural-Functional Framework Family Assessment Assignment The assessment entailed interviewing a family of a 38 year old Native American man, married to a 34 year old Arabian woman in Ohio State, America. ... It is apparent that this family has a family doctor who manages majority of their medical problems. ... Education The whole family holds education with high regard. ... Family Needs Subsequent to interviewing the family, it is apparent that there are several family needs (Wright, & Leahey, 1999). ... The need to advance coping with the loss of ...

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This evolution in the American family was already in progress. ... After all the male of the family had the education, and responsibility to look after the women of the family. ... She dutifully writes home and tells her family about the class. ... The Quakers believed in a peaceful and purified household environments, voluntary love marriages, financially independent conjugal households, and tender child rearing. ... When children were placed in other families, they were cared for as members of that family. ...

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My entire family consists of Democrats. ... I believe in the golden rule, and i feel like love should be universal, not pointed towards close family and friends. ... I will literally bring up certain ideas and topics just to get him started because he is so easily irritated and loves to pull the race card on everybody and their grandma. He considers himself as a Democrat because the rest of our family is Democrat as I stated before. ... I love him but he just shouldn't speak on political matters sometimes. ...

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Although the convenience the dinners gave to a family allowed a lot more time for other activities, it took away the tradition of home cooked family dinners. ... In "Heat, Tray, Love" Connie Schultz says, "Imagine my horror when one of my friends told me recently that she had no childhood memory of eating TV dinners" (114). ... In previous years TV dinners signified convenience to the American family. ... " Formal/traditional family meals allowed open communication within a family; this is now something of the past that very few Americans still value. ... The dinners...

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My mother was healthy so she didn't need to diet or change any of her lifestyle, but she used to love having coffee and eggs but when she was pregnant with me she couldn't stand the sight of them let alone smell them. ... In my village, mainly men worked; men were the head of the house and they provided for the family. ... I love school, and learning new things every day. ... Living in a Syrian household taught me of the right things to do and the wrong things to do; my family was very strict on me, which is why I have ethical morals and good beliefs. ...

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In today's society, there are many different types of families that go beyond the traditional nuclear family. ... A child brings a history of a family that has already existed, family values and habits to a new household. ... The two arrangements are also the same in the sense that all of the people involved need to have someone love them. ... Lastly, the most important aspect of any relationship is love. Without love, a relationship will be unable to flourish, and the result will be dissatisfying for all parties involved. ...

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I never thought any of this would happen to my family or friends. ... The love of family is also a big part in contributing to America's future. If you do not love your family than how can you love yourself and friends. As Russell Bertrand once said, "To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead." ... With love comes duty, or responsibility, and our duty is to love one another and to work as a team. ...

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In the sixties, most large families planted gardens, and raised their own livestock, in order to feed their families. ... The family knew that Grandfather's life was near completion. ... It was painful for the family to see him in such pain. ... No one wants to see his or her loved ones suffer. ... Some of the stages of dying which a person goes through could lead family members to believe that his or her loved ones or friends no longer love them. ...

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I believe that to value something is to assign love and importance to it.Family. ... Their love for me has shown me great examples of how to be kind and loving toward others. ... So many teens are lost without family guidance. ... This is why being part of a family is being able to show unconditional love. ... There is a fine line between showing love and being authoritative and trying to force values into your kids. ...

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In Rain of Gold, Mexican families had dreams of a better life in America. ... Following a life of struggle, bloodshed, and hard work, the families in Rain of Gold arrive in America. ... It is expressed in the book that Lupe loved to learn and it was one thing that she was most passionate about. ... Despite their troubles, her family supported her love to learn and encouraged her to follow her dream of obtaining an education. ... While showing their love for America, both endings showed that despite the hardships that both families were forced to encounter, they overcame them and were able to a...

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My immediate family knew of his lifestyle many years prior to this incident. ... The entire family was invited to my mom and dad's house for Christmas dinner. ... Homosexual relationships include feelings and being able to share those feelings with the person you love. ... When asked about heterosexual relationships they generally answer with love, companionship, and families. ... At some point in our lives, some of us are lucky enough to meet the person we truly love. ...

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The love that is shared between an American father and his children is just as strong as that of the love a Roman father has for his own children. It is just that this love is shown and carried out in two different ways. ... If this were to occur, the child would be separated from family. ... In Roman life, the father is the "center of all life in the family." ... In Rome the ideas and beliefs that we value are love of country, protection and discipline of family; in America the fathers delegate discipline of the children to the mothers while giving them no boundaries from which to follow....

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The Functionalist views the family as having to fill specific societal needs; the family is responsible for taking care of the hierarchy of needs of each individual in the family. ... The Feminist views the family by focusing on the experiences the women goes through in the family. ... The Symbolic Interaction theory of the family studies how different people define and comprehend the meaning of family, the experiences people go through in their families, and the sorts of relationships families have. ... The Black church is more than a place for worship, it is a place where people go to soc...

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Stress on Military Families It's Thanksgiving Day. ... In this I have realized that there is no easy way to deal with a loved one at war. It will always be difficult to put a loved one in harms way, especially when they are so far away. ... Another major stressor for a soldier and their family is just being away from their family. ... I figured out that sharing the worry with my family makes it easier to deal with the stress and the worry because we have a strong family bond and , as corny as it may sound, really are there to support each other as we come together to support our loved...

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As I notice, the population has also grown because the immigrants have their children or bring is guaranteed to bring their friends and family here. ... So, when other immigrants came they knew that they had to provide for their families. ... They are the reason my family and I love to travel. I love to go to school with people with different races, ethnic groups, and religions. Immigrants show you the true meaning of love and the meaning of family. ...

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Families have no rules to abide by, therefore family responsibility is more important than abiding by the law. ... The beauty of family is that in either life or death we are all connected through the power of love, and no law could ever change that. ... Antigone's message was--family first. ... Sacrifices are necessary to keep the people you love alive well. ... Law is meant to keep people safe, and safety is when you are with people who you love and trust-your family. ...

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Such reasoning set the ground for the sexual revolution, which brought with it the spread of homosexuality, teen sex, and free love. ... If families are breaking up and morality and decency can only be taught in the family that must mean that morality is breaking up along with the families. ... When that child has a family of his own, break up of his family is inevitable, further decreasing the morality of his children. ... This can be related to a man who is deeply in love with a woman or vise versa. ... Both a husband and wife (not the same sex) that love each other are necessary in order to...

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Sure as children we blindly fantasize about getting married and running a family by playing games such as "house", mainly its girls who go about playing these games but that doesn't exclude boys. ... Two individuals get together and form a family and through faith they try to hard to make it work but continually the divorce rate grows. ... If there is a true love between the two then what different love is going to be there after they get married? ... Both partners must have similar values towards life such as how they envision a family, how money is handled and maintained, and that both ...

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;0) Key Concepts Love, Prejudice, Despair, Hope, Poverty, Sacrifice, Selfishness, Church Summary The film is a true story portraying the McCourt family battling unemployment, their father's alcoholism, poverty, prejudice and infant mortality over a 15 year period, from 1935 to 1950, initially in New York and then for most of that time in Limerick. The McCourts are a working class Irish family. ... Angela's disappointment is moving, but so is her continued love for him in spite of all this. ... For Frank it represents the end of trying to make his family work. ... He falls i...

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