I loved finding out information out about my life. ... As the conversations began to unroll, Sharon started to tell me about my birth family. ... They thought adoption would put me with a loving family that I deserve. ... In the book they wrote, "We love kids, however Brianna is our daughter and she will only be our only child.... It feels amazing to finally connect with my family who loved me very much, and from I understand still does. ...

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However, a few problems have risen due to maternal gatekeeping mostly in dual-earner families. ... Denise describe how she wants to be more of a traditional mother and able to have a better relationship with her son, Daniel, but also really loves being a teacher (Ranson, 2010). ... Also, homosexual dual-earner families were not considered, only heterosexual dual-earner families were considered. For future studies on maternal gatekeeping, it would be best if a study could be conducted on "crossover" families and see how it compares to "dual-earner" families. ... If role stra...

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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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The family lives of the characters from Nights Below Station Street and Joy Luck Club demonstrate that children's behavior is directly affected by the misunderstanding of their parents" love for them. ... Joe loves Adele more than anyone else. ... Although parental love is always present, children often misunderstand or remain ignorant of their parent's love for them. Adele feels that she has the worst family in the neighborhood. ... Blaming her family for a miserable life, Adele runs away from home to go live in her boyfriend's apartment, seeking to find friends that could ...

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Homosexuals are not allowed to marry each other even though they love and honor each other. "Marriage is for people in love; homosexuals love; ergo marriage is for them" (Stengel 2). The love that they have could be united to make a "legal" family for a child to live in. ... The children in homosexual families see their family as "normal." ... These two provide Maline with the love and knowledge that she needs to grow up healthy. ...

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However, some families are single parent families. ... Some families can end and lead to divorce. ... Once a single house with one family becomes two homes with two separate families. ... This can lead the child to thinking the parent that left no longer loves them and soon the other parent will do the same. ... Secondly, showing the child love is even more important than telling them. ...

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He sincerely thinks, "A man got to take care of his family Cause it's my duty to take care of you" (Wilson 38). Children need more than the basics, desiring encouragement and support from the people they love. ... Love is present and obvious when a solid bond is developed between the child and the parent. ... The ability of showing their child unconditional love is what makes a parent so special. ... Generally, the children who are raised in happy families have a more positive view of the world, while on the other hand those who are brought up in broken families or where parents figh...

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Act II expands the setting beyond the walls of Gregor's room to glimpses at the living room and his family. ... The final act brings about Gregor's death, acceptance that he doesn't belong in the family that he loves and ultimately the moving on from Gregor's apartment to the outside world where things look bright. ... This final shut and lock of the door is a way for the family to shut off Gregor from their lives and move on. ... Gregor's mother once again shows the same sort of motherly love she has shown through all the acts. ... It shows Gregor was a tragic casualt...

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A bond is a soul-to-soul connection with someone you love. ... A bond is an imprint of unconditional love left on one's soul. ... The summer after my family moved, I went to visit my mother before I had to go back home to Lake Village, Arkansas, and begin my junior year of high school. ... I love my mother more than most people in this world, but I don't feel like she has the same love for me now as she did sixteen years ago. ... The main reason I chose not to move to Georgia with my family is because my baby sister, Lilly, was born two years before Joey lost his job. ...

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They loved me very much. ... Without their love I would have never been able to learn how to love so passionately. ... I loved him and I wanted only what was best for him. ... I would say my family has grown in many ways. ... We all matured and coped with the issues at hand, and now we are a very strong family. ...

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All the people Dolores loved, either abandoned her, died, or betray her. ... Dolores feels abandoned by her father and resents him for making her love him so much and then leaving him. ... When Dolores was younger, her family was close, her mother became pregnant, but unfortunately it was a difficult pregnancy and Dolores's unborn brother passed away. ... In Dolores's life she faces rape by one of her close friends, abandonment by her father and husband, and death of family and loves ones. ... Dolores feel isolated for the majority of her life, due to abandonment and ...

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It introduces a massive change creating a challenging new family circumstance in which to live. ... Children at any age witness a loss of love between parents, a breakage of parental marriage commitment, an adjustment to going back and forth between two different households, and a daily absence of one parent while living with the other (Pickhardt, C. ... Adolescents begin to see their parents as selfish and insensitive, but at the same time, they worry about being loved. ... Adults from divorced families have symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and paranoia, more so than those adult children...

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Some of the initial reactions to divorce are similar to the death of a loved one (Diamond 1987). ... The "sense of family" seems lost, and this can hurt the teenagers that need the security of a family at this time. ... They feel like they were betrayed and not loved by him anymore. ... Nelson-Hall, Chicago, 1981 Cherlin, Andrew, Divided Families. ... Journal of family psychology, 7, 91-103. ...

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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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Duncalf's friend, visits her house, and observes their family situation and studies them. ... He obviously wants to care for his family, but he ignores them. ... A drink symbolizes an excuse for the father to see his family without caring for them. ... To me, she is unable to provide her daughter love and is not a responsible mother at all because she happens to see more of her mother's faults. ... What is more ironic is that she is able to find love and feel belonged is another country where she knows no one. ...

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Your first goal as a parent should be to Communicate Your Love. ... This may seem to you as forcing communication, but nevertheless your child needs to know they are loved. The more you try to become interested in what they are doing, the more you as a parent are communicating love. ... By providing your children with positive family time, you can create a loving caring and encouraging environment. ... By displaying your love openly to your children you will both be setting an example of positive loving relationships within your family. ...

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Involvement in school, family, recreation, and religion preoccupies the youth from engaging in delinquent or criminal acts. ... Family structure have a crucial impact on socialization, developing self concept, and personality characteristics. Families are a primary agent of socialization and can be considered a direct cause of juvenile delinquency. ... A large amount of research has demonstrated statistically the relationship between family and both juvenile and adult crime. ... Punitive and incompetent parenting will be labeled as dysfunctional families which can be viewed as "functional...

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This quote is true for many families. ... I love listening to her telling story. ... He's the eldest son in the family. ... If love is defined to be a search for your other half, why it matters that half is male or female as long as you feel happy. ... That's the family's belief and value that family members should try to maintain and develop. ...

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A Parent's Love Has No Bounds " Harry, your father loves you," a loving father says to his son, who refuses to communicate with him, in the short story "My Son the Murder". ... Worrying is one of the many ways a parent can show their love. ... "I remember when we weren't afraid to show we loved each other."... The ignorance of Hamlet's mother, Gertrude, to invade on her son's privacy, led to this insane explosion of fury among friends and family. ... Love can drive many people to do things that they wouldn't even imagine. ...

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(Oates 16) Due to the lack of love provided by their parents, Legs and Rusty look to their peers to fill sturdy parental roles. ... Instead of turning to her family members for shelter and comfort, Legs runs from them and chooses the refuge of her best friend. ... The act of forming a gang is evidence in itself that Legs is seeking love. ... Legs forms Foxfire because it mimics the structure of a family, of which she was never a part of as a child. ... Due to the neglect and abuse they receive from their caregivers, Legs and Rusty form intense friendships with their peers as an attempt to q...

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Adoption: Homosexuals Need Not Apply In the last decade the ever changing face of the American family "has seen a sharp rise in the number of lesbians and gay men forming their own families through adoption, foster care, artificial insemination and other means" ("Fact Sheet"). ... Homosexual couples hoping to start families look towards adoption to make their dream a reality, but in many states this is a dream that will never be realized. ... The president of the Family Research Council, Ken Connor argues "[t]here is an abundance of research that children do best when raised by a mother and...

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Theorist Albert Bandura states that, "If parental love is truly present that caring attitude will translate into concrete expressions of love at home, and will have a positive effect on the child's learning" (p. 752). ... Some research suggests that there are significant differences in the relationship between parent involvement and student achievement according to the student's ethnicity, race, and family income, (Desimone, 1999) and programs are being designed to educate and empower urban school parents to increase their involvement in schools. ... Family participation i...

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If you saw my family sitting together at a restaurant, you would say to yourself," now there is a nice looking family." ... No love between the two people that made everything what it is today. ... Not only to my sister and me, but also to our family and friends that would come and visit. ... My family and I decided to move to Ohio when my dad was offered a position on the East coast. ... I feel that with all the conflicts that my family has gone through, in the end I have only gained confidence, and wisdom. ...

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Brian yanked the covers back next to mom was one of those huge family-sized Hersey chocolate bars. ... His daughters Lori and Jeanette had been saving up to leave the family ant travel to New York. ... Rose Mary knows this job is a great source of income for her family. This job would give the family a constant income but the job ends up being short lived anyway. ... But in today's world it is not so rare to find parents like Rex and Rose Mary who do love their children but decide that children must "fin for themselves" at such early ages. ...

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Every holiday I am forced to spend time with these people who are supposed to be my family. Throughout this experience I have learned that it takes a lot more than a piece of paper for someone to truly be your family. ... I am the only one who will be able to change my view on this however I will not be able to do this until I can choose who my family is. Family is the people who love you and care about you. Sadly, the people I am forced to call my family do not truly care about my well-being or about the decisions I make with my life....

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