After all the male of the family had the education, and responsibility to look after the women of the family. ... On the other hand, if the children came from a poor family, where their parents could not support them , the state could remove the child, or children, from their family and contract them (by agreement) as an indentured servant. ... When children were placed in other families, they were cared for as members of that family. ... Like a rock foundation, the women of society supported the revolution and emerged stronger for it. They endured the loss of family and kin, watched huma...

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Since 1995 the American family structure for children ages fourteen to eighteen consists of forty-two percent living in a first marriage family with both parents, twenty-two percent living in a second marriage step-family, twenty-one percent living in a single parent, divorced or separated family, six percent living in a single parent never married family and three percent living in a single parent widowed family. ... Anytime my mother had to work to support us, my grandparents, aunt's, uncles and cousins would step up and provide the time and attention I needed. Therefore, I had the bes...

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Family, Marriage, and Gender roles in America At the core of American identities and American dreams lies a family. ... Unfortunately, many families do not have the luxury of a nuclear family. ... The one essay that seems to support my own set of values is the one entitled Reserve Marriage for Heterosexuals. ... Unfortunately, many families do not have the luxury of a nuclear family. ... The one essay that seems to support my own set of values is the one entitled Reserve Marriage for Heterosexuals. ...

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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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Locavores state that eating locally grown food supports farmers and small business in their communities. ... Buying locally creates more jobs and helps support family farms. ... Many locavores are glad to pay a little more to support the local farmer's experiment with their crops each year. ... (Maiser) Many local farmers hold farm events and encourage family visits to introduce people to the real food chain (Trimarchi). ...

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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 social support system within the African-American community extends to family membe...

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A second document which further supported this notion was "document F". ... They could easily buy supplies to help support their travels. ... Moreover, the document stated how men were very apprehensive about leaving their families to go protect the borders of the colonies, because they were leaving their families very vulnerable. ... These events led to a society which produced unusual patterns of family life. ... In part, this was because one of the greatest cures to the long hard New England winter was a good morale and family support mechanism. ...

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A second document which further supported this notion was "document F". ... They could easily buy supplies to help support their travels. ... Moreover, the document stated how men were very apprehensive about leaving their families to go protect the borders of the colonies, because they were leaving their families very vulnerable. ... These events led to a society which produced unusual patterns of family life. ... In part, this was because one of the greatest cures to the long hard New England winter was a good morale and family support mechanism. ...

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I have two loving parents that have always supported me and taught me life's lessons while also letting me develop my own morals and values by their example. ... I don't know where I would be without the support of my family. ... So many teens are lost without family guidance. I feel very lucky to be very close to my own family. ... You should support your family members in the good, the bad and the thick and thin times. ...

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Welfare is the provision of a minimal level of well-being and social support for all citizens, sometimes referred to as public aid. ... If the family makes more than they are not eligible to receive the benefits (USDA).The minimum wage in the state of Oregon is $9.25/hour. ... This is enough to support and buy the necessary things to keep a household alive and healthy. ... In turn they are unable to work and need other resources to feed their families. ... It is unfair to American citizens that their hard work and their taxes go to illegal immigrants to support and feed their families. ...

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The government defines a family of four as being poor if they generate a yearly income of $15,569 or less, although the average improvised family's income was only around $10,000 in 1995. ... The Chicago coalition for the homeless states that a person must be employed full time and earn more than $8.29 per hour in order to exceed the federal poverty level for a family of four. ... These people are less likely to be able to obtain support such as treatment, case management and the help that is necessary to find and maintain permanent housing. ... New York University did a study that concl...

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In reality, the American Revolution was not supported or condoned by all American colonists, as we are sometimes led to believe. ... (Chalmers, 2) Unfortunately for the loyalist cause, Chalmers writing was too wordy to enlist any more support from the common man. ... It was the rebel militias that actually eliminated a great deal of the loyalist support throughout the war. ... The weakening of the loyalist support proved to be a major downfall for the British armies. ... This elimination of colonist support proved to be a major collapse for the English, Britain, lacking loyalist support in t...

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In reality, the American Revolution was not supported or condoned by all American colonists, as we are sometimes led to believe. ... (Chalmers, 2) Unfortunately for the loyalist cause, Chalmers writing was too wordy to enlist any more support from the common man. ... It was the rebel militias that actually eliminated a great deal of the loyalist support throughout the war. ... The weakening of the loyalist support proved to be a major downfall for the British armies. ... This elimination of colonist support proved to be a major collapse for the English, Britain, lacking loyalist support in t...

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These reports tend to show positive improvements in quality of education, although families who are quick to respond happen to be the families most interested in their child's education. ... The objective was to provide these families an opportunity to attend private schools, both religious and secular. ... If more studies support the findings in New York City it is possible we will see many more voucher systems implemented across the nation. ... The 1st Amendment clearly states a separation of church and state in which the government can not support a certain establishment of religi...

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They use it to cut down the cost of production, and many workers in developing worlds are happy to be able to work and provide for their families. ... However the lives of the families of the workers that lost their jobs to offshoring have changed irreversibly. ... While offshoring stimulates the economies in developing countries, it is robbing middle class families in America of their American dream. ... This means that when manufacturing jobs are moving abroad and products are more popularized, jobs in maintenance and support open. ... Taylor's statement that there will be more jobs in...

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Several different groups have suggested limiting the use of guns and others have proposed to supporting free gun use. ... However, these owners are also concerned about their family's protection. All of those who own guns for these reasons have the support of the National Rifle Association (NRA). ... The right to self-defense and the right to use firearms for defense of self and family are the cornerstone of individual rights in the U.S. ... Each side claims to have objective evidence to support their side. ...

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Imagine eating Christmas dinner underneath a bridge on the cold dirt because you and your family were evicted from your home. ... This makes it almost impossible to stay above the poverty line when a medical illness strikes the family. ... Also, a decline in manufacturing jobs and an increase in temporary and part-time jobs has left people trying to live on wages that don't support themselves, let alone a family. ... Although more families are moving from welfare to work, many of them fare poorly due to low wages and inadequate work supports. ... Without a decent income families can...

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The government defines a family of four as being poor if they generate a yearly income of $15,569 or less, although the average improvised families income was only around $10,000 in 1995. ... These people are less likely to be able to obtain support such as treatment, case management and the help that is necessary to find and maintain permanent housing. ... At which point the father then grabs his daughter by her hand and says to his family, dont even look at him, and then rushes them away. ... New York University did a study that concluded that low-income housing projects ar...

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The government defines a family of four as being poor if they generate a yearly income of $15,569 or less, although the average improvised families income was only around $10,000 in 1995. ... These people are less likely to be able to obtain support such as treatment, case management and the help that is necessary to find and maintain permanent housing. ... At which point the father then grabs his daughter by her hand and says to his family, dont even look at him, and then rushes them away. ... New York University did a study that concluded that low-income housing projects ar...

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His or her families emotional well being and socio-economical status. 3. ... In addition to this there are many families that do not provide adequate emotional support and support the youth needs to succeed in school. ... These schools do not deal properly with failures, are not flexible to changes, and blame families and environment for the failures of students, rather than looking inwardly at themselves, and how they could improve the students performance in school. ... A third support system is called Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education (CASE) started in England. ... Suppor...

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These wounded warriors have served this country and America can't even support them to get better. ... Hope for the warriors has the goal of enhancing the quality of life for post 9/11 service members and families, and families of the fallen who have sustained physical and psychological wounds while in the line of duty. ... "Hope for the warriors are dedicated to restoring a sense of self and restoring help for our service members and our supporting military families" (Bernstein)." Together, we can continue restoring: Self, Family, and Hope" (Bernstein). ... The alumni...

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In fact, statistics support this by showing that the number one reason that most families first decide on home schooling these days is dissatisfaction with the academic quality of the public schools (Talbot 139). ... "Indeed, in a study conducted a few years ago the sociologists Christian Smith and David Skink found that home-schooled families are actually more enmeshed in their communities than public school families" (Talbot 137). ... Lastly, home-schooling brings families closer in a very positive atmosphere. For many, home schooling gives family life...

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How can a concept that affects so many, be supported by so few? ... Many factors such as poor wages for women and the increase of single-woman parented families have caused an increase in the percentage of women among the poor. ... A child that is born to a middle class white family with two parents will most likely live a fairly privileged childhood. The child will receive adequate financial support from its parents. ... Far too many people in this country are trying to support children on minimum wage. ...

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It was rare to find a day for nearly a year when a person could not take a step outside without seeing their neighbors hanging the American flag or driving on the highway and seeing numerous cars with American flag bumper stickers, and even a few other cars supporting their own makeshift flagstaff raising tattered and worn flags from the excessive beating in the wind, but when this started to die down, these people did not stop being patriotic because September 11, 2001, altered everyone's perception of life in one form or another. ... Similarly, the half time show of the 2001-02 Su...

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What may be surprising, however, the toll prostitution takes on the family members of those who work in the "world's oldest profession." ... Since 1974 children have existed on the streets and supported themselves ("Children of the Night"). ... So many individuals of the prostitution life styles believe that this had helped them escalate in the economic ladder of the world and that with out it they would probably dead or living on welfare unable to support the families that they have. ... Many of the children that become prostitutes look for the attention and affection that they may or ...

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