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. ... The sitcom communicates information that supports the dominant cultural beliefs about family structures. All these families promote the dominant ideology of the current American family structure. ...

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This continual movement, although a hardship, has led me to realize home is where my family is and it is the people that make it a home. ... Every time we move it is difficult leaving friends and the support network but we have learned to embrace the new opportunities and experiences that always come with moving to a new place. The hardship of dealing with my father's deployments is always easier after we have been somewhere long enough to make friends who provide a support network. ... Any story of my life would be incomplete without knowing that I am from a military family that has trav...

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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 reality that was much harder to accept was the absence of our families; the day-to-day interactions and lifestyle to which we had become accustomed. 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, commiss...

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Traditional Families: Fact or Fiction Family is defined by those who live it and does not always consists of a husband, wife, and children and all family units are directly influenced by historical, social, and economic expectations. ... Historically traditional American families consisted of a husband, wife, and possibly children where everyone understood their roles within the family. ... The lady of the house was expected to support their husband's career choice, bear and raise children, maintain the house, and devote their lives to nurturing the physical and emotional needs of the fa...

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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. ... In addition, every time they go through a hard time, especially during the loss of a family member or close friend, they rely on the moral support provided by fellow Muslims and ...

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While this may be true it also shows how much in danger the small family farms could be and probably are in. ... What initiative 300 basically does is keep small family farms and large corporate farms on an equal playing field. ... So while this helps to keep family farms in the mix, it stands in the way of the large companies making money. ... This is important because it supports the fact that large industrialized farms are taking over growing America's food supply. ... In an odd way this supports my theory of how corporate farming is taking over the industry. ...

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Support for the government and its decisions creates all sorts of emotions and controversy within families. One such example would be America and its allies choosing to make war on Iraq without the United Nations support. How the support for the war is moving will affect a family's stress level for their family in the military; if US morale is low, it might cause family to question why their child, sibling, or kin in general is in such a dangerous situation. ... 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 str...

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There are also internal factors that come within women themselves which is supporting the sustainability of this discrimination. ... Woman is carrying two duties: as a housewife, taking care of her husband and children and she also had to work to support her family's financial. ...

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Another significant idol in the awareness and acceptance of homosexuality is Jason Collins, a professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association who 'came out' recently and has received much support and love from friends, family, and fans about his confession. ... These commercials have made a huge impact on the young viewers and have encouraged and supported many homosexuals. ... "Coming out" to family can be a very scary and difficult thing, but families have, in recent times, been more accepting and supportive of their homosexual family members. ... (...

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Although, they were not the only ones who had not supported the President's decision. ... This leads to children being deported alone without family support. ... Overall, families should not be separated with deportation of their children because where they are deporting them are unsafe environments where they have no family support and are helpless. ... Thousands of children and their families traveled far for an opportunity they could never receive from their homeland. They come from areas where violence is common, pay is low, or their families are broken. ...

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This leads them to focus on family life in America. They believe that the best environment is the two-parent family household. ... However, in today's society one can see that families aren't exactly like that. ... The family's essentials should be strengthened because no domestic challenge of out era is more important. ... Thus, "shifting the support of the law toward the marital partner trying to save the marriage" (Council, 16). ...

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They have raised the standards of most Americans to support the fast growth of bigger, expensive housing. ... Also with these problems comes the lack of welfare for families with children. These families are being laid-off from jobs and end up working in low paying jobs. ... Those with this problem cannot support themselves and are soon left with out homes and family to take care of them. ... Some injuries put Americans into a useless stage where they are unable to support themselves. ...

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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. ... Also, for stepfamilies to be successful, they must create a new family culture that works past traditions into everyday life, and allow members to mourn losses from previous families. (Support from the essays?) ... (Support from essays?) ...

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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. ... Despite their troubles, her family supported her love to learn and encouraged her to follow her dream of obtaining an education. Lupe aimed to attain an office job so that she would be able to support her family so that her parents no longer had to work in the fields. ... Both families were forced to encounter obstacles that eventually led to a better life and hopeful future. ...

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While the rest of my classmates were planning for prom, I visited my community mosque to pray for my family's well-being. Although I was younger, I soon became a support of pillar for my sister as well. ... By attending the University of Washington, I will have the ability to fulfill my dream of being the first in my family to receive college degree. More importantly, it will give me the opportunity to remain in the Puget Sound and be a pillar of support for my family. ...

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Our government is always trying to think of ways to reduce poverty, get people out of poverty-related situations and how to help those that need financial support. ... Poverty is defined as the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. ... Another cause of poverty in America is family dynamic. In 2012 alone, more than 24,725,000 families in the United States are single parent households. ... Most of these families go into deep debt and can't find the means to pay it off, even if they are working more than one job to try and keep ...

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This in turn made the war a problem that trouble families and effected everyday living and the aspects associated with it. ... Politically LBJ was beginning to lose support for his war; scores of Americans were coming home never to see their families again. ... When Nixon attempts to "Vietnamize" the war, he gains strong support. ... Later he also issues an order to take control of North Vietnamese supply lines through Cambodia which proves to be somewhat effective, though costly to his support in congress for it was never brought before them for discussion. ... The South Vietnamese left to...

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" –charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1911 Both black and white families struggled to keep their family alive. The little children in the families, they had no choice but to work, then be educated for their family to survive. Children are being put to work more hours for less money to support their family. Low wages family prevented their children from education. ... It was either good or bad for the family and the society. ...

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Also after the famous date of September 11th where many Americans died there was lots of support through out all the communities helping the families that lost loved family members. ... There was lots of support group's open for people that lost loved ones in the September 11th incident. ...

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Since this finding of female headed houses was found the studies were extended onto Latino families. ... Most jobs that pay well enough money for a family to sustain their need is found in an urban area. Wilson's structural theory of poverty states the decline of manufacturing, the loss of jobs to suburbs, and the loss of employment is dramatically reducing the number of inner city jobs that pay enough to support a family. ... Until recently many farms were family owned and the family owned both the land and the equipment. ... Males when looking for a profession usually are looking for a ...

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This was supported by the American people, and gave American citizens a sense of identity. ... This idea gave Americans identity because they felt good about their work and received a nice pay as well to support their families and hobbies. ... Local and federal governments subsidized shelters and charities to support women, children, and families that were penniless. ...

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This was a major problem in the working class families in the early twentieth century. ... Working-class fathers could no longer support a family on their own. ... Mexican and Italian families made sure that their daughters would leave the house with a member of the family. ... When it came to working, parents made sure that they would work with other family members. ... In many series women are home with children where as men are working and supporting the family. ...

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Imagine a working woman going through all this while performing at her highest efficiency possible to provide for her family in addition to being a home maker. ... "3 This organization, however, required support from others similarly goal oriented unions. The American Federation of Labor (AFL) or Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), to which only the IWW remained allied with WTUL.4 Even with support from a nationally recognized and well supported organization, women were pushed to take extreme measures when their words would not phase those of political authority. ...

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For example socioeconomics, financial literacy, and family relationships are just a few factors that play a huge roll in an athlete's finances. ... The majority of these athletes come from troubled backgrounds and their families and communities expect them to share their earnings. New York Times Columnist Joe Nocera explained, "Athletes with disadvantaged families or neighborhoods are viewed not just by their family but their whole neighborhood, and their whole circle of friends, as a ticket out of poverty." Bad investments, tax evasion, injuries, divorce, and child support are ...

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Many argue that welfare is necessary for many families, and that it must not be cut. Some argue that it is giving starving families the boost they need to make it one more year. ... Yes, we need welfare, but we also need to limit the amount of time a family can stay on it. My cousin, who is now twenty-eight years old, has never worked a day in her life because the government has always supported her and her children. ... Many of the families on welfare are poor and lazy. ...

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