Ana Maria Castro. Professor Michele Fievre ENC 1101 31 October 2013. Modern Family Sofia Vergara Modern Family is a comedy TV show‚ which culturally represents actual American roles and reality. The show is about three different types of American families. Each family has their own way of life and perception of what’s right and what’s wrong. One of the families is a gay couple with a six years old daughter‚ which shows a real situation that America is going through right now. There is also
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The idiom‚ “Decline of Traditional Family a National Crisis‚” is deeply rooted to an assumption that national boom results from a nation rich with traditional nuclear families. Consisting of a married man and woman living together and sharing responsibilities for offspring and for each other‚ is the view of David Popenoe‚ a sociologist who believes a nuclear family defines social and national prosperity‚ the norm. It is when deviation from such norm occurs‚ that nuclear family importance is speculated
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In modern day society‚ family’s face unique challenges as the world shifts towards a non-traditional way of life that people have stood by for decades. Such changes include a difference in roles within a marriage‚ who is considered family‚ childhood in a nontraditional family‚ and the ways in which we conceive a child. These diverges from the norm are discussed in the articles New Families: Modern Couples as New Pioneers by Philip Cowan and Carolyn Pape Cowan‚ Beyond Sentimentality: American Childhood
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My presentation topic is about due to globalization many countries have seen their standards raise very quickly; it is inevitable foe people living in urban societies to catch up with the growth of materialism. Is greed the cause for family values to decline? I disagree. Before I start‚ I will show you the outline of my presentation. In the introduction‚ I will talk about globalization and China Then; I will move on to the main points and provide example of my main points I mentioned earlier.
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Non-traditional families are families that consist of single-parent families‚ extended families‚ and families with same-sex partner. Non-traditional families are becoming a norm in our modern culture whereas traditional marriages which was a norm in the past‚ has now become a minority situation in Canada. All across the country‚ men and women are caring for children on their own without their partner‚ unmarried couples cohabitate‚ gay and lesbian couples sharing their lives and raising children together
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still considered a goal in most people’s lives. While the nuclear family was a trend for a short amount of time‚ some of the ideas behind it have valid ground. For example‚ studies prove that children who live with both mother and father tend to do better in life both socially and economically. Children who grow up with both parents form stronger and more stable relationships with people and generally grow up and form stable families of their own. Until the twenty first century same-sex marriage was
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Non-traditional families People live the way they want and love who they want‚ we have no place to judge them for that. We should not take away any opportunities of adopting children because of their relationship statuses. Discrimination against non-traditional families and not allowing them to adopt children is morally wrong. The life of a child is a gift that every family who wants to have should be able to. Everyone should have the privilege to raise their own family and not be judged based
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Compare and Contrast the Functionalist and Marxist views on the Family Functionalists argue that societies consist of inter-related social institutions such as schools‚ mass media‚ political systems‚ the Church and the family each of which contribute positively to the maintenance of stability of society as a whole. Broadly speaking it is assumed by functionalists that societies operate in the interests of all of their members so that there is no reason for fundamental conflict in society. Instead
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Discuss three way that stepfamilies may be better than traditional nuclear families? Hawkins and Booth (2005) analyzed longitudinal data of spouses in unhappy marriages over a twelve-year period and found that those who stayed unhappily married had lower life satisfaction‚ self-esteem‚ and overall health compared to those who divorces whether or not they remarry. Similarly‚ Gardner and Oswald92006) found that the psychological functioning and happiness of spouses going through divorce improved
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a non-traditional family. Both of my parents had children at a young age so I was raised with two half-siblings. Although it felt like my brother‚ sister‚ and I were fully related‚ I grew up spending time with their biological parents and other half siblings as well. This never bothered me; rather‚ it taught me that every family is different and exceptional in their own ways. As with my family‚ I have found there is great value in diversity among my friends. When I was a child‚ my family moved into
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