However for some families of two or more different religions there can be conflict when deciding how to raise a child because one family member might be firmly for his or her own beliefs. ... Being both is not simply a compromise or negotiated settlement, but a positive, inspirational choice. " Although growing up with two different religions can be seen as difficult and inconvenient, it actually unifies and strengthens the bond of a family through compromise and sacrifice made out of love, respect and care for each other. The obvious conflict with interfaith families is deciding which relig...

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Abstract A family consists of two or more people who share a bond of either blood, love or both. ... The narrator's happiness was based on the bond in her family. ... The narrator says that she was happy no matter the material things she lacked as long as her family was still together bond by one love and togetherness (Giovanni, 1976). ... A family that shares the special bond of affection stays intact no matter the capacity of challenge they may face. ... Love, adjustments and mutual understanding creates the indestructible bond among the family members and creates happiness within the ...

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Using different family assessment and intervention strategies nurses can identify strengths and issues within a family structure. ... Using the CFAM assessment tool the aspects were discovered to be: Family Stress management, Family Roles, and Family communication. In the family that I interviewed Family Stress Management was a key component in their daily lives. ... Family roles is significant element in the family's dynamics. ... ER strongly believes in family bond because, "at the end of the day family is all that you have left. " Since two of her children are on their own in life she ...

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In people lives, forming a common family is easy but creating a complete family is important. ... Although most of the family members have different jobs and working time, they have to learn how to manage their schedule wisely to involve in the familys role because it may easily affect the closeness, bond or family relationship. ... Therefore, all members in the family are required to reveal good feeling obviously representing their true love, intensive care so that it will enable the relationship bond to become stronger and closer. ... Whether your family is a nuclear family or an exten...

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Hirschi also presented us with the term "social bond" that he labeled as things that keep people from committing criminal acts. There are four main attributes to the social bond; attachment, commitment, involvement, and beliefs. ... The first bond, attachment, refers to a person's sensitivity to and interest in others (Hirshi 1969). ... Hirschi also noted that he found that one's attachment to parents and school overshadows the bond formed with one's peers. ... The third bond is involvement. ...

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Today in American society the dominant family structure in almost all cultures is a patriarchal family. ... A patriarchal family is common today because the male usually tends to earn the higher income and is around to take control of the family. Back when slavery was around in America a patriarchal family wasn't as common as today, especially in a African American slave family. The dominant family structure in a African American slave family was a matriarchal family. ... At some point, often at puberty but sometimes earlier, sons left their mother's hut to join the men of the li...

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It was expected of women to follow through with their assumed roles and position in society as well as in their family. ... It gives women a chance to grow as a person and then, as a result, potentially share the good works with the family. ... It is a bond between a man and a woman that is the most special and sacred, but at the same time, brings forth many various debates of what marriage truly is and what it entails, what is 'allowed', what is expected, and what the roles are of the husband and wife. ... He put different families and marriages into four different categories and d...

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An individual's relationship to friends, family, school and work makes them less susceptible to the temptations of committing criminal acts. In contrast, crime and delinquency becomes the outcome when a person's bond to society and institutions is weak. ... In response to the previous social bond theories, I created the Home Visiting Theory. ... After the bond and trust is build, learning can begin. The home visitation theory will be very useful to any type of family. ...

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By creating this bond of secure attachment, the infant has been observed to be a curious, self-directed, and eager to learn child. ... Every culture has different ways of raising children, as do different families. ... My extended family lives up north, everyone- my aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandma. ... I would study children whose extended family lived near by and children whose extended family lived far away. By studying this I would hope to find children whose family lived near were at more of an advantage emotionally. ...

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These children, because of their complex histories of abuse, neglect, and pre-natal drug/alcohol abuse, have difficulty concentrating, bonding, and fitting into a school environment. ... Homeschooling will allow for more parentchild interactions that are positive and stable, while allowing for basic needs to be met such as food, shelter, and safety thereby increasing the family bond and attachment. ... " by Michael Romanowski is "third, they want to foster family relationships amongst siblings and parents" (Romanowski, 20, pg 129). Parents of children with attachment disorder...

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In parenting, lesbians and gay claimed that it is not sex nor is it gender which makes up a family but is merely the love for these children that draws a family more closely towards each other. ... These systems can arrange from any size- from a single to a nuclear family relation. ... Ross argue that these dependency are not essentially decent in dimension as eligibility, it bond on a legal and economic relationship. ... In order to be of such kin, is an individual who have taken guardianship of a relative child who is bond by a blood line but are not the genetic parents of these children. .....

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Consequently, imprisonment would not only disadvantage the offender, it would also impose hardship on the family or friends of the offender, especially if the offender was the main earner. ... One of the possible punishments that may be issued for both Helen and Tom would be a good behaviour bond or recognisance. ... However, the good behaviour bond may not deter for the crimes that were committed by the offender. ... This particular punishment is similar to a good behaviour bond. ... Home detention is a very effective punishment since the offender is partially supervised and able people with ...

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Discussion of the Family Stress theory is included to describe the assessment of the alcoholic family. ... In addition to the problems suggested by Healthy People 2020, alcohol abuse contributes to familial dysfunction manifested by disrupted family roles and function, family conflict, and impaired family communication (Bartek, Lindeman, & Hawks, 1999). Bartek, et. al. (1999), further state that alcoholism has an effect on every member of the family resulting in a chaotic, disorganized, and dysfunctional family unit. ... Assessment of the Alcoholic Family As a result of growth and change w...

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Three essential behavioral factors are communication competence in the languages of both cultures, having a wide repertoire of social skills in both cultures, and social support from family/friends from both cultures. ... The schools have to promote an atmosphere of trust and bonding among students and between students and staff to promote resistance to drug abuse to its students. The school ecology model suggests that school and family influence bonding and self-efficacy which then influences peer group effects therefore influencing drug use. ... Providing a linkage between the ...

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- They were often hospitalised for long periods of time without any contact with their families. ... The term maternal deprivation infers that a child has formed a bond with his mother and is then deprived of this relationship. Privation means that the child has not been allowed to form an affection bond at all. Freud and Dann provided evidence that it is not necessarily the formation of a bond with just the mother that is so vital. ... However Spitz had studied long-stay hospital patients, where the child is separated from all of his family and the home environment. ...

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The essay will then go on to answer if the family is universal with some explanation into family diversity. ... The statement that the family is a universal, essential and beneficial social institution very much advocates the functionalist view of the family. ... There are a number of conflicting perspectives on the family. ... Murdock said the family is also an economic unit which enables pooling of recourses for all family members to share, (Haralambous & Holbourn, 2004). Murdock identifies that there is a clear division of labour along gender lines that he considers a rewarding aspect for t...

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If the bond between the audience is weak is almost just a as beneficial to a strong bond, sociologists say that it expands your ability to solve problems because the weaker bond allows you to view things (Thompson 589). ... Ambient awareness and microblogging go hand and hand in creating profiles of family, friends, and other online users, " Each little update -- each individual bit of social information-- is insignificant on its own, even supremely mundane. But taken together, over time, the little snippets coalesce into a surprisingly sophisticated portrait of your friends' and fam...

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They vary between one family and the next. ... We see families as units that are indestructible, constantly supportive, and held together by a bond that cannot change or be broken. ... Breakdowns between families, particularly between parents and children, are a common occurrence in today's hostile world. ... Real families do not always follow the perfect ideals that television demands of them. ... These feelings may evolve into resentfulness and result in a break in once close family ties. ...

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Based on the premises, it is reasonable to conclude that the surrogate's labor is neither alienated nor dehumanized because she is not separated from her child and she can experience pregnancy and childbirth the same way as normal parents because her bond with the child is maintained by acting as another mother of the child. ... First, the authors must assume that the surrogate will bond with the child forever by claiming that the surrogate will not be alienated if she plays an active role in the child's life as a second mother. However, since surrogacy is still a controversial issu...

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A destiny which extended beyond their friendship and even their families. ... Voluntarily spending long hot grueling summers together in uncomfortable and sometimes dirty tennis academies far away from other friends and family further tested and solidified this bond. ... This was a war that strengthened and solidified a bond between these two ever. ... This they felt reinforced their bond analogous to married couples repeatedly retaking wedding vows. ... Friends, family and team members were often irritated and frustrated by this literacy because of its exclusiveness and effectiveness...

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A lot of stereotypes existed about African American women, about their behavior, family organization, or their abilities. ... Helene feels that her family is "somehow flawed" (Morrison 20). ... I would suggest that the name Morrison chooses for this family indicates that the (W)rights always do the "right" things. ... Helene does not want Nel to lose Nel from the community in any shameful way like Helene's Creole family did. ... Nel become more attracted to Sula because of the bond her and her family share, especially to the grandmother. ...

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In today's society, marriage is a fundamental choice that people make in order to provide a secure and stable environment for their families. ... There are many positive things in life to look forward to when a family is united, such as, birthdays, family reunions, sending the kids off to college, holidays, and the welcoming of a new baby. For instance, when comparing the lifestyles of men, women, and children of married families to that of the non-married, recent surveys and studies have shown that m...

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The strength of the bond is made blatant later when Darryl offers to pay for Jack's share in legal expenses and furthermore to take him in, in the event that they should have to move. ... Family values are clearly manifested throughout the story. First, early in Dale's narration where he states that "Dad's the backbone in this family. ... The whole family comes along, including Tracey's new husband Con, which acts to re-emphasize the loving bond and unity within the family in spite of adversity (i.e. ... Although, the family's values are very much grounded in the local...

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I realize politics play a crucial role in the criminal justice system, including court decisions. In more conservative areas, many feel marriage is a bond which should only be between a man and woman. It has been an ongoing debate on whether children can be raised properly in a home with homosexual ...

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For instance, In Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, author Alison Bechdel shows some youth experiences like her faltering relationship with her father, the breakdown of her parents' marriage, and her own explorations of sexuality with one of the most intelligent and insightful autobiographical comics. ... Some youths like Alison in Fun Home have doubts of different themes during their life that is difficult to express with their families. ... For example, Alison's father who had to follow certain cultural functions as marry a woman, having children, and showing less emotion to his family...

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