Another major issue being created by this social problem is the breaking of the traditional family structure. ... There is a weakened bond of kinship, and declining social family significance as America has transferred industrial, educational and recreational activities to specialized institutions outside of the home. It is depriving families of their most characteristic, historical functions. ... With single parent families, children lack in the authority department due to the lack of the amount of time their parents have free to raise them. ... Also the lack of the traditional family structu...

• Word Count: 920
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

From the inclusion and dependency on the family of origin, to the slow process of maturity, to the confidence and the desire to establish an intimate bond with another person and the formation of a family unit of choice, usually much like the one that they were raised in. ... Historically girls were expected to be non-sexual in childhood and adolescence, and sexual interest and especially sexual experience caused them to be devalued and tainted by there family and there peer groups alike. ... It may well be that the security needs formerly met at home are being shifted in mid adolescence towar...

• Word Count: 1488
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Both languages (original and new) can be seen as complementary and not as substitutes for one another, therefore creating a stronger bond between languages. ... I am in favor of bilingual education because I believe it is important to remain connected with our family's language and culture. ... The removal from past culture is very detrimental to children's ability to connect with family members and non-family members of that culture. As stated by Rodriguez, "Our family remained a loving family, but one greatly changed. ... After accepting that he had to assimilate into American...

• Word Count: 2018
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Every morning before the hard working citizens of the United States of America get into their over priced vehicles, filled with over priced gasoline, to go to their jobs all day in order to support themselves and their families, they usually turn on the television or open up their morning newspaper in order to find out the happenings of their community, country, and the world. ... The United States government and the large media companies walk together hand in hand because of a great bond they share. ...

• Word Count: 1700
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The blacks felt encumbered by what the whites thought of as religious norms, and were discouraged to fully adopt Christianity when they couldn't even speak in church, a common give-and-take characteristic among traditional African worship.18 The inability for most blacks to disassociate the messenger with the message, like blacks such as Frederick Douglas were able to do, prevented them from fully accepting Christianity and created resentment towards whites and their religion.19 This antipathy is illustrated in a letter from a freed slave to his master, dealing with the effect that the ...

• Word Count: 1954
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate