Children are considered the possessions of their parents until they reach the age of eighteen, therefore they are held accountable for any actions the teens end up taking, whether or not they are at home or away from home. ... Lastly, the responsibility a parent has for their child whether or not they are at home or not plays a major role in whether or not a parent should check up on their child away from home. An example of this scenario would be if a teen had been caught breaking the law in any sort of manner, and had been held in the custody of the police. ... The responsibility parents ...

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From her choice in food, to her choice in home décor, Ruth's mother is the extreme experimentalist. ... While Ruth has her mother to thank for her non-judgmental perspective, Ruth has also been severely held back by her mother. ... The first party, held in honor of her brother's engagement, does not inconvenience Ruth greatly, because she is young and still at home; yet she is stilled forced, as a young child, to assume the position of responsibility she should not have to. ... At one point, Ruth experiences a full scale panic attack on the subway, because her father has j...

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*Assumption of parenting and step parenting roles: Most heterosexual and homosexual parents held unrealistic notions about parenting and their place in it. ... Issues like who they will be inside the home and outside the home are discussed. ...

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The differences between the rich and poor American families were profoundly visible in size and value of the home. ... At even less of a percent, the richer American families owned a dwelling that a held value of over three thousand dollars or more, which was equivalent to a very large and graceful Federal-styled home with paired chimneys, a spacious central hallway entrance, and ten to a dozen rooms. Yet, despite the difference in size and value, the homes all shared a distasteful and bland front yard. ... By the 1830s, furniture such as sofas and softer chairs were seen more and more in ho...

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For the Kerrigans, their quarter acre block is much "more than just a house, it is a home". Their family home is full of memories and rich in resonant echoes of their past and emotional ties that no amount of money or compensation can replace. It is this belief that breathes life into the philosophy that "a man's home is his castle' and more important than "a driveway". ... Bonnie Doon is also seen to have a "sacred link", the house built with their own hands, with the use of a kit home that "idea's man" Steve bought over the Trading Post. ... Globalisation is the notion o...

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Nursing homes. Married couples have a legal right to live together in nursing homes. ... Home protection. Laws protect married seniors from being forced to sell their homes to pay high nursing home bills; gay and lesbian seniors have no such protection. ... This institution is Still the most widely held but as a nation we need to adhere to the motto that, love conquers all. ...

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Kingsolver discusses the "broken home" (127) due to divorce and the children whom are a product of this one time "happy union" (128), which are now referred to as "children of divorce" (128). ... The last two examples she used to describe extension of family are true examples of community support within the modern society; the single parent homes where the support system of grandparents and neighbors becomes "the rock-bottom definition of family" (133) or the married couples who have "embraced the relief of community" (133) by incorporating other adults into their childcare routines. ... For...

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Marriages and relationships lasted longer in the past because most religions forced their children to save themselves until marriage and this created a sense of safety and comfort when they came home to their partner. ... This feeling of connection comes from our early stages when as infants need to experience being held and touched by another human being or the infant will fail to thrive. ... Our community would be a lot happier and appreciative towards each other because we would have a person who cares that we could come home to and vent to that would listen to our opinions and share thei...

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On the other hand, assumes the power to feel, nurture, serve and manage domestic and interpersonal life of the home. ... The deprecatory phrase "I"m just a housewife" typifies the low esteem in which this position is held in our society. ... Similarly, the ability to care for themselves and their homes has not been developed in most men, in such tasks, which they none the less regard as necessary for their own well being are disdained as "woman's work" - the chores of the inferior sex. ... They are not interested in vital interpersonal communication when they return home after a day&#x...

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Perhaps this was hurt far to great for John Foster to forgive, and he held even the children of his transgressor responsible. ... The bankers and town officials worked within the law to settle Deake's accounts: they bound out her children, sent her "home" to her father, and sold all the belongings of the family. ...

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Danger seems inevitable when shallow travelers, who are embodiments of the self-interested materialistic society, embark on a road trip to an unsure destination. When tragedy strikes, personality traits can be held accountable. One particular character, the grandmother, the central character in "A...

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Seamus Heaney's poem, Mid-Term Break, is a great example of how society's expectations can impact identity because the poem is about a young man who is away at school to obtain an education and establish his identity when he is called back home to deal with the death of his younger brother. From reading the poem, it's clear that the narrator left his family to pursue an identity of his own, and the first line of the poem suggests that he isn't happy about having to return home out of obligation as the oldest child. Instead, the line, "I sat all morning in the college sick b...

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As the eighteenth century went on, it became more and more difficult, however, "to support a family on farming alone," and many had to resort to working in factories or shops as well as owning a small farm to earn enough to afford the family's basic needs.8 It was a well known fact that "relationships within native American families, clans, and tribes were far more supportive than were the frequently adversarial activities of landed families and nation-states in Europe."9 The native Americans of the North, also known as the Amerindians, held women much higher on the social ladder than d...

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Beneath this, however, the structure of American society as a whole is analyzed and the ideals of the nation held up for review. ... Theatre is a much more domestic arena, where men would essentially be trapped, torn between the comfort and safety of the home and the rugged adventure of the world outside. ... This is juxtaposed, however, with the "solid vault of apartment houses" that surround the Lomans" home and the success of characters like Howard Wagner, who represents a very different sort of society. ...

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My mom has always been home for me when I need her. ... On the day that they went, my parents left early, and I was home alone despite my young age, only 10 years old, I knew how to take care of myself. ... After a while I heard a noise coming from the mini bed and went to see if everything was ok, and I realize that my brother was awake, I spoke to him and he looked at me, he was out of the covers, and his little hands were shaking, I caught it and held his hand, put my index finger and he shook my finger as hard as he could, that exact moment I realize that I had another person that I could ...

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When a child enters the world, it is a cultural expectation in the United States that they will be nurtured, clothed, sheltered, nourished, and held accountable for by their parents until the reach the age of 18. ... Depending on the needs of the child, their age, and ability to adapt (behaviors), they may be placed either in a group home setting or with a foster family in which they will reside. ... With open adoption arrangements, birth mothers have 100 percent right of choosing how "open" they wish to be with the adoptive family and child, the right to choose the amount of contact...

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She then describes her feelings at seeing her grandmother at a family picnic planned for celebration before her grandmother was sent to a home: "I wanted to run up to her, give her a hug, and never let go. ...

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In addition, Joyce would often drive Patty's siblings to "painting, guitar Japanese, debate, drama, piano, fencing, and mock court" (Franzen 9) while Patty, on the other hand, would always take the bus to go to basketball practice and to go back home, which would often be late at night. ... Therefore, as her parents sought to preserve the family's image and political relations with the Posts rather than even trying to take Ethan Post to court, Patty decided to cut the thin ties that held her together with the family she no longer considered herself to be a part of as she absented her...

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Parental abuse and neglect was persistent in Hall's home as the judge noted, 'He was abused, and he was neglected from the womb forward' (Wallace, 2013). ... Hall was expelled from many schools, and then finally home-schooled by his parents (Wallace, 2013). Hall had inadequate or no conventional support, as he was not only neglected by his father, but also lacked peers or teachers he could turn to, being home-schooled and distanced from society. ... Hence, Hall held beliefs favorable to criminal coping, as the aggressive coping mechanism was instilled through the heavy influenc...

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The attitude held by his parents towards other ethnic groups, and races eventually caused him to migrate overseas, change his religion, and adopt an entirely different world view. ... Jalila Arthur was born in 1994, went to kindergarten and first grade before choosing home school. ... However, there was no notion of time being money at home or at the family business, only that punctuality is respectful. ...

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