The media has portrayed it version of what the idea family is. ... In the 1980s, there were shows such as Family Ties and Cosby Show; these programs showed the families that we now view as being commonplace today. ... The Simpson family could be considered as the average American family. ... Since most viewers regard the Simpson show has being the ideal family in North America, some people have begun to question if the family will eventually return from the modern day family to the traditional family. ... Most families wanted a small family usually 2-3 children (most sitcoms have two to three ...

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Unfortunately too many families have no other option than to leave their children in the care of a childcare center in order to be able to provide for the financial needs of the family. The average family in the 1950s consisted of dad going to work and mom staying home with the kids. However, this is not the average family lifestyle nowadays. ... Family is a basic need and is essential for surviving in our society. Hopefully over the next few decades the American family will take a closer look at how the care of their children will affect the family structure later on. ...

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I have come to the conclusion that I fit into the "Average-middle" class. ... My family definitely fits into these criteria. ... Another reason why I believe that I fit into the average-middle class is the moderately high level of upward social mobility available to my family. ... They typically live in the least desirable neighborhoods often found in inner cities, and usually the family size is somewhat larger than middle class families (Macionis 206-7). ... This is the case for the Rivers family. ...

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The root cause of this behavior can be a dysfunctional family, lower family income and family stress. It is known that African American youth from single mother families are at an elevated risk of externalizing behavior, compared to those who are from European American two-parent families. ... Co-parent (an individual, who may or may not be a family member, significantly involves in child rearing and parenting), is present in many African American single mother families, and this can probably explain the variability in adjustment among African American youth from single mother families. ... ...

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The questionnaire consisted of 3 categories - work, family and issues. ... Under the family category the questions asked if there was an O.K. balance in their life today between career/job requirements and personal and family obligations, if the rewards of marriage/family life today equal the obligations, and if having children (now or in the future) was an important part of their family life. ... In the family category, 60% of the people interviewed felt there was a good balance in their life between their career/job requirements and their personal and family obligations. ... The questio...

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Black households had $5,677 in wealth on average, Hispanic households had $6,325, and white households average $113,149 in wealth. ... At the same time, median family income was declining faster for the minority groups than for whites (The Huffington Post). ... In fact, the richest households garner much of their wealth from stock, while middle and lower class families gain their wealth from housing. ...

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The success of this tragedy can be viewed as a result of Miller's ability to portray the universal woes, fears, and struggles of the average American. ... He would commit suicide in order to provide his family with some money to make something of the Loman name. ... The average Americans had the money to purchase the goods they wanted. ... The only person from the Loman family to make something of himself was Ben. ... He took his own life to try and better the life of his family. ...

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There are exceptions, but the average person has set higher priorities on family, employment, and friends. ... The people consider Clarisse's family awkward, because they enjoy sitting and talking to one another. ...

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The three major causes of youth developing eating disorders are influences from the media, family members, and friends. ... The average American child watches over twenty-one hours of television per week, which equates to a constant flow of commercials and programs presenting, if not promoting, emaciated models and actresses. ... Family members also influence adolescents in developing eating disorders. ... Family members possessing unhealthy attitudes towards body image, contributes to eating disorders among today's youth. ... Images produced by the media, the attitudes of family mem...

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A study done by the Carnegie Foundation in 1979 found social status largely determined by family background, as opposed to someone's intelligence. ... The upper class now earns 8 times more money than the average household, and 55 times more than a poor household. ...

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Children who are born into wealthy families are more likely than children born into poverty to enjoy good health, find academic success, succeed in employment and enjoy a long life. ... The landmark Coleman Study (1966) found that the single most important factor in determining educational attainment is the family environment. ... A median family in the U.S. earns $44,467 per year. ... Average income for an African American is 62% of what a white person's income is. ...

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On the other hand, you could walk down the street, go to the movies, go shopping, and to the bank and see people of subcultures walking and talking like the average WASP culture shock is "the feeling of disorientation tat can occur when one encounters a new or rapidly changed cultural situation"(Anderson, 84). ... My experience with cultural shock was dramatically different from the average foreigner. I was brought up in a typical Indian home, but the family life was totally different. ... A friend of the family, who is like a brother to me, had a hard time adapting to American culture. ...

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Each subculture has significant differences in views on government, political leaders and duties of the average citizen. ... Politicians have a family obligation to govern. ... Social and family ties are prominent where this type of political culture is found. This often means that some families run the government and others have little to say about it. ...

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Donaghy presents these people in such a way that it makes the reader feel as if they are part of the family or close nit community. ... This makes the reader realize that Collin came from a loving and well structured family, and it is not just abused kids that commit suicide. ... The reader also learns that it is not just the death the family have to deal with but after as well. ... This is an average of eight per week. ...

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They had numbers, were powerful, and could intimidate any of your average day-to-day citizens. ... Many youths that join gangs come from a family that is deemed dysfunctional. ... His father had left the family when he was eight. ... In order to escape from this dysfunction, a youth may turn to the family hierarchy of a gang for family fulfillment. The family hierarchy of a gang that was previously mentioned is distinct and closely resembles that of a non-dysfunctional family, or that of a "normal" family. ...

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The New woman was mainly "middle-class, if not upper class, daughter or wife of a business or professional man, and had a better education than average."" ... The Victorian view of the family played a big role in the life after college. Most families wanted their female college-graduate to get married and have a family on her own. ... If and when she married, she usually gave up salaried work, and devoted herself to household and family. ... Men spent all their wages, lost their jobs, abused their wives and children, or left the family all the way. ...

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I feel like the average person would fall under this fallacy. ... I say that because I think my family's cultural practices have definitely provided me with cultural capital. ... I also come from a family that has many college graduates and I aspire to be one as well. ... My family operates with a high work ethic, and it is expected I do the same. ... The cultural capital I inherited from my family has and will continue to help me navigate in a Eurocentric world. ...

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I come from a long line of role models and a legacy of leaders in my family and it must have influenced my DNA. Growing up, I was fascinated with stories around our dinner table of many of my families accomplishments. ... To be a Link Crew leader, one had to maintain 3.25 average grades, be a good role model to younger students, and most of all, be a good leader by example. ...

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Love, family, community, wisdom and others are what will bring a person and the world a better life. ... Through Mitch's descriptive language telling us and describing the amount of family photographs around Morrie's house shows us how Morrie puts great emphasis and importance on family. ... Morrie has a very warm and close relationship with his family, hence he is happy but at the same time Mitch is distant and vastly separated from his family. ... The average "capitalist" person would never be able to face a new day of harder and more severe illness, Morrie on the other hand used h...

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Another is that if the woman is a mother, or has a family to take care of. ... One important finding shown was that males are more likely to be incarcerated and to receive lengthier sentences, but thats males have a higher offense severity scores on average than females (r= .1.1) as well as lengthier records of offending (Steffensmeier 420). ... In all actuality, on average males receive about a 1.6 month shorter sentencing than females, which does not support the notion that females get more leniencies. ...

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A school social worker is a person who deals with students and families" lives who may have problems. ... The worker has to know when and when not to give information also what decisions will help and not help these students and families. ... This job can be tough but at the same time wonderful because helping students and families would be a great gift. ... Next, the job outlook and future for this job is, "the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that employment of social workers will increase by thirty-four percent- faster than average for all occupation through the year 2005" (Chronicle-14)...

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Robinson never hints to any relationships that Cory may have had - no lovers, no family, not even friends - and this leads the reader to conclude that Cory must have been a very lonely and unhappy man at the time of his death. ... Even though the average person envied his riches and believed that he led a charmed life, Cory did not possess the real wealth that every human being needs: relationships and socialization with other human beings. ...

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In a typical family, the mother took care of the children, kept the house clean, and catered to the husband's every need. ... Some careers like the California Highway Patrol that have an average pay of over $80,000 a year, are making workshops specifically to encourage women to apply. ...

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If people who earn incomes are characterized as the 99% and the wealthy are characterized as the 1% the 99 percent are earning incomes for services they provide in exchange of pay, yet a large percent of the wealthy accumulated their wealth from accumulated income that was invested or passed own So technically income and wealth are exactly the same its just that some of the population's income is just increasingly larger than the average so they needed something to differentiate the fact that there's income inequality so they branded it "wealth" So essentially income and wealth are t...

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The average wingspan of a chicken is 32 inches, but they are kept in cages that are only 16 inches, often times several are put into one cage, as many as physics will allow. ... Since then I have regularly volunteered at a homeless shelter-reading to children, at a food bank-serving food to homeless people, and through a social service group-helped 6 families new to America become acquainted with our way of life. ...

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