Even with these obstacles, she was able to create a closeness and special bond with the child and keep their family together, with loving care. ... This shows us her love for this child, which is so great and must be from a special bond she has with him. ... She had a special bond and relationship with him, but said "If I can't help him to survive in the simplest way, how can I be his mother?... As in Erdrich's "Foreword,"" she begins to create a bond with her non-biological kids. ... A relationship is a bond that two or more people share with each other. ...

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Some criminal detach themselves from their family, some or their parents just walk away from them, and some get their family taken away from them. ... And so, he did, not only did he go on to say that, but even further, which led him to his Social Bond Theory. The Social Bond Theory In his Social Bond Theory, Hirschi touches on attachment. ... While growing up we are more attached to our family. ... So, that gang they have provides them with an even closer relationship than what they have with their real family. ...

• Word Count: 2078
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In "The Altar of the Family", Michael Wilding influences the reader to sympathize with the main character. ... "Altar of the Family" is about a young boy, David and his simple wish to gain acceptance and honour from his distant and critical father. Since David attends a boarding school, he only comes home to his family for the holidays. ... This suggests that David's parents are quite uncaring and they do not seem interested in bonding with their son. ... The moment of realisation is significant in "The Altar of the Family" as it looks at gender expectations, violence and the father a...

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Bonding, specifically male bonding, follows and acceptance is the final stage. ... Mostly for the purpose of bonding (the sharing of experiences) but also for continued evaluation. ... This getting to know each other, or bonding, allowed us to cement our relationship. ... True acceptance for me only exists with my closest friends, the friends who I think know me better than anyone else (with the exception of my immediate family). ... Along with my family, they provide a support structure and a group that I can share happiness with. ...

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I used informal research with my friends and family interviewing them with a brief survey. ... Through further questioning it became apparent that my dad's purpose for teasing or allowing the teasing to occur was for the sake of bonding. ... The two were not bonding as well as Dan and Alyson would have liked and that's when the teasing began. ... I believe there is merit to my intial thoughts that this phenomenon occurs out of basic bonding or to validate attachments within the dyadic relationships. The bonding type of teasing tended to be more subtle and the teasers would stop ...

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Those friends and family members know that there is no other alternative to say I need your help, can you lend me some money. ... Few and far in between are the friends and family members that I can trust to confide in with my thoughts of antagonism, happiness, and gratification; however, those individuals who I choose to disclose my inter most significant point of view must always bear in mind the trust of friendship bestowed upon them; has helped me out a lot to be able to talk to my loved ones who in return will me their trust and succor to bond a relationship of values; Some might say bett...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The use of this program forms a strong emotional bond for parent-child relationship (McGolerick). ... The bond between the parent and child naturally connects and bind them from the heart. Aside from physical bonding, parents should meet their children's emotional needs through communication. ... This Tiger parenting described in the book is a stereotype of Asian families. ... Finding solution through communication would create a loving family environment. ...

• Word Count: 1455
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It has created a strange bond between them. ... I did not cry even when I stood watching him being lowered into his family's straight-laced burial ground outside Boston. ... " (Knowles 186) The bond between Gene and Finny will last beyond death, and in a sense, the funeral is his. ...

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The effects of divorce on children have become an essential family issue to the society for many years. ... It is apparent that children are more vulnerable to the disengagement if he/she experienced a close psychological bond with that parent before the divorce. ... When social class is controlled, children in female-headed families perform no worse than children from two-parent families on measures of intelligence, academic achievement, and educational attainment. ... Family disruption alters daily routines and work schedules and imposes additional demands on adults and children living in s...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many of the works represent the conflict in family, platonic, and business realtionships caused by conflicting views on behalf of its members. ... Due to their contrasting personalities, they do not share a bond. ... Like the narrator in "Mending Wall", Layfayette obviously wants a bond. ...

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They recall a bond right from the start, and describe an instant connection. ... Sandy's family has refused to accept Jessica. ... Jessica and Sandy no longer talk about their lives with biological family. ... It is in this way they have created an intentional family. Jessica stated, "Since the transition we have more extended family than ever before." ...

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And, occasionally, we have taken in other children or family and friends when they needed a place to stay on a short-term basis. ... In order to keep this family relationship happy and successful, we must learn each other's habits, work together to make new habits for the sake of the relationship and compromise for ways of life that we just don't want to change. ... We are neither jealous nor selfish when it comes to having outside friends and support each other when it comes to having friendships or helping our friends and family. ... Make out a family plan. ... These are the thin...

• Word Count: 1789
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• Grade Level: High School