I have always been intrigued by the lives of those living on the "other side of the fence" than me. I have always had a deep-rooted admiration for those who are less fortunate and do in fact have to face the horrible struggles of living below the poverty line in our country. ... I wanted to choose a family who was living in an impoverished section of any inner city and who was living below the poverty line. The reason for this is simple; I wanted to with ask how they make it, and how they survive living in such conditions. ... Being that my church has a food pantry that provides dinners for ma...

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Family is defined in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary as "a group of individuals living under one roof and usually under one head." ... My family is those immediate family members living under the same roof. Another definition of family is "a group of related plants or animals forming a category ranking above a genus and below an order and usually comprising several to many genera." This supports the plant kingdom including all living and extinct plants. ...

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Like the time at the movies when all the blacks have to sit on the top balcony and the whites sit down below. ... Even to be a family in what seemed to be nothing more then a tool shed nowadays, feed everyone, pay for school supplies, then on top of it all even pay rent for the house they were living in. ...

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I was never daddy's little girl; I was close to my father. I was young when he got up and abandoned my family for another. The memories I have of him were when he was a drunk and snored so loud I could here him from down the hall. I was never fond of him. He was not anybody I wanted to look up too ...

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Since 1950, the percentage of American children living in mother-only families has climbed from 6 percent to 24 percent in 1994. [1] According to Census Bureau data,[2] 19 million children were living in families with no father present in 1994. ... The share of our children living in mother-only families is increasing in cities, suburbs, and rural areas, and it is rising among all racial groups. ... According to a recent study [3] of young, non-custodial fathers who are behind on their child-support payments, less than half of these men were living with their own father at age 14. ... Moreov...

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Abstract In this paper, I will discuss the changes in family transformation or decline. The family was once warm and secure. The adults had a shorter life expectancy. Many children were in orphanages because their parents couldn't afford to raise them. The size of the family is on the decline. Famil...

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When I was still in my childhood years, I spent most of my time living with her because my mother was always working at least two jobs. ... Even when the weather was below zero, she was always out there on the bus stop with me. ...

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SEPARATION BETWEEN MALES AND FEMALES • LIVING QUARTERS: A husband and his wives have different living quarters in their home. ... • Although women are ranked below men in terms of overall power, women still retain the possibility of authority. ...

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Since most single parent households are mother-headed, and have only one income, often below that of a man. ... Children hate divorce because having two of the most important people in their life living apart hurts. ...

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The Greenleaf boys had joined the military and made something of themselves: "The two of them were living now about two miles down the highway on a piece of land that the government had helped them to buy and in a brick duplex bungalow that the government had helped to build and pay for" (O"Connor 1445). ... Greenleaf's religion is also below Mrs. ...

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I will discuss the reasons for the careful choice of a proper husband below. ... Young women were thought of incapable of living their own lives, it seems, so the daughter stayed within the family til the day she got married and moved to her husband's estate. ...

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