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Family and Change in Canada, 2005.
A discussion regarding the change in the structure of the family unit in Canada.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, AU$ 115.95
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This paper reviews the effect that economic change has had on the Canadian family structure as a unit. This paper also discusses the influence that the sexual revolution had on this issue which lead to more women starting to work outside of the family home.
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"Since the 1960s, a change has been occurring in the structure of the family in Canada. This change began with a rising divorce rate in conjunction with economic change when "increased work responsibility of women also tended to bring about changes in the structure of the family" (Vago, 1989, p. 132). Causative and contributing variables have operated in a complex interaction. An escalation in divorce rates, for example, had its origins in other changes such as the sexual revolution and the large-scale entry of women into the workforce."
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Changing Family Demographics, 2004.
A brief discussion about the way that family demographics have changed over the years.
812 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 46.95
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This paper explains how demographics for family units have been changing over the past decades in the United States. It shows that there are more single teenage mothers, more single-parent families due to divorce or illegitimacy, and lower-income family units. It explains that these changes are due to a more liberal society and welfare laws.
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"Move over Cleaver and Ozzie and Harriet families. It is a whole new world out there. In the 1950s, there may have been the typical family with mother, father and two children, but that is no longer the norm in 2003. In fact, according to a New York Times article, ?for the first time, the number of nuclear families has dropped below 25 percent of American households.? This is the result of a variety of factors: men and women delaying marriage and having children later in life or no children at all; more couples living alone after their children have left; an increase in the number of aging adults living at home; and especially the increase in the number of single-parent families, mostly headed by women."
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The Changing American Family, 2002.
This essay examines some of the significant changes to the family structure that have taken place during the last half of the 20th century.
6,014 words (approx. 24.1 pages), 11 sources, MLA, AU$ 231.95
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This paper begins with an old saying, 'The more things change, the more they stay the same' and explains that when it comes to the family, things are changing for real. People are living longer and can expect to enjoy the company of their grandchildren, and a number of years after their children leave home with their spouses in an adult relationship. This paper provides an analysis of how the family unit is changing and what impact this may have in the future. The paper explores the evolution of the respective roles of men, women and children as well as other changes in the socioeconomic sphere.
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"The comforting family images of ?Father Knows Best,? ?Ozzie and Harriet,? and ?Leave it to Beaver,? helped to characterize the popular image of the American family for many people. The father worked, the mother vacuumed in high heels and pearls and the kids were sometimes mischievous but basically good. According to Arlene and Jerome Skolnick, this image of a good American family was not only inaccurate, it helped to create a popular misconception about how families should be, instead of how they actually are. These unrealistic expectations have caused untold problems in families throughout the country as the members struggle to fit into the pattern and become frustrated when they do not measure up. For example, the authors say the Dan Quayle/Murphy Brown controversy touched a national nerve ?because it touched on a central predicament in American society: the gap between the everyday realities of family life and our cultural image of how families ought to be."
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Changing Families, 2007.
An examination into the ways that family life is changing around the world.
817 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 48.95
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This paper discusses the changes that have occurred to family life in various countries around the world. The paper discusses the characteristics of families in Cina, as well as in Japan, India, Indonesia, Micronesia, and the Marquesas Islands. It also compares these characteristics to family life in the United States. The paper then goes on to suggest reasons for these changes.
Table of Contents:
China versus India
China versus the United States today
Five Characteristics of the Japanese family
Families in Indonesia, Micronesia, and the Marquesas Islands
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"Both genders are living with their parents longer than ever, as the age of first marriage for both men and women has increased, given the expansion of opportunities for employment outside of the home for young Japanese women, and the decreased attractiveness of marriage for many young career women. However, because of the lack of affordable housing in Japan, more young people chose to remain with their parents rather than find their own place to live. This is also traditional, given the less defined adolescent or rebellion period in Japan, and of the less stringent division between the values of the old and the young."
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"Changing American Families"--Book Review, 2007.
This paper reviews the ideas presented in Judy Root Aulette's work "Changing American Families."
832 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 48.95
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Judy Root Aulette's work "Changing American Families" challenges many of the traditionally held beliefs of what makes a family unit. This paper reviews several concepts presented in this book. First, the paper discusses childlessness by choice, and the flip-side, which is being a parent by choice. Also considered are the roles of grandparents, adoption as a parenting option, and the roles of mothers and fathers in modern society. Aulette also discusses the need for quality childcare. The paper concludes with a discussion of punishment and what it achieves for both parents and children.
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"The idea of having a child and becoming a parent is increasingly being viewed as an option, as noted by Aulette's discussion of couples that are childless by choice. Birth control and more flexible views of the purpose of marriage have allowed couples to view childlessness as a liberating option, not as a curse or an example of their failure as a union. Aulette cautions the reader that simply because parenthood is not necessarily the purpose of every coupling or every marriage does not mean that one option, to have children or to not have children, is better or worse--rather both have become valid options in today's society. This is an empowering idea not just for persons who wish to remain childless, but for all couples--it is a reminder that having a child is a choice, not a destiny that is forced upon a couple."
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Coming to Terms with America's Changing Families, 2002.
The paper examines the question of what constitutes a nuclear family in today's society.
995 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 57.95
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This paper discusses much of the controversy surrounding definition what is a nuclear family. This paper examines whether or not the family as we know it, has disappeared. The paper looks at the affect that the changing role of women in society has had on the family. The paper also looks at some other factors that have contributed to the redefining of the family, including divorce and the rise of single-parent homes, the increased visibility of non-traditional families and the role that the media has played in this question.
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"Why must working mothers shoulder all of the blame for the supposedly doom?s day outlook that the world is going bad? This begins to sound like stereotypical scape goating. The 1992 election was a perfect example of this type of unsupported biased opinion. Dan Quayle openly condemned the fall from traditional roles by Murphy Brown as setting a bad example for our youth. The subject of ?family values? became one of the most heated debates of the campaign. Had Mr. Quayle actually read the statistics, he would have realized that marriage rate has gone up and down many times in the twentieth century and that we were not at low point when he made those condemning statements."
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"Canadian Families: Diversity, Conflict and Change", 2002.
Summarizes the themes and conflicts presented in "Canadian Families: Diversity, Conflict and Change" regarding the family of contemporary society.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 7 sources, AU$ 122.95
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The authors examine the many themes and conflicts that surround the discussion of the family today. They reveal how the definition of "family" that the social elites construct is very different from what reality actually is. They show how economic realities, violence within the home, and discrimination on all levels, affect families in all walks of life. The authors do an excellent job in demonstrating how the division between men's and women's tasks have significantly changed since capitalism has become embedded within the society.
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Lok Family: Patient and Family Education, 2002.
A look at how patient and family health education is an integral part of quality care.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 86.95
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This paper analyses the needs of the Lok family who have a family member who needs health care. The paper explains how an integral part of quality care is that all care professionals who interact with the patient and family members share the responsibility of providing patient and family education. In this case the author establishes that as the family are immigrants it is necessary to understand and respect their religious and cultural background in order to be able to provide the best health education.
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"Patient and family education is an integral part of quality care. Providing it is a responsibility shared by all care professionals who interact with a patient and with family members. Teaching patients can be the most challenging as well as the most rewarding aspect of care. Understanding the patient's religious and cultural background is an important consideration when providing health education to the Lok family. In order to determine the family's cultural status and understand its forced migration, I must be open-minded, show respect for beliefs that differ from my own, and avoid making assumptions or stereotyping. In educating the Lok family, it is essential to understand Chinese culture. China is a country of multiple faiths, with a large segment of the pop..."
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The Families in "Swiss Family Robinson" and "The Borrowers", 2006.
A comparison of the families and their experiences in the novels "Swiss Family Robinson" and "The Borrowers".
2,120 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 108.95
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This paper studies the family members and dynamics in two American novels about marooned families. The paper compares the personalities and character traits of the matriarchs and patriarchs, as well as the children. Another similarity discussed is the scenes in which the families are forced to venture into unknown territory in order to survive. The paper also illustrates how both books reinforce the traditional values of the nuclear family. In fact, the paper concludes that the most important lesson from these books is that the family will pull together to surmount obstacles and to counteract adversity.
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"The Robinsons reached their unlikely new home when they were shipwrecked on their way to settle in a place that was not their home. We are not told how the Borrowers came to be living under the floor, but we do find out that at one time there was a colony of Borrowers, some of whom were extended family, living in the same house. Both environments require the participation of both mother and father to survive. In both, the father leaves the home every day to obtain the things necessary for survival. In both, the mothers stay home and prepare meals, provide clothing and keep the home comfortable and clean. In both, the home - no matter how undesirably located - is a haven for the family, the place where they feel safe and where they enjoy each other's company."
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Work and Family Conflict: The Dual-Earning Family Problem, 2000.
A look at the conflict between work and family that two-income families face and the lack of support they receive from employers.
6,096 words (approx. 24.4 pages), 29 sources, AU$ 233.95
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"One of the largest transformations in family life over the last decades has been the rise of the dual-earner family. The number of families which are dual-earner, married couple households has increased dramatically, having overtaken "traditional" breadwinner/homemaker families in number as early as the mid-70s, continuing into even through the late 1980s and 1990s. Despite the phenomenal growth in this segment of the population, very little has been done to meet the growing needs of dual-earner families. With the prevalence of mothers and fathers in the work force, inevitably we find that there is a conflict. Caregivers in the workforce face the difficult decision to choose between their family and their jobs, and unfortunately, most employers do not do enough to help."
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Sociology and Family Units, 2002.
Examines how the concept of family has changed over the past years in the form of domestic partnerships and homosexual family units.
1,476 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 78.95
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Over the last 100 years or so, the idea of what makes up a family unit has changed over the world. This paper studies the results of the important social changes which have occurred in the United States in the emergence of alternative family units. The paper shows that these social changes have affected the relationships between people in families, the communication between these people and the very structure of the families themselves. Two specific changes are discussed: (1) the arrangement of domestic partnerships wherein a man and woman reside together and may share in all of the duties and activities that would be common to a husband and wife, however they choose not to marry; and (2) the gay and lesbian families and how they have altered the societal perceptions of what the word 'family' actually means. While these two relationships do not affect everyone in society, they have changed what society thinks about families and marriage in many ways. Because of this, they are two of the most important societal changes that have come about in recent years and are worthy of discussion.
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"This change in the term 'family' sometimes helps to pave the way for changes such as domestic partnerships, but it also confuses some of the issues that are important to them because they are not seen as a traditional family unit, and many of the laws are written to protect the traditional 'mother, father, and children' family unit. The forms that a family can take are much broader than they used to be, and although many of them are challenged, more and more of them are beginning to be embraced by society."
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The Family, 2002.
A discussion of the concept of the family unit and how it has changed over the years.
1,863 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 96.95
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This paper examines how the family is a basic unit of society and is usually regarded not only as indispensable but as the key element in socialization processes and in the perpetuation of societal values. It looks at how the family has been the basic unit of society from ancient times to the present and how although different cultures may view the family and certain kinship in a differing light, the basic family unit is a near-universal social reality, with the nuclear family of parents and children a norm understood by virtually everyone. It evaluates the changing status of the family over the years and analyzes how the nuclear family seems to be disappearing in a world where divorce and unwed motherhood are occurring at high rates.
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"Many who feel family values are being lost are indeed making a value judgment on the new notion of the family. They see the traditional nuclear family as "the" family and any variation on that as a challenge to family values, thus excluding what Rubin would include--single-parent households, gay and lesbian households, couples without children, people who have children and live together without ever marrying, and members of divorced families, remarried families, blended families, and extended families (Rubin 19). Clearly, one reason people believe family values are disappearing is because they have a narrow definition of what constitutes a family and its values in the first place."
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Families in the United States: The Past, Present and Future, 2005.
A look at how the structure of the American family has changed over time.
5,781 words (approx. 23.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 224.95
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This paper examines how the structure of the family has changed many times throughout history and modern times. It shows how over time, people have been socially influenced to value a concept called democracy and how because of this toxic ideal, we believe that everyone is entitled to a choice, a right, or a freedom of some sort. It discusses how for centuries, the ideal family has been one divided by gender roles and socially influenced abilities and how today, the changing employment of women and men and the changing economy have had a severe impact on the family unit.
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The Past
The Present
The Future
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"For centuries, the ideal family has been one divided by gender roles and socially influenced abilities. The picturesque model of a family has been a male breadwinner at the head of a household, a submissive homemaker wife, obedient children for both parents to appreciate their lives, and possibly a dog as well. The model, however, is flagrantly heterosexual. In a vastly changing time, the family structure cannot afford to be so concrete. There are three distinct modern images of what a family actually is. The family as a haven ideology contends that family is a refuge from our impersonal world. Here, the family is a place of intimacy, love, and trust for which individuals may escape the competition and cruelties in modern society. The two themes in this image are love and protection."
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Familial Evolution: Role Relationships in the Family Structure, 2005.
An examination of family structure and roles in Kaye Gibbons' "Ellen Foster," Celia Rothenberg's "Child of Divorce, and "Confessions of an Erstwhile Child."
1,087 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 6 sources, APA, AU$ 61.95
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The family, an evolving entity that exists beyond the boundaries of genetics, encompasses relationships intertwined by emotions, education, proximity and biology. The roles each member of the family holds: father, mother sister, and brother, impact the family specifically, and potentially impact society at large. This paper examines these ideas by taking a look at "Ellen Foster" by Kay Gibbons, "Child of Divorce" by Celia Rothenberg and "Confessions of an Erstwhile Child" (anonymous).
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"The actions of the family affect society at large. Roles remain the same, but the people playing them and their methods constantly fluctuate. While increasingly common to find homes where both parents work, it remains an unfortunate necessity. Children of these homes often draw their life's instructions from daycare workers and television rather than the tutelage of their mothers and fathers. Rather, it is imperative that the pursuit of advanced education, critical thinking, and spiritual exploration be encouraged and demonstrated by the parents."
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Family Life and Divorce, 2002.
A comparison of family life and divorce between the 1940?s and the 1990?s.
1,857 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 96.95
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This paper examines how the family has changed significantly in the fifty-year period from 1940 to 1990. It discusses how one of the major issues of the 1990?s is divorce, with divorce having a significant impact on the family. It attempts to evaluate the impact of divorce on the 1940's family and compares it to that of the 1990's family. The ideal family of the early 1940?s was one based on the father working and the mother looking after the house and children. fter World War II, women began to enter the workforce more increasing the change of social values. This trend continued up to the present where divorce is increasingly common and families are increasingly complex because of this. In the 1990's, families no longer have the traditional mother and father. Instead, families include single-parent families, ones where custody is shared between two parents and ones where children have parents, stepparents, stepsisters and stepbrothers. Rather than hope for a return to a traditional family, society needs to change to support the new family structures that are emerging. The reality is that society has changed and that divorce is one of the results.
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"The family of the 1940?s was one of change. World War II meant that women found themselves forced to take on greater roles at home. Women became part of the workforce and became more independent. At this time on history, divorce was allowed but not totally accepted. One book on the subject of the changing nature of divorce notes that the law represents the dominant social views of this time (Phillips 314). The divorce law at this time was one of fault-based divorce. Weitzman (48) describes this approach as one that was based on protecting marriage. Divorce was still allowed but only based on proving a fault of one party, such as abusiveness, adultery or cruelty."
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