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  • Family Life

    Family Life

    Perspective is defined as: Subjective evaluation of relative significance; a point of view. The texts "Half a Tale" by Banarasi and "The Remonstrantie" by Francisco Pelsaert feature largely different perspectives on many of the same topics. Banarasi, an Indian merchant, discusses Indian culture in a poetic autobiography. Francisco Pelsaert, a European merchant, and foreigner to India, describes various facets of Indian culture in a very clear, concise and structured report to his employers (Dutch East

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    Essay Length: 299 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Artur
  • Slavery: The Affect It Has on Family Life & The Effects of It

    Slavery: The Affect It Has on Family Life & The Effects of It

    Slavery: The Affect It Has On Family Life & The Effects Of It The lives of Harriet Jacobs in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and Frederick Douglass’ Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave includes diverse experiences that allow them to share common factors to relate to each others stories. Jacobs and Douglass were born during the slavery period in the “less harsh” regions of North Carolina and Maryland.

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    Essay Length: 968 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Max
  • The Family Guy - Success

    The Family Guy - Success

    The Family Guy “Success means different things to different people. And, to a large extent, the widely accepted definition is determined by the society in which they live. In general, the American man’s definition of success revolves around work and the financial rewards it yields” (Deutschendorf 21). I feel that this is a perfect example of how Americans view success and what our society implies are the qualities of life that measure success. This view

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    Essay Length: 1,050 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Tommy
  • The Nulcear Family

    The Nulcear Family

    The Nuclear Family The nuclear family of the 1950’s has become the model for the ideal American family. It is important to analyze the historical background in understanding the concept of such a structure and its effects on society. In understanding the history, we can analyze its outcome from the 1950’s to the present day. When looking at the 1950’s, it is important to pinpoint other major issues such as class, race and gender as

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    Essay Length: 943 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Philippine Family Law

    Philippine Family Law

    PHILIPPINE LAW ON PERSONS AND FAMILY RELATIONS: WHAT IT SAYS, WHAT IT MEANS, AND WHY IT IS LIKE THAT By Gilbert S. Coronel I. THE BARANGAY The Philippines is an archipelago. It has more than 7,100 islands and the islands form three main groups: Luzon up north, Mindanao down south, and Visayas in the middle. Early historians claim that the original inhabitants of the archipelago were Negritos, who were short, dark, kinky-haired and snub nosed.

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    Essay Length: 1,346 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Yan
  • Family Medical Leave Act

    Family Medical Leave Act

    Family Medical Leave Act Sheera D. Oliver-Vaughn University of Phoenix My paper is on Family Medical Leave Act. I would like to discuss the five “W’s.” what is FMLA, why was FMLA enacted, who is covered under FMLA, when was FMLA enacted, and where is FMLA located? When I finished explaining these five W’s he or she will have a better understanding about FMLA. How the state system versus the federal system incorporates their laws?

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    Essay Length: 1,295 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Tommy
  • American Dreams with the Younger Family

    American Dreams with the Younger Family

    American Dream through the Youngers Family The idea of the American Dream still has truth in today’s time, even if it is wealth, love, or fame. The thing that never changes about the American Dream is that everyone deserves something in life and everyone, somehow, should strive to get it. Everyone in America wants to have some kind of financial success in his or her lives. The American dream is said to be that each

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    Essay Length: 1,640 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Healthful Eating Tips for Families on the Go

    Healthful Eating Tips for Families on the Go

    Many of today’s families are constantly on the go. Therefore, finding time for family style meals that are also healthy can be a difficult task. To assure that families, especially children, eat healthy there are some very simple steps that parents can take. Studies have shown that taking these steps to promote healthful eating habits in children can have long lasting benefits. “Some past studies have suggested that when parents and children regularly connect over

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    Essay Length: 1,505 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Victor
  • Strengthening the Family

    Strengthening the Family

    "If each spouse is forever seeking the interests, comforts, and happiness of the other, the love ... will grow" (Spencer W. Kimball, Marriage and Divorce [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, Co., 1976], p. 23). • Do I acknowledge myself and my companion as persons of worth and value (see Ephesians 5:28-29)? • Am I willing to see my partner as my best friend? • Am I willing to put the interest of my marriage and

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    Essay Length: 350 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Importance of Family Values

    The Importance of Family Values

    The Importance of Family Values There are so many various types of people with different ethnic backgrounds, culture and manner of living that are the cause of distinct values in a family. These families have poor, mediocre or virtuous family values, however what one may consider as a mediocre family value may seem poor to someone else and vice-versa. These family values differ from family to family world-wide. The most significant values are family unity,

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    Essay Length: 887 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Family Violence

    Family Violence

    Family Violence Family violence is a serious crime against society. It is a crime that exists in all walks of life. Many people still believe the misconception that family violence is a personal problem that is better dealt behind the closed doors of their homes. What they fail to realize is that family violence is a crime that not only affects the victim’s life, but it affects everything the victim does, as well as everyone

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    Essay Length: 665 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Family

    Family

    Family Have you ever felt jealous of distant family members? Has it ever seemed like everyone was doing better off financially than you and your family. That’s always been the case with me I remember like it was yesterday. We always went to my grandmas for the major holidays. My mother was a teacher’s assistant and since I was a student in the same system we had the same schedule. It was never a question

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    Essay Length: 1,197 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • The Value of Family

    The Value of Family

    The Value of Family Marcel Huggins While my family is not perfect I appreciate what I do have in comparison to the monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. With no father, mother, love, or acceptance, the monster is cast out into a world which judges him on his hideous appearance. He has no one to learn from or look to for advice, like I and most other American children do. Times have changed since our parents

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    Essay Length: 1,556 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Family Health Nursing

    Family Health Nursing

    This paper will discuss the importance of the family health nursing for today’s nurses. It will also discuss the importance of understanding the history of the family and how it has changed and evolved. The paper will explore the concept of what constitutes a family today and will include a personal view of family health nursing. Family as an important focus for nurses In the ever-changing world of technology in the healthcare setting, it is

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    Essay Length: 1,175 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: July
  • Real Family Values

    Real Family Values

    Real Family Values What are some things that you could never live without? You might say food, water, shelter, or clothing. Other, less conventional, answers might include a cell phone, lip gloss, or Starbuck’s coffee. However, according to psychologist Abraham H. Maslow, all people need belongingness, esteem, and self-actualization. Carol Shields sustained that family values include qualities such as nurturing caring, and emotional support in her essay entitled Family Is One of the Few Certainties

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    Essay Length: 814 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Kevin
  • The Bennets - Experts in the Field of Inter-Family Conflict Avoidance

    The Bennets - Experts in the Field of Inter-Family Conflict Avoidance

    The Bennets: Experts in the Field of Inter-Family Conflict Avoidance Father looks across the dinner table and kindly asks his darling wife to pass the dinner rolls while Suzie is lovingly telling about her second grade teacher’s neat handwriting. The linen tablecloth is firmly pressed and the home-cooked meal is thankfully devoured. The yellow-checkered dinner plates are freshly washed, and the smell of lilacs from the garden drifts through the sunlit dining room. Billy

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    Essay Length: 729 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Max
  • Work and Family Changes in Middle Adutlhood

    Work and Family Changes in Middle Adutlhood

    In my opinion the most difficult change during middle adulthood in relation to family life is caring for aging parents. If a person has siblings, then right off the bat there will be a conflict over who will be the primary caregiver. Generally this task will fall to a daughter or daughter in law (Boyd/Bee, pg. 151 “No Easy Answers”). Perhaps this is because daughters seem to closer, in both proximity and emotion, to their

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    Essay Length: 640 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Jack
  • Family Stories

    Family Stories

    Family Stories When thinking of family stories most people will think of their grandmother or mother telling them a story of another family member or a story of their own youth. These stories, as far as I can remember the stories of my own family, are like parables and they are intended to teach us an important lesson for our life or make us familiar with the history of our family, which helps us to

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    Essay Length: 528 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: regina
  • Similar Families and Similar Struggles

    Similar Families and Similar Struggles

    Similar Families and Similar Struggles “Fences” and “The Piano Lesson” are two extraordinary works created by August Wilson. Throughout these two plays there is a constant struggle while at the same time these stories revolve around a similar theme or symbol. In “Fences”, the idea of building the “fence” is very similar to the “piano” in “The Piano Lesson”. August Wilson did not name his play, Fences, simply because the dramatic action depends strongly on

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    Essay Length: 467 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Mike
  • Current Perspectives on Dual-Career Families

    Current Perspectives on Dual-Career Families

    “Current Perspectives on Dual-Career Families” In the essay entitled “Current Perspectives on Dual-Career Families” written by Lucia Albino Gilbert. It talks about how the children of dual-career families are effect and the gender roles are change in a dual-career family. In a dual-career family, both the mother and the father work full time jobs. In this case study it showed the children of dual-career families are the same in other school aged children that come

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    Essay Length: 345 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Wendy
  • A Japanese-U.S Comparison of Work-Family Conflict

    A Japanese-U.S Comparison of Work-Family Conflict

    Running head: A JAPANESE-U.S COMPARISON OF WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT A Japanese-U.S Comparison of Work-Family Conflict and Its Effects in the Management of Organizations Abstract In this study, work-family conflict in Japan and the United States is compared and contrasted based on culture, traditions, norms, values, and life styles. The paper will focus on the proposal that Japanese employees are frequently expected to use time after work to socialize with colleagues and clients at bars and restaurants

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    Essay Length: 2,751 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: regina
  • Buckingham Palace & the Royal Family

    Buckingham Palace & the Royal Family

    Opdracht 1: 1)Buckingham Palace & the Royal Family: *De Buckingham Palace is zoals de naam al zegt een paleis. Het is een koninklijk paleis waar de Engelse koninklijke familie huisvest. Op dit moment wordt het paleis bewoond door Queen Elisabeth II met haar man, Prince Philiph. Met hun vier kinderen, Charles, Anne, Andrew en Edward. *Vroeger was het paleis eigenlijk een groot landhuis, maar nadat het huis gekocht werd (in 1962) door King George III,

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    Essay Length: 2,680 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Top
  • Marriage and Blending Families

    Marriage and Blending Families

    MARRIAGE AND BLENDING FAMILIES Marriages come in all shapes and sizes, couples marrying for the first time with no children, couples with his or her children, couples who are marrying for the second time or more with or without children in various stages of their lives, The marital status at the time of the marriage can represent issues as well, such as widowed or divorced. Blending families together can present a multitude of challenges.

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    Essay Length: 1,910 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Do the Family and the Peer Group Play Important Roles in the Reproduction of Violence in Everyday Practice?

    Do the Family and the Peer Group Play Important Roles in the Reproduction of Violence in Everyday Practice?

    The term violence doesn’t necessarily have a fixed definition; it can be interpreted in many ways and the understanding of violence changes from person to person, circumstance to circumstance…. What one man may see as a violent act, the next man may disagree. A violent act cannot, “amount to a criminal offence unless at least some observer considered it to be justified.” (1) One has to consider whether the violent act was committed intentionally, recklessly

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    Essay Length: 2,950 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Fatih
  • The Lee Family Boxing

    The Lee Family Boxing

    LEE FAMILY TANG LOONG CHUAN Meaning: The creator is a descendant of the Lee Family, thus the word, "Lee Gar". The art is of Chinese origins, thus the word, "Tang". Chinese are regarded as descendants of the Dragon, thus the word, "Long". This is an art of Chinese Boxing techniques, thus the word, "Chung Hua Chuan Fah". Tactics & Strategies: Defensive and offensive movements are bound together and are executed in the same movement or

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    Essay Length: 457 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Yan

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