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Sociology Defined

sociology. Sociologys most basic definition is that it is a social science that is "about" people, that it is the study of humani...

Overview of Family Law Issues

aimed at child protection either form physical or metal abuse or to protect their morals as well as to protect the freedom and rig...

Children and Divorce

Bennetts, 2001). The debate seems to focus on how long the effects of divorce impact children (Jeynes, 2001). In addition, there a...

Overview of UK Family Law

made. The court also has the power to order a lump sum payment of not more than ?1,000 (Cretney and Mason, 1998). If...

Social Problems and Children from Broken Homes

counterparts, in that it relates to emotions the students are only just beginning to cultivate. Indeed, college-aged children, wh...

Divorce and Judaism

of sorts so that a divorce could not be granted simply and carelessly. "If there was a certificate, there should also be grounds f...

Kate Chopin and Marriage Aspects

In ten pages Chopin's stories 'Desiree's Baby,' 'The Story of an Hour,' and 'A Respectable Woman' are examined in terms of their t...

Female Children and the Impact of Divorce

In nine pages this paper examines how female children are affected by parental divorce. Twelve pages are cited in the bibliograph...

Addressing Family Topics

to make it clear that they are not attempting to replace the biological parent, and, furthermore, that they should be accepting of...

Parenting Changes

It does not work. Consider: since the Baby Boomers changed the institutions of work and parenting, divorce has soared and there ar...

Children Affected by Divorce and Therapeutic Applications

of other therapeutic approaches are important as well. Of foremost consideration in treating the impacts of divorce is eval...

Functioning of a Single Parent Household

by the therapeutic community. The term "nuclear family" brings to mind the American concept of the ideal family, of the mot...

Elderly Divorce

life expectancy than in previous generation, but to face it alone, that is, in a one-person household (De Jong Gierveld, 2002). Th...

Adolescent Girls' Sexuality and the Impact of Divorce

have noted that sexual activity among girls from single-parent homes is greater than among those who live in "blended" families. G...

Single Parent or Two Parent Family?

indicates a healthy two parent household, where the parents are married, is better for a child than a single parent family structu...

Maternal Mortality; Burkina Faso, Chad, Botswana and South Africa

South Africa and Botswana have shown how the commitment to reduce maternal mortality and the provision of services supported by go...

Review of the Article 'Predictors of Divorce Adjustment'

data from a study called Marital Instability Over the Life Course (Booth, Amato, Johnson & Edwards, 1998 as cited in Wang & Amato,...

Nuclear Families versus Divorced Families

have been cited for pulling a gun or a knife on someone and children in gangs were more likely to come from single parent househol...

Massachusetts and Divorce Inherited Property Division

a state according to the specific facts surrounding the case. Considerations regarding how to distribute inheritances can be affe...

Primary Prevention Strategy Against Divorce

todays marriages. Those factors are money and gender expectations. The literature has recognized the fact that gender roles in s...

Three Studies on Divorce

black mothers evidenced several advantages in regards to coping as compared to white mothers; however five years later, the white ...

A Case Study of Dependency Exemptions in Cases of Joint Custody

of the person, relationship or member of the household, gross income, joint system, citizen/residency. The support test, a...

Divorce Cases in New York and Women's Advantage

reason given for the divorce. This is something that can coerce people into lying and make the break up more difficult. In some wa...

Understanding Contemporary Families

never been enacted (Young, 2001, p. 27). Young, predictably, castigates Crittenden, saying that what she is proposing is "entitle...

Does Divorce or Disruption in Family Structure During Adolescence Have a Detrimental Effect on Development?

Discussion Parents serve, either consciously or unconsciously as role models for their children. Gender roles develop in p...

C.S. Lewis/The Great Divorce

pretensions that keep them in Hell, and stay in Heaven, that is, not to get back on the bus for the return trip. Lewis reveals l...

The Nature of Divorce

When looking at various phenomena in society, there are often individual and social factors at work. This paper looks at both and...

Prevalence of Divorce, Cultural Assimilation

also more pressure on couples to work out their differences and learn how to live amicably and keep the marriage intact. 2. My so...

Research on Repartnering After Divorce

that finding a new partner after experiencing divorce has a positive effect on an adults sense of adjustment and life satisfaction...

Helping Children Adjust to Divorce, Positive Psychology

characterized by hostility tended to exhibit decreased emotional wellbeing (Baxter, Weston and Qu, 2011). This study shows that th...