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Volunteerism in the Community

were divided into groups to work on specific service projects. Some were sent to work at a homeless shelter, others to paint the ...

1820s and 1840s Age of the Common Man

to make their own destinies -- to follow whatever dreams they may have kept harbored deep inside for fear they would never be able...

Workplace Patriarchy and Problems of Women Balancing Work and Family Responsbilities

by means of which men differentially accrue material [economic]as well as ideological [culturally valued] privileges from the exp...

20th Century US Family Law

In thirty two pages the evolution of U.S. family law during the last half of the 20th century is chronicled with a variety of rele...

Fictitious Story on Viking Erik Olafson

In seven pages a young boy's journey that chronicles the everyday life of a Viking family is featured in this fictitious story. F...

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and Religion

In 5 pages this paper examines the Christianity assumptions with regard to the structure of the American family as depicted in thi...

A Child Called 'It' by Dave Pelzer

In five pages this research paper examines Pelzer's account of his horrific childhood with an application of current theory on fam...

A Euthanasia Discussion

The pros and cons of assisted suicide and euthanasia are considered using the case studies of Oregon's 'Death With Dignity Act' an...

How Anorexia in Featured in Texts by Cathi Hanauer and Margaret Atwood

In five pages anorexia as reflected in My Sister's Bones by Hanauer and The Edible Woman by Atwood are compared and contrasted in ...

Families and Home Schooling

In three pages this research paper examines home schooling supporters and opponents and also considers the family implications of ...

Cao Xuequin's Story of Stone

ideal of humaneness or goodness, and li to ceremonious behavior or to social norms in general. According to the instrumentalist, ...

Dysfunctional Families in Antigone and Oedipus the King by Sophocles

not have written them. Sophocles wrote "Antigone"(c. 442 B. C) and "Oedipus the King" (c. 425 B. C.) among numerous other works. ...

The Theme of Violence in The Prince Of Tides

episode at some point in life. Depression often hits the elderly more than any other age group; however, with each passing ...

Lorraine Hansberry's Raisin in the Sun and James Baldwin's 'Sonny's Blues' Compared

essence of Emersons claim for moral exuberance that galvanizes youthful idealism than Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun. Se...

The System of Trokosi

by a spokesman for the fetish priests, Togbe Atsu Eklo of the Adzimashi shrine, which appealed to the gods and their ancestors to ...

Familial Substance and Physical Abuse

In seven pages this paper examines family dysfunction and how it influences violent behavior and substance abuse. There is includ...

Making American Families

the connection most first generation Filipinos maintain with the Philippines is positive in many regards, it is also detrimental t...

Culturally Competent Care in a Family Practice Setting

cultural competency in regards to the various ethnic groups for whom they provide healthcare services. The Name of the Students ...

Impact of Disruptive Family

be more delinquency in these families (Department of Criminal Justice, 2008). Children are less likely to graduate from high schoo...

Families, Rather than Schools, Should Teach Values,

generation. Children should come to school with a family-engrained set of values that prepares them to interact civilly with their...

Overview of the Florida Department of Children and Families

to be done to improve various perceived problems. Unfortunately, it must be said, that from what one can tell, the report is very ...

Family Medical Leave Act and Its Impact Upon Labor Relations

among corporations large and small that the FMLA is enroachment on their territory (Hengst and Kleiner, 2002). In the sections bel...

Research Methodologies in Elijah Anderson's Code of the Streets and Margerie DeVault's Feeding the Family

nurturing as caring work. DeVaults contention from the start is that feeding a family (which again, is primarily gendered work, as...

Family in A Raisin in the Sun and American Beauty

kind of money people like Lester makes. He has all these schemes and dreams and he ultimately learns they are pointless, just as L...

The Royal Family Depression Era Comedy by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber

between a life in the theater and the offer of a stable marriage to a sensible stockbroker. Fanny Cavendish is the family matriar...

Family Medical Leave Act

demands of both professional and personal existence. The FMLA has indeed been instrumental in setting down strict guidelines that...

Teen Families Canada

unskilled, dead end jobs. When school-based child care are not available, Head Start programs step in to give children of teen pa...

African Americans: History, Culture, Families, Beliefs and Religion

African slaves brought to the New World were sent to what is now the United States (Horton, 1997). Most of the rest went to the Ca...

CBT versus family therapy in treating adolescent drug abuse (Article Review/Reaction)

applicable, and service delivery were all the same (Houghton, 2008). Each factor was controlled in this study. The article author ...

Health Care For Low Income Families

of centers that promote research and practice of health communication. Ideally, these centers would duplicate the existing Charle...