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Family in Decline and TV Viewing

In five pages this paper discusses how the family unit has declined as television watching by family members has significantly inc...

Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action

In 12 pages this essay considers the five families who brought a lawsuit against the chemical companies responsible for poisoning ...

Taking Care of the Elderly

The author considers the difficulties facing families who decide to care for elderly relatives with Alzheimer's. The author analyz...

Family Survival of a Stroke

in treatment involves helping the patient return to the community. If rehabilitation has occurred for the most part in the home, t...

Family Systems of China

In seven pages traditional and contemporary Chinese families are compared in terms of marriage customs, power according to gender,...

The family in Great Expectations

existence of alcohol. To him, the rotting barrels that once housed unlimited supplies of beer were symbolic of how he viewed Miss...

Celebrations of the Chinese New Year

flowers such as chrysanthemums, cherry blossoms and narcissus to bloom on New Years Day. Decorations are done in red, for good luc...

Overview of Multigenerational Family Therapy

In eight pages 5 studies on multigenerational family therapy are examined in this overview of techniques and family behavioral pat...

U.S. Nuclear Family and Poverty

In ten pages this paper discusses the nuclear family's role in U.S. poverty with the Culture of Poverty and various other theories...

Black Families in White America by Billingsley

the black family, which had brought them from their early salve days to the current condition that is admittedly less than stellar...

Overview of Family Communication

governing family communication attempt to control miscommunication across interpersonal boundaries (Petronio, et al, 1998). Mai...

Medical Policies and Family Vigilance

In five pages the hospitalization of a relative is examined in a discussion of family vigilance during this time period with recom...

Various Family Therapy Approaches

In five pages sample patients based upon the characters featured in the Twice in a Lifetime film are considered in an examinaiton ...

World Cultures and Family

according to the modernization perspective of womens current roles (1291). This perspective posits that the status of women is en...

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Familial Relationships

In 7 pages the ways in which Bronte portrays families and family relationships in this novel are examined in terms of authority an...

Hong Kong Family Therapy and Systems Theory

colleagues applied the same ideas to families and discovered that systems theory provided an ideal medium for gaining insight into...

Nursing Issues and the Health Issues of the West Family

her, per se, but rather with her expectations of Madeline, which are not age appropriate. The scenario says that Madeline knows be...

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...

High Risk Family Assessment/Violence

education or less; little or not prenatal care; unlisted telephone number; low income; history of unemployment; current under or u...

Food Budgeting in Relation to the US Poverty Standard

lower than in other parts of the country. There is not a great deal of industry in the area; housing is relatively inexpensive. ...

Vietnam War Soldiers and Suicides

claims that the Vietnam soldiers had a 72 percent higher rate of suicide than their other military counterparts (Bower, 1987, p. 1...

Discussion of the 'Middle Child Syndrome'

Many - if not most -- social psychologists would readily agree that human interaction is always representational of joint interact...

Working Parents and Creative Benefits

In fourteen pages this essay describes the rewards of balancing work and family life with research on benefits that are family fri...

Crested Kimono Questions

In five pages this paper compares the image of Mother in Navajo and Japanese families as represented in Kinship and Gender and in ...

Crises of Natural Disasters and Family Interaction

In five pages this paper examines what happens during a natural disaster to families and family relationship dynamics with coping ...

Rick Porrello's The History of the Cleveland Mafia

In 10 pages this memoir considers the author's family's organized crime activities during the Prohibition era. One source is cite...

The Relevance of Seierstad's The Bookseller of Kabul

home, while none of the reporters dispatched there have produced anything resembling a definitive account of the countrys trajecto...

Napoleon Bonaparte: The Influences on Him and How He Influenced the World

might say in fact that he was slightly ahead of his time. Yet, in addition to having been an important figure and brilliant strate...

Pinter's The Homecoming

Teddy is the most accomplished member of the family, but he is not treated very well. Perhaps the reason why there is friction, a...

Fully Restorative Programs

An 18 page paper which summarizes 3 separate textbooks which analyze fully restorative programs as they relate to the field of ju...