ktmeng/mec huggingface dataset:
Topic: family

As we know, married girls are typically out of schools this happened due to the lack of ability to make decisions on whether she should continue her studies or otherwise that caused limitation to their learning, mathematical ability, and financial skills. Child marriage places a girl entirely under the control of her husband and in-laws that became a barrier for her to voice out her opinions regarding her life plans (Parsons, J. et al, 2015). Other than that, married girls also lack the ability to speak up to her husband about sexual activity, contraceptive use or family planning. In some other cases, some girls are incapable to stand against the mentally and physically violence by her husband and in-laws that she had to go through (Parsons, J. et al, 2015). This is an outbreak from the lack of access to education that occurred from child marriage. The ability to contribute in life decision making and education are indirectly related together. If the girl did not has to go through child marriage, she would has the option to pursue her studies and her life plans that could drag her far from unhealthy marriage. When a girl who is well educated, she could plan her family economy in a better way and raised her children with full of knowledge.
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In a nutshell, I stand with my stance that the minimum age of marriage should be set higher in an attempt to stop Malaysian from performing child marriage. For instance, the case in Gua Musang, Kelantan where an 11 years old girl marry a 41 years old man (Bernama, 2018). Child marriage brings more negative effects than positive effects that urge me to stand with my stance that 16 years old as minimum age should be amended and raised to 18 years old.
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Bullying is an issue that has been affecting many in the world today. It takes place in many forms some of which are direct and include physical harm on the victim. Verbal bullying involves name-calling and insults or threats being directed at the victim and may also involve emotional bullying where the victim’s emotions are targeted by the bully. Other forms of bullying may be indirect where the harm is not caused by the person directly but it still ends up affecting the person.
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Bullying is termed as a form of abuse that uses power and dominance to those that are weaker and less powerful. Bullying has been taking place in various areas but it is most common in schools and workplaces. It exists in various social groups, social classes, and is found all over the world. The behavior is usually repetitive and aggressive and it is based on the sole intention of hurting the victim. Bullies carry out the behavior to harm the other person as a way of gaining power over the other person.
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Some of the other effects include poor performance in their studies, depression, bedwetting, being withdrawn, changing schools regularly, and in some cases suicides among others (Norfolk, n.d). Over 7% of children especially in the 8th grade tend to stay at home once a month since they are bullied in schools (Banks, 1997). Reports have also shown that about 15% of students are bullied on a regular basis with some being initiated into the bullying practice. Direct bullying is more common among boys than with girls. However, physical abuse in boys tends to reduce as they progress in age. The victims of bullying sometimes carry these effects such as depression and low self-esteem into their adulthood.
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Bullying is a serious problem that is affecting the academic and social lives of school-going children. In order to understand the problem and develop an intervention plan that can be used to stop it, it is important to identify the various forms of bullying that are going on within the schools and the trends they are taking. It is also important to understand how they have carried out and the effects that arise from the practice. This will help develop a plan that will be able to establish a safe and secure environment in the schools for all children.
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Cyberbullying is the latest and most commonly used form of bullying in schools today. It continues to evolve with the changes in technology. It uses text messages, emails, and various posts on websites as a way of bullying. Studies show that over 20% of young people in schools who are between the ages of 11 and 19 have been bullied through this form of bullying (Staffordshire, n.d). The children in the schools today are growing up in a different technological world that is very different from that of the adults. They have experienced information and technological developments that they are now using to evolve the bullying practice. The environment in the technological world is becoming threatening and is creating anxiety among children. They are misusing technology especially the mobile and internet to bully others. Over 22% of young people have been reported to carry out cyberbullying (Digizen, n.d). They are able to carry out the whole practice remaining anonymous to the victim. This form of bullying has made it possible for the bullies to carry out the practice at any time or place (Digizen, n.d).
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Needless to say, kids who have bullied experience depression on various different levels depending on the severity of bullying. While most of the kids do not talk about bullying initially at their homes; parents should always keep a check on their child’s behavior and level of interaction in order to detect any such problem at the earliest. Children who are bullied often do not feel comfortable talking about it. The level of anxiety and depression can cause serious issues; hence parents should be more like friends with kids so that they can discuss their problems without hesitation.
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Parents who are selfish have a big effect on children. The way children are raised all depends on the parents. If they aren’t a good parent to your children and let selfishness get in the way of raising their children the right away it can have a large impact on the children’s lives in the future. When becoming a parent your job then becomes being a parent first over everything. Having a family means you do everything you can for the family even if it involves putting other things before your personal wants and desires.
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Her father was not home and her mother was in the other room distracted and working on one of her paintings. She was only three years old and her mother who should have been watching her small child was too busy working on a painting to notice that her daughter was over a stove cooking her food. The father was not home and when Rosemary Walls heard her daughter yelling and saw her in flames she wrapped her up and ran to the neighbors to call for help. Jeannette was hospitalized with severe burns. The nurses questioned, why a three year old was left alone cooking over a stove with no supervision. Rex and Mary Walls knew the nurses were asking questions and did not want to pay for a medical bill so they claimed that Jeannette did not need the hospital to get better, then they picked her up and ran out of the hospital without looking back while the nurses tried to stop them.
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It was irresponsible of them to take their daughter with severe burns out of the hospital without having the nurse’s permission. The parents were only thinking of themselves and how this would effect them; they were not thinking of their daughter. The parent’s selfishness also impacted in the way the children were raised. The family was living in a town called Battle Mountain. The mother Rosemary Walls had a teaching job at the Battle Mountain Intermediate School. Rex Walls was unemployed and they live in a run down house with barely any food or clothes for the children. They were staying in the desert sleeping under the stars before Rosemary got the job at the school where the children were also enrolled. Rosemary believed that rules and discipline held people back and believed the best way to let children fulfill their potential was by giving them freedom. At the school Rosemary was teaching for, other teachers and even the principle started to become curious about the way Mary was teaching the students. Rosemary put her hardheaded beliefs first when it came to teaching instead of teaching the right way to keep a steady job to provide for the family.
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Rex would use the money Rosemary made to take the family to the Owl club, a local diner, to eat steak every Friday instead of doing the responsible thing and using the money to buy a week worth of groceries. Rex was selfish with the money and used it for what he wanted without thinking of the family. The children would go days without lunch for school and Jeannette would often wait for everyone to leave the cafeteria to get uneaten food out of the trash. Rex’s selfishness also effected the children’s feelings and the way they viewed their parents. There was a place called The Green Lantern in Battle Mountain where a girl named Ginger worked. The Green Lantern was a whorehouse. One night Rex took Brian, and Ginger from the green lantern to dinner, after dinner Rex bought a hotel room where the three of them went. Rex and Ginger went into a bedroom leaving young Brian in the room by himself with his comic book. Brian knew what was going on but Rex put himself before the rest of the family and even betrayed Mary. Rex and Mary Walls put their selfishness first, not thinking at all about the needs of his son. The parents selfishness impacted the children’s life because they never did have a place to call home.
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The Walls family just up and left Battle Mountain allowing the children to bring only one thing and to leave the rest of their belongings there. Mary enrolled the children into a public school in Phoenix the parents didn’t have any past record of their children or even their birth certificates. The house in Phoenix belonged to Jeannette’s grandmother who had passed away. Mary didn’t even mention to her children that their grandmother that they used to visit occasionally had passed away. Her mother left the house for Mary. Mary figured she would turn the front bedroom of her house into her art studio; she spent money on canvas’s, paint, and pastels for her studio when they could have used money for the children. Rex and Mary let the house go, they didn’t care and the house got cockroaches and termites. Phoenix was filled with gypsies and perverts. At night the parents wouldn’t even lock the doors or windows to their house letting the perverts look into Jeannette’s bedroom window at night.
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The father’s selfishness ruined holidays that were meant for family. That winter the Walls wanted to have a good Christmas, they had presents under the tree. Rex was out drinking the night of Christmas, when he came stumbling home Rex used the new lighter Mary got him and lite the Christmas tree and all the presents and watched as it went up in flames. Rex sat and laughed as the family put out the fire and tried to save the presents. Rex ruined Christmas for the family because of his selfish ways and putting alcohol before his family on Christmas, a holiday meant for spending time with family. That Christmas was one Jeannette and her siblings would never forget. The parent’s selfishness was teaching the children that instead of facing the problems, you run from them. The family moved to Welch, West Virginia in a run down house they bought after getting kicked out of living with Rex’s parents because his mother touched Brian inappropriately and the Rex and Mary didn’t believe the kids because they were being selfish and just wanted somewhere to stay and have someone to watch the kids.
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The family lived in a run down house with no electric or heat. “The cold weather kills the germs”, Mary would say. They hadn’t had clean clothes in months and Lori and Jeannette were getting fed up with living that way. They knew they would never have a chance at a happy life unless they left. They worked all summer to save money for a bus ticket to New York; they saved up enough money to send Lori there the day after she graduated. One day Jeannette came home to their hidden piggy bank broken on the floor. They knew it could of only been one person who took the money. Rex didn’t come home for four days and when he did he claimed to know nothing about the money witch was a lie. Rex had stolen his own children’s money to go out and blow it on booze. Lori was devastated but landed a babysitting job that would put her on a bus to New York at the end of the summer and that’s just what she did. Jeannette would shortly follow Lori to live in New York and go to college. The parent’s selfishness taught the children not to let their parents take advantage of them and to make something of themselves.
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Jeannette and Lori were finally in New York and away from their parents. The best part was, they did it all on their own. Lori decided to have Brian and Maureen come live in New York with them. Jeannette got her own apartment. A few months later they received a call from Rex and Mary who had decided to move to New York as well. They were living on the streets but that’s where they wanted to be. Jeannette was embarrassed of her parents now that she had a nice life she created for herself. Jeannette went to an Ivy League school in New York and her parents were living on the street right around her. Jeannette never told anyone about her parents and would even lie about them if necessary, she was ashamed. Later Jeannette found that her mother owned land in Texas worth a million dollars. Rex and Mary had many chances to make life better for their children growing up. They never did, they were selfish and it caused their children to leave their parents and to later be embarrassed of them. All the years of Jeannette and her siblings cold and hungry and the whole time Mary had a million dollar land she owned.
Topic: family

That wasn’t the only time Rex and Mary Walls put themselves before what was best for their family and children. The children once found a diamond ring in some dirt when they were playing one day. Instead of pawning the ring to get groceries or clothes for the children Mary decided to keep the ring and wear it in place of the wedding ring Rex had once pawned. Rex even took Jeannette to a bar where he won money from a drunken guy playing pool and in exchange let the man take Jeannette up to his room. Selfishness in parents has a big affect on children. Usually the person you grow up to be is all determined on your childhood and how you were raised.
Topic: family

Your childhood makes you who you are and it can either make you or break you. Stronger people don’t let it break you. Jeannette and her siblings did just that, they decided they shouldn’t be treated or raised the way that they were so they did something about it and they made a life for themselves. Jeannette’s childhood will always be apart of her and haunt her. Childhood is something a person doesn’t forget. The actions of Rex and Mary Walls made Jeannette into who she is today because one day she decided not to let her selfish parents give her an unhappy life anymore and she did something for her and her siblings and that was getting away from Welch and not letting her parents take advantage of them any longer.
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This is a picture of Welch West Virginia where Jeannette Walls and her family lived together last. This is the place when things really started getting tough for Jeannette. Welch was the last straw for Jeannette and her siblings and being in Welch is what pushed them to get away from the not so great life their parents had provided them and for Jeannette and Lori to follow their dreams and make a happy life for themselves.
Topic: family

Every child is unique and there is a variety of school programs offered that motivates a child’s educational achievement and future careers. Based on my understanding, the Childcare/School is a “microsystem in which children develop” (Berns, 2013, p 205). The child is influenced by the experiences and socialization skills within their household and school environment. For instance, the preschool director of the childcare was interviewed and she mentioned that the childcare motivates families by promoting open houses, conferences, and providing newsletters.
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In order for educators to enhance the academic experience for a diverse student, they should maintain a strong parent-teacher bond that helps promote healthy child development, particularly for children of low SES. In order to avoid these issues professionals should provide materials in the parents’ language of origin, offer support, and communicate by exploring the families’ cultural practices by visiting their homes and neighborhood. In the childcare, the preschool teacher’s provides a lesson plan based on celebrating traditional holidays. Children dress up the part so they can get a better understanding of the diversity of each culture (Berns, 2013, p 208).
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The treatment of substance use disorders is a sensitive process since a poor implementation of treatment interventions may lead to a relapse where individuals go back to drug abuse (Mignon, 2015). This further worsens the treatment process and the achievement of healthcare goals as it becomes more difficult to treat the affected individuals. One of the effective ways of implementing treatment interventions is involving family members in the treatment process since the family is the closest unit to an individual (Mignon, 2015).
Topic: family

Siblings have also the responsibility of taking care of one another, as they are able to relate due to shared aspects such as a common social environment and economic status. For a family unit to be functional, every member should play his/her roles effectively which will help in maintaining a balance within the family system (Shehan & Duncan, 2016). These roles define how family members should interact with one another and if one member fails to perform his/her roles effectively, this may affect other members of the family due to the interdependence between family members.
Topic: family

Cultural values and perceptions impact the structure and functions of a family system. A Family structure defines the number of family members that constitute a family, their connection, and the roles of each member. One family structure is the nuclear family which is a common family structure composing of two generations (Wright & Benigno, 2019). This family system consists of a mother, father, and children. The main function of a nuclear family is emotional and financial sustenance to ensure that all members have complete wellbeing in diverse aspects. In this family setting, every member contributes to the success of the family in different roles. This type of family structure is common in Europe and United States (Wright & Benigno, 2019).
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Another type of a family structure is the extended family that extends beyond the nuclear family structure to include other relatives. In this family structure, the grandfather is the head of the family with other members having other roles to support the family unit (Taylor, 2015). This type of family structure is common in Germany. However, these are not the only family structures as more family structures are coming up that include unmarried families, marriages between same sex individuals, and divorced families. These family structures are influenced by the accepted cultural and moral values in different areas across the world (Taylor, 2015).
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Religious aspects also impact family structures and the functions of a family where a Christian setting allows only for two individuals of the opposite sex to marry. However, the Islam religion allows polygamy where a man can marry more than one wife. In religious countries, communities do not allow same-sex families (Shehan & Duncan, 2016). The function of families is also an aspect that may bring a difference of families in diverse cultures. Modernization has influenced family structures and the function of family systems. In same-sex marriage, both partners may head the family where making decisions and providing for the family is a role for both individuals (Shehan & Duncan, 2016).
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One of the successful interventions that can be used by counselors when working with families that have teenagers suffering from substance use disorder include family therapy that involves family members during the counseling process (Ahluwalia, Anand, & Suman, 2018). This helps counselors to collaborate with family members to make effective treatment decisions. The family is important in playing various roles to help one of their members to address any health issues including substance abuse. This is because the family provides important resources and a support system for its members enhancing the achievement of healthcare goals (Ahluwalia, Anand, & Suman, 2018).
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For healthcare issues that require continuing treatment interventions such as addressing substance use disorders, the family plays a key role in ensuring effective monitoring to achieve the desired healthcare goals and prevent the patient from relapsing (Szapocznik, Muir, Duff, Schwartz, & Brown, 2015). Another intervention that can be used by counselors when working with families having a teenager that suffers from substance use disorder is brief therapy. This intervention uses evidence-based practices to motivate individuals suffering from substance use disorders to adopt positive behaviors (Szapocznik et al., 2015). Counselors also engage family members to develop more effective solutions and inform them on how they may help and support the affected member to address this issue.
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Although families may have the same characteristics, no two families are alike as each unit has different patterns in the distribution of roles, power hierarchy, or behavioral aspects that form the family’s long-term habits (Wampler, Blow, McWey, Miller, & Wampler, 2019). Due to this, a counselor cannot impose his/her perceptions in developing treatment interventions on a client as this may fail to work due to unique family differences. However, bringing on board the members of a family of the patient will help the counselor to understand family issues that may have contributed to the development of the health issue affecting one of their members (Wampler et al., 2019). The counselor will also involve the family members in developing effective treatment interventions to achieve the desired health outcomes.
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Family is the building block of society. It is the most basic social group in any society. How members in one family relate to each other affects their lives, their work, and their friends. Groups of families that interact with each other, relate to each other and work together build a larger society. A family in sociology is a group of people who are legally, biologically, and/or emotionally tied. The model of a family we see most often is the nuclear family which constitutes a married heterosexual couple living together with their children; usually, the mom is attending for the kids’ needs and the household and the father is the bread-winner, providing food and money for the family.
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Therefore, the family is viewed by functionalists as a social institution that contributes to social order. It is also found to be responsible for the reproduction of society as it produces and socializes children who will in turn become future workers and produce and socialize more new members of society, whereby the values and norms of the society are passed on to the next generation. Family is also seen as a source of emotional support for its members (spouses and siblings) and is found to regulate sexual activity and reproduction. Family is also found by functionalists to provide its members with a social identity.
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These functions of the family structure help society patterns run smoothly and maintain stability and order. Any dysfunction of its structures will cause a change and a new equilibrium. Different problems in families may arise from changes in the family structures or functions; which will have a negative impact on the family and the society. For example, if families fail to discipline children, then schools, churches, and courts will have to make changes to fix the failure and/or deal with the consequences; this in turn will have an impact on society. A functionalist may need to ask questions when looking at a family. These questions may include asking about what the structure is { the family) and what the function of the family ( the structure) is in society, how it maintains a good stable function, what would cause dysfunction of family, how to prevent it, and how it will affect the society in terms of its stability and unity, and how it could be fixed.
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Conflict theory is another perspective in sociology that looks at the family from a different angle. Its key point is that inequality and conflict over power is what drives any society. In any family, these inequalities can be seen between families in society and among members of the same family. Such inequalities could be a reason for conflict and struggle over resources to gain power and influence. Conflict theory stands in contrast to structural functionalism theory. It argues that the presence of social arrangements does not necessarily mean that it is beneficial, rather it represents the interests of those in power. When focusing on the tension and conflict in a society, the conflict theory may miss parts of the society that are truly orderly and stable. When considering a family, the conflict theorist would consider the unequal distribution of responsibilities between men and women. In many cultures, men tend to have one responsibility which working outside the house to provide for the family, while the wives tend to have an inside-the-house job of raising children and doing housework as well as an outside job. In addition, men usually get paid a higher salary than women working the same job.
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Although these women spend the same amount of time working outside the house as their husbands, they are still responsible for their duties inside the house and are underappreciated for the amount of work and effort they put into those duties, in terms of pay and support both physical and emotional. This is very true in so many cultures, in addition to the fact that in some cultures men tend to have more power in their household and their society as well. Furthermore, domestic violence and emotional abuse are some types of conflict among family members that has been seen lately at an increased rate in so many cultures. Conflict theorists may want to ask about where the power is, what the inequalities are in a family, what the resources are, who the competitors are, who the winner is, and what the prize/benefit is to view the family from their perspective.
Topic: family

Symbolic interactionism is the third social perspective on family. As the name suggests it focuses on the connection between symbols (i.e. shared meanings) and interactions (i.e. verbal and nonverbal actions) and communications. It is about understanding how humans create symbolic worlds and how those symbolic worlds shape human behavior. Symbolic interactionism emphasizes on families as social groups and on individuals to develop a concept of self and identity through social interaction and family activities. It helps understand the different types of personalities and the way they interact with each other to build and maintain social order, and how any change in this interaction can lead to disruption in that social order or at least a change in that order. It focuses on how self and society develop through interaction with others and helps explain and analyze many social issues as inequalities and dynamics of families. Thus, symbolic interactionists focus on interpersonal relationships between family members and emphasize the means to maintain them.
Topic: family

Each of these theories provides useful insights into our understanding of family units. I believe we need all of these perspectives when we look at the family, to be able to have a better understanding of the family. We will need to know about it from a functionalist perspective as a structure and what its function is in the society, and how any dysfunction can ultimately affect the society’s order and unity. Then we need the conflict theorists’ perspective to know about the inequalities, competition, and struggles the family faces on daily basis among its members and in a given society. Any violence in the family or emotional struggles, as well as unequal work burdens and responsibilities, may help us find causes for dysfunction in society and thus help fix any in equilibrium in that matter. Last, we need the interactionist perspective to see the family on the level of the individual interaction and see how the relationship between individuals in a family can affect the family as a structure and thus affects its function and how that is influenced by the competition over power and resources. The three perspectives are like looking at the same picture from different angles. We can’t really see the big picture unless we can see all the details from different angles. To me, those different angles are the three sociological perspectives of family.
Topic: family

Fine motor skills are defined as the coordination of the small muscles which is usually our hands and fingers using our eyes. Gross motor skills are those that require the entire body dynamics that involve the whole-body movement using our larger muscles to perform daily tasks. Belle’s fine motor skills is developing at a normal pace where she is able to use chopsticks, peel oranges, fixing legos, and baking cakes and biscuits. These daily activities will be essential for her as it will help improve her skills and being confident in herself. Belle is very active in sports such as western boxing, rollerblading, swimming, ballet, and gymnastics and this will allow her to improve her overall physical wellness and gain personal satisfaction through the sports.
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According to Piaget Theory of Cognitive Development, (2013), Belle is categorized under the Concrete Operational Stage where they become capable of thinking logically and starting to think like an adult as well. For belle’s cognitive development process, she can portray logical thinking by organizing her daily and school timetable based on the important priorities and arranging them based in sequence. At home, she posed open ended questions and learning to form structured questions during communications with her parents at home. Lastly, she can appreciate and recognizing different individual viewpoints at both home and school thus giving her the opportunities to learn and gain understanding through interactions within the environment.
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According to Erikson’s psychosocial theory (Industry), this age is considered where children are able themselves to being socially productive skills and tools. For Belle, she helps out with the household like sweeping and cooking. These activities provide her a positive approach towards being a responsible individual in the future based on self-development, self -esteem and self-evaluation. In general, Belle’s overall assessment of the different domains suggested that there are no developmental delays in her growth.
Topic: family

To promote good health and family bonding. There are community resources and facilities located in the central part of Yishun that are available for Belle’s family. The community center provides family activities and programs like the Embracing Parenthood Movement where parents forged a stronger bond with young children through different means of fun interaction and communication through activities. The polyclinic is also located just beside the community center where Belle can seek general treatment if she is unwell and are able to have the different vaccination or dental services which is required for her current age. Her family can gain insightful information on areas such as health promotion strategies, nutritional information, and health strategies. Financial counseling is also provided for her family in the event they are unable to make payments for certain procedures. A community hospital is also within range if immediate interventions is needed. The library is located conveniently located within the shopping mall for Belle to access and expand her interest of reading.
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The process of family and marriage has evolved throughout history regarding how it has impacted the American government and even society. There are so many important facets in life, it involves digging deep to get an understanding of how it has impacted society. My essay will be about marriage and family. In this essay, the reader will gain an understanding of the process of philosophy on marriage and family. What marriage was then and now for marriage and families? It will examine the biblical perspective of marriage and what role the American government has played and how the role of family and marriage has changed due to the political perspective of the American government.
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The first dated marriage between one man and one woman dates back to about 2350 B.C taking place in Mesopotamia. Marriages slowly began to evolve in other ancient countries hundreds of years later, religion was not affiliated with marriages back then. Marriage then was to endure a man whose father’s children were his biological children and his wife was looked at as his property. Women didn’t have much say-so their role was to tend the household and bear children. In many cases in the Hebrew men were allowed to have as many wives as they wanted and if a woman could not give him children, he sent her home and partnered with another woman that could give him children.
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It wasn’t until 1563 when marriages became accepted into Catholic churches as a ceremony before God. When having a marriage in the church before Godmen were taught to respect their wives and that divorce was forbidden. In Christianity, it states the man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman, for she was taken out of man” (Genesis 2:23). This in turn place a lot of stress on men to be faithful to their wives. Many foundings of this country rest on the framework of the Christian foundations many can be found in the U.S. Constitution. President John Adams found the need for religious values was to provide the moral base line for society. Adams felt that religion had importance in society. There was a profound shift call relativism where biblical Christians recognize that what we have lost is not morality, but knowing and doing the truth, which is godliness or righteousness (Martin, 2006, p. Ch.8).
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Christian religion incorporated principles for their society, it was also diffuse many influences through their institutions, civil and political views. It was believed that “ what makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens”( Webster,2019 ), because it teaches character it is how you want people to remember you. It is an ongoing debate of what is considered good or bad as a political perspective. So, what makes Christianity good for society, does it mean our freedoms and rights depend on our religious views? Karl Marx was a philosopher of social theory; his theories were about capitalism. He believed in seeking equal rights for all society. Marx believed that there is a constant struggle of politics and religion. Marx’s thoughts on politics and religion were that there is no right turn this is said because religion is a material reality and economic injustice. Marx’s thinking of religion was a more naturalistic view he adhered to three doctrines God, humans, and the environment, which form the basis of his theory of economics. These are directly related to that presuppositional core of Process Philosophy: of Atheism—God is nonexistent, Materialism—“Man is a matter in motion” and Economic Determinism—Class-conscious man is caused by his economic environment. Successive modes of economic structures induce class consciousness, conflict, and class struggle leading to violent revolutions and economic upheaval, resulting in progressive economic change and new economic modes(Ferdon, 2013,p.118). This led to a strong fight for economic change.
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The role of marriage and family has changed due to the political perspective of the American government in today’s society families and marriages are face with many more challenges. The family structure has been in constant evolution since its founding. There is no solid meaning of the family unit today. At the time of founding American homes, consist of a family consisted of a husband, wife, biological children and maybe extended family. Divorce was unheard of people who married remain married until their death. Today we are faced with an incline of divorce, single-family homes, some homes with no male figure, and living in poverty. Around the 19th century roles and family, structures began to change due to the government granting specific rights to women. By the 20th century, the government made laws the granted a better well- being for children.
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In the 1960s women are given more rights and are allowed to be educated and work outside the home. As in earlier times, women were not to be seen or heard their main purpose was to tend the home and take care of the children. The structure of family and marriage has changed in today’s times. In September of 1996 President Bill Clinton banned the bill of same-sex marriages because a legal marriage union consists of one man and one woman. Then in December of 1996, a state court in Hawaii passed a law recognizing gay and lesbian couples to have the same rights as married couples. It wasn’t until 2015 in California that the legislature passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriages, but not illegal in all fifty states. Families today consist of two males or females as parents, extended families living together to afford living costs, and single-parent households. No matter what issues we face in family and marriage the government will have some say so in how we live. Although Americans are free to make their own choices, laws can affect culture and culture may affect beliefs. The government interferes to ensure adults are responsible in their marriages, that children are properly cared for by families. Many feel that the government has no right to regulate one’s marriage. People feel that marriage has nothing to do with the powers of the federal government, so it has no place in families or marriages.
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In closing the other hand, the government will constantly be in the business of marriage and families for several reasons having private relationships open doors for polygamy, incest, there may be an increase of child exploitation, the courts would overwork with divorces, custody battles and other family issues. Many taxpayers will be putting out more funds due to state and federal government is involved with family issues of crime, drugs, teen pregnancy, school issues, and mental health. So, no matter how we look at it the political perspective of the government will always be involved in family matters. The political perspective includes passing laws, mandate specific rules and regulations that will interfere in one’s life so no one will ever live an absolute private life in America.
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Globalization, technological advances, demographic changes, dual-career couples, and changes in the individuals’ outlook and desires are the factors that have made work-life balance a concern for academia and practitioners (Baral & Bhargava, 2010; Mishra, 2015). In Nepal, the demographic changes are seen in the form of women joining the workforce. 22.5 percent of working-age women are employed. The proportion of those who are employed increased with the level of education irrespective of gender (Nepal Labour Force Survey, 2017). The Nepal Labor Survey report further reported that females were almost evenly distributed across the formal non-agriculture sector, informal agriculture sector, and informal non-agriculture with 32.
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Nepal is a patriarchal and highly stratified society whereby power relations are not equal and the roles, behaviors, and expectations for men and women are socially prescribed (ILO, 2015). Therefore, it is important to understand how has dual-earning with existing patriarchal and unequal roles has impacted Nepalese in the work-family balance domain. Work-family balance has important implications for individuals, organizations, and society, and consequently, a growing body of research has explored the intersection of work and family domains (McNall, Masuda, Shanock, & Nicklin, 2011).
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In the past, empirical studies on the work-family balance majorly focused only on the negative relations between work and family life. Present studies on work-family interaction have supported both negative (e.g. stress, burnout, high turnover, etc.) and positive (e.g., health, performance, satisfaction, etc.) outcomes(Baral & Bhargava, 2010). The empirical focus on conflict (minimizing the negative role that works play on life) rather than enrichment (maximizing the positive role that works play on life) may strictly limit a broader understanding of how the work role may actually enrich the broader life domain (Grawitch, Barber, & Justice, 2010). The Work-family interaction studies ( e.g. Adhikary, 2018; Gnawali, 2017) in Nepal too focused on the conflict or interference side of it. Therefore, there was a need of looking at the work-family balance from a positive light in a developing economy.
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Some researchers have made an effort to investigate the positive impact of the work-family interface by examining the benefits of multiple role memberships (Parasuraman & Greenhaus, 2003), including enrichment, positive spillover, enhancement, and facilitation. Even though there are various labels given to the positive aspect of work-family balance, this study adopts Greenhaus and Powell’s (2006) definition of “work-family enrichment”. The definition states that the degree to which experiences in one role enhances the quality of life in the other role (Greenhaus & Powell, 2006). The definition comprehensively conceptualizes the positive side of the work-family balance at the individual analysis. Similarly, some researchers (e.g. Carlson, Kacmar, Wayne, & Grzywacz, 2006; Hanson, Hammer, & Colton, 2006) have mentioned in their studies that other researchers have also noted how constructs as positive spillover and facilitation can be categorized under work-family enrichment. Therefore, enrichment seems to be an inclusive construct (McNall, Masuda, & Nicklin, 2009). Greenhaus and Powell (2006) have identified dispositional and environmental factors as predictors of work-family enrichment. People with high Core Self-Evaluation (CSE) obtain jobs that are objectively more challenging, but also view their jobs as having more positive characteristics (T. A. Judge, Bono, Erez, & Locke, 2005). Therefore, it is possible that people with high CSE find jobs more enriching compared to lower CSE people. It can be considered as an individual factor that affects work-family enrichment positively. Similarly, Perceived Organizational
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Similarly, the balance between work and family roles among school teachers has seldom been examined (Fung, Ahmad, & Omar, 2014). Most studies around married employees that too among teachers are about work-family conflict. Further, only a few studies (e.g Baral & Bhargava, 2010; Fung et al., 2014; Kumar, Channa, & Maharvi, 2018) have examined the mediating role of work-family enrichment between predictors and outcome variables. Additionally, married couples experience more work-family enrichment than unmarried individuals (Jain & Nair, 2015). Similarly, many studies (e.g. Baral & Bhargava, 2011; Fung et al., 2014; McNall, Nicklin, & Masuda, 2010) have found a positive relationship between Work-family enrichment and Affective commitment, Job satisfaction, and Family satisfaction.
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In the essay “The Color of Family Ties” by Naomi Gerstel and Natalia Sarksian, the authors assert that traditional nuclear families are not the only ones capable of supportive relationships and strong family connections. In the other hand, minority families also discover that their families illustrate the most supportive relationships and strongest family ties. According to Gerstel and Sarksian, they states “Black and Latino/a, especially Puerto Rican families are more disorganized than White families, and that their families ties are weaker” (47).
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It is an evident that even before he decided to move with Greta, Jack was very close to her when he stated, “I walked to Aunt Greta’s house and asked if I could move in with her since I had already spend so much time with her anyway”(53). This is our first example of the strong ties to extended family in this story. As the story progresses we learn that Greta has sacrificed not only for her nephew but for her father as well.
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Greta had been married for a long time but her husband just died five years into their marriage. The reason why Greta and her husband never had any children and she never remarried was because she took care of her father after her mother died. The fact that Greta looked after her father demonstrates another tight family bond and support for one another but it was also evident that the two share a close relationship. The author states, “She [Greta] had so much love and knowledge to share, which she passed on to me naturally and freely” (53). Hence, tradition was very important to Greta’s family as well as their Indian culture and Greta shared it with Jack. During the years, Jack and his aunt form an even stronger bond and she became a mother to him as they shared many adventures together.
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In “Looking for Work” by Gary Soto, Soto wishes his family were more like families portrayed on television. In his opinion, families portrayed on T.V. seem to be “perfect” and “normal”. These families seem to be proper and get along well with one another. Since this is what television shows families to be like, he believes this is ideal. If he is able to get money and have a better setup for his family, he believes that this will make them get along and make them happier.
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Soto also mention that, “mimicked me the same day that I asked him to wear shoes…he came to the dinner table in only his swim trunks” (22). It shows that he has a good relationship between he and his brother. His family may not be dressed up or have as nice of a house as he desires, but they can enjoy one another’s company. The boy does not realize this at first, but at the end of the story he understands that no family is perfect but they are still a united family with strong emotional ties. The boy finally realizes that he is lucky to have a loving and supportive. Happiness can be achieved without being exactly like a white family.
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In this essay, the two nontraditional families show the supportive relationship and strongest family ties. In addition, both of these writings help to form new ideas about untraditional or minority families teaching that nuclear families are not the only type of family that should be respected or considered when it comes to analyzing the closeness and supportiveness of families. Both are the great example of nontraditional families. It shows that the connections between “An Indian Story” and “Looking for Work”.