In today’s world, there are many forms of family composition that contributes to how family is defined. When one is asked what a “Traditional American Family” means, many different ideas come to mind; ranging from morals, religion, beliefs, and tradition. Many people argue that there is no longer any such thing as a typical American family and with cultures and lifestyles being different in everyone it does make it impossible to generalize. Over time, the traditional structure has had to adapt to very influence changes, including single-parent families, same-sex marriages, divorce, and adoption. Even the stay-at-home dads have contributed to alternative family forms, making new definitions of American family. In the old days, these different
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It was found to be the most challenged book of the year for children. The article Sarah Pederson wrote basically discussed the topic of same-sex marriage raising children and how each family can have their own way of working the best. With just reading this article, Tango seemed to support same-sex parents, which in the United States right now has a fairly high disagreement with. This book itself according to the American Library Association, had been challenged based on just the idea that both same-sex couples raising a family together should be unacceptable. When Pederson says at the end of the article, “You can choose to acknowledge differences and to show respect for love and kindness, as Tango does, or you can choose to act like a bird of a different feather. It’s called an ostrich”, showing an analogy of the two types of families being discussed. It not only referenced to Tango itself, since it was about penguins in a zoo with “two daddies”, but also compared to the burying of their heads in the sand which ostriches were believed for a long time to perform. Showing that those who did not like the book are burying 3their heads regarding the issue. People who complain about same-sex marriage don’t remember that they have the same right to live the same lives everyone else does. Pederson throughout this article does a great job stating that just because it is not the way her family works best does not mean that another family doesn’t work best that way and they are still entirely a
It was found to be the most challenged book of the year for children. The article Sarah Pederson wrote basically discussed the topic of same-sex marriage raising children and how each family can have their own way of working the best. With just reading this article, Tango seemed to support same-sex parents, which in the United States right now has a fairly high disagreement with. This book itself according to the American Library Association, had been challenged based on just the idea that both same-sex couples raising a family together should be unacceptable. When Pederson says at the end of the article, “You can choose to acknowledge differences and to show respect for love and kindness, as Tango does, or you can choose to act like a bird of a different feather. It’s called an ostrich”, showing an analogy of the two types of families being discussed. It not only referenced to Tango itself, since it was about penguins in a zoo with “two daddies”, but also compared to the burying of their heads in the sand which ostriches were believed for a long time to perform. Showing that those who did not like the book are burying 3their heads regarding the issue. People who complain about same-sex marriage don’t remember that they have the same right to live the same lives everyone else does. Pederson throughout this article does a great job stating that just because it is not the way her family works best does not mean that another family doesn’t work best that way and they are still entirely a