Essay About Family

When I was around 3-4 years old, my parents had the responsibility to balance work and family. My dad was a construction worker who worked a full time of 8 hours from Monday through Friday. It did not involve much traveling away from home. If he had to travel, it would only be to a place that is 2 hours away at the max and would still be able to make it back to his family the same day. My mom had a part-time job as an assistant in medical herbs and worked about 4-5 hours from Monday through…

Is the nontraditional families the new traditional family? Many people believe the nontraditional family has become the new traditional family. The reason I chose this topic is because my friends and some of my families are nontraditional families. I chose this question because it seems like there more nontraditional families than traditional families. The reason other people might like this topic is because there are gay parents and single parents; there are also grandparents raising grandkids…

Families of the 1950’s were very different from contemporary families today. The families of the WWII era and onwards experienced a paradigm shift in how the roles and gender identities were conducted (Strong & Cohen 2014). Men were no longer the sole providers as women had to step up and fill in the labor gaps because of the nation-wide draft enacted in 1940. Eventually the changing family system evolved into the many varieties of families that exist in America these days. One of which is the…

The family that Marylyn considers to be “family” is the one that she is in right now. Her grandparents are Johnny and Ernestine Mitchell. They were married around the 1940’s and were together until Johnny’s death. They have six children, Dinky, Michael, Mark, Cherice, Quentin, and Anthony. Ernestine was able to live to see all of her grandchildren, but passed away in 2006 due to the carelessness of the nurses and bled to death. The first child, Dinky is married to Lin and they have two children,…

Having to take care of a family can be rewarding or difficult, I believe it 's all in the way you view things. The frustration can be due to the overwhelming day to day things that a family member may require. Some require 24-hour assistance... Along with the many things that a caregiver has to do for themselves each day. I can only imagine how much more difficult if they also had a family as well. I want to work with aging clients and their caregivers because aging clients can not advocate for…

I looked up the dictionary definition of family, and this is what it included: “all the descendants of a common ancestor” or “a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household.” My definition of family is much different than that. It 's less analytical and generalized. Every family is different, you can 't count on there always being a dad or mom etc, so I made my own definition: “the people in your life your life that love you the most and will always be there for you,…

The dictionary definition of family is any group of people closely related by blood, as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins. This is not the definition that many choose to live by. Family is an identity and is one thing that describes who someone is. By saying that one belongs to a family means that they are loved and cared for by a group of people. This can be any group of people because a family does not consist only of blood relatives, but of any type of person. Even if someone is a…

The first phase is the phase of the family. This phase is very important for babies and young children. The reason why the family is so important for young human beings is that they need to be nurtured and to learn certain values. If somebody is very young he cannot care for himself and he does not know any values, such as what is good or what am I allowed to do in certain situations. In this phase, the job of the family is to nurture this human being and to teach him the right values; they are…

Interviewing my family including myself was interesting. I found fascinating stories and a taste of what it was like in the past. From interviewing my grandma, mother, son, and including myself I realize so much. I have noticed that there are many similarities, yet differences in our lives. Understanding each four generations is the best way to explain family life and what it was like to live in these past generations. I first interviewed my grandmother, Throng Sytha, she is 94 years old and…

The show I evaluated is Modern Family, it premiers on ABC. This series is told from the viewpoint of a documentary filmmaker who is always unseen throughout the show. Modern Family is presented in a mockumentary style with fictional characters. The series demonstrations an authentic yet comical outlook of family life. Modern family revolves around three suburban families that live in Los Angeles. The first two parents introduced, Phil, who sees himself as the ‘cool’ dad and Claire, the worried…