All in the Family

Family Family are the ones That freak you out Family are the ones Who beat the doubt Family are the ones Who make loud noise Family are the ones Who steal your toys Family are the ones Who make funny faces Family are the ones That no one replaces Family are the ones That shine like stars Family are the ones That we call ours Family are the ones Who are always there Family are the ones Who truly care -A poem written by 6th grade Shelby at the age of 11 For most, you are born into your…

Knowing one’s family health history provides families, as well as family health nurses knowledge regarding a patient’s risk for certain diseases (NIH, 2016). As families not only share genes, but their environment, and lifestyle, a family nurse must also consider non-biological factors when completing a family health history (NIH, 2016). The purpose of this paper is to discuss my findings after completing a genetic family history assessment, including three generations, as well as family…

walking on their own path and each path is full of holes, dead ends, and uneven steps that affects everyone in all sorts of ways. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck is a story that depicts the life of a poor farmer who goes up against the struggles of life. The protagonist of the story, Wang Lung, is a Chinese farmer living in rural China during the 1930s. Throughout the story, Wang Lung and his family are brought to the brink of death, to having years of prosperity, and then to infighting, but…

A family either has the ability to be happy or to not be happy. Happiness, whether granted or earned, should be sought within family, not money or elsewhere. Dependence on practical and emotional support ordinarily lands upon family. It provides a state of comfort that leads to happiness. Reminiscing through the plethora of memories a family has built together also provides the same well-being. The state of comfort and dependency is what connects a family to happiness. The classic,…

the different relationships in our life, including family. Chapters 8, 9, and 10 are about family, children, and relationships. What I enjoyed most about these chapters is being able to see how things changed and relate it back to my life. From chapter 8 there was a part about how the age when the average person has their first child went from 21 years old in 1970 to 25.4 years old today, 25 is when I want to get married and then start my family. Chapter 9 the chapter that I got the most from…

Do all bonds last forever? Relationships come in many different forms: family, friends, dating, and professional. They require certain factors to maintain the tie, such as communication, trust, and happiness. Some last a couple of weeks, months, years, or even forever; those relationships that last forever should never be cherished and never taken for granted. With that being said, family relationships have a higher chance of lasting forever than the other bonds. My parents were raised very…

Throughout the years society has had a large role in gender norms and their influences on family roles. They have impacted the ways in which families function on a daily basis. But what if a family only has one parent; do gender norms extend to them? Yes. It is common to see gender norms within single parent families in society. Gender norms expect women to stay at home and men to go out into the workplace as stated above, but these gender norms are slowly starting to shift due to the fact that…

Small amount of people go from Rags-to-Riches. But people come from all over the world believing otherwise. The Similarities between the two stories are that both people struggle financially…

In our society family is considered the most important agent of socialization, because the family (for the most part) is the first agent of socialization we encounter in our lives. As infants, we are completely dependent on others. Our parents, or those who play the parental role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships. Furthermore, they provide us with our first set of values, norms,…

death and sickness were very common, and African Americans were slowly making their way into white communities. We are introduced to the Younger family, who is waiting on a check in the amount of $10,000, due to the death of their husband and father. To analyze this play, we will look at three main characters who each represent very important roles in a family. First we will look at mama, who represents the sadness of circumstances but the hope for better, then we will discover Beneatha’s…