An American Family

documentary, Two American Families, is about two American families (one white and one black) from Milwaukee, the Neumann and the Stanley family, who shared how they lived their lives for two decades. This documentary showed how difficult it was for these families to achieve the American dream, as they were affected by the varying degrees of poverty, unemployment, and poor economy. Watching the documentary, Two American Families, was quite emotional for me. I was able to put myself on these…

Webster’s Dictionary defines the term family as, a group of people who are related to each other. It doesn’t mention criteria or standards that have to be matched in order to be related. So essentially any group can be a family. This concept fits perfectly with the modern American family structure. All across the world the traditional concept of family has been taught at a very young. There are two parents; one man and one woman. Those parents biologically have children together. The father…

Module 1 Discussion 1) My definition of family is a close-knit group of people who genuinely care for one another. I say close-knit because I do not feel as though you need to be a blood relative to be considered family. Some of the people I consider to be my family, are close friends that I have known for a very long time. 2) I believe that the American Family is just changing, not necessarily for the better or for the worse. Back in the old days, a male and female couple would marry at a…

particular the fathers and is commonly found among the African- American homes. Their absence has generated many female-headed household. African- American families consist of single-parent mothers than marriage homes with both parent and therefore cannot be recognized as a nuclear family (only truly healthy family system) because their family structure. This research is based on why African- American men are seen as absent in the family. According to the patriarchal rule child caring and…

“Prayers for The Stolen” by Jennifer Clement we observe how each family relates with each other, and we can also find many differences between American families. When it comes to Family Relations in the novel we seen how each family has to survive the dangers of living in Guerrero, Mexico, for the main reason being human trafficking and drug dealers. We don’t see that with families here in the United States is very unlikely to happen. How family relates with each other is also very different…

Similar to our other forms of communication, most of our family rules were unspoken. My family rules were very traditional and typical of a Black American family. Proverbs 13:24 (NIV) states: “Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.” This verse was the cornerstone of my nuclear and extended family alike for most of my childhood. We received beatings and whoopings publicly, privately, and unexpectedly for all things,…

close to each other and seeing how marisol a 4 year old girl looked up to her sister magaly a 9 year old girl at the time. Magaly and Marisol got attached to an American family from Georgia who were thinking about adopting the sisters. The american family would come and visit them three to four times a week. They all seemed like a happy family. They continued the adoption process for about a year and a half. It wasn't until the last day of the adoption process when Magaly was informed that she…

Unusual But Common The American model family myth has shaped the way people view their own family. The model family myth interprets that a family should have a father figure, a mother figure, two children, a dog, and a beautiful house. Everyone wants their families to imitate the model family. The Mexican American boy in Gary Soto’s article sees the perfect family on television and he wishes his family would be just that. However, in reality the perfect family does not exist. There are always…

There are many examples of tumultuous family dynamics in American Literature of the nineteenth century. America underwent a substantial cultural change in this period, including the abolition of slavery and immigration spiking in the mid-1800s, and it appears the family unit strained to adapt to the ever-changing American, with this being represented in the literature of the century. Additionally, the lack of a ruling aristocracy in America meant increasing importance was being placed on the…

Generally everyone is born into what seems to be the perfect American family. No one every thinks that this perfect life you currently live could ever be broken up, I use to be one of this hopeful believers. In just the blink of an eye your happy family can be broken in half and your parents will be getting a divorce like mine did. When my parents got divorced it wasn’t just them separating I was also being separated from the only man in my life. He was my number one supporter in life. It all…