The Death Of My First Daughter

With the world being populated by so many people and families, there are several types of people with diverse ethnic backgrounds, culture, and manner of living that are the causes of distinct values within a family. Families that are rich and poor have virtuous family values, however what one may consider as a mediocre family value may seem poor to someone else and vice versa. The purpose of this essay is to address the societal issues amongst our family values and the working class.

Designed as a more in-depth view than the information gathered from the survey, I met with twenty married couples to discuss their lives as Double Income No Kids. These conversations provided a more intimate glance at the choices these couples were making and why.

When mentioning family, the nation’s economic crisis has deeply affected the lives of millions of Americans. Families and their children experience poverty when they are unable to achieve a minimum, decent standard of living that allows them to participate fully in mainstream society. Economic hardship and other types of deprivation can have profound effects on children's development and their prospects for the future. Low family income can hinder children's cognitive development and their ability to learn. It can contribute to behavioral, social, and emotional problems. And it can cause and worsen poor child health as

There is no doubt that financial hardships can add an unhealthy amount of stress to one’s family. This stress

Whenever a second source of income is presented into the equation, it allows for an increased in savings. Moreover, their combined income overcompensates for the accrued expenses, which then they can establish how much of their income can be carried over to their savings account. Additionally, a combined income allows for an opportunity to purchase a home and one important reason behind it “is the addition of wife’s earnings to family income” (Hanson and Ooms, 624), which generated an increase number of home ownership, especially in young families below the age of 35 during the 1980s. Unfortunately, for lower class single-parent households owning a home was much more difficult and a great deal is because they don’t generate enough income to be able to save for a future

Researchers MacCallum and Golombok (2004) argued that results from previous studies focusing on the loss of a father could not be generalized to children who grew up in households without a father from birth. This is where lesbian mothers and single mothers come into their research, because these families did not necessarily have an absentee father due to family disruption or realignment. For example, lesbians have used assisted conception and/or adoption. In earlier times, lesbian mothers weren’t always allowed these options. Many often lost their children due to the belief that children of homosexuals would have psychological and developmental problems, and at the time, many believed the children of homosexuals would be ostracized,

Both Andrew and Kayla’s outcomes were directly affected by their family structure. Andrew lived a life free of worrying and was given the ability to explore his interests without a fear of financial instability, whereas Kayla’s family structure was a direct source of stress and hindered her ability to succeed. At first glance, this comparison may seem dramatic; however, the widening income gap means that there are less people falling in the middle of these two stories and an increasing amount of differences in the lifestyles of upper-class families and lower-class families.

Bielby, W., & Bielby, D. (1989). Family Ties: Balancing Commitments to Work and Family in Dual Earner Households. American Sociological Review, 54(5), 776-789. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/2117753

The purpose of this project is to investigate how beneficial it is to families to live in a multigenerational family household. For over twenty years, I have worked with these families and it has been a vital balance to create stability for the family and directly impacted the child. I will use the findings of this action research project to better assist my families to reach a level of self-sufficiency.

I enjoyed reading your week six forum post on how the traditional family has evolved since the 1970’s. Consequently, to explore how the traditionally family has change, we first need to understand the term “nuclear family,” which means a family where both “parents (live) with their biological children apart from other kin…” (Book, P.268). Subsequently, as we apply the concept of “nuclear family” and merge it with the traditional family concept, we discover that the traditional male and female roles consisted of the man as the breadwinner, and the women as the caregiver (Book, P. 273). Finally, as we take this information and apply it to a statistical analysis of “living situations for children under” the age of 18, we discover that “69 percent”

The majority of the the U.S. population identify themselves as being within the middle or working class. The socioeconomic group between the lower and upper classes. is much smaller than most think and is starting to decline. The large increase in income have reshaped the American middle class that most claim to be part of. Today’s higher income of the American middle class family comes from the two-parent income. This income is higher of those of past generations, however, over the past generation, the increase in income for the median-earning family have not resulted in an improved lifestyle. The reason for life not improving for America’s middle class is often misconstrued with over consumption or purchasing of unneeded items and services, but these activities are not the case for the middle class non improved quality of life. Revolving debt and the large increase in life’s fixed expenses such as mortgage, health care, and child care, these factors are the main reasons for the increase in income for middle class families not resulting in an improved life quality.

Chances are everyone has been asked the question, “What does family mean to you,” at some point in their lives, and to no surprise everyone has a different definition of what family means. Yet, very few people take the time to think about how the family they know and love became what it is today. In this project, an analysis of my family will be conducted. It was observed that a strong correlation between family and the ability to survive was expressed. Based on concepts and work done by Jessaca Leinaweaver and Carol Delaney, a better understanding of this significant connection will be observed. For families in the middle class, such as my own, it became evident that the dependence on family was required for not only social mobility but

Fifty-five percent of Americans lose their job each year and six in ten Americans worry they will lose their job. The impact on the family is crucially harsh and very saddening. Everyday, those families wake up knowing there is no bacon and pancakes waiting for them in the kitchen, only available to them is what they can afford. With little or no money, they cannot be clothed and cannot pay the full amount of bills and mortgage. Family issues can also be a result of losing a job.

Everyone has their own meaning of a family and all families share the same characteristics which include individuals whom a person shares a bond with emotionally, physically, and mentally. In today’s society many families endure obstacles and challenges such as financial hardship, dealing with a death within a family, or a member who recently lost a job. These barriers can eventually lend a family into poverty. Families learn to create strategies to adapt to their current situation and learn ways on how to overcome and prevent poverty. There are different reasons as to why poverty occurs and there are different reasons as to why families should not fall into poverty.

For this assignment, I attended a professional development convo that was held on campus on April 9. The title of the convo was «Banking on your success: family budgeting». This convo was presented in partnership with BB&T Bank, the Office of Multicultural Affairs.