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    first became aware of conflict when my dad came home drunk one night (when I was around 4-5 years-old) and him and my mother began to argue, foolishly thinking that I had been long asleep. The argument quickly escalated, and I remember that my dad was acting particularly out of character-he proceeded to tell my mom that he was going to set the house on fire. After hearing my dad’s words, I vaguely remember me praying until I fell asleep. Another series of family-related conflicts unfolded when I was

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    might a conflict affect a family? A conflict could majorly affect a family, but it also depend on how big and serious the conflict is. If it’s a big family feud then it could affect everybody in the family. In the play Romeo and Juliet the two main families the Montagues and Capulets are in a big feud and nobody knows why they are in a feud, but they can’t even be in the same room as each other. The everybody is affected in the families because of the conflict Conflict can affect a family is various

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    My Family Conflict

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    remember having a positive attitude most of the time and loved to work alone or spend time by myself. I didn’t have my father around for most of my life, but he was around during the early years. The family that I’ve come from has always been dysfunctional. From what I know my family was similar to my dad’s family, because of the drug abuse and crime that has normally plagued his society and relationships.One thing that always stood out was the older I got the more “secrets” were solved and most of it fit

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    Family conflicts emerge due to a multitude of reasons. Family conflicts can occur between parents and their children and between siblings. However, the most common family conflict occurs between parents. Some couples argue over financial issues, while others disagree on the parenting of their children, or some are unhappy with their sex life. When disharmony initiates within a family, conflicts arise. In the case of my conflict script, the dispute between my parents was caused by the emotional stress

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    Research Paper 2 – Family Conflict Communication Food in Foster Families: Care, Communication, and Conflict Rees’s article in Children & Society from 2012 contrasts the differences foster children experience between the food they are provided by their families and the relationship they have with their birth family and foster family because of it. It discusses the way children are provided with food can lessen the amount of conflict they feel is centered on them within their family. The study was conducted

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    childhood and the conflicts that surrounded my “utopia.” There are a couple prominent conflicts that have remained etched in my memory throughout the years, but before describing those memories, I will briefly describe the different family conflict climate categories as well as conflict approaches and behaviors. According to Table 8.2 on p. 146 there are four main types of Family Conflict Climate Types: Pluralistic families, Consensual families, Protective families, and Laissez-Faire families. Pluralistic

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    the world around her. The realization of the different struggles that other families go through was a shock that she was not ready for and found it hard to accept. In "Invisible Privilege," different sociological theories and concepts, impact the way that the story is view, and the main themes throughout it. Theories that explain the workings of "Invisible Privilege" are conflict and interactionist theories. The conflict theory states, "that social behavior is best understood in terms of tension

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    divorces and strained family relationships has increased the pressures felt by the children affected by this dilemma, thus increasing the chances of juvenile delinquency. Due to the parallel increase in both of these issues, research into whether they are linked was deemed necessary.

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    Gender roles vary from family to family, and for my family, they are a combination of many different types. For my childhood, I was raised nontraditional in the sense of masculinity and femininity. I had Barbies©, Tonka Trucks©, kitchen sets, and legos. I was never told that Barbies© were only for girls and that Tonka Truck© were only for guys. From traditional to nontraditional roles, I have been raised to be my own and unique individual. When I was younger, I was raised in a very nontraditional

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    There are several external conflicts within the Morrison family. All of them revolve around a similar idea of the family struggling to earn money to take care of one another. Of all the siblings, Luke being the oldest has to face the challenges and is expected to solve them, though he does not learn to cope with the situation. Additionally, this causes for him to act differently and his personality changes into an unkinder one. The major conflict of Luke losing his job has led to the extra struggle

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