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    Family traditions are passed on from generation to generation, however they are not always static rules. Tradition is like a living organism that adapts to change over time. In order to understand modern North Korea’s family customs, it is important to consider the tradition of the past. Before North Korea’s liberation from Japan in 1945, North Korean families operated differently than they do today. Their ideology was founded on Confucius’s principles of family, including “only a country where family

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    Family Dinner: A Dying Tradition The era of dining as a family is becoming as extinct as the dinosaurs. I find this to be distressing and tragic because it personally affects my family. Just a generation ago, 80 percent of families ate their meals together every night and the numbers have dwindled since. Now, in 2017, 40 percent of American families eat dinner together, and even then, usually no more than two or three times a week (Food Marketing Institute). Within the last 20-30 years, something

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    Nia Lwanga Describe one of your favorite family traditions and why it is meaningful to you. 500 words. My favorite holiday traditions and querencias are Christmas cookie making and Thanksgiving Black Friday shopping are my. The word querencia has the root of the word querer which is a spanish verb that means to desire and to want. A querencia is something one desires or something that makes on feel safe, comforted and free. The first tradition that comes to mind is Christmas cookie-making. Around

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    Throughout life many families develop habits that they continue each year. These habits are known as traditions and many families have them. One thing I find when asked what is unique of my family, is the fact that we have many traditions and are constantly finding new habits we form into traditions. Traditions around the holidays are common for many families, as well as for my family also. Many of the traditions that my family have are around Easter and Christmas, but there are also many more that

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    Many families have traditions that they do every year and many families don't. Other families don't have traditions to do for a holiday or even on a day. My family is one of the families that have dozens of family traditions. We have traditions in almost every single holiday. We have traditions in Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving. Some of our family traditions aren't even on a holiday some are on days of the week. My favorite family tradition I love the most to do with my family is during

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    Traditions are unique customs that a family does together because of the meaning behind it. In the United States, there are different cultures that all have an individual set of values and beliefs. Some standard traditions that can be found throughout Christians is celebrating Christmas by opening presents or attending lunch together after a Sunday morning church service. Family traditions are important because they help to maintain a positive relationship with one another, it’s a pleasant way to

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    When a family member has a long or serious illness, it may interrupt family life as we know it. Per family traditions, the children and even the extended family members are not told why a member of the nuclei family is ill. When my father who was residing in another country had a stroke; the children were not timely informed. The concern was that it can disrupt school activities, knowing that all the children are in college in addition to the cost of travelling from one continent to another continent

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    In order, for my family to stay united we do family traditions such as going out on the lake, “Family Friday”, and mudding. There is nothing like quality family time than being slung off the tube like a tsunami coming through and you’re wiped away. The lake gives me a feeling that I can’t just help but smile and have fun with my family. “Family Friday” is a name we made for one of our family activities where we all hang outside the house. We barbecue on the grill, play pool, and most of all cherish

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    Family Traditions for Dysfunctional Families In todays world there are at least 1 Billion families. Which means there has to be at least 1 Billion family traditions. Family traditions can be many different things but my family traditions all can relate back to dysfunctionalism. There are more dysfunctional families in the united states than normal families. More than 50% of happiness comes from dysfunctional families and still, the celebrate Birthdays, Religious Holidays and Casual Holidays . Can

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    We have many traditions as a family but one of them is to go to Branson, MO every single year. This tradition was started about 17 years ago when our two families just wanted to hang out more and have fun and now it goes every year and gets us close to each other all over again even though it is always very strong. We have such good relationships now with their family and now we do a bunch of stuff with them. My whole family, Me, Nicole, my mom, and my dad all love it down there and we keep going

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