Fictive kinship

As young children grow up, their attitudes dramatically transform. They change from loving their parents to disliking them, which is a universal process. When technology adversely affects their lifestyle, this universal process accelerates. Ray Bradbury, an acclaimed writer and a known opponent of Silicon Valley, has published books in order to enlighten the world on the inadequacies of technology. Bradbury says, “People are walking around the streets with phones to their heads talking to someone

A Raisin in the Sun is about the dream of the Youngers, a black family living in South Side Chicago in the 1950s. Like any family, the Youngers’ dream is a stitched-together mosaic; as they impatiently wait for the arrival of an insurance check for ten thousand dollars, each member of the Younger clan has a slightly different dream for the money. Yet when the check actually arrives, their dreams collide. Even as the dream of each relation moves closer to reality, the family fragments. The struggle

I wasn't able to look at the positive aspects of a relationship with someone who passed until I was able to start to really grieve their death and the loss of the future with them before I was able to truly look at the positive aspects of our relationship and the memories of. It was too painful to look at until I started to grieve. The book also mentioned that some children may want to make something in memory of the loss of the individual. It could be in the form of a collage, memory box, a memory

Kathy Witterick (38) and David Stocker (39) are the parents of Jazz (5), Kio (2), and Storm; who is being raised genderless. Storm’s gender has not been disclosed to anyone other than their family. The family receives a lot of questions about the child’s gender but they just brush it off. This all started when Jazz, born a boy, decided he liked girlish items. Many have said they are leading their children’s lives to a life full of bullying and ridicule. Witterick and Stocker believe they are giving

Memphis and Stormy Littrell are healthy, bright, and happy sisters who were removed from their father’s home more than a year ago. His whereabouts are unknown, and their biological mother is incarcerated. They’ve been living in their current foster placement since October, 2014. Parental rights have been terminated, and the girls are about to transition to their risk adopt placement with their great-aunt in Kansas. A large, extended family is also located in Kansas, and they plan to be involved in

Honestly if I were to think of my most important day, not even one would come to mind, because when your put on the spot to think of one it's hard. Although, there is one day that out of all is clear as daylight in my head, down to every second. I think this is due to the day being different than all the other days. In my life, I experienced something I thought I never would. My most important day of my life is when I finally met my older cousin Akash, while we were on our vacation on the cruise

My sister invited me to her house in Sugar Grove, a small town right outside of Chicago. My two sisters, Lilly and Grace were coming with, to spend the weekend with my sister and her fiance, Mike. After packing everything we needed for the weekend, we drove 2 hours and 30 minutes there. When we got there we ate lunch and got settled in the guest rooms. After we were done unpacking we went out to her farm and saw all of her animals such as, pigs, chickens

For every single smile of a child and my little brothers. Once upon a time in a small town, three sad sisters, who had lost their father. Their names were Joanna, Susan and Mary Jane, the Wilks girls. Joanna was known by her harelips, Susan was pretty, but not prettier than the oldest sister Mary Jane with all that red hair. They were waiting for their two uncles from England, William and Harvey. Uncle William was deaf and dumb, while Uncle Harvey was a minister. The sisters had not

In the director John Carney’s film, Begin Again, there are many elements that connect to the theme of family, love, and most importantly, music. The main concept of the film is ending what happened in the past and moving forward to a new start or a new beginning. As conflict arises amongst the characters, they come to a crossroads of whether they should pursue their desired passions and love interests. The main characters in the film express their love for family and relationship through music. Music

My uncle was an amazing singer, and a great uncle that had a lot going for him. You would see him on his Youtube channel creating new arrangements for his accapella group “SanFran 6” or practicing new lines for a show. Me and my family went to watch him portray as Scuttle in “The Little Mermaid” play. By the end of the play, we went outside and waited for my uncle to join us for celebratory pizza and ice cream. Little did I know, my whole perspective on life was about to change. A month or so passed