her sister went to a friend’s sofa. Liz lived in hallways‚ subways and park benches. “Reading or sleeping in a warm bed‚ going to a diner and ordering anything I want off the menu. When I was on the street‚ drugs or crime didn’t seem like options because they seemed so damn uncomfortable. I was how hard that life was going to be. I didn’t want to live like that.” (Murray‚ 2012‚ p.1) Working jobs and studying days and nights at night school‚ Liz obtained her diploma in two years instead of
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Family systems are a relatively modern theory of modern development. Beginning in the early 1960’s the social science fields began integrating a new theory into how the worked with families and the interactions between the operations of a family structure and its effect on child development. Over the next ten years this new idea formed into what we call today Family Systems Theory (Broderick‚ 1993). The idea was that the inner workings of a family structure have a significant impact on the mental
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March 1‚ 2011 Alcoholism and its Effects on the Family Alcoholism or alcohol dependence syndrome is a disease characterized by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcohol (Parsons). Alcoholism usually begins with the person binge drinking and abusing alcohol. Alcoholism can affect people of any age‚ background‚ social or ethnic group. Alcoholism is sometimes referred to as a “family disease” because it greatly affects the family‚ not just the one consuming the alcohol. The person consuming
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The History of Family Systems Theory Family systems theory is a complex theory that has developed over a lengthy period of time. Taking multiple different theories from different fields of work as well as experiences has shaped family systems theory into what it is today. According to Rasheed‚ Rasheed‚ and Marley (2011) this all began in the late 1800s with the emergence of social work. There were studies done by social scientists to see how groups could influence an individual. From there Marriage
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FAMILY George Peter Murdock (Social Structure 250 societies) “A social group characterised by common residence‚ economic co-operation and reproduction. It includes adults of both sexes‚ at least two of whom maintain socially approved sexual relationship‚ and one or more children‚ own or adopted of the sexually co-habiting adults”. The family thus lives together‚ puts resources and produces offspring. Nuclear family is the smallest group. Extended family is Nuclear family plus vertical
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The legacy of the Benziger Family Winery began in 1981 in the hills and valleys of northern California. The operation‚ which began as a small family investment‚ quickly grew to become a successful medium sized winery producing approximately 180‚000 cases of wine per year. In order to produce ‘world class wines with a sense of place’‚ the root of the Benziger Family’s environmental objective‚ the family began a series of environmental improvements to enhance the unique qualities of the grapes grown
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Woosley‚ et al (2009)‚ concluded that children from non-intact families tend to have lower psychological well-being as compared to those from intact families. Carranza et al (2009) also suggests a parental divorce or separation could cause the child to have relationship issues later in life. Parents’ separation can change this attachment style and can make a child have feelings of anger‚ resentment and confusion‚ which can alter the child’s ability to form meaningful relationships (Hines‚ 2007).
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1/14/2011 Nuclear family - Wikipedia‚ the free enc… Nuclear family From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia A nuclear family is a family group consisting of a father and mother and their children‚ who share living quarters. This can be contrasted with an extended family. Nuclear families can have any number of children. Historical records indicate that it was not until the 17th and 18th centuries that the nuclear family became prevalent in Western Europe. With the emergence of Proto-industrialisation
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Coeducation‚ also known as Mixed-sex education‚ is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution under same roof. Most of the older institutions of higher education were reserved for the male students but now changed their policies to become coeducational. The first co educational institute of higher education was Oberlin College in United States‚ which was established in 1833. In 1844‚ Hillsdale College became the second college to admit mixed-sex classes
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