different backgrounds. One boy I met was a refugee before coming over to America‚ he described the process of getting into the country and receiving citizenship. While another girl told us about how she was the only family of her tribe here in Minnesota and the loneliness her family has experienced as a result. My history is a great deal less exciting. I moved around a bit when I was younger‚ I started and ended in
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Use of Native Languages in Immigrant Families. Because of many political processes‚ and economic reasons in different countries‚ many people have to leave their native countries and settle down in new places. Of course‚ they bring knowledge of their first language and culture. In their home‚ their children should acquire the new language and assimilate into the new culture. In addition‚ people have a possibility to retain native language in their families. Unfortunately‚ the majority of immigrant
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Southern Vietnam to communism as well‚ but Southern Vietnam fought back. The U.S. jumped in to help Southern Vietnam‚ and thus‚ a war began. My dad and his family were terrified when the Communists actually invaded their town. In fear of what the Communists might do to them‚ they decided to flee their country. Only a handful of my dad’s family could escape‚ for it would be too suspicious if everyone left. Thankfully‚ my dad was one of the few. They waited until nighttime to sneak out. They piled into
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Homeless families are more vulnerable to physical and sexual assault‚ witnessing violence‚ or abrupt separation. The stress relate to these risks comes addition to the stress resulting from homelessness itself. This problem can also affect children and how they learn. The privation of employment opportunities plays a very important number in the increased number of shelter homeless families. Many factors have contributed to the increase of homeliness families in America‚ but these two major trends
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Andrew Li Jolle AP World History 12 August 2013 The Cambodian Genocide’s effect on the Ung Family In examining the reasons causing the tragedy of the Ung family after the Cambodian Genocide in 1975‚ one can assume that these reasons include economic breakdown (continuity of the Angkar trading crops for firearms)‚ government collapse (changes in the soldiers’ behavior towards the villagers‚ continuity of Khmer Rouge killing villagers at Lo Reap)‚ and the lack of social interactions (changes in
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A genogram is a graphical representation of an individual’s family history and relationship to one another. The family genogram can be used to gather information about a person’s medical history and mental health disorders. The genogram as it relates to substance abuse treatment‚ can be a valuable tool to help the counselor determine if the family has a certain pattern of behavior. Often time addiction can be traced within a family’s history. The genogram can help the counselor and client to
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There are lots of families out in the world‚ which do something that is special to them. Time with family is very important because when time flies‚ it flies. Today‚ we will be interviewing a family in Las Vegas‚ Nevada‚ and see what they do for tradition. As Sunday approaches‚ the 3 generation family tree comes to the home of the oldest generation‚ eating food‚ talking‚ watching music videos‚ and laughing‚ waiting for the Monday to pop by‚ where they have to go and work. All kinds of food are given
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Family photos take on a whole new meaning once you experience it from the parent side of things. As a kid‚ I remember the outfits being chosen‚ the pep talk errr.. words of encouragement/"Mess this up and Mom will be pissed" talk. We’ve only done professional photos a few times but never as a family of 4‚ never with 2 little girls and so when we enlisted Erin Fraser Photography to cover our first family photos as a family of four‚ I knew this would be one for the books. Family photos were a little
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Saffiya Woodard. Saffiya was born in the year of 1953 in the Afar region of Ethiopia. Her and her family emigrated when she was fifteen years old in 1968. I decided to interview my grandmother because she is the center of why the family migrated to the United States and she could finally tell me the whole story. Many years prior to her birth‚ her mother was arranged to marry someone that was from a family close to her own. Women in their tribe would get married as early as the age of ten depending on
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depression or some sort of mental health. That most of the children were physically abused or mistreated at home. With most investigations we are soon told that family service‚ social workers‚ or the local police at some point were contacted before the murders occur. The exact statistics of how many victims fall under the circumstance of family service‚ social workers‚ or police being called upon isn’t exact. In this past week 3 children became the most recent victims to fall under this circumstance
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