The ideal family from the American perspective has traditionally been known as the nuclear family by sociologists. The nuclear family‚ consisting of a married couple and their unmarried children‚ materialized as a romantic ideal as the Industrial Revolution transformed the United States into a country where families didn’t have to depend on many children and extended families for help on a farm or financial stability and families got smaller. Wealthier families could afford to have a home for themselves
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If a perfect family were to exist‚ what would they be like? I think everyone has an own opinion of an ideal family. There are different types of families‚ single parents‚ married parents‚ divorced parents‚ never married parents and the list continues on. And in my opinion it doesnt matter how the constellation of the family is. For me‚ an ideal family is loving‚ supportive‚ fun‚ and a safe place where you always feel welcome and appreciated. I grew up in a household where my parents where married
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The Ideal Family Component The ideal family consists of a husband and wife‚ two and a half children‚ a dog and a cat‚ living in beautiful home surrounded by a white picket fence. This is what is seen as the ideal family since the 1950’s‚ but what really are the key components that one would say make up a family? There could be an endless series of novels written on this topic. I personally feel that to be called a family there are three key components‚ those components are: marriage‚ children
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An ideal American is an honest‚ law-abiding‚ patriot. To become an ideal American a person would have to do is want to be an American. With that desire‚ being honest‚ patriotic‚ and law-abiding will be easy. An honest man is always favored over a liar. Even though honesty is hard to come by‚ an American would have to set an example to the ones around him. An honest American has integrity‚ by following the law when no one is around. He would also have to give his true opinions concerning decisions
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An Ideal American “Freedom is what America means to the world.” - Audie Murphy. America is an extremely outstanding country‚ and the people that live in it have many responsibilities and privileges that make them an American. An ideal American should have great and noble qualities with loyalty and patriotism only being two. One’s loyalty to his country is not something that can be taught. Loyalty for one’s country is best explained in this quote by Thomas Wolfe: “The fabulous country-the place
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analyze and ideal American. The main two are the Christian perspective in which ideal America are classified as holding three character traits honesty‚ kindness and industrious. Audie Murphy identified at Americans have so many responsibilities and privileges hence an ideal American should have great noble qualities of loyalty and patriotism.The main concern is the description of the Character of an Ideal American in the Christian perspective. The hardworking or industrious Ideal American is demonstrated
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The American Dream: Dexter vs. Breaking Bad The concept of the American Dream has been around us since the foundation of America and is largely what forms it. This ideal embraces fundamental freedoms that are endowed to each person. It strives for freedom‚ opportunity‚ and entrepreneurship for all people. Two television series that incorporate this principle are Dexter and Breaking Bad. Dexter focuses on a blood splatter analyst named Dexter who works to find clues/evidence in
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Ideal family size Comment on each of the reasons the writers gives for people having children. The reasons are : 1. “That it would benefit the child” In my opinion it would only benefit the child if he gets to enjoy the fun things about life. In some sad cases‚ it can also benefit the child if the parents have insurance the child can use the money for furthering their education or advancing there self. 2. “To increase the world’s total happiness” I don’t think that it increases the world
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first generation‚ American‚ my family always had high hopes and expectations of my cousins and I. We were dictated on how to act thing and believe. To always keep our morals true to home‚ yet stay integrated into the American culture in order to stay prevalent sand become successful. Since I was the youngest of them all‚ my family is expectations of my cousins were further expected of me‚ and I feel as though this is an ideal that is consistently set on younger generations in families. We are told to
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AMERICAN IDEALS AND VALUES I. Ideals: 1. Freedom: “The notion that America offers freedom for all í an ideal that unifies Americans and links present to past. Yet this ideal has not always corresponded to reality.” - Americans commonly regard their society as the freest and best in the world Proud when thinking that their country a heaven destination for those longing for freedom and opportunities. all people are equal all people are equal - Americans’ understanding of freedom is shaped
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