Abstract
The paper discusses how the family acts as a system of values, beliefs and interests, both personal and as a social construct. The paper further discusses how values are not immutable and can be severely challanged by physical and emotional trauma as characterized by severe illness. The paper shows how the health professional can assist by acting as a family adjunct and providing empowerment in key family values and coping issues.

From the Paper
"Family values are the embodiment of beliefs, meanings, and practices that are both personally and socially constructed and acted out individually and collectively as a unit (as cited in Aston, 2006, p. 61). Nevertheless, it is important to understand the difference between the family ideals we propose to live by - and the family we actually live with, the circumstances and context of the social environment of the times we live in, as well as the emotional and physical state of our health. Pro-family rhetoric and positive family values idealized are powerful forces that perhaps set standards above and beyond the capacities of those..."

Tags:family, values, nursing

Abstract
This paper examines family values as they relate to the media, internet, television, and how these values have changed in the past several decades. The paper further considers how women pursuing careers has also changed the fabric of the family. Additionally, the paper points out the dangers of children not receiving the attention they need from career oriented parents. Various scholars and their research are cited. The paper concludes by noting some gender differences, particularly in the thought processes of men and women.

From the Paper
"It is impossible to look at gender studies and family values, without mentioning how
far women's rights have come through the years. The 90's saw the improvement of rights
and status level of women to have greatly improved, compared to the rest of the previous
century; although, gender equality has been threatened as well. While overtly sexist laws
have been eliminated, there remain social perceptions of women's roles in society as being
subservient. This challenges the evolution of women's rights and often takes us a few steps
back toward the "traditional ideals" of the woman's role in society. One of the main issues
is that men still make earn more money for the same position, overall in a year, than
women. Men are raised to believe in the importance of career clout, power, and success.
This notion of the male role in society, is theorized to create anxiety related to all things
feminine. For example, men are not supposed to cry or complain of physical or mental
pain."

Tags:family values, gender studies, gender roles, family gender studies, values social media, media outlets gender roles

Abstract
The paper considers family values as portrayed on two popular television programs; "The Sopranos" about a fictional Italian-American Mafia family and "The Simpsons" that has a focus on the nuclear family. The paper looks at what these popular television shows teach us about the family and whether we can use these lessons to improve our own family lives.

Outline:
Introduction
Content Analysis
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Perhaps any family man in America who is leading an organization with illegal activities can relate to the Soprano family. The latest American debacle to hit the headlines - that of Enron - brings the Soprano chief to mind. It may very well be that all American families that are involved with illegal money do feel like the Sopranos. The Soprano family is known for its harsh language. Since morality and America's deepest values have nothing whatsoever to do with this kind of language, we are made to infer that the anxieties of the Sopranos are deep-rooted, giving birth to harsh language, and all because of the fact that they are involved with crime."

Tags:morality, marriage, nuclear, family, infidelity

Abstract
This paper analyzes the role of family values in Sophocles "Antigone" and "Oedipus" and Virgil's "The Aenid." In describing aspects of each story, the paper aims to draw parallels in how family values are revealed. The paper gives the examples of Antigone, who demonstrates an incredible fortitude as she pits her belief system against her uncle and the accepted standards of society; and Aeneas, who realizes the importance of family through a series of painful events. The author asserts that family requires loyalty, and generally, matters of the family represent some of the most stable indicators of humanity through the lesson of duty and sacrifice. The author also opines that the works of "Antigone," "Oedipus," and "The Aenid" would be warmly received by audiences today, who could easily relate to the characters. The paper concludes we learn about life through our family, which is a facet of life that never seems to change, despite the transformations the world and mankind endure.

From the Paper
"Family loyalty becomes an important theme in each of these manuscripts. Antigone provides an exceptional example of family and duty in Sophocles' play, Antigone. She becomes a powerful character because once she decides what is important to her, she does not falter. She understands the importance of family until death and goes forth with determination unmatched. We can see Antigone's commitment when she tells Ismene the she will "lie with the one I love and loved by him - an outrage sacred to the gods!" (Sophocles Antigone 86-7). She is very aware of what she is doing and what it will mean to her because she mentions the gods. However, this does cause her to rethink her position. In the Aeneid, Aeneas learns what it means to be loyal to his family through his journey to the underground. When he sees his dead father there, he helps him see Rome's future and "fired his love/Of glory in the years to come" (Virgil 191). Seeing Anchises compels Aeneas to fulfill his duty because he learns things and grows. In Oedipus, Jocasta understands the value of family more than her husband does and she is willing to do anything to keep him from pursuing something that might damage their relationship. She urges him, "Do it for me, for the sake of all your people" (Sophocles Oedipus 724), knowing that the responsible thing to do is to urge him to let things go. All of these instances provide us with an example of what it means to be devoted to your family. Duty means commitment, knowledge, and responsibility and it does not matter what century one lives in - these ideals never change."

Tags:Theban, Roman, Greek, tragedies, ancient, relationship, play

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This paper discusses that "family values" goes back to the Founding Fathers and was once as important as intellectual development. The author feels that changes in the "family" mean that the schools are in a better to explore social issues and citizen responsibility. The author suggests that a child's curriculum should include honesty, respect, citizenship and a respect for others.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Family Values
Variables Affecting Families
Importance of Teaching Values in Schools
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Teaching values within the educational system in this country goes back to the days of our Founding Fathers. "Thomas Jefferson's "Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge" argued for an educational system that would fortify citizens with moral probity to resist the schemes of the enemies of liberty" (Bennett 1995). Benjamin Franklin in his "Proposals Relating to the Education of the Young," "prescribed the study of ethics in an instructional program that would seek to instill "benignity of mind"" (Bennett 1995). Citizenship awareness is as important today as it was in the 18th Century."

Tags:intellectual, development, social, issues, citizen, responsibility, curriculum, honesty, citizenship

Abstract
In this article, the writer points out that there are many studies which assert that there has been a strong and even radical decline in American family values since the 1950s. The writer maintains that one of the main aspects leading to this decline is that the centrality and importance of marriage in society has also suffered a steady decline since the 1950s. Firther the writer claims that the values associated with different gender roles have changed as a result of the changes in the nature and structure of the family. In conclusion, the writer points out that the decline in traditional family values since 1950 is a fact that is evidenced in many research studies.

From the Paper
"This is supported by statistics which show that the proportion of adults who have never been married rose from 15% to 23% between 1972 and 1998. There has also been a concomitant increase in the divorce rate. These aspects have all contributed to the changing values in the family."
"For example, the values associated with different gender roles have changed as a result of the changes in the nature and structure of the family. The value system in the traditional nuclear family was dependent on gender role differentiation and responsibilities. These roles, which created certain values and norms associate with the sexes, were disturbed by social events such as the increasing participation of women in the workforce since 1950. This altered the responsibility structures and values attached to the concept of the mother as the 'homemaker'."

Tags:morals, marriage, gender, role

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This essay holds up the family values of the wolves in Farley Mowat's novel "Never Cry Wolf" as an example to human society and argues that the wolves' values are superior to humans'.

From the Paper
"Humans can improve many of their family values from wolves; especially after reading Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat, one can sense that wolves have stronger values than humans. While reading, one can see the strong family ties, the depth of the relationship between George and Angeline, and how the wolves use their supplies efficiently. This book shows that the ideal community for people is the community that the wolves have already made."

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This paper explains that there is a conflict in our society between the economics of supply and demand and family values. The author points out that Folbre feels the problems of the welfare system are a direct result of the government?s lack of providing care for its citizens. The paper relates that, originally, school schedules were established in the days when farm families needed children to help with crops; but, today, this model is nothing more than an example of economic inefficiency.

From the Paper
"The economic value of care giving has never been established and remains undervalued. So how do women who are the traditional caregivers move out of that role without feeling guilty because they are not living up to their familial obligations? There must be mutual responsibility when both parties maintain careers or work to enhance the quality of family life and maintain standards of living."

Tags:caregiving, standard, school, obligation, security

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In this article, the writer discusses the role of the family in nursing and in health. The role of the family in health is examined from a number of points of view. Based on personal experience, the writer notes that the family is very important in assuring health for family members. The writer considers this issue with reference to a recent obstetrics case that concerns a new mother from the Hispanic culture.

From the Paper
"The role of the family in health has been examined from a number of points of view. Based on personal experience, I see that the family is very important in assuring health for family members. I also find that one way to test this and to make use of it is to keep this fact in mind in our area of practice. Consider how this idea works out with reference to a recent obstetrics case in my area of practice. The family for this example consists of a new mother from the Hispanic culture. She is 27 years old and recently gave birth to her second child, going home with new baby to add to the existing family of a 3-year-old son, a husband, and her mother living in the same ..."

Tags:family, values, nursing

Abstract
Louise Erdrich uses her disjointed multiple narrative style to represent the similarly fragmented lives of her Native American characters whose home lives and family values cannot be expected to be what mainstream America would consider "normal" because their native traditions are no longer intact. Everything that their ancestors once stood for has been destroyed. The original natives of this continent, are now outsiders, alienated from the value systems established by the newcomers in their own homeland.

From the Paper
"Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine is "a collection of interrelated short stories" ("Voices from the Gaps") with different narrators, about a group of Native Americans who are connected in confusing extended family relationships. As critics point out, telling stories in this disjointed way is part of the Anishinabe oral tradition in which characters evolve in stories told episodically over time (Stokes). Love Medicine centers around four Anishinabe* families, and although the Morrissey's, Lamartines, Kashpaws and Pillagers don't always get along, the underlying connectedness of the separate individuals is vital to these stories. In Louise Erdrich's world of dispossessed, alienated Native Americans, boundaries between families and kinship ties are often obscured and connections need to be discovered. For Erdrich's characters, biological ties and nuclear families are less important than tribal kinship."

Tags:american, Erdrich, literature, Louise, native, writer, characters, love, medicine, family, values