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The Blended Family, 2007.
This paper discusses the challenges and issues faced by a blended family.
3,061 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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The paper explores the dynamics of the blended family, with a focus on the children of the new family unit. The paper discusses the stages and process of "blending" a new family and examines the counseling of blended families in crisis. The paper shows how the success of the new family depends on their ability to form a cohesive group and establish boundaries. The paper concludes that more research needs to address the significant characteristics of the blended family so that family therapists can develop programs that are only available for the nuclear family.
Outline:
Social Dynamics of the Blended Family
Stages to Becoming Blended
Counseling Blended Families in Crisis
Discussion and Recommendations
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"According to the 200o US Census, approximately 52-62% of all marriages end in divorce (US Census Bureau, 2001). These numbers are staggering when one considers that out of every 100 marriages 43% involve a previously married spouse. Nearly 60% of all remarriages will end in divorce (US Census Bureau, 2001). In 2001, 5.4 million children lived in a blended family consisting of one biological parent and either a stepparent or adoptive parent (Kreider & Fields, 2005). In every case, it would be easy to say that both parties had the best intentions in mind when they made the decision to marry, but something went wrong. These statistics highlight the importance of family counseling in the attempt to help families work out their problems, or help them cope when a relationship ends."
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The New Family Dynamics, 2003.
A discussion of the potential benefits and unique obstacles of blended or step families.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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This paper studies blended and step families, exploring their potential benefits and unique obstacles. The paper stresses the importance of counseling prior to remarriage, particularly when children are involved.
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"From adoption and surrogate parenting to increasing rates of remarriage and same-sex parents, the number of diverse family constellations in United States society continues to grow. Such constellations offer enormous benefits as well as ..."
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Murray Bowen's Family Therapy, 1994.
This paper discusses Murray Bowen's theory of family therapy as it applies to a extended/blended black family: Step-parenting, types and effects of system stress, genogram, diagnosis and treatment and violence.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 12 sources, $ 79.95
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"The purpose of this paper is to critically explore and discuss Murray Bowen's theory of family therapy as it applies to a blended black family. Research and theory on black family violence will be addressed, and perspectives on black families in therapy will be set forth. Current thinking on the myths and misconceptions surrounding stepfamilies will be enumerated to provide a framework within which to better understand the problems facing this population.
... argued for the increased need for cultural competencies in child protective service work. They argued that, although many treatment strategies have been proposed, few have incorporated the variable of race and/or ethnicity in their application. In a national survey of child welfare in-service trainers, ... "
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Health, Handicaps and Family Management, 2002.
A summary and critique of the article "Adolescents With Diabetes from Single-Parent, Blended and Intact Families: Health-Related and Family Functioning", by Harris, M. A., Greco, P., Wysocki, T., Elder-Danda, C., & White, N. H.
812 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 28.95
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The purpose of the study the author has critiqued is to determine whether family composition has a significant impact on the overall health of adolescents suffering from type I diabetes mellitus (DMI). The results of the study suggest that the poor health status of African-American adolescents from single parent families can be attributed to inadequate parental supervision and intervention in enforcing the required health regimen. In addition, the stress of divorces or conflicts between separating parents may have contributed to the poorer metabolic functioning of these adolescents. The author critiques that although the article raises very interesting issues about the health problems of African American adolescents from single parent families, it does not explore the role of ethnicity in undermining their ability to take care of their adolescents. Moreover, the author believes that the article should have further explored how different family types manage their resources and implement plans to deal with their children?s illnesses.
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"When the researchers combined the INT and the BLND groups to form the two-parent (TP) group, they found that adolescents from SP families had significantly poorer metabolic functioning than the TP families. Furthermore, African-American adolescents from SP families were in significantly poor metabolic control than their African-American counterparts from TP families and Caucasian counterparts from both SP and TP families. However, the mothers? reports indicated that TP families experienced significantly more problems in family relationships than SP families (Harris et al., 1999, pp. 192-4)."
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Nursing and the Family, 2006.
This paper explores the significance of family in nursing.
908 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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The paper explores how family health nursing is an approach to nursing that recognizes the importance of the family for the patient. The paper discusses how the idea of the nuclear family has changed, with many new forms of families common today, such as single-parent, step and blended families. The paper explains that a family health nurse works with the family of the patient as much as the actual patient. The nurse is often the link between medical specialists and the patient's family and family members can become the health decision makers when the patient is not capable of making decisions for him/herself.
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"Family health nursing is an approach to nursing that recognizes the significance of the family for the patient. A family health nurse works with the family of the patient as much as the actual patient. They typically work with the patient and their family in the patient's home. They may provide advice to family members and show them how to care for the patient. This can include medical tasks such as how to change a patient's dressings or how to administer their medication. It can also include other tasks such as how to provide a positive environment for the patient and how to identify signs that the patient is anxious or depressed. They may also recognize family members that are not coping and provide support and guidance. Finally, they can also identify issues within the family and recommend action to be taken, such as by referring family members to appropriate social services."
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Blended Learning, 2007.
This paper explores blended learning as a teaching methodology for grades K-12.
2,050 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 27 sources, APA, $ 64.95
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This paper explains that blended learning describes learning or training events or activities where e-learning is integrated into traditional forms of training by using many methods and resources that are derived from multiple information sources. The author points out that the unstructured learning environment, which characterizes blended learning, allows students to learn in the way that best suits them. The paper relates that on-line learning can be used in all grades but this use varies greatly depending on the grade and the teacher's own abilities to maximize the use of the computer and the Internet.
Table of Contents:
What is Blended Learning?
Characteristics of Blended Learning
Blended Learning K-12
Conclusion
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"Blended learning must take place in both an on-line and off-line setting. The dual setting of on-line and off-line learning are combined to administrate the sharing of content, establishing and continuing communication, and stimulating interaction. The web enhances learning in that it aids in the pragmatic goals as well as augmenting the pedagogical goals. Another feature is that there is both structured and unstructured learning. Unstructured learning can take place on-line through both synchronous and asynchronous conversations (ie. on-line chats and also message boards)."
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Native-American Family Culture, 2007.
This paper explores Native-American culture, focusing on family life.
1,840 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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In this article the writer presents an examination of family life with a focus on the Native-American community. The writer explores child rearing, parenting, moral training, infant care and other aspects of the Native-American culture and presents it in a cohesive fashion. The writer notes that the Native-American population continues to blend its foundation with American life to create a situation in which they can live cohesively while not forgetting who they are and where they came from. The writer concludes that as Americans become more tolerant of equal genders and get further away from corporal punishment of children the American culture will become more similar to the Native-American culture, and perhaps learn from a people that has maintained their integrity through almost constant assault.
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"The concept of family is important in almost every culture in the world. How one raises children, treats children and support children is instrumental in any culture. Native Americans have struggled for many years to maintain their individual culture and tradition in a world that has spent 200 years trying to strip it away. One of the more difficult elements of maintaining that culture has been in the area of family. Family traditions, and Native American culture have clashed with modern America and the result for many has been confusion, depression and anger as children and teenagers rebel against their parent's wishes. While this is common in almost all family cultures the Native American culture also wrestles with prejudice and bias against their ways. Today, many Native Americans are striving to raise their children with respect for modern ways while still maintaining the traditions of their heritage."
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Non-Traditional Families in Modern Times, 2008.
A discussion of the changing image of the American family in the twenty-first century.
1,860 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper examines the transformation of the traditional American family and the impact of the non-traditional family in today's world. The paper explains that the non-traditional family is called a "blended family" and is more prevalent today than thirty years ago because divorce rates are rising and remarriages are much more common. The paper notes that significant changes are occurring in the marriage patterns in the United States, as individuals are postponing marriage until later in life and more people are choosing not to get married. The paper also points out that the area where change is most apparent centers around patterns of child-bearing. The paper then discusses the various types of non-traditional families. The paper contends that , for all types of non-traditional families, the changes will only come from shifts in cultural prejudices and this kind of change will be slow, but there are signs that some preliminary movement is beginning to take place.
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"The image of the American family looks and functions very differently than families of the past few decades. Men and women raised in the 1960's and 1970's when programs such as "Ozzie and Harriet" and "Father Knows Best" exemplify the average family, are likely to find themselves in situations that have changed dramatically. Research claims that many family structures are common: single-parent families, remarried couples, unmarried couples, step families, foster families, multi-generational families, extended families, and the doubling up of two families within the same home. Marriage, divorce, and patterns of childbirth are some of the factors that have contributed to these significant changing families. With these changes come the possibility of remarriage and the creation of new families which bring together parents and children without blood ties."
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Blending Nursing Roles, 2002.
Examines the question of whether the roles of nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist should be blended.
680 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 24.95
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This paper reviews literature which looks at arguments for and against the idea of joining the role of nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist. Arguments for suggest that the result would be an acute care clinician who integrates the clinical skills of the nurse practitioner with the systems knowledge, educational commitment and leadership abilities of the clinical nurse specialist. The paper shows that those against the idea argue that primary care practitioners play a critical role which would be diluted if blended with the other role. The paper shows that ultimately, the reasons for such a blending are more convincing than the reasons for not doing so.
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"Mick & Ackerman (2000) as well find that the two disciplines, while often blended, remain distinct at the same time, with a continuing differentiation between the two distinct practice roles. At the same time, the authors call for more emphasis on the blended roles in academia as a way of making the blended role work better. Until now, they note, the institutional value of the roles was depicted as consisting of educated technicians. There was no view that some would choose to move beyond the role of technician to scholar, but the advent of the blended role shows a broader acknowledgment of the influence of the medical model on all nursing roles."
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Cultural Blending in Mexico and Guatemala, 2003.
The common characteristics of the people of Mexico and Guatemala and the role the Maya Indians played in shaping these societies.
3,210 words (approx. 12.8 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 92.95
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This paper looks at what the similarities and differences in contemporary Maya communities across the region reveal about systematic patterns of cultural continuity and change. Through a comparative study of Maya peoples in Mexico and Guatemala, the rich cultural heritage of the peoples who have contributed toward forming the societies of Latin America is shown. This essay creates a picture of the nascent states that would become Mexico and Guatemala through the influence of the Maya and the role they played in shaping the culture of these two countries.
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"The blending of many cultures, many peoples has resulted in wars, new bloodlines, mixed cultures and the complex society that is Latin America. The Mayas have forever left their mark on the area in terms of culinary flavor, art and culture, as well as lifestyle. Today, Latin America is a testament to the blending of various cultures. In the first millennium A.D. the Maya created the most intellectually and artistically advanced civilization native to the Americas, and in ensuing centuries, as neighboring empires fell in warfare and to the Spanish invasion, the Maya endured, shaken but never destroyed."
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Birth Order and Sibling Relationships, 2006.
A look at how a child's place in the family influences its relationship with its siblings.
2,722 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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This paper examines how a child's birth order determines the expectations placed upon him or her by the parents and how these expectations, or lack thereof, impact the relationship that siblings have with one and other. It also looks at how studies of blended, or "step" families, as well as sibling groups separated by the foster care system, underscore how birth order effects the relationship individuals have with their siblings under circumstances that are less than ideal.
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"In families that do remain intact and non-dysfunctional, the parents' treatment of their offspring due to birth order, impacts not only the self-image of the individual child, but the manner by which they relate to their siblings. Parents often encourage competition and comparisons among siblings, with the misperception that encourages their children to work harder and become more successful. This has proved time and time again not to be the case. Siblings have been shown to avoid active participation in activities in which another sibling does well, especially if they are close in age."
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Aretha Franklin, 1997.
Discusses the life and career of the African-American soul singer who blended gospel and popular styles.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 7 sources, $ 47.95
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"Aretha Franklin did more than any other artist to bring the forms and spirit of African-American gospel music into the popular arena. Franklin possesses one of the finest voices in the world and, throughout the late 1960s and the 1970s, she created a stream of hit records that helped define black popular music of the time. Whatever labels, "soul," or "rhythm and blues," or "rock and roll," are placed on her music, Franklin was the primary force in combining the sound and feeling of one major American art form with another.
The history of African American music has been characterized by cross-pollination among various forms. Country blues, urban blues, New Orleans Jazz, Bebop, big-band jazz, and rhythm and blues, have all influenced each other profoundly. These influences flowed back and forth among the various forms. But ..."
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The Pre-Raphaelite Children of John Everett Millais, 2008.
A study of pre-Raphaelite children in John Everett Millais' paintings.
5,250 words (approx. 21.0 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 130.95
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This paper analyzes the representation of children in John Everett Millais' paintings. It presents and analyzes 33 paintings, completed from 1840 to 1896, the year of the painter's death. Photographs of some of the paintings are included in the text. The paper points out that Millais was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB), a group of English painters, poets, and critics. The paper attempts to demonstrate that the Pre-Raphaelitism of Millais is very particular in the sense that it uses the PRB's techniques, but concentrates on a subject that was not explored as extensively by the other artists of the Brotherhood, namely, children and childhood. The first part of the paper seeks to demonstrate that Millais strove to blend the aesthetics of the PRB with subject-matter that he felt was closer to the everyday popular concerns of the times. In addition, his reiteration of the Pre-Raphaelite preoccupations, techniques and devices has the lightness of manner and properties of a musical leitmotif, rather than the urgency and insistence of an unconditional engagement. Secondly, the paper concentrates on the cleavage between the representation of children in distress and children within the family unit, and briefly comments on the spirituality of the child according to Millais. Finally, the paper examines the portrayal of girls throughout Millais' career. The paper concludes that, thematically, children and childhood seem to define Millais best.
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"The plot of The Rescue (1855) is mostly about protection and shelter, or rather, the lack of it. Millais plays with the colours and shades to create a general feeling of helplessness. The feeling of insecurity is heightened when we look at the figures of the three children trapped between the flames in the left-hand corner and the blackness and unhealthy mist of the London night in the right-hand corner of the painting. The figure of the fire-fighter as a temporary pillar of refuge echoes the blackness of the night outside, while the fragile whiteness of the figure of the mother is contrasted to the intense yellow-reddish flames, reflected on the face and feet of the boy. The painting stages a scene of distress and suggests future misery. Widely approved as celebrating "the bravery of the London Fire Brigade" (Adams 120), the painting contains the essence of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, which consists in a peculiar feeling of insecurity as to its real meaning. The spectator constantly hesitates between the two diverging interpretations. This is frequently due to the technical imperfections of many PRB paintings (a famous example is Lorenzo and Isabella but also Sir Isumbras at the Ford as we shall see further) but it has also become their special mark. It is difficult to say to what extent the instability generated is deliberate, especially in the case of Millais who was far from being a mediocre artist after all."
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"Pride and Prejudice" and the French Revolution, 2008.
A discussion of Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice" in relation to the French Revolution and the subsequent changes in European societal order.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 67.95
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This paper analyzes the social and historical significance of Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice", written at a time when shockwaves from the French Revolution were still rolling across the European social landscape. The paper points out that Austen's native England was not spared the repercussions of the middle class' breaking through the previously stable societal order, and, along with other female authors of the time, Austen wrote about anticipated changes that a new class structure would entail for women of marriageable age. In comparing the characters of two sisters, Lydia and Elizabeth Bennett, the paper shows how the novel presents alternatives for starting social change one woman at a time. Lydia wages a one-woman revolution against all that is sacred to her family and the social order, while Elizabeth engages in an evolutionary, subtle alteration of others and herself as a way to keep pace with a changing environment and strengthen her society with a blending of different social classes. The paper concludes that the success of Elizabeth's evolutionary approach both changed her view of herself and gave her a future that she and other women of her time only dreamed possible.
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"Elizabeth is inclined to resist society's expectations for her as a woman of marriageable age, as shown by her refusing to dance with Mr. Darcy and her declining the marriage proposal of Mr. Collins, both of whom represent a higher social class. In fact, when sending Mr. Collins away, she tells him that he would not make her happy, a factor few women dared consider in a husband, and less dared to voice. The fact that a Bennet-Collins marriage would allow Longbourn, the Bennet estate, to stay in the family is of no concern to Elizabeth. When Charlotte later accepts Mr. Collins' proposal, and admits that she seeks "only a comfortable home" and not romance, Elizabeth laments that Charlotte is "a friend disgracing herself and sunk in her esteem," (Austen 87)."
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Cultures In Haiti, 2002.
A paper which discusses the blending of cultures in Haiti.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper describes the Haitian society as a blend of culture between the U.S. and the Haiti.
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