Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Family Values
. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
This 10 page paper examines family values in America and how they have changed over the years. The influence of popular culture is highlighted but the paper examines the family and what it has become in a general sense. Solutions for social problems are presented in context of a discussion on contemporary family life.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Page Count:
10 pages (~225 words per page)
File: RT13_SA606fam.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
are something that is aligned with a mirage of sorts. Those families, some contend, never really existed. The film Natural Born Killers mocks the idea that the families were all
goodness and light. Rather, the 1950s families lived under a veil of secrecy, hiding addiction and incest. Today, families may be more fragmented than ever, but some contend that at
least they are healthier. Families today are healing and in many ways, and family life is better because of it. Part of the problem with the negative discussion about family
is that there is a changing definition of just what a family is composed of. Some see the family as declining but Wright and Jagger (1999) point out that while
there is much talk about problems as attributable to the declining family structure, the same discussion came about during the 1890s. Today, the discussion goes to the decline of marriage
and family values pointing to the high rate of divorce and out of wedlock births. In the 1890s it might have been something else, but the end result is that
the family is blamed for everything. Today, close to 35% ("Unmarried Childbearing," 2006) of women having babies are unmarried. Of course, it is much more acceptable for families to
be "blended" or for couples to have babies out of wedlock now. In fact, to some extent, Hollywood exacerbates this situation. Celebrities like Madonna and Kate Moss have become pregnant
prior to getting married. This to some extent has set the trend where older, unmarried career women are vying to have children through artificial insemination. This also sets up a
situation where more one parent families exist. The definition of family is changing as families change. No longer is the nuclear family the desirable goal. Of course, when talking
...