The Effects Of Parents Not Being Home
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This 5 page research paper discuses the controversy regarding the effects of having children in day care as opposed to having the child being cared for by a parent. Some researchers believe there is a negative effect, some do not think there is a negative effect. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Elderly, Socioemotional Issues And Social Workers: A Case Study
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5 pages in length. The cast of characters in this particular case study included one-hundred ninety-three upper-middle-class suburban New Jersey elderly people who were suspected of reaching out to their physicians with minor and/or nonexistent medical problems as a means by which to obtain reassurance, support, and other socioemotional needs. A family practice residency program provided the foundation upon which the study was conducted, where faculty and residents provided medical services in two separate settings. This study sought to affirm the significant absence of social workers who can offer this emotional support, while leaving the medical doctors more readily available to treat those who were truly physical ill. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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The Empty Nest Syndrome and Degrees of Emptiness
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This 9 page paper examines the rationale for having children earlier or later in life. Marital happiness as well as feeling empty are examined after the children leave home. Two women are interviewed and literature is evaluated and used in the analysis. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Evolution Of 'TV Moms'
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A 9 page paper on television mothers and their evolution from domestic housekeeper/child-raisers to professional women. Beginning with the '50s, TV moms are examined and compared to the real-life counterparts. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Tvmoms.wps

The Evolution of the Conventional Family Unit: Structural and Parenting Style Considerations
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A 12 page discussion of the evolutionary changes the traditional family unit has undergone in the last thirty-five years. These changes affect not only how are families are structured but also how we parent our children. This paper addresses the applicability of the conventional stricter parenting style in the modern family, as well as such issues as whether homosexuals can be good parents and, in the single parent home, whether a mother can be a good father and a father a good mother. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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The Failure of the American Sociological Model of the Nuclear Family: A Strategy for Redress
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A 6 page contention that the American nuclear family as a sociological model is failing. Lists current issues that verify that contention and suggests a change in attitude from the “us verses them” attitude which so characterizes today’s family to one which is not only receptive to receiving support but also to giving support.
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The Family / Two Theoretical Approaches
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This 8 page paper explores sociological concepts as it pertains to the family. Families of the nineties are compared to earlier family structures. Definitions are explored. All discussion involves both systems theory and the symbolic interactionist approach. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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The Family Concept
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The family is explored as a concept from a sociological point of view in this 12 page paper. Included in the analysis is an in-depth discussion on varied definitions of the family which takes into consideration contemporary sociologists' views such as Stacey and Popenoe. A theme of this paper focuses on the changing family structure, inclusive of variations in the African American community. A discussion of the traditional nuclear family is replete throughout the paper. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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The Family Farm - A Thing Of Yesterday
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The concept of the dying family farm is illustrated in this 15 page paper. Several aspects of the concept are included such as economic, social and environmental variables. Sustainable farming is also discussed. The takeover of small farms by large conglomerates is a major theme of the paper. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
Filename: Famfarm.wps

The Family of the 21st Century
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This 20 page paper considers the changing views of the family and the contemporary family types that will provide the definition for the family of the 21st century. This paper considers issues like divorce and remarriage and the way in which step-families have become a new social institution, as well as the issues that impact families, from poverty to race, and how these elements influence the emerging definition of the family. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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The Family Unit: An Analysis of a Dysfunctional Family Under Minuchin’s Theory of the Structured Family
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A 6 page overview of a family as an interrelated series of components. Presenting a fictional case study, this paper provides a genogram of the major relationships and an analysis of the family unit under Minuchin’s theory of the structured family. Bibliography lists 5 sources
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THE FIELDWORK PLACEMENT SUPERVISOR
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This 6 page paper discusses the qualifications, supportive role, and evaluative processes of the fieldwork placement supervisor. Major literature in the educational field cited. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Foster Care System
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This is a 11 page paper on the current issues which relate to foster care in the United States today. Programs in foster care have several problems which are financial, health care and system based. Some solutions are presented and a mock interview is included. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TJFostr1.rtf

The Future Human Services Worker:
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(7pp) As the community of neighborhoods expand into the country at large, and grow more enmeshed with each other in the future, new methods of treatment and solution will need to be created for both the client and the human service worker. The complexity of issues, resulting in a downward spiral for the client will need to be addressed as well as the energy level of the human service worker. It will no longer be appropriate for an agency to accept "burn-out" of its most valuable resource, its staff - the investment in time and training of that worker is also a community resource to be valued. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The Future of the Family
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The impact of the family on future generations is discussed in this 5 page paper. A description of the family as it exists in society today, as well as its past and future are all included. The premise that in a postmodern society all types of families must be accepted, and more attention needs to be paid to raising children, are two themes which are incorporated into the discussion . Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Generation Gap
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This is a 9 page paper discussing the generation gap today between parents and adolescents. The concept of the generation gap became the most prevalent in the 1960s during the cultural revolution when the values and beliefs of the younger generation were considered drastically different from those of their parents. While the generation gap was said to have diminished slightly during the 1970s and 1980s, the generation gap began to broaden once again starting in the 1990s when adolescents were seen to be more disconnected from society; more cynical or negative about people and institutions than previous generations; and, adolescents had moved in a more liberal direction in regards to civil liberties, modern gender roles, racial equality and secularism. While most research has reported that today’s youth feel that they are isolated with little guidance, some research also reports that adolescents value guidance when it is received except in regards to cultural factors such as music and fashion. This also adds to some theories which advocate that generation gaps are not so much the result of age differences but are actual cultural gaps because of environmental differences in regards to “economic conditions, government, styles, fads, media, technology and changing values”. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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The Good Marriage
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the book called The Good Marriage, written by Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee. Marriage is discussed in depth. The four types of marriage as explained by authors are noted. No additional sources cited.
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