Essays on Family Page 197

One should elucidate the various influences that affect the growth of children and young individuals, encompassing their surroundings. Examples can be provided to illustrate these impacts. The environment in which a child is raised has a significant impact on their development. If the child is exposed to negative elements such as gangs, drugs, or crime,…

For many Americans the old tradition of arranged marriages, which is still being practiced and is quite common in some communities, may seem strange and unique. We got used to absolutely different concept of creating a family. In our modern society when two young people meet each other, fall in love and decide to tie…

According to the Oxford Dictionary, “marriage is the legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship,” (historically and in some jurisdictions specifically a union between a man and a woman.) Even though marriage today is very organized and consistent that wasn’t always the case during the Italian Renaissance, during…

When discussing the idea of motherhood, most of us have the set ideal on what a mother has to be and what kind of things they have to offer to their children and spouse. Some of these ideal personalities that most people expect mothers to have are along the lines of caring,loving, and “happy”. Having…

Angie moved to her current location at the age of eight. In Mrs. Fleck’s third grade class, she felt isolated except for Maricela who became her best friend. Maricela practically became a member of Angie’s family, until Angie’s little brother Evan was born with autism. Angie worried that their friendship would suffer, but Maricela remained…

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the citizens of new nations found themselves suddenly pushed into a new era. Once they had relied on the Soviet system of socialism and central planning to dictate every aspect of the lives. Then in the post-Soviet era, their newfound independence forced them to face an obstacle of…

            Confidence intervals (CI) and p-values are two different approaches in determining whether the result of an experiment is statistically significant or not. CI, which is sometimes called the acceptance region, provides a statistical range with a specified probability that a given estimator lies within the range (Gujarati, 2003). P-value, on the other hand, is…

When I was a little kid all my dad wanted me to do was play baseball. Since I was about six years old I played little league till I was fourteen. Three times a week I would put on my uniform and play six of the longest innings of my young life. I didn’t think…

The Impact of External and Internal Forces on One’s Identity What is identity? If you look in the dictionary, it will tell you that identity is what identifies someone or something. But there is more to the meaning behind identity than what is said in the dictionary. Identity is complex and changes over time in…

Love, like cascading water, can often bathe humans with intensely drenching contentment. And yet, if unfortunate, love may turn into furious tongues of fire that sear one’s heart, leaving them with haunting scars. Despite being such a natural phenomenon, love continues to be obscurely indefinable- there is no such thing as one specific denotation for…