Family is Family
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC 137B
Start Date
17-5-2012
End Date
17-5-2012
Abstract
Society tends to portray happy families in commercials, television shows, and movies as a mom and dad together with their young children. However, this is not the normative portrait of family life for all families. There can be an assortment of familial structures such as single parents to couples that want to adopt a child. Families have different views on how to raise children and as time changes so do cultural morays in regard to raising children. As noted in one scholarly article, today's families are not going to raise their children the same way as generations past did. I argue there is no such thing as a "perfect family"; there are many structures and approaches to family life that result in satisfaction and happiness.
Recommended Citation
Shields-Gravitt, Aly, "Family is Family" (2012). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 133.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2012/oralpresentations/133
Additional Mentoring Department
English
Family is Family
SURC 137B
Society tends to portray happy families in commercials, television shows, and movies as a mom and dad together with their young children. However, this is not the normative portrait of family life for all families. There can be an assortment of familial structures such as single parents to couples that want to adopt a child. Families have different views on how to raise children and as time changes so do cultural morays in regard to raising children. As noted in one scholarly article, today's families are not going to raise their children the same way as generations past did. I argue there is no such thing as a "perfect family"; there are many structures and approaches to family life that result in satisfaction and happiness.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Melissa Johnson