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I disagree with Mintz and Kellogg that today the United States "is a society without a clear unitary set of family ideals and values." While I agree that many aspects of family life have changed over the decades, some of the most inherent aspects of family have remained. Most especially, the idea of love and loyalty to ones family members. To be a family, is to have a group of people to rely on and care about, especially in rough times. Thus while the nature of families has changed to include single parents and step-parents, all families value love and loyalty. -- Sarah Gardner | I disagree with Mintz and Kellogg that today the United States "is a society without a clear unitary set of family ideals and values." While I agree that many aspects of family life have changed over the decades, some of the most inherent aspects of family have remained. Most especially, the idea of love and loyalty to ones family members. To be a family, is to have a group of people to rely on and care about, especially in rough times. Thus while the nature of families has changed to include single parents and step-parents, all families value love and loyalty. -- Sarah Gardner | ||
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| + | I also agree with the first comment made that Mintz and Kellogg seem to have a pessimistic view of a modern family structure. I don't agree with them and think change is not necessarily a bad thing, and in this context families have conformed to the ever-changing society, government, religion, etc. Mintz and Kellogg mentioned that today's society is "permissive" in accepting responsibility for societal problems, but I disagree. Yes, the programs like No Child Left Behind, Welfare, and Planned Parenthood aren't perfect but they are answers and attempts at fixing those problems. Also, I believe the authors missed the mark on a simple explanation of why society can't agree on successful social programs and that is because each has different stakeholders. The single father raising two children will have a different opinion and stake in what a "family" is compared to the "typical" nuclear family. -Joyce Metzler | ||
