Essays on Family Relationships

According to Brooks and Goldstein (2001), some children have the capability to face the difficult challenges of life with a positive view and mind. Whiles some children seems to be pessimistic and are often fail in such challenges of life. They say that it is…

The practice of marrying to a spouse after another is called polygamy. Polygyny and polyandry are the kinds of polygamous practices. Polygamy’s permissibility in 50 out of almost 200 dominant states are legalized, Though many other dominant states of the world do not recognize polygamous…

Being a Muslim and a staunch critic of child marriage in Pakistan, a few days ago, during the advocacy of marriage after 18, I came to know about some arguments from my social circle that majorly includes Muslims, Agnostics, and Atheists. Here, I will address…

Family is an important concept. This raises the question what is family? Over the year’s family has been defined in many different ways through many perspectives. Traditionally family was described as “a group of individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption” (Smolka, 2001, p.3). Another…

Religion has been a very important component in my grandmother’s life. I feel that without religion she would not be the person she is today. According to Moody and Sasser (2018), “the fact that some older people undertake this spiritual journey make us believe that…

From all corners of the world, there are always some favorites. It does not matter how much you move, how much you travel or where you are, there is never a bad time to return. You know exactly which people you are at home with….

First, I would like to take a minute to welcome you all to my sister’s wedding and thank you for being here with us, to take part in this celebration. Sisterhood is, you could say, one of the most complicated relationships to describe. There are…

For me, life is like a roller coaster; From time to time, there are bends, dizzy falls, steep slopes that make you alive and there are also moments of calm. It is the existence of a person full of moments of peace, joy, fears, fears….

When we discuss family we often consider this in the biological sense and limit those deemed as family to those related to us by blood or by marriage. But as the diversity within families increase and dynamics change do we now consider friends as much…

The holidays can be a wonderful time of the year. Visiting with friends and family, attending gatherings and celebrations, enjoying all the holiday food, exchanging gifts, and getting into the holiday spirit can bring joy and excitement to many. The holidays can also bring stress…

When my husband and I got our first child, we were thrilled. We wanted kids, and now we felt whole, like a family. I thought of parenting as a joyful, rewarding, and life-changing experience. I just did not realize how life-changing it would be. We…

The study, Swings and Roundabouts: Management of Jealousy in Heterosexual “Swinging” Couples, by Richard de Visser and Dee Mcdonald attempted to explain how swinging couples manage their jealousy when their partner is sleeping with someone else. (de Visser & McDonald, 2007). De Visser and McDonald…

Introduction Parents have always pushed their children toward success, encouraging them to be the best version of themselves. At first, they cheer on their children and help them back up on their feet; however, once their children grow older and accumulate more accomplishments, failure no…

Introduction Although works of literature can be written in different time periods, they can have numerous similarities and differences. In August Wilson’s play Fences, a woman named Rose struggles in her marriage after she finds out her husband cheated on her. Similarly, in Jhumpa Lahiri’s…

Original Version Within the three adaptations of Lamb to the Slaughter, they all have small differences from each other that make each story interesting in its own way. In the text, Lamb to the Slaughter (the original) Mary is first portrayed as a sweet innocent…