The film Stepmom raises important issues regarding
A. step-parenting.
B. elder abuse.
C. infertility.
D. child abuse.
A
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Explain how school systems vary in the United States and other countries in terms of the centrality of the planning and decision making
What will be an ideal response?
Shelton and John conclude that black families
a. adhere to stricter traditional gender roles than do white families. b. do more housework overall than do Hispanic families. c. are more egalitarian. d. live in extended family households, so the housework is more spread out.
Which of the following best describes the changes in household size throughout the history of the United States?
a. Family size has shrunk dramatically from the early farming years to the current urban setting. b. The family in the United States today consists predominantly of small nuclear families; for the first two hundred years of U.S. history, the family was a large extended family. c. The proportion of people living alone has gradually decreased. d. The nuclear family seems to have long been preeminent, with household sizes shrinking only modestly over the past few centuries.
The global city takes on a geography of "centrality and marginality," meaning that:
a. the globalization process is central, pushing cities to the margins of the economy b. the space of the city is increasingly devoted to the needs of the wealthy and is made unlivable for the poor c. affluent city dwellers flee the central city for its furthest margins d. the poor "untouchables" transform the cityscape to serve their needs rather than those of the affluent