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Sociological, biological and health research and findings about race and ethnicity; and personal reflections, anecdotes, and commentary on family values, traditions of different racial and ethnic groups to explore and communicate larger truths about the importance of family, the changing definition of family, across racial and ethnic groups.
February 3rd, 2011
Written by Jodie Blankenship in All About Family with 0 Comments
Flower bouquets, a reception, white dress, tiered-cake, champagne, wedding rings, and wedding bells do not necessarily create a happy-ending. In fact, a Pew Research Center study found that four out of ten people surveyed believed marriage was obsolete.The surge of divorces in recent years helps maintain the public’s bleak view of marriage. In 2008, 14 percent of American couples were divorced or...
January 15th, 2011
Written by Terez Howard in All About Family with 0 Comments
Americans from the Pacific to the Atlantic rang in the New Year with a list of resolutions. The New Year, for many, symbolizes a new beginning. Therefore, people repeat promises to lose weight, stop smoking, or make their marriage work, and within a couple months, or for some, weeks, they hopelessly leave behind their noble intentions.For some goal setters, they are not at fault when their...
December 21st, 2010
Written by Terez Howard in All About Family with 0 Comments
“Of the various kinds of intelligence, generosity is the first,” wrote John Surowiecki.During what we dub as the season of giving, many find their generosity begins to run thin with a mile long list of people expecting gifts. But when it comes to your children, you want them to feel the greater happiness in giving, as opposed to receiving.“But I don’t want to.” That’s what my preschooler told me...
December 14th, 2010
Written by Francesca Biller in All About Family with 0 Comments
Celebrating the holidays in our Jewish-Buddhist home may sound more than a smidge unique, as my family enjoys a cultural conglomeration that includes telling Jewish jokes, feasting on Japanese pork, and gathering around a tinsel-covered Douglas fir that we buy “on special” at the Jewish market. However, I would not trade it for all of the matzah and mocha balls this side of the Pacific.As my...
December 10th, 2010
Written by Laura Monroe in All About Family with 1 Comment
Given the mobile and global society we now live in, today’s families continuously evolve, leading to many reasons why a family may need to blend and/or create holiday traditions to accommodate new family members and structures.Multiple traditions hold meaning or importance to different people, and therefore, need to be incorporated into the family celebration in order for it to feel like the...

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