All About Family: Benefits of Diversity - Articles and News
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.
November 8th, 2012
Written by Mary Ann Ford - The Pantagraph in All About Family, Latest News with 0 Comments
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — Pedro Chavez was 18 when he left his home in Mexico in 1910 and walked 1,000 miles to El Paso, Texas, in search of a better life.
His country was going through a revolution while the United States offered the promise of jobs building a railroad line.
"There were posters (in Mexico) encouraging workers to come to work on the railroad," said Mary Trunnell, Chavez's...
November 1st, 2012
Written by Gillian Flaccus - Associated Press in All About Family, Latest News with 0 Comments
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - The 10-year-old son of a neo-Nazi leader casually told police he had shot his father as he slept but then became agitated in the back of a patrol car and asked an officer if his father would survive, a police officer said.
Officer Michael Foster, who responded to the call of a shooting death on May 1, 2011, testified Oct. 30, 2012, the first day of the boy's murder trial...
October 4th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in All About Family, Latest News with 1 Comment
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Luiz Pinto was seemingly everywhere on the patio of his family's hillside home as diners tucked away the last of their pork and beans and a band sent the rumble of a samba beat bouncing across the unfinished cement floor. Pinto navigated the tight spaces between tables and beamed a welcome to guests before rehearsing dance steps with an agility that belied his 70 years.
To...
September 4th, 2012
Written by Rebecca Fortner in All About Family, Latest News with 0 Comments
As the world evolves, determined parents create an atmosphere where providing their children with the best of everything is equivalent to sending them off to school with the coolest backpacks, greatest up to date electronics, anything to help them in their educational ventures. However, parents often neglect one of the most important aspects in their child’s backpack full of expensive goodies,...
August 2nd, 2012
Written by Cindy Ferraino in All About Family, Latest News with 0 Comments
While growing up, I recall my mother telling me it is hard being your friend when I am your parent. I don’t know what action or event that I did or put myself into that situation that initiated my mother speaking those words to me, but I bet that whatever it was…it wasn’t good.My mother turned grey at a very young age. I would love to blame genetics because I myself started to go pretty early too...
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