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As Europe witnesses the dramatic movement of people across its borders, BBC reporter John Sweeney joins thousands making the journey from the Greek island of Kos to the Austrian border with Hungary. He meets families fleeing conflict and terror in Syria, refugees separated from their loved ones, children, the old and sick being forced to march to safety. Among this tide of humanity, he also finds economic migrants seeking a better life in northern...
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Whether it's special foods, certain games, or favorite entertainment, most families have specific activities that help create family closeness and togetherness. We watch different families create their own method of bonding and discover why it's so important for every family to make special time for one another.
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Following World War II, many Americans sought refuge within family life. The marriage and birth rate increased dramatically, while the divorce rate fell. Although women had been employed in wartime industries, post-World War II American society emphasized traditional gender roles. Women were expected to be wives and homemakers, and found that many of the job opportunities available during the war were now closed to them.
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For a long time, sociologists developed theories about something called 'the family'. This program illustrates changes in the structure, organization and culture of family and how this can be linked to changes in wider society. It also looks at the alleged sexualization of children to explore the idea that childhood may be disappearing and considers the effects new communication technologies are having on family life.
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Foster care in America, which was designed as a last resort for families in trouble, has become a commonplace experience for many children today. In this program, Bill Moyers examines a growing national movement that has achieved success in keeping troubled families together through the innovative strategy of working with them in their homes. Modeled after a 1974 pioneer project called "Homebuilders," this approach is known as "family preservation...
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We currently live in the safest time in recorded history. So why are we so obsessed with our children's safety? Troubled by his daily fears for his four-year-old daughter, filmmaker Mark Miller investigates our current media-induced culture of paranoia and its lasting effect on future generations. Themes include the role of media in public paranoia, changing patterns in parenting, anxiety based disease, public health, crime trends in rural and urban...
8) Grandparents
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In many families, grandparents have become a valuable resource in childcare-but their importance is more than economic. This video discusses the role of extended family in child development, and gives advice on helping a child cope with a grandparent's death.
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Heredity, environment, intelligence, and family birth order all help shape the personality throughout the formative years and into adulthood. Each position in a family can influence how a child interacts with other family members and friends. This program examines the only child, the firstborn, the middle child, and the youngest child, giving insight into behaviors and attitudes that seem to be shaped by birth order.
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Traditional, single-parent, blended, extended: there are many ways to define a family. This video examines different types of families and the roles they play in the physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and moral development of their members. Additional topics include stresses on the family structure and the "changing seasons" of the family cycle. Correlates to all applicable National and State Educational Standards including the NCLB Act.
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Fewer Americans are tying the knot nowadays, according to a new Pew Research report that showed 51 percent of the adult population is married, compared to 1960 when 72 percent of the country was. NewsHour correspondent Ray Suarez discusses the changing demographics of marriage in the United States with Stephanie Coontz of Evergreen State College. Origina?
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After World War II, the landscape of American settlement changed significantly. Families abandoned urban centers for the suburbs -a move that was made easier by the Interstate Highway Act of 1956, which created 40,000 miles of expressway across the country. Automobile companies helped shape the low-density suburbs that exist today by depicting car ownership as essential to "modern living".
13) Throwaway Teens
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In this program, ABC News anchor Connie Chung explores the plight of young people who are disowned by their families because of their sexual orientation and are forced to live or die on the streets. Intimate case studies involving three teenagers struggling to exist in Los Angeles, Des Moines, and New York City provide insights into homelessness, child prostitution, drug abuse, and attitudes toward homosexuality. A sampling of services available to...
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Historically, the traditional extended family has been China's built-in social security system. Today, under the pressures of family size limits, rapid urbanization, and Western cultural influences, China's social stability is being stressed to the breaking point. This program captures a transitional phase of Chinese history in which many parents are struggling to instill Confucian values and their own received wisdom about life into their children-teens...
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Being a father is a lifetime commitment that requires a lot of love and energy. Fathering expert Steve Onell and young dads talk about the impact and importance of a father in a child's life. Divided into four chapters-Dads Matter., Be There: Show Up and Be Involved, Be Consistent: Provide Structure and Discipline, and Be a Role Model: Demonstrate Healthy Behavior-Fathering: What It Means to Be a Dad offers sound advice to new dads. Correlates to...
16) The Inventory
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This program depicts the lives and lifestyles of a typical lower-middle-class family in the mid-eighteenth century. Showing the struggle for survival and likely course of events that follow the death of the father in early middle age, we learn what such a family had in the way of possessions and how it valued them, and what their range of options was.
17) Families matter
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This program with Bill Moyers examines why America has become an unfriendly culture for families and children, and explores ways to rebuild a web of support for families. Among those featured on the program are Rosalie Streett, Exec. Director of Parent Action (Baltimore, MD); Jill Bradley, Director of Child Care Services, Chicago Housing Authority; and Richard Louv, author of the book Childhood's Future. They discuss some of the practical steps needed...
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What is a family? The answer might have been easy a generation ago, but today a much wider range of possibilities exists. This program offers a thought-provoking look at the changing roles, structures, and functions of the family unit. Societal expectations, technological advancements, and changes in cultural and sexual diversity are explored. A range of emotional, environmental, economic, and health-related considerations are presented as further...
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This multi-section program examines the relationships between established sociological perspectives-structural functionalism, Marxist theory, and early feminist theory-and the family; investigates how over several decades the decline in marriage, an increase in cohabitation and divorce, and the lowering fertility rate in the U.K. have affected the British nuclear family; and juxtaposes the old sociology of families and the new, with its emphasis on...
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Xiomara Fuentes, Amandeep Kaur, and Nneka-three wives beaten and humiliated by their husbands-are the subjects of Let's Talk About It, which gives a voice and a face to a spreading epidemic of spousal abuse. This program puts video cameras into the hands of these women's children who then interview their mothers about why they endured-and how they survived-such physical and emotional injury. The questions they ask, framed with a poignant blend of...