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The show modern family had four distinctive examples: a gay, inter-generational and a family which seems traditional but where the women in the family have much more power. Likewise, the definition seem to have changed but in practice it has stayed more similar; family is defined as having love, respect and responsibility, which these families all have.
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No matter the culture, love is the most important factor in a family. Although the shape of the family unit has changed, they are drawn together because of love. A family does not need to be related by blood. There are countless examples of this in media and in real life: adopted children; remarriages; and recently, gay marriages. In addition, when there is love, there is respect.

In the show, although the main patriarch did not agree with his gay son’s choice in life and family, he still showed respect. Respect is a basis for any relationship and, of course, also in the family. The father respects his wife and children and vice-versa: with out respect there will not be any harmony in the relationship. Furthermore, to have a well-functioning family, people should feel and want to be responsible for each other.

What seems to be the main difference between families and other relationships is responsibility. Friends can love, students can respect their teachers but the sense of responsibility in families holds everything together. Parents take care of the children and when they get older, it is the children’s turn. In the show, everyone felt responsible not because of duty but it was combined with love and respect.

Because the family unit looks very different now, some people may believe that what family is has changed; however, as shown above, it is still based on love, respect and responsibility. Even in the future, where the family makeup could and would change, these factors will be the foundation of what a family is.


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Many experts of child developmental psychology say that more than 80 percent of children benefit from having sex education in middle schools. Although many people think that sex education teaches children how to have sex or it can encourage children to have sex but in reality they teach the differences in biology, how to respect one another and to be responsible adults. In China, sex is a taboo topic; therefore, parents never talk to their children about it, and many children learn from Japanese pornography which disrespects women. With influence of more sexualized media on line and on movies, children are becoming more sexually active at a younger age: resulting in more violent sexual crimes. Sex education should be mandatory because it not only explains the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases, it gives the students the proper knowledge of sex; sex should not be an embarrassing topic, but a part of people’s healthy lives; and lastly, parents do not want the embarrassment of teaching their children about sex.


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Don Tapscott was interviewed by TVO in a fifteen minute segment about the net generation. The interview dispels some misconceptions about net generations, their impact on society and lastly the problems they face in the future.

In Tapscott’s definition, net generations are the children of the baby boomers born between 1978-97 who grew up with technology. They think differently from the previous generation because rather than being passive recipients, they actively interact, modify and create information. While some people believe that they are lazy troublemakers, the speaker believes that these younger generations are an important part of social change. For example, their scores in SAT and IQs are higher, and they have less crime, do less drugs and volunteer more.

Although the parents of these net-aware youth might feel less than adequate using technology, the parents have the responsibility to teach their children how to protect privacy and being responsible citizens on the net. The net generation’s ideas about privacy are very different from their parents; they share information with strangers and they don’t seem to care.

The speaker further illustrates the impact of social media for the net generation by illustrating how technology is being used in current events. These children are a great force for social change as seen in the demonstration in the Arab countries. Not only do they use social media to share information but also to organize demonstration democratically without leaders, which is very different from traditional ways of protesting.

Although Tapcott concedes that relationships created in social media might be weak, one needs weaker ties to create stronger ones. The speaker further supports his arguments by illustrating many facts to support that technology is a great changer in their generation. He notes, however, that governments must make sure that there are jobs for these people and help to fix unemployment problems for the net generation.


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Jason’s grandfather had lung cancer which spread to 80 percent of his body. The doctors kept him alive with machines and narcotics. His grandfather, when he wasn’t passed out due to drugs was screaming in pain; he couldn’t talk, or move, or even know who was around him. For those times when he could communicate, he would tell Jason, that he wanted to die peacefully. Euthanasia, a form of assisted suicide for those terminally ill by doctors is slowly gaining acceptance. Doctors take an oath to never harm life but society’s view of what harm is changing quickly due to increase in medicinal technologies. There is evidence that there is more harm done to patients who are kept alive by artificial means than letting them die peacefully. For family who want to let their family members die with comfort are facing criminal charges because in Canada it is still illegal. The lawmakers should change the law to reflect that allowing euthanasia gives the family a chance to say good bye, give the patients some dignity, and lessen financial burden.