BEST ARGUMENTATIVE PAPER TOPICS

• Education should be free for everyone.
• Why are the US citizens rapidly becoming more obese?
• Internet access must be limited to students.
• Young people must have a right to choose when it comes to military.
• Each student must have a right to pick only those disciplines he is interested in.

Seen in this manner, the internet does bring us closer together as it offers a platform through which people can interact not just with people they know, but with people in other countries. We can simply argue that, without the internet, all the people involved in these campaigns would not have been bought together.

A former colleague, Tatiana McPartland, conducted research into this very topic. Her question: Does technology bring us closer together or further apart? Her findings: Our devices bring us closer to people who are geographically far away — but separates us from those who are geographically nearby.

A study by the Harvard Research Project (Bouffard, 2008) revealed that technology positively impacts families because it promotes more meaningful and frequent communication between families and schools. According to researchers, many families and teachers now use email and websites to communicate.

Here are six fun ways to get closer as a family!

1. Write notes to each other. Bring a smile to the beautiful faces of everyone in your family by reminding them how much you care.
2. Cook and bake together.
3. Eat dinner as a family.
4. Create rituals and traditions.
5. Support each other.
6. Everyone has a voice, so listen to it.

Perhaps just start by picking one or two ideas and work on them with one person and see what happens.

1. Keep in touch. Call/txt/email/write/meet more often.
2. Create quality time.
3. Remember birthdays & other dates.
4. Listen more.
5. Look for ways to help them or make their lives better.
6. Try not to take them for granted.
7. Open up.

Strong families appear in different ways, shapes and forms. These common characteristics all contribute to family happiness and strength. Commitment: They make their relationships a high priority. This is particularly important in co-parenting families.

You can build good relationships in your family with quality time, communication, teamwork and appreciation. Good family relationships are enjoyable for their own sake – it just feels good to be part of a warm and loving family. But good family relationships are important for lots of other reasons too.

Appreciation and affection – they help each other, keep promises, and show affection to each other. Committed – Strong families are very loyal to each other, share responsibilities, make decisions together, allow members to make their own decisions with support, and find it easy to trust one another.

Empathy allows family members to look at situations from the other person’s viewpoint. Identify four skills that families need to stay healthy. Caring and commitment, respect and appreciation, empathy, communication, and cooperation.

Members of strong, happy families show respect and appreciation of each other’s differences. Competition is discouraged and family members acknowledge and value each others’ uniqueness, respect other points of view, forgive each other and allow each other their own space.

Common Characteristics of Dysfunctional Families

• Lack of communication.
• Lacking Empathy.
• Prone to Addiction.
• Mental Issues.
• Controlling Behaviour.
• Perfectionism.
• Criticism.
• Lack of Independence and Privacy.

Reasons For Dysfunctional Families

• Addiction:
• Violent behavior:
• Financial situation:
• Authority:
• Religious fundamentalism:
• Get help:
• Express yourself:
• Be responsible:

Parents might abuse or neglect their children, and other family members are often forced to accommodate and enable negative behavior. In some cases, dysfunctional families can be the result of addiction, codependency, or untreated mental illness.

“Head of the family” is a term commonly used by family members to describe an authority position within their lineage. This paper describes family headship as reported by a representative sample of adult men and women.

Take responsibility for your life and feelings, and let others take responsibility for their lives and their feelings. Avoid mind-reading, blaming, scapegoating, rescuing, martyrdom, and being the target of someone else’s blaming. Employ boundaries, and respect other people’s boundaries. Be consistent.

How to Solve Family Problems: 8 Easy Steps.

1. Repeat the old adage.
2. Let go of your pride.
3. Make your aim to reconcile—not to win.
4. Figure out what exactly the issue is.
5. Talk to the rest of the family…
6. 6. … but don’t invite them to the discussion.
7. Be honest, but respectful.
8. Prevent.

In dysfunctional families, adults tend to be so preoccupied with their own problems and pain that they don’t give their children what they need and crave – consistency, safety, unconditional love. As a result, children feel highly stressed, anxious, and unlovable.

John Bradshaw, a family-systems therapy advocate and family dynamics expert, cites research that found 96 percent of all families to be to some degree ‘dysfunctional’—that is, the system by which the family interacts is distorted by the addictions and compulsions of one or more members and, so, ignores the needs of …

You Can Deal With Dysfunctional Family Members By:

• Centering yourself before interactions:
• Keeping the conversation light:
• Abandoning negative conversations:
• Expressing your concerns without accusation:
• Resisting the urge to people please:
• Focusing on your family member’s positive qualities:
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How to respond to it. There’s no right or wrong way to deal with toxic family members. Some people choose to cut off contact entirely. Others try to work with the situation by limiting contact with toxic family members and taking steps to protect their emotional well-being when they do see their family.