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  • MC Fatigue
    Banned
    • Feb 2006
    • 4150

    #16
    Re: Is the traditional family dead?

    Originally posted by Scottdau
    Yeah, but I think religion play a big factor in it too. Especially in the Bible Belt places. Divorces is look down on and most women just stay in the marriage because they had no where else to go. They didn't have jobs and the husband was the soul provider.
    This is exactly one of the causes. Just because families stayed together longer, didn't mean they were better families for it. A lot were torn up families that stayed together even though they had no business doing so.

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    • stewaat

      #17
      Re: Is the traditional family dead?

      I don't care what people do as long as they get a job and stop relying on handouts.

      I wish I could choose where my taxes went. It's like forced charity.

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      • Hassan Darkside
        We Here
        • Sep 2003
        • 7561

        #18
        Re: Is the traditional family dead?

        Originally posted by Timmay
        Couples in the 60's got married at 19 and 20 all the time and had children right away - and kept having them over and over. People are probably getting married a later now on average - so I'm not really sure what this has to do with backing up your point on traditional families.
        Well I was just saying that my friends, imo, aren't in the correct position to be making one of the biggest choices of their lives. I don't know, I've always been one to think I want to have a solid foundation to stand on before starting a family.

        I have two cousins, sisters, who both got pregnant by the age of 15 (they're 2 years apart), and both ended up with multiple children before 20. Neither are married right now either. I have another cousin who is expecting her second child and she's not even 20 yet, unmarried. I went through a stint last year where my little sister, at age 18, was about to get married to her boyfriend who she had only known for 6 months.
        Heck, my mom was married and had a kid by 20 with a man who she's no longer with. Needless to say, her son (my half-brother) is running around unwed with 20+ children because he keeps knocking up every woman he crosses.

        I just feel like if you're going to start a family, you should stay committed to what you started.
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        • Cusefan
          Earlwolfx on XBL
          • Oct 2003
          • 9820

          #19
          Re: Is the traditional family dead?

          Originally posted by DC
          Lack of fathers have further killed the black community. And we see how many fruity boys are being produced in this world as a result ( not the only reason though )
          Not having a father does not play a role in determining the sexuality of an individual.
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          • ProjectRipCity
            Banned
            • Aug 2008
            • 2395

            #20
            Re: Is the traditional family dead?

            Traditional families were racist and sexist. So screw them.

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            • J.R. Locke
              Banned
              • Nov 2004
              • 4137

              #21
              Re: Is the traditional family dead?

              Lack of education? Our society is far more educated than ever before.

              The term traditional family is a misnomer anyways. Families used to be more extended. Multiple generations used to live in the same household. This type of family today would be called un-traditional....which isn't really true.

              The real problem is that the upper class ideal of the nuclear family developed when it was never feasible economically for anyone except the upper middle class (one breadwinner homes, wife stays with kids). This ideal was never a reality for the majority of America, so in many ways we are claiming something dead that never existed except on TV.

              DC your homophobia never ceases to amaze me.....unless fruity means something different where you come from.

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              • Gotmadskillzson
                Live your life
                • Apr 2008
                • 23441

                #22
                Re: Is the traditional family dead?

                Traditional family is dead because you have babies having babies by multiple men before the age of 25 Then you have kids that marry way too young, like the age of 16, 17 and 18 when they dont know anything yet.

                Then you have men who too often walk out on their kids.

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                • mgoblue
                  Go Wings!
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 25477

                  #23
                  Re: Is the traditional family dead?

                  Originally posted by DC
                  Lack of fathers have further killed the black community. And we see how many fruity boys are being produced in this world as a result ( not the only reason though )
                  What's interesting is that instead of fruity boys you end up with more "manly" boys in gangs because they don't have much structure at home (due to mom working a lot, and no dad)...not sure the fruity boy aspect you mention is as true.
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                  • Cusefan
                    Earlwolfx on XBL
                    • Oct 2003
                    • 9820

                    #24
                    Re: Is the traditional family dead?

                    Originally posted by mgoblue
                    What's interesting is that instead of fruity boys you end up with more "manly" boys in gangs because they don't have much structure at home (due to mom working a lot, and no dad)...not sure the fruity boy aspect you mention is as true.
                    I wonder who is more productive in Society, these fruity boys, kids in Gangs.

                    Im actually not wondering, the answer is pretty obvious
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                    • MC Fatigue
                      Banned
                      • Feb 2006
                      • 4150

                      #25
                      Re: Is the traditional family dead?

                      Must be because the parents kissed them on the mouths as children; that's what's ruined America... Right, DC?

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                      • DC
                        Hall Of Fame
                        • Oct 2002
                        • 17996

                        #26
                        Re: Is the traditional family dead?

                        Yea thats probably what happened @ Timmy.

                        The "manly" boys more times than not didn't have respectable fathers in their lives either. I said more times than not.
                        Concrete evidence/videos please

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                        • stewaat

                          #27
                          Re: Is the traditional family dead?

                          I've never seen my dad and I'm fine.

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                          • DC
                            Hall Of Fame
                            • Oct 2002
                            • 17996

                            #28
                            Re: Is the traditional family dead?

                            Originally posted by stewaat
                            I've never seen my dad and I'm fine.
                            Yea your kind exists but by no way is it the norm
                            Concrete evidence/videos please

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                            • Cusefan
                              Earlwolfx on XBL
                              • Oct 2003
                              • 9820

                              #29
                              Re: Is the traditional family dead?

                              Originally posted by DC
                              Yea your kind exists but by no way is it the norm
                              Its simple Nature vs. Nurture. A missing Parents in a family who lives in a good neighborhood will bode much better for a kid than that in a poor neighborhood. But if a kid who has both Parents around, regardless of setting stands a much better chance of becoming productive in Society.

                              So Blaming a missing parent for a childs misdeeds is not correct. You must look at the big picture, mostly their surrounding. What we have now though in bad neighborhoods across America is Missing fathers, which creates a vicious cycle that will take decades to break.
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                              • JBH3
                                Marvel's Finest
                                • Jan 2007
                                • 13506

                                #30
                                Re: Is the traditional family dead?

                                Originally posted by Timmay
                                I don't think the traditional family is anything to be proud of in the first place. I also think the idea that there's a traditional family is kind of stupid - there have always been different people living their lives how THEY see fit - and that's the only way that matters. Who care's what's traditional?
                                I agree. Heck my parents stayed together, and we had the "traditional family" albeit dysfunctional. For awhile it was two adults constantly at odds w/ each other. It was one big traditional mess, but now that 2 of the 3 kids are out of the house things have gotten much better.

                                Originally posted by stewaat
                                I don't care what people do as long as they get a job and stop relying on handouts.

                                I wish I could choose where my taxes went. It's like forced charity.
                                Agree. Welfare and similar programs breed complacency and just allow someone w/ no ambition to be ambition-less and sit at home watching Judge Judy and eating Mickey D's dollar value meals all day...which is all they want to do!

                                Originally posted by J.R. Locke
                                DC your homophobia never ceases to amaze me.....unless fruity means something different where you come from.
                                He has an archaeic view of the world. Just look at the "Is the man the leader of the family" thread. One person can't be more wrong than he is in that thread.
                                Last edited by JBH3; 10-23-2009, 01:57 PM.
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