s a problem. My mother was making good money at the time, but it was enough for the bills, meals onthe table, and supplies. It is hard when a single parent has three teenage girls at home; it iseven tougher when my sisters and I expected certain things and we couldnt get them. I amnow a freshman in college and financially we are getting along just fine. I am grateful thatmy family turned out great and that we didnt experience many of the e short falls othersingle-parent households go through. I dont think the hurt of not having a dad will everdisappear, but the love and support I have received makes up for it. Things happen for areason and I strongly feel that the divorce in my family has made our family stronger. Wedont depend on any one else but ourselves. When it comes to my family, we treasure whatwe have gotten and never regret anything. I have learned to forgive my father over theyears and to love him for bringing me into this world. He has made me realize that if I everhave to go through a divorce, I want to think of my children first. Thanks to my mother, Iknow I can grow up to become a great mother for my children.In my case, I agree with what the communitarist says about bringing our families backto the small community with the church as the center fold. Just like a functionalism orconflict theorist would say, I do not believe divorce is right nor do I feel it is the answer to abad marriage. There is always a solution to everything; it just takes time andcommunication. I strongly feel that when God is the center of any relationship; whether itbe between brother and sister, mother and daughter, father and son, boyfriend andgirlfriend, or husband and wife, it reassures the heart that everything is going to be all right. I support the phrase, a family that prays together stays together.In society today there is no idealistic family. There is no going back to what the traditionalfamilies were like. We are living in a ...
