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Past:

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The show Full House was a show of the the late eighty's. In this show the family is very close. I believe the Tanner family and everyone among the household portrays the American Family in the past. The characters are dressed in clothes that no one today would wear out in public. The girls have leggings to their knees with a baggy shirt that the modern American Family would consider "house clothes". This shows how society has changed throughout the years meaning that society today takes advantage of what we have. Today, Americans need to wear the best clothing and would think the idea of dressing like they still live in the eightys is outrageous. This show represents a family of the past because of how close everyone is. There are three young kids, a single father, their uncle, a friend, and later on their aunt plus two more children. With a family so large, they all have close relationships in which make for a better lifestyle. Nowadays, you often don't find a family so close and bonded, they are all of doing their own thing and lack support of each other.

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This show is the Brady Bunch. In this particular episode, they are having a contest for the best father award. Back then, families used to be much closer than they are now. Nowadays, you see parents that don't care about their children at all. This clip really represents the typical American Family of the past. The children in this clip are dressed in clothing that you might still see young children wearing because their parents dress them for the most part and put dresses on their little girls. The children are dressed very properly and nicely. Back then, it was important for the family to dress nice on a daily basis, wearing sweatpants and a sweatshirt was not an option. In this episode it shows how all children always looked up to their mother's and father's as if they were their hero. In the American Family today, most kids take advantage of their parent's and don't give them the love parent's have always given their children. Or you might see parent's who abuse their children. This American Family is the way the American Family should be now.

Present:

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This show is called 8 Simple Rules. This show portrays the American Family today. In this episode of 8 Simple Rules, the character CJ wants to go to Las Vegas to celebrate Christmas because he never had a special Christmas. This clip is used to show how in the past, family time happened so often, pretty much everyday, all day. Now family getting together is limited to the holidays in which some family members still don't want to be apart of. In previous generations, everyone would look forward to being with their family every Sunday night for dinner, or on a birthday, or on Christmas. Now, people are taking advantage of those times and don't care as much as they used to. In this episode the mom kindly asked them to help set up decorations before going to the mall so they can have their family bonding. The girls were ungrateful and were uninterested in spending time with the family.

Present:

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This is Nanny 911. It is the episode my family is on. This is a reality show that portrays the American Family today. Although it is a reality show, 99 percent of it is not real. The camera crew and producers made us act a certain way and appear to be ten times worse than we actually were. However, this show is an exaggerated example of how the American Family is today. With children hitting each other, family bonding is a rarity, everyone yells, etc. Also, in the comments on this video on youtube there are people suggesting that parent's hit their children and abuse them until they get the message that they need to listen. This is what the American Family is coming to? Where it is okay to hit a child and get away with it? The American Family should not come to this and be acceptable. In my family, we are all actually very close and don't act like this at all. Being so close and connected in each other's lives, we develop relationships with each other in which define the American Family as it should be today.