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media type="youtube" key="pBoOTZbl02M" width="398" height="215" 1. I chose this clip to represent the current American Family reflections because it shows how today the family tends to act. It differs the ways a family acts today from the way we percieve them to act in the past. In this video, the family is using black mail to get someone in trouble. Today in many families this happens because they just want to get eachother in trouble. They are screaming at the dinner table, talking while others are talking, and hitting eachother. This would rarely happen in the past because it tends to be more peacful. In this clip, the cousin and brother persuade Hilary to do things just so her parents don't find something out. The mother and father eventually take charge and figure everything out.

media type="youtube" key="qFHAyrdkyKU" width="403" height="223" 2. This depicts the present American Family. In this clip it shows the good and bads of families today. They tend to tease eachother and and just fool around, even the adults. They do not dress like older families do, they wear more confortable things rather than dress clothes. In this clip the family argues, but also gets along. This is presently how families are and then they go onto the next day. Each adult in this video fools around with the younger kids, but also take charge and keep the family together when it is needed.

media type="youtube" key="PWHc89d62ac" width="405" height="230" This shows the idea of a past American Family. At first it shows what a family of that time is normally like or how the family wished it would be like. It was a family getting along and happily together. They are dressed in dress clothes during that time period and they had a soft tone to their voice. It then goes on to show the reality and sort of how it would be today. In that half of the video, they were argueing and yelling how they felt. This is a video that shows the past and present of the American Family. The mother-in-law was happy to have her son's wife, and they all were acccepting of eachother. The mother did not interfer in their relationship, but when reality struck she did not want them together.

media type="youtube" key="ygoLKkLExAg" width="413" height="213" This video is an example of the past American Family. They all get along and do things as a family. When a child does something for school, they all sit down and watch it to see how the kid has done on it. They also partake in the project that had to be done. This is a family with unity and an American Family of the past. They do not swear, or yell much, but just listen to what everyone has to say and work together. The parents are the ones who keep things all together and make sure the family is together and noone is arguing. In this clip, when they watch the project, they are all laughing and just having a good time. Now a days this does not happen and the families do not tend to do things as one.