Broken families are the pressing issues that we are facing now. It has a great impact not only to the families involved but to the society as well.psychopathycathy wrote:The "broken families" part hits really close to home and really got to me - it was beautiful.
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The Bible contains advice for each member of the family, husband, wife, children, and it explains the role each one must play in the family in order to have a happy successful family. It doesn't mean everything is going to be color pink; nevertheless, the Bible provides advice to overcome the obstacles/problems that come within a family.
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I think the fact that it was mentioned and described in that manner is enough. Especially since the book isn't centrally talking about prostitution. It just seeks to show us that it exists.gali wrote:I agree that those issues were depicted rather well. However, I think not enough emphasis was put on some of them (aka the prostitute issue).
Voltaire, 1694-1778
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We do have psychiatrists and psychologists specializing in family counseling but it needs both parties to cooperate. Family counseling does not work if only one party is willing to undergo counseling.Kalin Adi wrote:Unfortunately, there are thousands of broken families around the world. Why does this happen? Well, if a person gets sick, he/she goes to the doctor. If the TV is broken, you find a repair man. If your car is broken, you call a mechanic, and so on. The essence here is that you need a specialist in the area to fix what it's broken, so if a marriage is not working, the couple needs a specialist as well. Who would that be? There's no other that the founder of the family, God! So, in my humble opinion, separations or broken families happen because people do not look for the right medicine, which is written on the Bible.
The Bible contains advice for each member of the family, husband, wife, children, and it explains the role each one must play in the family in order to have a happy successful family. It doesn't mean everything is going to be color pink; nevertheless, the Bible provides advice to overcome the obstacles/problems that come within a family.
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Indeed. Still, as it was mentioned, they could have condemned it more than they did.Ayosinmi wrote:I think the fact that it was mentioned and described in that manner is enough. Especially since the book isn't centrally talking about prostitution. It just seeks to show us that it exists.gali wrote:I agree that those issues were depicted rather well. However, I think not enough emphasis was put on some of them (aka the prostitute issue).
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I agree. As I mentioned before, it only works if both parties are willing.Donnavila Marie01 wrote:We do have psychiatrists and psychologists specializing in family counseling but it needs both parties to cooperate. Family counseling does not work if only one party is willing to undergo counseling.Kalin Adi wrote:Unfortunately, there are thousands of broken families around the world. Why does this happen? Well, if a person gets sick, he/she goes to the doctor. If the TV is broken, you find a repair man. If your car is broken, you call a mechanic, and so on. The essence here is that you need a specialist in the area to fix what it's broken, so if a marriage is not working, the couple needs a specialist as well. Who would that be? There's no other that the founder of the family, God! So, in my humble opinion, separations or broken families happen because people do not look for the right medicine, which is written on the Bible.
The Bible contains advice for each member of the family, husband, wife, children, and it explains the role each one must play in the family in order to have a happy successful family. It doesn't mean everything is going to be color pink; nevertheless, the Bible provides advice to overcome the obstacles/problems that come within a family.
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Quite a bit of light has been thrown on broken families and destroyed marriages with both Yasser and Miriam as well as Nadia. Poverty has only been touched upon. I don't think there's much about racial discrimination. Overall, it was a good book to dive into!Donnavila Marie01 wrote:This story uncovered many social issues that are left unnoticed or unaddressed. What can you say about any of these social issues like broken family, destroyed marriages, poverty, and racial/ ethnic/ hierarchical discrimination?
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I agree, there is nothing on racial/ethnic discrimination.Swara Sangeet wrote:Quite a bit of light has been thrown on broken families and destroyed marriages with both Yasser and Miriam as well as Nadia. Poverty has only been touched upon. I don't think there's much about racial discrimination. Overall, it was a good book to dive into!Donnavila Marie01 wrote:This story uncovered many social issues that are left unnoticed or unaddressed. What can you say about any of these social issues like broken family, destroyed marriages, poverty, and racial/ ethnic/ hierarchical discrimination?
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Yes. I agree that poverty is a vicious cycle. If one fails to escape from it, he repeats the cycle.Jaime Lync wrote:Poverty is a depressing circle. Fortunately, it takes only one to rise to break the trend of poverty in a family.
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It is that, but one can rise above it if he is determined enough.Donnavila Marie01 wrote:Yes. I agree that poverty is a vicious cycle. If one fails to escape from it, he repeats the cycle.Jaime Lync wrote:Poverty is a depressing circle. Fortunately, it takes only one to rise to break the trend of poverty in a family.
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One important thing that I learned from the Yaser and Mariam characters is that one should not go forDonnavila Marie01 wrote:This story uncovered many social issues that are left unnoticed or unaddressed. What can you say about any of these social issues like broken family, destroyed marriages, poverty, and racial/ ethnic/ hierarchical discrimination?
marriage purely based on moral values or common interests because there are other factors involved
in a happy married life, which one should not ignore.
It's great that the author highlighted the fact that people put happy pictures in social media, but in
real, their marriage is in the doldrums.
Nadia's fight against partiality in marital treatment is well highlighted by the author.
I also learned about the sad state of affairs of the lives of the entertainment workers in Las Vegas.
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I agree that a lot of controversial issues were raised but, as I discussed in my volunteer review, I feel that these have been included in a more factual way to show the reader that, in certain countries, these practices occur, are sociably acceptable and a part of daily life. I think, if the authors had gone into more depth on these issues, they would have lost the focus on the story they wanted to share.gali wrote:I agree with Ssinghal. Since it was part of the story, they should have taken a strong stand about it, at least regarding the use of kids.Donnavila Marie01 wrote:They did not give emphasis or strongly condemned the issue on prostitution, maybe because they do not want to be caught in a mess because prostitution is not a simple issue.Ssinghal wrote:The book described quite a lot of social issues that need to be urgently dealt with and resolved, like poverty, broken marriages, racial discrimination, stereotypes etc. However, I felt some issues were not very strongly condemned in the book. For example, prostitution was mentioned quite a few times in the book. However, I felt that the writers did not take a strong stand against prostitution, especially in cases where children are involved.
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