Perfect Role Models: June Cleaver, Carol Brady, And Me

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Sarah Gardner Kathy Halbrooks English 1010 2 April 2012 June Cleaver, Carol Brady, and Me Growing up, I would escape to the worlds of June Cleaver and Carol Brady to fill a void that was instilled in me when my own family began to crack. My dad and mom separated when I was very young and he disappeared and was scarce growing up. I would fantasize about the perfect family and on weeknights, I would watch my dreams on TV. Television shows and films are society’s perfect role models of how they must act as a man and as a woman. The important fact to why the social factor is the most influential is because of the need of every person to be accepted by people around them and the society where he or she lives in, especially children.…show more content…
I am the baby of four girls. My parents separated and divorced before I was a year old. At 10 months old, the odds were stacked against me. Research of Dr. Bravada Garrett-Akinsanya and many other studies have discovered shocking and astonishing finds; “Daughters of single mothers are 53% more likely to marry as teenagers, 111% more likely to have children as teenagers, 164% more likely to have a premarital birth and 92% more likely to dissolve their own marriages.” (Garrett-Akinsanya) I didn’t know it yet, but the likelihood of me becoming a statistic was practically…show more content…
My family was a house full of women. Even in school, I was surrounded by traditional families. I went to school with a lot of upper class Italian, Greek, and American families. When there were school functions and plays, my mom and grandparents were there, and although I was grateful for Dida being there, I still did not have my dad like all of my friends. I can remember spending the night at my friend Jenny’s house and she would get mad at me because I would love to sit and talk with her parents instead of playing with her in her room. I loved the feeling of family that spending time with hers gave me. It was just like the TV shows I enjoyed watching so

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