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Message from: Rados R
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Tue, 21 Oct 1997 01:22:29 EDT


American and French students agree that family is an institution based on love ,
that offers warmth , support , help , protection at any time . They associate
the word family with the same words : house , father , mother , siblings ,
grandparents etc.
It is extremely interesting that some French students include pets as the
members of the family .
Also , I do not think that French students consider their older family members
as friends as many Americans do . There is much more tradition and authority
in one French family as well as respect towards older members of the family .
French family is usually very stable , while american ones may not be , as we
can see from mentioning word divorce in one of the responses of American
students .I am just interested : Are French families becoming less stable in
these modern times and is Sunday the usual day when family gathers and do
something together ?

Rados R