1. The terms disintegration and breakdown are often used in discussing families these days. Are families disintegrating Breaking down Explain

1. The terms “disintegration” and “breakdown” are often used in discussing families these days. Are families disintegrating? Breaking down? Explain your answer and reasoning in a detailed paragraph.
2. Summarize the research found in the article entitled “Do Family Meals Really Make a Difference? (Cook and Dunifon, 2012) provided in the link below. In your summary be sure to note which finding was most compelling to you and why. What can you do now or in the future to ensure more family mealtime?
Be descriptive in your response.
Do Family Meals Really Make a Difference?
3. First, read the Survey of Communication Study/Chapter 9 – Interpersonal Communication (pp. 7-9) found in the
Week 7 Learning Resources
and then answer these questions. Does Pearsons definition of family fit your own? Why? Why not?
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Defensive-Communication-Gibb/0f34fb934cbddd03b80550ef7f222e8ae435afd3?p2df
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=8C5455F914120D3AAA26EFFA374DD651?doi=10.1.1.400.8584&rep=rep1&type=pdf