Answer each of the following questions:
1. What values or ideas about marriage and family would you define as fundamental? Be as specific as possible.
2. How do you belive your own experiences have contributed to the formation of these values?
3. What would you define as the three major issues that families confront in the United States? Why do you believe this are so important?
4. What, if any, governmental policies (assume for the moment that you can make any desired changes through federal legislation)do you believe could be effective for addressing these issues? Be sure that these policies are consistent with the values that you discussed above.
5. Do you believe that any US political parties reflects your perspective? If so, which? Write a few sentences in which you discuss how you think your ideas about family fit into American political discussion.