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Watch from 2:00 to 4:30.: **Sanford and Son** 1.The American family was a family that were very close to eachother and spent most of their time together. Back in the day a lot of families worked together every day for their daily jobs. Now families can be across the coast, a wife can be in New York while her husband is in California. Most families now aren't home most of the day except for when they go to bed and wake up. 2. In Sanford and Son the father and son work together. The son gets his hard work and funny and nice mentality from his father. He grew up with his father always around and learned and wanted to be like him. 3.Sanford has the responsibility to raise his son the right way and grow up to be succesful. He has his son work for him in the family business and teaches him the tools of the trade. On the other hand the son also has to take care of his father. His dad is getting old and needs to take care of him like Sanford did to him.

1. The American family loved to be with eachother just like the Huxetables. They loved doing everything together from dancing, bowling, and going to ball games. It has changed to where now the familes have a lot of individualism. 2. The whole Huxetable family followeed their fathers lead. Cliff was a inspiration to all of them especially Theo the only son he looked up to him alot. It shaped Theo for a better future going to college and getting a job. 3. Cliff has a responsibility to lead his family through the tough times. Since his kids vary from ages he has to help guide them through the younmedia type="youtube" key="rUIK17oJuRA" height="315" width="420" align="left"g stages of their life and eventually get a job. He also loves to teach them how to have fun and they love doing that.
 * The Cosby Show**

1. The American Family is a family now that have different styles. Some like to do things on their own, others like to do the things all the time together. In Parenthood the family is very individual. Most of the older kids do things on their own compared to back in the day when most families did everything together.
 * Parenthood**

2. The main character in Parenthood is Adam who is a father and a brother. He tries really hard to help his brother and sister while helping his older daughter and son who has aspergers syndrome. He tries to make his family appear as the best out there by guiding themthrough life.

3.Adam's responsibility is to help all his family members not just only his immediate family. He has to try to set an example for his troubled son and keep his daughter out of trouble. media type="youtube" key="k3HMYeAUCCY" height="315" width="560" align="left"

1. Blue Boods represents a old fashioned american family that lives in this day and age. Every Sunday they sit down for Sunday dinner, it is a tradition just liek something from the 1970's. Now families are a lot different with the way they approach things a lot of people are more individual.
 * Blue Bloods**

2. A family sets a standard for others in the family especially younger family members. What they do, how they do it, and the things thay do sets an example for people in the family.

3. Frank Reagen the main character who is a police officer takes being officer very seriously and a father and son even more. He loves his Sunday dinners with his family more then anything and feels responsible for the whole families safety and well being.