Life begins with two people, and it continues to take two people to make life work. Cooking cannot be done when there is no meat to be cooked. A co-dependent relationship with the male and female is very important. If one is taken away the other one suffers, as do the ones related to them. Family life takes two parents, and can become unbalanced when one is removed. The roles of the male in family …showed first 75 words of 373 total…

…showed last 75 words of 373 total…benefactor for her children. Back in the 1500's when Europeans came to America, or today in modern family life the loss of a parent can prove devastating. The way life is lived is dramatically changed, overall and day-to-day. The way life was leisurely lived with tasks and chores being split, becomes hard and much less enjoyable. War is not uncommon, but women are strong, and although life can become extremely hard, it can be overcome.