1. After several weeks of spending time with our family, we received news that the family is moving out of the state. We were then assigned to a new family and met with them last week. We talked to them about their feelings of living in the United States and leaving behind their home. This family portrayed many gender roles while talking to us about their old lives in Iraq.
2. After talking to this family, it seems that their culture values different gender roles. The dad explained to us how in his country he had a great job and was bringing in all of the wealth for his family. His wife didn't work and he gave her most of the money he earned. The gender role here is that the men work while the women stay home at the house and take care of their children. This can also be seen as a stereotype that most people associate families with.
3. I learned how important it is for the dad to get a job. In the future we could possibly help the dad with finding a job or talk to him about it. When we were there last week he was telling us how his wife is sad because he is no longer buying her anything since he doesn't have a job now. It is crazy to think about how this family went from having everything to having nothing now.
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