Brave New Family

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Summary and Reader Response: Kimberly Mistysyn, “Brave New Family,” A story from Writing in the Disciplines (New Jersey: Kennedy, Kennedy, and Smith, 2004).


All American Families


Couples are becoming families every day. When I say couples, the automatic picture you get in your head is most likely that of a male and a female. The male proposes to his girlfriend and if she says yes, a new family is started. However; if women A and women B fall in love and their relationship is going well, women A might decide to propose to women B. With the consideration that woman B says yes, another new family is started. The two women will want to start a family just the same as a male/ female family would. Families are changing throughout time and society needs to make changes to accommodate these new families. Families, weather the traditional male and female families, or those of the new age families consisting of two males or two females, are working hard for equal rights and opportunities for children.
Kimberly Mistysyn’s “Brave New Family” gives a brief understanding of living in a family with a unique set of parents. She helps us to understand how times have changed from the typical family which includes a father, mother, and usually two children to current times where traditional families still exist, but so do new age families. New age families may include two mothers, two fathers, a set of mothers with a sperm donor father, or a set of fathers with a surrogate mother. This family could include any number of children. Last year, my English teacher wanted to start a family. She never told my class of her sexual preference until it became difficult for her to start that family. She and her girlfriend were having a hard time finding a father to donate sperm. To give some past information, she and her girlfriend went to California to get married. They have been married for two years and wanted to start a family...