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The American attitude t【K1】______the family contains many contradictions. For example, Americans will tolerate a good deal of instability in their families, including d【K2】______, in order to protect such values as freedom and equality. On the other h【K3】______, they are strongly attached to the idea of the family as the best of all lifestyles. A recent s【K4】______showed that 78 percent of Americans felt that the family was most meaningful p【K5】______of life and 92 percent said it was a very personal value of them. In fact, the great m【K6】______of persons who get divorces find a new partner and remarry. Some social scientists have explained this apparent c【K7】______in an interesting way. Americans, they say, look upon the family a【K8】______a necessary refuge as competition and hard work are basic American values, but they also place a psychological strain on the individual. By c【K9】______the family is basically a noncompetitive, cooperative institution. Family members are not expected to compete a【K10】______each other as they do against their peers in the outside worlds of business, politics, and education. 【K8】