Uploaded on Oct 24, 2011
Lisa visits Isaiah and his two wives to determine if what she sees in this young and modern family’s daily lifestyle will change any of the preconceived notions we have about polygamy.
Deleted Scenes: Housewife to Sister-wives
Uploaded on Oct 24, 2011
Lisa Ling visits Joanne’s birthing center in Centennial Park, where she discovers the unexpected gains – and losses – of being born in polygamy…
Deleted Scenes: Teresa’s Divine Revelation
Uploaded on Oct 24, 2011
Teresa tells Lisa Ling what it’s like to find out you’re spiritually contracted to marry someone…who already has a family.
The Story Continues: Modern Polygamy
Uploaded on Dec 5, 2011
Find out what has happened since Lisa Ling and the Our America cameras visited polygamist families in Centennial Park, Arizona.
Dr. Drew – Lisa Ling – Inside polygamist compound
Published on Dec 3, 2012
On Thursday night, Dr. Drew was joined by journalist Lisa Ling who was invited into the “Centennial Park” polygamist compound, with cameras, to talk with their leaders and families.Her special “Our America with Lisa Ling, Modern Polygamy” airs on OWN this Sunday night at 10 p.m. ET.In this clip, watch as Dr. Drew examines a group that claims they have nothing in common with the Warren Jeffs’ community with respect to forced marriages and men having sex with underage girls.
Combining work and a family is often difficult,but slowly businesses are beginning to re-think their position – not because all the bosses have become fans of the family as in institution,but because long-term family-friendly policies are seen to benefit company growth as well. The area around Nuremberg is planning to raise its profile as the most family-friendly economic region in the country.How does that look in practice? We went there to see. This economically powerful region in northern Bavaria is calling itself the European Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg. It has 3.5 million residents and is home to 150,00 companies and to a phenomenon that is a rarity in Germany: senior management positions as part-time jobs,for instance at DATEV. Our reporter Marion Hütter visited this software company and IT service provider. Sports equipment manufacturer Adidas looks after the families of its employees especially well,particularly those of its 400 foreign workers. Economic researchers say family-friendly policies can boost an area’s attractiveness for businesses,and that sustainable family policies could raise a country’s growth by 0.5 percent.
Watch as the Sienna Family drops their hot new single, Swagger Wagon. This goes out to all you minivan families out there who get a Sienna SE for space but fill it with your family’s swagger.
A little girl complains about how long it takes to clean the floors of her doll house. Mr. Clean to the rescue, though today it would seem creepy for a strange man to approach a little girl. And try to sell her a cleaning product.
The girl keeps asking “why,” illustrating a stage in early childhood development.
B W 1960s MINNEGASCO (MINNEAPOLIS GAS). Animated cartoon. Wedding, bride and groom get into JUST MARRIED car, harried housewife works in kitchen while lazy insensitive husband hassles her, little American Indian cartoon girl appears, gives the housewife a new gleaming kitchen, this is enough to restore the husband’s ardor.
1:23 “Women scare me–at least they do in a factory.”
1:53 “You see, they’re not naturally familiar with mechanical principles nor machines.”
2:41 “You know, women workers can be surprisingly good producers.”
2:50 “When breaking in any new worker, and of course especially a woman, you’ve got to explain every angle of the process, down to the last detail.”
4:29 “I guess women don’t realize what it means to stick on the job.”
5:37 Wife: “So many of them have two jobs, Joe–one in the home, one in the plant.” Husband: “Gee, I’m glad I thought of that!” Wife: “Yes, dear.” (The Second Shift, Arlie Hochschild)
