In every walk of life our family has a crucial influence on us. It is when we are discovering ourselves that we need our family's support. It is therefore on our journey to self-discovery that our family has a decisive affect on the outcome of the journey. In the novel Unpolished Gem, Alice's family plays a crucial, yet disputed role on Alice's self-discovery journey. Ed's friends in The Messenger become like his family, as a family does they guide and support him through his journey.
He obviously was never close to her, due to his lack of wanting to visit her. He describes visiting her as a strenuous task. She is almost like a random person in his mind. The rest home director describes Meursault behavior the day of the funeral, “… I hadn’t wanted to see Maman, that I hadn’t cried once, and that left right after the funeral without paying my last respect at her grave”(89). A man who loved his mother would have cried a little bit at her funeral.
Because the elderly have a stereotypical image that they are useless they become a focus point as they have negative attitudes towards things and become more dependent on friends, family and social care services. This theory is like the disengagement and activity theory. The social creation of dependency theory is both sociological and psychological theory. An example of this theory is of a woman that use to participate in a hobby but can no longer do so because she is retired and has a low pension. Now she feels vulnerable and like she can’t enjoy life as she can’t take part.
We discuss any issues we may be having such as car troubles, appliances breaking down and all off a sudden being a single parent for a year and just the whole new life adjustment and anomy we have to make going from having your spouse at home to help and support your everyday tasks to having to do everything on your own is a huge functional transition. From a functionalist perspective the FRG is its own culture. As long as there are soldiers in the military and deployments there will be a need for an FRG. It helps with the communication between the spouses so we can learn from each others experiences that they may be having. There is also an in functionalism in the FRG just based on the fact that every deployment is different and that affects the way the groups are formed.
The most important convention I’ve learned through this is how to rely on my self more and take responsibility to help my mother out as much as possible since there is one less person. I have both feelings of this experience changing my life for the better in a way, but it mostly changed it for the worse. In the past two years I’ve learned how to be a more active member for my family, and not hide my feelings. My family has become so close since this hardship has
Nobody can take away your level of effort. Another core belief that I have is to always look at the best in things no matter what. This belief helps a ton when you think that things aren't going your way. I got this belief from my parents also. My parents really believed in shaping me into a good person when i was younger.
It is an ongoing adjustment for the mother to allow another adult who is not the father of her children to assist with behavior corrections, establishing rules, and allowing the step dad to follow through with adult correction and leadership in the household. The ability to deal with the stress of change in the family unit depends on their ability to cope, and the maturity level of their coping skills. It is important for this family to realize it is strength to turn to family counseling or others for support. The developmental stage of this family is ever changing and growing. I believe family is in both the times as couple and parental years of family development.
People are also reaching the time in their lives when medical problems tend to increase. When an adult reaches their senior years, some may need help at home, and as they age this tends to increase throughout the years. With America not being close as they were in the past, a lot of families are splitting up and leaving mom and dad alone. This creates a need for them when it comes to meals and physical care. So many people want to be independent but this actually creates a problem, more seniors are relying on community facilities or retirement homes to assist them with their daily living.
Some of the values I live my life by are respect, honesty, being non-judgemental, hard working and grateful. I always try to treat people the way that I would like to be treated. These values were instilled in me by my parents, especially my mother. Alfred Adler claims that the first six years of life are the most important influence on what kind of adult the individual will become. I relate to his theory because I
I also believe that family members should support their elderly parents or grandparents because when they were young, the elderly were the ones who care for them; so, now it is their responsibility to care for the elderly. I wish that everybody held the same opinions I do so the world would not see the elderly population get abused, mistreated, or disrespected from anybody, including healthcare professionals. It is very difficult to change everyone’s attitudes and biases but whatever I am able to do for the elderly population, I will continue to do day by