This highlights again the importance of collaborative working and effective handovers ( ). This information I felt was necessary to prepare myself for what may potentially be a difficult visit and also to prevent a potentially difficult situation had I been unaware of the family’s circumstances. Upon meeting Mum for the first time I observed a sociable lady who appeared happy and adjusting to life with a new baby. This was her fourth child and appeared to be confident in meeting babies’ needs, with good interactions observed. I began with routine questions asked at a new birth visit, however as I was aware of the families recent loss I felt it appropriate to
Discuss cultural variations in attachment (12 marks) Studies have shown cross cultural similarities in attachment.Tronick et al Studied an african tribe from Zaire who live in an extended family group. The infants were looked and breastfed by many different women but usually slept with their own mother at night. Despite such differences in child raring practices, the infants after 6 months still showed one primary attachment. Research has demonstrated that the Strange Situation can be used for infants in different cultures and that method shows similarities in attachment types across cultures. Van ijzendoorn and kroonernberg conducted a meta analysis of 32 studies in 8 different countries.
One observation that I made about Faye, from A Secret Sorrow, is that she is always thinking of her family members before herself. Instead of feeling sorry for herself, she is more concerned about how her condition will make Kai react. Then once the two of them adopt their three children, she takes advantage of the time she has with her them that she thought she would never have. On the other hand, the woman from A Sorrowful Woman hides herself from her family even though she knows the time she has with them will be cut short. She did not take advantage of precious time that she
Their need for comfort from the people they love and care for the most leads them to do whatever it takes, so they might be accepted. Along with being mentally isolated from the other characters in the play these women are also physically isolated and intellectually isolated from everyone. Part of the reason these women were so severely isolated from other characters is because they lived in the Elizabethan period. During the Elizabethan era women were raised to believe that they were second- rate citizens. To ensure that people continued to believe this concept the church used this verse from the bible as proof “woman in her greatest perfection was made to serve and obey man.” This belief put women in a state of being mentally isolated from men.
Although Dorothea was not a psychologist or therapist of any kind she knew that improving conditions for the mentally ill would help them. In one of her testimonials to legislature she shared this “some may say these things cannot be remedied, these furious maniacs are not to be raised from these base conditions. I know they are…I could give many examples. One such is a young woman who was for years ‘a raging maniac’ chained in a cage and whipped to control her acts and words. She was helped by a husband and wife who agreed to take care of her in their home and slowly she recovered her senses”.
Despite the lack of responsibility, there are women who are not freemartins that, “did not forget their contraceptive precautions by the regulations,” (Huxley, 77). Women who are not free martins have the responsibility to take their contraceptives in order to not get pregnant but this is not quite a responsibility because they are trained and conditioned to do so. In this society, one is trained to do things a certain way and any other way is wrong so the responsibility there is has been already taught and instilled in the brain to the point that it isn’t a responsibility anymore. In this society there are still outcasts who find it is their responsibility to keep up appearances, such as when Bernard goes to Solidarity Service and, “ he heard nothing and, for him nobody was
She thought her children that color didn’t matter and that she was no different from them, or from the other children’s mothers who were the same color as their children. They did not listen well, but I think that they understood better than most children understood race at the time. James said in his book “he did not understand as a child but as he grew older the more he understood.” She also tried teaching them that God had no color and that he was the color of water. She was a woman that went “against” her religion and “against” her
The nurse asked the foster mother what happen, and she believe what the mother told her. She did not think there was anything to report to anyone. Especially since there was a social worker involved in the situation. A few days later, the child was at the emergency room again. This time the child did not make it.
When she writes “Oh my dear girls—for to such only am I writing—listen not to the voice of love, unless sanctioned by paternal approbation.”(P. 55), she is trying to tell women to put themselves in a position in which they are not exploited, and listen to their brains and parents rather than their heart and emotions. The story of Charlotte Temple is somewhat extreme in the sense that she was a very naïve and sheltered young woman that didn’t really know what the world was like outside the walls of her home or the border school. She was weak and she was dependent on other people to make the decisions for her. Rowson is also warning the women about other people in their life. The parents have the best intentions for their children, but other people might not.
Some think that as soon as a woman finds out she will be a mother, that she should have no problem quitting drinking. It’s just as hard for them to quit, as it is for someone who is not pregnant. For most mothers admitting to this can be a humiliating experience. Currently, physicians rely heavily on history-taking to screen for women at high risk of alcohol consumption during pregnancies (Cook). However, these screenings are not enough since patients are reluctant to admit the amount of alcohol they consume and physicians are reluctant to talk about it with patients (Burd).