The way children are raised, affects them tremendously throughout their adulthood. Being raised in the wrong type of environment may cause them to rebel or make wrong decisions throughout life. A person’s environment affects how they behave, how they make their choices and how they choose to live their overall life. Fredrick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs had a lot in common because they weren’t raised in the best type of environment, but they learned how to adapt to it. Fredrick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs implemented representations of self-freedom and freedom of literacy in both of their narratives, which made a major impact in their adulthoods.
Bowlby proposed that an internal working model (IWM) developed in childhood will determine or affect later adult relationships and how successful they are. Ainsworth’s strange situation helped develop three main types of attachment: secure, resistant and avoidant. Secure children develop a positive model of themselves and relationships as their primary caregiver was sensitive, emotionally responsive and supportive. Resistant children have parents who were inconsistent in their care giving, resulting in the child having a negative image of themself - often seeking attention but not finding comfort when they receive it. Avoidant children often have rejecting parents, which leads to them developing an internal model which makes them think they are unacceptable and unworthy.
Ehrenreicht hits the nail on the head when she talks about the plight of the wife, many of their problems come not from outside of the house, but within. Turn to any daytime TV show to see the crying and emotional pain that family members cause, whether it be from physical or emotional abuse. While the examples like Lorena Bobbitt, OJ Simpson, and The Menendez brothers may be a bit extreme, they are representative of the reality of American Families (though to a lesser degree). Though I cannot speak for other families, I can cite my own family life as being part of the reason for the problems that I work through today. As Ehrenreicht says the Family is the place where we go for comfort and to relax, but it is that very notion of family being a safe haven makes it all that much...
Antwone’s mother was young and incarcerated at the time of his birth, but even with her age, Antwone’s mother wanted her child to be taken care of. Even though she was not able to provide care herself for Antwone, it was important to her as a mother to make sure her child would live a better life. This showed strength within his mother that she wanted what was best for Antwone. Antwone’s mother, Eva Mae, visited Antwone few times once he was removed from her custody, but later discontinued the visits. Later in life when Antwone met his mother, she was barely able to speak to him, because of the similarities between Antwone and his father.
This can be a result of laziness or even shame. Often times, a rough home life may be the reason for a child to do poorly academically. These days, many children do not have what used to be considered a common home life, with two parents in the home. In these situations, the student should not be allowed to coast through school with nothing but sympathy. Instead, the child’s home life should be taken into consideration, and dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
Their action were overly extreme. Although this transaction from an obedient teen into an independent adult causes problems for many families it has to be done as Poppy Smith in How Can I Let My Children Go states, “ Parental control, so necessary at certain stages of our child's development, can be a hard habit to break, but it must be done. Giving our children-turned-young-adults freedom to make their own decisions is tough for many of
The values of a culture will affect what people of that culture may see as acceptable and what is considered abusive (Iwaniec, 2006). Although cultural influences can greatly influence parenting, I did not see any glaring cultural contributors to the manner in which this mother neglected her children. The neglect in this family appeared more consistent with disorganized neglect. It appeared as though the mother lived from crisis to crisis, lacking the ability to rationalize. She was inconsistent with her children and focused on that which was most dramatic as opposed to what was most important to ensure the well-being and proper nurturing of her
It was also hard for the girl to feel at ease with her natural parents. After experiencing many family issues, I come to realize that being a father or parent is not the ability to give birth; but good parenting is really the time that one takes to love, care and raising a child. The ability to give birth can make one a dad or mom but it does not make you a parent. I would definitely empathize with the foster family for the grief and suffering this rapture may have caused to their family. I would also empathize with the daughter for being traumatized by this tragedy.
Then years after that, she had two of my little brothers and then had another two more after that. My mother didn’t do what she wanted but accomplished a lot with us, because she raised me well. Getting pregnant at a young age is a hard thing to handle. I personally watched my mother as a young child struggle and work to provide for us. Its forces you to become an adult a mature at an instant to provide for yourself and sometimes that can break some teens that aren’t strong or who don’t have a good self
Thus I am multi-cultural, and have traits off all of them. From my mother I find it difficult to trust others, when it comes to personal relationships. Because she taught me