It’s the outcome of their lives that alcohol or drugs can allow them to escape the realism of it. It just seems that these women feel a sense of hopelessness and despair. All mothers want the best for their children, even while in the womb, even alcoholics and addicts. An alcoholic doesn’t just get out of bed one morning and decide that today is the day they are going to drink whether they are
The Other Sister "The Other Sister" is a film about a developmentally delayed woman named Carla Tate who has been extremely sheltered for most of her life, by both her family and her educational system. It discusses how Carla is a highly functioning and compassionate woman, despite her disability. Retarded is the word Carla’s mother used to describe her, the definition of Retarded is a person who is stupid, obtuse, or ineffective in some way. Many believe that there are characteristics for a retarded person like delays in oral language development, deficits in memory skills, difficulty learning social rules, difficulty with problem solving skills, delays in self-help or self-care skills, and lack of social inhibitors. We don't think that by looking at someone you can tell if the person is “retarded”.
I have been pregnant and addicted, so this is an issue that is very near and dear to my heart. I believe that addiction is a disease that is not curable but it can be arrested if the proper steps are taken. I know for myself that I did not want to use drugs while I was pregnant or harm my child in anyway shape or form, but I was under the control of the drugs, not my own personal values. If I would not have been given the chance to address my addiction I would not be the person that I am today. Also, the education I have been taught has led me down a better path, I can now be a productive responsible human being and mother.
Actions are Stronger Than Words The story of Nujood is both powerful and shocking to many people; especially in the United States where forced marriages and marriages as young as ten are not a common occurrence at all. The more shocking aspect to Nujood’s story isn’t the obvious aspect that many people focus on but the idea of a ten year old girl with a voice. A voice that not only saved her life but countless lives. I am not here to write about how I believe the Yemen culture is “wrong” or how I am against their practices and rituals for no culture is perfect. In Yemen, child marriages are arranged by parents in an effort to help their daughters out in an economy that is poor and over populated.
Now that’s growing up without a childhood. Jane Smiley seems like a great parent who cares about her children but to allow her daughters to put on makeup even entering their teenage years just isn’t right. Her girls where prematurely growing up, where behaving beyond their age, and with their only priority being beautiful at all times it seem to help them in the long run. As they burned off the “Barbie stage” and grew into more important things down their lives. Like for example Smiley talks about her older daughter, “Now she is planning to graduate school and law school and become an expert on woman’s health issues, perhaps adolescent health issues like anorexia and bulimia” (377).
The genetic mother looks to be the better of the two mothers until there is a problem with the born child and they turn their back on the baby because it wasn’t delivered to their standards. Another downside, which is obviously similar to abortion, is the idea of woman who isn’t so upper class, using surrogacy to earn money. It is a wonderful advantage to be able to help a family have a miracle such as a child, which they can’t have on their own. But, how many is too many? Even a pro-choice individual’s views quickly change toward abortion and exactly how legally available it should be when the same woman gets pregnant and aborts her child more than once.
I was able to talk with some teen moms about their experiences of having a baby. I received some negative feedback, such as not being able to do the things I normally would do at sixteen and the responsibly I would have as a teen. I had a high chance of becoming a statistic in teen pregnancy by living in poverty and my child having issues when he got older because he would not have a father. The positive feedback from the teen mothers was encouraging. She told me how the love and bond between mother and child is so strong that you can overcome anything.
I believe that it is important that we make these contraceptives available for teens. I think it may be a good idea to have some form of birth control that is free for those who can’t afford it. Some clinics provide birth control to teens without the consent of a parent, this may be a good thing because many teens are afraid to talk to their parents about sex and birth control. Many teenagers today are very sexually active and take the risk that comes with sexual intercourse. Education is our number one source in getting sexual information out to the teenagers.
Hundred years ago, women who are pregnant do not have their choice. All pregnant women should deliver their babies, even though it was commited by rape. However, aboration, thanks to the development in medical technology, could be one possible solution for them. Although it is considered as a murder if we abide by the traditional laws, flexible laws in our current society allow women to do a abortion. With flexible laws, women could make their own choice to have their babies.
Teen-Parent Communication About Sex When young people feel unconnected at home, family, and school, they may become involved in activities that put their health at risk. However, when parents affirm the values of their children, young people often develop positive, healthy attitudes about themselves, therefore delaying in sexual activity. The writer’s purpose(s) for writing these articles is because risky teen behavior is on the rise, and what are parents and families doing/not doing to promote safe behavior? I chose these articles because I am a teen parent, and I feel that if I had been able to have “the talk” sooner, more in depth, and more often, that it may have prevented my pregnancy. Teen Sexuality’s research showed a few things: Adolescents who stated that they were connected with their parents were more likely than other teens to delay sexual intercourse.