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According To Samuel Lopez De Victoria's Harming Your Child?

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No, I do not believe it is acceptable for a child to act as an adult. According to Samuel Lopez De Victoria in the article called “Harming Your Child by Making Him Parent,” he believes that “Most children are anxious to make their parents happy, so a child undergoing parentification, often takes his or her new responsibilities seriously ” (Lopez De Victoria 2008).

Children deserve to enjoy their childhood. When a parent exposes their child such as a financial problem, or the need for someone to take care of the house and siblings, a parent is submitting their child in partaking in adult work or behavior. This action can harm their child temporarily or permanently. Normally, the eldest son or daughter would be submitted in this role. Berger (2014) acknowledges this as parentification, “When children feel responsible for the entire family, acting as parents who take care of everyone, including their actual parents” (p. 372). This can happen to the parent forcing their child or the child is taking it upon himself/herself to fill in the role. Instead of the child playing outside with other children, they feel the need to work and take care of family problems. I believe exposing problems to …show more content…

My dad would tell me to keep watch of the apartment and take care of my brother while he goes to work. In order to lessen my dad’s burden, I felt the need to learn how to cook, so I can prepare his dinner since he was working an 8 hour shift. I would prepare meals for him and clean the house. My mom was left back in the Philippines, so I filled in the missing role of a mother. Up till now, I still feel the need to take care of everyone, even after my mom arrived here in the United States. I drive my mom to work, and pick her up while dropping dinner for my dad at his job and paying for the bills. I do not feel the need to go shopping for myself because I use my money that I get from my job to pay for the

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