Are Parents Worth Being A Greaser Or Hero?

Donna Bennett CSE 1101 Sec. 110 December 1, 2010 Journal Entries # 13, # 20, # 24, # 28 Donna Bennett CSE 1101 Sec. 110 December 1, 2010 Journal Entry # 13 In this activity, you’ll explore how you could improve your present self management system. By becoming more effective and efficient in the use of time, you’ll

I can relate to child neglect and inadequate parenting styles. My mother has neglected me since I was four. Never really had a proper mother figure. Her parenting style seemed to be to pop in and out of my life whenever she pleased. She still does it till this day and it honestly hurts horribly when I see her walking in the streets.The worst part is she acts as if she doesn’t care about her kids at all, because the conversation is always only about her.Anyways moral of the story is no matter how bad you want to help someone, it can't be done if they don’t want the help. It’s hard to not be able to help the ones you love the most. Just like in the book Lori tried to help her parents at one point by letting them stay with her, but she realized it was making her life much more stressful, so she had to kick them out. It’s difficult and painful to see your parents or parent living that way, but there's nothing you can do about it. They have to be the ones who want to change and get out of that lifestyle their living. Who knows if they will change you just have to have faith and pray that they do one day change. Hopefully it’s not too late I’m still praying till this day. Remember your children should always become before you let alone your

They let my dad go;They knew he was an illegal immigrant and still let him go. Maybe the officer felt sympathy towards us to let my dad go back. But, I can’t imagine the world without my dad he’s the one who always make sure that I know my value lets me know i’m going somewhere even if I don’t know it yet. If something would’ve happened that night where would I be? Would be another kid making stupid decisions and blame it on my broken family? How would my life be if my dad wasn’t there to see me grow up? I’m truly blessed to be with my

I couldn’t handle it anymore. I knew that I would regret not taking the blame for Tilde and her dad, but imagine how much trouble I would be in! Forget the idea of going to prison for many years, instead I would be rotting corpse, hung in front of many people! Okay so I don’t know what the punishment for taking all the blame of bringing a bunch of illegal immigrants is, but I’m pretty sure it’s something related to Guantanamo Bay. My family stared at the floor for what felt like forever, and then I simply walked back to my room, letting sleep ease my mind.

In that car ride to what would be one of several temporary homes, I resolved to never have hope again. I silently made a vow that I would not allow myself to let anything or anyone engender groundless optimism in me after that day. The years leading to this cynical oath were the hardest I ever underwent, leaving permanent scars (both emotional and physical) I would never outgrow. But the day they took us away was the day my world fell apart, and it was undoubtedly my breaking point. I stayed strong for my younger brothers; I had to take care of them seeing as all the foster parents we lived with were elderly. But all throughout the ordeal with courts and foster families and multiple new schools, I felt smaller and smaller inside. I would occasionally look at the self-harm scars on my left arm and wish with all my might to be back with my father and stepmother, because at least then I would be somewhere familiar. I felt that misery and suicidal thoughts were a fair compromise if it meant I would be in a place I

Stated in Ethnicity & Family Therapy (2005) the most important training for a counselor is to understand their own ethnic identity. As a counselor, if I am self-aware it will be less likely that I will become triggered by characteristics (beliefs, thoughts) that are different than my own. A multiethnic

The children’s mother was not capable of caring for them. When I saw them, the expressions on their face were really heartbreaking. They were scared and confused. Other children around them had a similar expression on their face as well. I cannot even begin to imagine what was going through their minds. My oldest nephew did tell me that they felt abandoned. When my nephew told me that, I realized I want to be able to help children who are in similar situations. I want to be someone who they can trust and open up to so that I can provide them with the appropriate help. They need to know that someone cares for them and that they do not have to go through the tough times alone. I know what it’s like to come from an abusive family. I know what it’s like to be living in fear. I have felt alone and unwanted. I am able to relate to these children better because I have been through similar situations. My dad was a drug addict and I would see him abuse my mom. When I would see that, I would be terrified and feel helpless because there was not much I could do. I would like to focus on children who come from drug addict families and those that have been through violence, abuse, and

Parents Should be Sidelined If you are attempting a difficult task, like assembling a furniture flatpack with french instructions would you like somebody to yell at you. I certainly hope not, but parents are putting kids in a similar situation on the sporting field every weekend.

On a summer afternoon in July 2009, my husband and I were attending a graduation party for my brother Sebastien who successfully finished High School. During the egg race, Rod received a phone call from his parents that his sister and her three children were in a car accident. At first, we were told they were fine and that they were being taken to Denver Health to be evaluated and that we would get a call later regarding what had happened. That, however, didn’t sit well with me, knowing that Denver Health is a trauma facility and that they were in an accident, I told Rod we needed to go and he agreed. Walking into the hospital was almost like something out of a television show or movie, each girl was in her own room, each with different injuries and with a million

But I do believe I was given two options of how I can live with it. I can either give it the pen to write my life’s story, or I can follow in my grandmothers footsteps and persevere. I have found guidance in my journey to becoming a lawyer, that started when I was eight years old and just playing with a purple briefcase, asking my 100 siblings-imaginary of course- questions in my living room. So I do not want to be a prosecutor because I want to fill my mom’s shoes, or avenge her death, or even to put criminals away, I want to be a lawyer because I have dealt with the worst that life has to offer and I have come out on the other side. I can look any parent, child and survivor in the eyes and tell them that I personally know what they are going through, I will be able to give them the comfort of knowing there is a way to not only survive your trauma but to thrive despite

I never thought I would be raising three kids on my own. From the time my children started walking, I had behavior problems. You could tell “No” a hundred times. The most I saw while they were toddlers was biting, and smacking each other. When they were toddlers I used to take them to work with me. I remember pulling the pack and play out while I was working. I had no other option, because I had to pay the bills. My son, Zackery had a rough toddler stage. He was kicked out of 3 day cares, for being mean to the other kids. I had to keep teaching him, how to share. As I moved passed those years with Zackery it was the teenage years. I hated those years. My son Zackery gave me the most problems at this age. At age 13, Zackery got arrested for stealing cars, and spent many nights Locked up. These problems went on for about 2 years. The last time, Zackery got arrested he was sent off for 6 months. At that point of being a mother, all I saw was sadness. Natchez Trace is a Facility that Zackery was sent to for 6 months. The counselors there found out Zackery was Bipolar, and (ADHD)

It's really hard doing this job. Every day I save people and might also have to see people die or suffer. It's not that I don't like this job - I really want to save people… but it's just hard. Even though I’m doing a good thing. Every time a family gets out of a house safe, I breathe a breath of fresh air in relief. And whenever someone else doesn’t get out safe, I get a chill down my spine and I just think about what could’ve happened to them in there... But it was this particular day that scared me to death. The monitors got a call from a little girl. She sounded only 5 or 6. She said that her whole family would’ve died if we couldn’t come quick enough. When we arrived at the house, the air filled with smoke and our other team members (including me) tried to locate the family inside. It was very hard to breathe even though we were wearing our safety masks. More of our

Ineffective Parents in Today's Society Before Will Smith started his big solo career as a rap artist, he and his friend, Jazzy Jeff, had a song called, "Parents Just Don't Understand." It was a big hit, particularly for youth. The song was about how 'parents just didn't understand' the trends and the way life was in those days for kids. Smith told about situations he had with his parents and his audience could easily relate to these situations, thus, making the song a hit. Smith was right on track with part of his message. Parents just don't understand. They do not understand that their job as parents is to pay attention to how they raise their children. Though there are parents who do a wonderful job raising their children,

Although, the government has certain policies when it comes to how parents raise their kids, there have been many instances where in my opinion the government goes overboard. The government should not be able to dictate to parents on how they should be raising their kids.in my opinion, parents should

While growing up, children get a lot of support from their father and mother. Children learn things from them. Every action that parents do, their children want to do the same. Parents are always careful with their child until they get older and ready to do things by their own.