Essay on Blind Side (Healthy Family Relationships)

So naturally Michaelis tried to find out what had happened, but Wilson wouldn’t say a word — instead he began to throw suspicious look at his visitor and ask himself what he’d been doing at certain times on certain days of the week. Just as the latter was getting restless, some workers came past heading to the door for his restaurant, and Michaelis approach the chance to get away, intending to return later. But he never did. He supposed he forgot to, that’s all. When he gets outside again, a little later after seven o’clock, he was remembered of the conversation because he heard Mrs. Wilson’s voice, loud and clear coming down-stairs in the garage.

According to Beavers Systems Model (Friedman, Bowden & Jones, 2009, p.10)., the healthy families are “competent” or “optimally functioning”. The movie family was quite opposite of the Beavers model. Although the children of the movie family somewhat looked up to their parents as leaders but were confused due to their parent’s infighting and differences in opinions and never considered them as their role models. The directions coming from parents should be consistent but that was not the case. Mom wanted organized house and good grades in school but dad never cared for such things and involved children in making mess, like he did at Chris’ 12th birthday party shown at the beginning of the movie.

Parent and Community involvement does not occur overnight. I feel that schools must make parent and community involvement a priority, valuing and accepting each other’s differences. Schools, families and communities must work together to support all students in a learning environment to ensure every student is a successful learner. Positive family and school involvement fosters a partnership among my school encouraging students to reach their highest potential academically and in life. Parent and community involvement does not mean stay-at-home mothers coming to school to help as needed, or a businessman stopping by to see events occurring on campus. The role of school, family and community involvement is a partnership incorporating goal-oriented activities for all grade levels linked to academic success and student growth.

The Blind Side depicts the story of Michael Oher, a seventeen year old African American homeless boy from a broken home, taken in by Leigh Anne Tuohy, a wife and mom of two living in a well to-do neighborhood. Repeatedly running away from the group home after group home, he was placed in after he was taken from him drug addicted mother, he happens to run into the exceedingly accepting family. Only after the catholic high school football coach sees his size and agility he is accepted to the privet school, despite a 0.7 GPA and lack of a place to sleep Leigh Anne Touhy, along with only one of his teachers, take a special interest in him. The families give him

* As the boat moves along the river Leah reminisces about when Dad was dying. We find out all the details and that Leah was mad with her mum after her dad dies. As the boat trip becomes “over” there is a connection with her father’s passing. Leah says, “We’ve been through a lot eh?” They are starting to heal and become closer to one another.

Aunt Esther and Michael struggles. Like when Aunt Esther tried to figure out what was wrong with Michael. Or when Michael was hurting and said “I hate Esther.” Another one is when Michael wanted a new friend got a little hermit crab to keep him company or when Aunt Esther said “I think Sluggo is getting lonely he need a girlfriend Aunt Esther is referring to Michael. In the end Aunt Esther and Michael learned a lesson to be nice and care for each other and forget about the

Individuals were terrified of Michael, for example the young ladies in the recreation center fled from the swings after saw Michael. Michael constantly expected that no one could make companions with him. Michael's football mentor at Wingate, a non-government funded school, saw football potential in Michael and got him yielded into the prestigious school. In any case, he had learning ineptitudes and still did not have an unending home. Leigh Anne Tuohy, the mother of a Wingate understudy, Collins, and wife of the proprietor of a couple Taco Bell restaurants, gets a few answers concerning Michael's issue and invites him to complete what has been begun at their home. At the point when Michael is in the Tuohy's home, a comfortable relationship was made amidst him and the

“The Psychodynamics of the Family”, taken from The Reproduction of Mothering: Psychoanalysis and the Sociology of Gender, published in 1978, remains one of Nancy Chodorow most influential works.

However, his life came to a twist when he was taken home by Leigh Anne Tuohy. She was a mother of two children namely Collins Tuohy and SJ Tuohy, who were both studying in the same school as Michael. Because of this kind-hearted family, Michael’s life changed completely. Leigh Anne and

A dysfunctional family is a group of people usually related by some means, not always necessarily by blood, in which conflict, misbehavior, maltreatment and neglecting create a hostile life for its members. To explain this idea better we will see the definition of family, the differences between a healthy and a dysfunctional family; their characteristics and behavioral patterns. Some examples will help us examine this issue better, taking us to discuss the different factors that contribute to the formation of such families, along with its consequences in today’s society.

The history of family therapy began around 1960, when Gregory Bateson coined the term, “system thinking.” This type of therapy was a daring departure, both technically and philosophically, from traditional and individual treatment during the 1960s. Gregory Bateson was inspired. He felt that the unit known, as “the family” needed to be celebrated and that is exactly what he did” (Family Therapy, 2010, Para 1) Along with Gregory Bateson, are a list of several others who contributed to the evolution of Marriage and family counseling. This list includes the founder of social work, Mary Richmond, Mr. W. James, who researched the organic expression of social systems intervention and Mr. J. Dewey. Each of these

After a flood that causes the family to move in to Molly's room, they are able to see clearly that her messiness does not bring along typical qualities that are commonly associated with this trait. The Princess is happy to share her space with the family. Her innocence creates a contrast with

The next day Leigh Anne Tuohy wakes up and realizes that Michael is nowhere to be found and also did not take any of their belongings with him. She runs out of the house and catches him walking out of the driveway. At that moment she demands Michael to come back and asks him would he like to stay for Thanksgiving dinner. Michael continues to stay with the family and even pulls his grades up enough to play football for the school. After giving Michael the unconditional love of a family, the Tuohys ask Michael would he like for them to become his legal guardians. Will Michael find a home with the Tuohys or will he return back to the secluded and neglectful life that he once lived?

Leigh Anne was the first to see the needs of Michael Oher and adjusted to that needs, and eventually by the goodness of her heart and sympathy of what Michael’s life was before she decided to convince her husband to adopt Michael. They sent him to Wingate Christian School for secondary education but he felt discriminated by his schoolmates and even his teachers. But because of Mrs. Tuohy’s kindness, courage and positive attitude, she never gave up on Michael. She treated him as her real son and made him join the School’s football team which they discovered that he has extraordinary athletic skills. Her encouragement and love for Michael made him realized that he can be a better person and learned the game of football and later became a star player and he was offered by different state colleges for college scholarship.

Broken families is a trend that began to increase in the early 1930s. A family that has been broken from divorce, death of a parent/spouse, and legal separation or families due to court decisions can have a great impact on the children that are in these families. Data will show that children coming from broken families suffer depression at great rates, their families economic statuses are greatly impacted, and socially the supports that are needed to be able to cope with those life changes aren’t present. The children’s grades may begin to suffer and they don’t get the supports at home that they need to be successful at school. Unwed single mother households’ numbers are staggering. It’s increasing steadily and some supports should be put in place to help these families. When broken families come about the mothers go seek welfare benefits so they could sustain the necessities in the household. These group of children are severely ousted and have to go through many hurdles just so they can be successful. Social, economic, and psychological issues faced by children of divorce makes them the most disadvantaged group in America. This is supported by plenty of statistics that researchers put together during experiments and studies that were made to find the effects of depression on school age children. In conclusion, researchers will discuss the many disadvantages children from broken families encounter throughout life and how their behavior is impacted.