Children Who Come From Harsh Backgrounds

Lareau, in Unequal Childhoods, focuses on socioeconomic status and how that affects outcomes in the education system and the workplace. While examining middle-class, working-class and poor families, Lareau witnessed differing logics of parenting, which could greatly determine a child’s future success. Working-class and poor families allow their children an accomplishment of natural growth, whereas middle-class parents prepare their children through concerted cultivation. The latter provides children with a sense of entitlement, as parents encourage them to negotiate and challenge those in authority. Parents almost overwhelm their children with organized activities, as we witnessed in the life of Garrett Tallinger. Due to his parents and their economic and cultural capital, Garrett was not only able to learn in an educational setting, but through differing activities, equipping him with several skills to be successful in the world. Lareau suggests these extra skills allow children to “think of themselves as special and as entitled to receive certain kinds of services from adults” (39). Adults in the school system are in favor of these skills through concerted cultivation, and Bourdieu seems to suggest that schools can often misrecognize these skills as natural talent/abilities when it’s merely cultivated through capital. This then leads to inequalities in the education system and academic attainments.

named after his father. His mother name was Willie Maxine Perry. He is one of 4 siblings. He grew up in an abusive home. His father was very abusive to him and he even got sexually molested as a child by his friend parent, a nurse and his parent’s friend. He describes his father “as a man whose answer to everything was to beat it out of you”. His mother was his only comfort and would take him to church. The way Tyler Perry wanted to separate himself from his father he even changed his name to Tyler at the age of 16 because of his abusive relationship with him. Tyler grew up in a poor neighborhood. He did not finish high school but he earned his GED

Tyler is also the son of Elizabeth (Arthur’s second wife) and had to move to Israel with her because it was written as one of her custody in their divorce papers. He was 8 when he heard that his father passed away and fled away from the country due to flu spreading vast fully throughout the world. 20yrs passes by and now he is known as the Prophet, the most feared person throughout the city, with a society of people who worship him because he is chosen by god. In chapter 53, we go back into the past 15mins before the play was about to start, Arthurs calls Tyler who’s angry at him because he attend his birthday but, they conversed over how great the comic book Station Eleven, not knowing that this would be their last discussion. This proves my thesis because it shows how Arthur didn’t really give/have enough time being with his son. Since he grew up without a father teaching him what’s right from wrong, Tyler became the fearful Prophet that ended up getting shot in the head by one of his believers. So in other words Arthur’s actions affected future events to become as what they are by making bad life choices that harmed Tyler’s path of life. If Arthur ending up as a loyal husband & father none of this would have

In a child’s upbringing, the concept of social class and race plays a pivotal role in a child’s growth and development. In the ethnographic study, “ Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life”, the author, Annette Lareau argue that the influences of children with distinct socioeconomic backgrounds can determine how a child will be raised. The author primarily focuses on two distinctive practices of child-rearing: concerted cultivation and the accomplishments of natural growth. Lareau explains that both of these distinctive patterns of childrearing have their own benefits and drawbacks, but emphasizes on how concerted cultivation and parent involvement allows children to gain a deeper understanding of the world and the ability to fluently interact with social institutions. Also, the practice of concerted cultivation allows children to develop skills that are shown to be beneficial for the future. In contrast, the practice of natural growth limits the child’s language and communication skills, in which they are not adequately prepared for the challenges of adulthood. In my opinion, I believe that the way a child is raised has a significant impact on a child’s future.

For years there have been an excessive number of children in and out of the foster system. Quite a few children have succeeded; however, other children have not. A few children have looked to drugs, alcohol and violence to cope with what they have gone through and/or what they are currently going through. A number of those children ended up in a juvenile detention center or prison for breaking the law. Foster parents are desperately needed to help these children succeed in life and make it through this terrible time.

Based off of Mr. Blumberg’s actions in the novel, you can safely say that he made an assumption that Tyler is an awful troublemaker. The text states on page 92-93, “‘Tell me Mr. McAllister. Are you left unsupervised much of the time?’ He stared at me thoughtfully. ‘Not really,’ I said… Mr. Blumberg

Tyler believes that every one of his family member and his friends had abandoned him. He also thought that the reason that their mom died was all Autumn’s fault because she was coming to get Autumn from dance practice and got into a car accident. He not only takes it out on Autumn but also Sylv because they used to be boyfriend and girlfriend but Sylv left Tyler for Autumn. He mostly took it out on the entire school for not being his friends and helping him through his hard times, they didn't want to be his friends because they were scared of him and he was abusive just like his father.

Tyreke Gibson is a white sixteen year old male student at Cheraw High School that has experienced difficulty functioning in school. He has recently been suspended for fighting, and was expelled his freshman year in 2014 for bringing a knife to school. He states, “Having the knife makes me feel protected from other kids.” Not only does Tyreke have issues with his peers, but also has trouble completing assignments in order to pass his classes. Teachers believe Tyreke performs poorly because he has shown multiple signs of depression throughout his education, and needs attention in order to help him retain the information being taught in the classroom. Also, teachers believe he participates in fights at school because he is angry

Many of these children are developmental delayed, delinquents, and have mental health problems (Chow, Mettrick, Stephan, & Von Waldner, 2014). They may also suffer from emotional and behavioral problems and often have problems with aggression and controlling their temper

Jackson appeared withdrawn, and was somewhat embarrassed before stating that he did not do well in school. Jackson knows that he can perform better in school. When the other children began to tease Jackson, he was ready to fight some of them. This is typical behavior for Jackson, and is also a pattern of disorganized attachment. Children with a disorganized pattern in infancy tend to show disturbed patterns of relationships, subsequently, their relationships with peers can often be characterized by a “fight or flight” pattern of alternate aggression and withdrawal. Jackson’s coping skills when upset, threatened, or embarrassed is fight, unless the person is physically bigger than him. If this is the case, Jackson uses flight to cope, and seeks his grandmother for protection and comfort.

2) Chris’s history of behavioral difficulties has been well documented. Chris has a history of violence towards peers. This includes: spitting on other students, stabbing a student with a pencil, kicking another student in the testicles and making derogatory comments towards students of different ethnic backgrounds and the opposite sex. Chris has also been kicked out of a preschool after school program for behavioral difficulties. Chris while in school wrote a story about weapons. It is also documented that Chris checked out a book in 7th grade about pistols and revolvers.

Doctor Bush, studied that most children that grow up in rough or crime related neighborhoods are more likely to focus more in school.

When a family decides to have a child, everything changes. That child becomes a number one priority. In order for a child to lead a healthy, functional life, a family needs to be strong and functional. When a family becomes dysfunctional, the most effected is the children. The children forget their children and act out which makes them difficult to live with. If a dysfunctional family, let alone the children, knew that therapy and help was available to them, more families would become healthy. In this paper, I will prove that children in dysfunctional families can self-diagnose and be encouraged to seek help and treatment so that their future can be affected by their own mistakes and not the mistakes of their families.

According to Spencer, there are a variety of issues that can take a toll on a child like, prenatal expose to drugs, lead poisoning, history of head trauma, complicated family circumstances, parental loss, domestic violence, and abuse. In turn, these issues can lead a child to struggle in school, turn to drugs, become disinterested in things, have outbursts, not show up to class, and even suicidal ideation (2013). All of these factors can be signs of mental illness. Those working in the school system see children and

Children from broken families nowadays choose to live their life worth it. Because the child has no parents to lean on, they stand by themselves and hold on to something which will make their lives better. This shows that even if children suffered from a traumatizing event, they still managed to recover and help themselves alone which makes them an independent person, a better person in the community.