Diane Hazzard Family

Lauren’s mother succumbed to the troubles of the world and was addicted to drugs while she was pregnant. Her mother’s addiction caused the severity of Lauren’s

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In these two books "The Glass Castle" Jeannette Walls and "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt both of them had to deal with alcoholic fathers. Growing up I can relate to this struggle, as a child my father drank a lot every night. The best was to survive was to avoid him all together. As my father reflects back on his past, he tells me this was because he was unhappy with his life. He knew his marriage was over. My mother was unfaithful many times, when he left our house he continued to drink. He explains this was because he felt that we were never safe in that house living with my mother and stepfather. From these two books I was better able to relate to Jeanette Walls character because she also experienced neglect. As a child I never thought anything of my mother locking out of the house, we had to fend for ourselves. I would say it was around the age ten when I suddenly got a “beggars complex”. I often would ask neighbors for food or to use their bathrooms. There were days that I would not go to school because my mom didn’t wake us up. Jeanette’s mom didn’t seem to care if she went to school or not. Jeanette is encouraged by her favorite teacher Mrs. Blivens to write for the school newspaper. Realizing that she has a talent for this, Jeanette had the big dreams writing for “the phoenix” a Brooklyn newspaper. Mrs. Blivens was a remarkable role model for her,

Having to jungled her busy schedule, Ms. Moore innocently failed to be a one-hundred percent attentive mother to her children. Thus, without having constant supervision, Tony and Wes ultimately encounter the dangerous “drug game” lifestyle. In fact, prior to Wes surrounding himself with “the business”, Tony was already well-known for his superb transactions. Nevertheless, it’s reasonable to conclude that due to their class limitations, the Moore’s family disappointedly didn’t have much control of their fate. There are many opportunities for social workers and psychologist to have an impact on Wes and Moore.

Such archetype falls with the character Diane, from Fifth Business. Dunstan introduces Diana as a beautiful, kind and helpful girl and since she sticks with him, teaching him to walk, helping him to the bathroom, teaching him eating habits. Following this, she becomes a motherly figure which is Dunstan subconsciously desires and Dunstan, in return, thinks he is in love with her. Further on, when Dunstan states “when [Diana] saw [Diana] was not going to get her way [Diana] gave in with grace” () and Diana had wanted to marry Dunstan and even as she becomes a mother figure which is what Dunstan subconsciously craves, it backfires on her and she decided to give up. Back in that society, every women should be seen as a woman and are seen to be either wives or mothers. After they do become wives or mother, they receive compliments such as ‘you are a good mother’ or ‘you make a good wife’ and that is the best compliment a women would get. Diana falls into the mother archetype. She becomes a mother figure, partly to attract Dunstan, and because it is what she is seen to be. Dunstan states “But [Dunstan] could not be blind to the fact that [Diana] regarded me as [Diana’s] own creation” () and she does see Dunstan as her own as she feeds him, teaches him to walk again and changes his name from Dunstable to Dunstan. Diana is a women and therefore people would see her to be a good nurse

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Diane and the uncle drank every day in the home. Diane and the uncle drank liquor. The children have access to the liquor. Diane and the uncle are drunk every day in the home. Diane takes Trinity and her sister's check they received from welfare on the first of the month. Diane buys liquor, and she threw herself a birthday party. Diane just collected the children's money. Diane tells the children to go sit down someone or can cook you something to eat. The Trinity and sister's mother (unknown) is on crack. The mother lived in Greenville, MS. The mother does not have access to the children. It is unknown if the mother smoke cracks around the children. It is unknown how many children the mother has. It is unknown where are the others children location. It is unknown if the others children are at-risk. The reporter is concerned for Trinity's welfare. The reporter does not know the family personally. The reporter was provided with this information from reliable sources. The reporter stated that: "She does not understand why the school has not reported this. There are others children in the home but is unknown what relationship the

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Once this girl started with the drugs, she could not stop. As soon as she tried the first drug, it lead to all of the other drugs and things that she did. Her first time doing the drug was an accident, and she did not know, but she made the wrong choice in continuing to do them. She said it gave her a feeling of belonging and love that she had never felt before. If her parents or her close friends had paid more attention to her, then some of the events that happened would not have happened. Her heavy drug use lead to her runaway from home to the streets, involvement in crime, her prostitution, and her visit to the insane asylum. She found a "best friend" (Chris) - one that would give her drugs - and they decided to runaway and leave their family and friends to start their own shop in San Francisco. They thought they could not handle their parents telling them what is right and what is wrong, but that is what they needed to hear. They were naive in thinking they could live their lives alone without any rules or any authority.

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Being born to a drug addict mother, she’d been abandoned at a young age and grown up being bounced between various care homes, never truly seeming to settle into any of them. While generally well liked and mild mannered, as a child she had been disinterested in the doings of children her own age, preferring to engross herself in reading. By her teens this trait had subsided a little, but only to be replaced with a burning curiosity that often led the young woman into

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Diane is aware of what is causing her current negative feelings. Diane’s current resources are her mother, her school