Grape Family Strengths

The Grape family lives in Pandora, Iowa. Gilbert is a Caucasian male, age 24. The presenting problem is grief and trauma due to his father committing suicide. His mom Bonnie was especially affected by the death of Gilbert’s father and due to this has become agoraphobic (7yrs). She has developed a food addiction, with clinical depression. With Bonnie’s clinical depression it has led her to withdraw from the family, creating a risk factor of instability in the family. This has created new social norms, rules and dynamics (unstable functioning level 1) (Vanhook, 2014). Level 1 being basic family functions, level 4 being leadership, flexibility and boundaries (Vanhook, 2014). This is displayed towards the bottom of the paper as seen in appendix one (Vanhook, 2014). Due to Arthur’s suicide there has been family dysfunction and conflict, with Gilbert and others having the perceptions that the family is “stuck in time.” Gilbert has a younger brother named Arnie who has autism and congenital heart defects. Gilbert has two younger sisters Amy (youngest) and Ellen. Amy is in high school getting ready to leave for college and Ellen is getting ready to go away for culinary training.

For Charlie Bundrum, the importance of caring for his children came down to a simple code: “Don’t let nothin’ happen to it. Kill if you have to, but don’t never, ever let nothin’ happen to it, because it is weak, and small, and it belongs to you.” Protecting and caring for his children was a keystone in the life of Charlie Bundrum who never killed a man because “who would have fed his family, if he was so foolish.” The emphasis on caring for one’s children is also exemplified by Ava throughout the trials through which the Bundrum family travelled. As Edna recalls, “Momma wouldn’t eat, but watched us eat.” Ava put the nutrition and well-being of her children before her own, ensuring that they were taken care of before taking care of herself. The importance of family is also exemplified in the experience of mill worker Annie Viola Fries who remembers “if I got sick, he’d come to the house to see me. If I’d be sick, Mama would let him come in to see me.” For her parents, caring for their child mattered more than parental conflict and divorce; it allowed for reconciliation long enough to ensure that Annie was okay. For all of these working poor, promoting family life, especially through caring for their children, was a defining aspect of their

The Grape Family live in a small town called Endora. The Grape family, just like any other family, had to overcome many challenges. However, unlike any other family, the Grape family’s challenges were unique in ways that not only affected them, but the entire town. Given their situation, the Grape family were able to cope and endure, even without their community’s support.

He noticed that the family are suffering from great poverty. He noticed that their nourishment consisted entirely of vegetables from their garden and milk of one cow, which gave very little during the winter, when its masters could scarcely produce food to support it. The family consisted of a boy, girl, and an old

Steinbeck views family as a central part of life. As one of the major topics in Grapes of Wrath, even the characters know its value, “She seemed to know that if she swayed the family shook, and if she ever really deeply wavered or despaired the family would fall, the family will to function would be gone” (Steinbeck 74). This is an example

Each member of the family is experiencing problems within the context of the family and other super systems they are involved in. Joel and Julia are reconciling after a yearlong separation.

How you communicate and develop strengths, and battle concerns grows and transforms over the years, allowing each individual to partake in a new approach everyday. Positivity and optimism are important in family development, to influence effective communication and maintain healthy and positive relationships. Whether near or far, family is always there for you, and whether they live next door or across the world, it is valuable to hold that definition of family in your heart. Know that what they mean to you is something that only you can feel and cherish for

Last but not least, family is one of the most important things in our life. Family is a house where all the members sitting together to share the love,the experience, the traditional moral values, decency, responsibility, cohesion and pride of the family. So the family is the cradle of love, is the place where you were born and raised in the warm embrace of father and mother. It is something very sacred in your heart. Therefore, the Younger family in "A Raisin in the Sun" has struggle with the economically and socially throughout the drama, but at the end they realize their dream of buying a new house to live together. Besides that, Mama strongly believe in the importance of family and she has teach to Walter and Beneatha a big lesson to learn

Struggling to organize my mind I attempt to return to the place I’d been, trying to grasp any bit of the context of my thoughts. While thinking I fell upon a new topic, a topic I haven’t considered much about. As it begins to form I feel a sense of understanding comes over me and I know I’ve fallen upon something important. I watch my father and siblings work and begin to wonder whether other families work together as a unit like ours does. Do the children help with the work traditionally for men? If so, are they as willing as we are? I realize my family isn't like the typical family you see nowadays. We are strange, different, and united. There was a time when I felt disappointed with my family for not being like other families I knew, but through deeper reflection, I decide it is something to be proud of. We are the way we are and it works. We’re all our own people with our own thoughts, personalities, and ways of doing things. One trait that we all share is our willingness to work. Doing the “man’s job” has taught me that I am as strong as a man and have the capability to do the same things they do. I witness this being carried out with my

Analyzing two families helped explain how roles can affect the strengths and weakness of all the family members. Family roles affect the expectations of the members that are included. The Shade’s observe to know who their role is. The children know the mother and father and who is the head of the household, same with themselves knowing they are the siblings, daughters and son. This family knows their roles within themselves give this family great strength. The affective roles such as the provider for food, clothing, and shelter are affected by the choices the parents make. The parents are in charge of family decisions. All the members within them offer the support and encouragement with their affective roles. The Shade’s show the five important

Another important part of family dynamics that I recognized in this film was how much Arnie's condition brought the family together. For example, when Arnie was arrested for climbing the water tower, after repeated warnings, his mother finally came out of the house with the children and they all went to get him out of jail. Also, Arnie's 18th birthday party was a big collaborative effort. In the scene where Arnie was saying that he wanted hot dogs at his party, the mother and sisters seemed to be creating their own picture of what the party should be like. I felt that the party was also a way of celebrating the care that they had provided for Arnie over the years. The mother also places a lot of pressure on the children and their roles. Several times throughout the film she stated that they "need to try harder" to watch Arnie, take care of him and fulfill their responsibility. These children appear to be selflessly engaging themselves with Arnie's and their mother's needs. This creates a very complicated and dynamic family.

On day one we sat down and talked about making a idea for the project and all agree on a volunteer day which we would get students and parents to come together and clean up Grape Day park that day we completed our goal on finding what the project is.

While Navigate the transition from a child to a wife Cathy show several strengths in her character. However when she was asked what strengths she saw that she had at this time in her life Cathy replied “I can’t say it was strength because looking back I was just a child stumbling around playing an adult. No I have to say it was only the good Lord leading me though as he has always done.” () Cathy though was able to understand that not everyone could have made the transition without the help of parents and friends like she did. We were able to come up with strengths that she saw fit with how she managed to cope with that change in her life. She was brave to be able to leave her childhood behind and leave her family. She

In this family, there are 5 strengths identified based on the referral. First of all, responsibility is identified with Susan when she kept all prenatal and WIC appointments. She is being responsible for her and the baby’s health. Also David is trying to be responsible financially to take care of the family. Supportiveness is also present in the family. David and Jane are providing financial and emotional support for Susan and Michael. Especially, the support system within the family will be beneficial when Susan or David pursues further education goals. The other strength would be described as futuristic, when Susan is planning to go back to school. She is able to set a goal and make plans for herself and the family. Resourcefulness is also

The Sheridans are an affluent family of New Zealand; they are prominent and social, often hosting parties and luncheons for other families of the same social rank. They live in a world protected from the realities of life such as poverty, death, and unhappiness, and this bubble contains all the joy, perfection, and grandeur that is stereotypically accompanied with having an abundance of wealth. As a whole, the Sheridan family is one-dimensional; they cannot see beyond their own way of life, and cannot comprehend the hardships faced by others. The family consists primarily of cold and self absorbed individuals, but these characteristics are only revealed when their way of life is challenged or infringed upon; often they appear to be lovely, happy, and fortuitous citizens who are enjoying the benefits of their propitious life.