Love and Relationships Throughout the Ages of Man Essay

Robin Charboneau is a Native American woman in her early 30’s. Her birth name was Conte Waste Win, which means Kind-Hearted Woman in Dakota. Her maiden name was Robin Poor Bear, given to her by her mother Emma Poor Bear. Robin is Dakota Native American, along with her family. She was 32 when the documentary, Kind-Hearted Woman, started filming. She has 2 children, Darian Charboneau and Anthony Charboneau IV. Robin currently lives in Spirit Lake Nation, Lake Totten, North Dakota; This is a Dakota/Sioux reservation. She is married to Darren Spoon, her significant other.

This all started with her stepfather abusing and attempting to rape her, which resulted depression and mental issues from the said event.

In Lakota Woman, a biographical account of Mary Crow Dog, there is established a reoccurring theme centered around Native American women and their outlasting strength as they play their roles of wives, mothers, daughters, and sisters. Especially so in trying times, which Crow Dog illustrates, that have spanned for centuries and are as inescapable as they have ever been. Remarkable are her feats of bravery fueled by strength she’s derived from other influential women in her life and her love for her people and their traditions. Without a doubt, Native American women had and always will play a large role in keeping the ardor behind their fight for equality and justice lit. Whether it be physically, such as it was in Wounded Knee, spiritually, in their participation in keeping up rituals and religion, or traditionally, as they help uphold old values beloved by their people for centuries.

physically abused by her father and that causes a diminish of hope within herself to become

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A divided sense of self is a prevalent theme throughout the memoir whereby Sarah described her experience of addiction as providing a route from feeling ‘sluggish’ and ‘stupid’ to ‘strong’ and ‘forceful’. Sarah’s experience of sobriety was evidently challenging. Throughout the memoir there is a common recurrence of conflict about Sarah’s self-worth, with admirable qualities about herself being perceived as deriving from alcohol consumption. Sarah’s attempts to maintain this positive identity consequently led her to become trapped within her addiction, and over time, lose

The subject of parents consuming alcohol and how it affects their children is one that has plagued this world since long before the introduction of the first Samuel Adams. Alcohol damages brain cells and can prevent someone from making correct decisions. Having alcohol in one’s system can lead to violent and very dangerous rampages, and adding children to this mix is extremely harmful to them not only physically but also emotionally. Dr. Michael Windle explains that “alcohol abuse can interfere with parenting skills and marital relations, thereby affecting adolescent development and adjustment” (Effects on Children of Alcohol Dependent Parents). Under the influence of an alcohol dependent parent, children will often grow up in a

Scott Russell Sanders, in the article Under The Influence, give a first hand account of what it is like be the child of an alcoholic. Sanders father was a drunk, he would drink daily. Sanders writes about how this childhood issue as affected him into his adulthood; specifically his early 40s. He explains that even his own children are affected. Sanders blames himself-- he feels as if he is the reason his father

Mary Brave Bird was a very poor Native American woman a part of the Lakota tribe. She was strong-willed and committed to surviving. Her story begins with her giving birth while at the same time a war was going on, in which, she had to escape with her child only to be later jailed. As a Native American woman during the 1970’s, she was

When Shania was born, her mother Shantel, was high on drugs, Child Protective Services (CPS) were notified, and Shania was taken away at birth and placed with a foster care family as a result of her mothers, dual diagnoses of substance and alcohol abuse. Statistics show an alarming increase in substance abuse. Regardless of the reasons, substance-related disorders impact the family, couple, and individual and life cycles in a profound way (Gladding, 2015). Shantel states she was required by Child Protective Services to complete an alcohol and substance abuse program.

Malaika's start in life highlights why children of alcoholics can develop certain patterns of behaviour. Malaika's Father drank and would often leave the house for days, returning to a torrent of verbal abuse from his wife. Malaika would go through her young life seeing her Father be violent and abusive. The protection needed from her Mother wasn't available and like many children in homes where there are alcohol problems, Malaika had to learn to avoid showing any feelings or raising her Father's temper. David Stafford (1992) gives an interesting account of these behaviours developed in his book “Children of Alcoholics” describing how an unpredictable environment can have lasting effects on the child “Unfortunately, in alcoholic households the protection and

= = Children of alcoholics have many distinguishing characteristics that set them apart from other peers their age due to the different atmosphere that they are raised in such as; guilt, anxiety, embarrassment, and inability to have close relationships, confusion, anger, and depression. (Research Institute on Addictions.1997)

Sher in his article, Psychological Characteristics of Children of Alcoholics, “Have described COA’s as victims of an alcoholic environment characterized by disruption, deviant parental role models, inadequate parenting and disturbed parent-child relationships” (Sher, 1997). In Jason’s situation, his grandfather was incarcerated and living in an environment where other addicts lived may have exposed Jason to criminal activity as a youth or young adult. We read that Jason was not parented well and not always supervised by his parent and as a result he may have been enticed by drug dealers or other illegal activity for social, emotional or financial

After the divorce, Allison’s living situation went back and forth like a game of tug of war. One week she stayed with her father then the next she was with her mother. As one can imagine, it was very hard on her having to transition every week, not to mention the new habit her mother picked up. As a result, he had totally forgotten about her own daughter, also all of her attention turned towards something else. Allison felt as if she couldn’t go to her father because of his bussiness with a new girlfriend along with his work schedule. Her mother’s new habit involved drinking and drinking all the time to cope with the hard, overwhelming separation. “Sometimes what starts as a bad habit can become a very big problem (Foundation).” When her mother would come home after work she would drink alcohol then sleep every opportunity she could. Allison was slowly losing her mother. Then, Allison made a promise to herself. “Without

During the Middle Ages, Courtly love was a code which prescribed the conduct between a lady and her lover (Britannica). The relationship of courtly love was very much like the feudal relationship between a knight and his liege. The lover serves his beloved, in the manner a servant would. He owes his devotion and allegiance to her, and she inspires him to perform noble acts of valor (Schwartz). Capellanus writes, in The Art of Courtly Love, “A true lover considers nothing good except what he thinks will please his beloved”. The stories of Marie de France and Chrétien de Troyes illustrate the conventions of courtly love.