My Family Essay : Summer Vacations And Family Myths

In this short artifact “A Tale of Two Summers for Parents” by Belinda Luscombe I was able to get an idea of the different things that parents might be going through that us kids/teens have no idea about. Luscombe shares two stories about the struggles that parents were going through especially during the summer. The summer as we know is the hottest time of the year. For some states summer might just be different but I am aware that climate can be a challenge for some families. Having to change schedules and making sure to know where your children will be spending the day or after school may be your priority and I agree with that. Now a days I see kids walking home when the day is just simply hot. You can’t even go with your car window down because the warmth of the hot air hits you and it makes you so tired and stresses you out so much. No matter how much you try to be fresh the heat just really gets you making you upset and not thinking straight.

We never drove farther west than Iowa. Going to Wyoming was something my brothers and I were looking forward too. Talking about all the activities we will be doing and places we will be stopping at made us more excited. It got me wishing we were going that day, but I knew we had to wait a couple a weeks. Waiting was the worst part of the trip. I could not focus on anything besides getting ready for the trip. As those long weeks came by we finally were packed to go. It was 4 a.m. and my parents were packing the car and telling us to bring everything out. We decided to take the minivan, so there was plenty of space. My older brother always got the back seats to himself so he had his bags back there with him. My

My father was the adventurous man in the household, and it was because of this characteristic, that he always knew the best place to go to during the summer of my sister and I’s childhood. My father was the one who taught my sister and I how to be creative and have fun with what you have right in front of you. Summer weekends down at Batsto Lake located in the Pine Barrens were my most precious memories.

The article “a tale of two summers for parents” by Belinda Luscombe talks about leaving kids by themselves. A woman named Deborah Harrell was taken to custody for leaving her 9year old daughter in a park. I believe that elementary-school-age children do require adult supervision because of how yungo and knowledgeable they are. Even though Harrell left her daughter near by and gave her a phone, it's still not right to have leave the child all alone. In a matter of seconds harrells daughter could have been kidnapped by some person.

It was an annual tradition for my dad’s side of the family to get together at this campground over Fourth-of-July weekend. All of the cousins, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and even some friends would be there. I was only eleven and it was a special year because I got to bring my friend Rachelle with me on this trip. We planned on swimming in the lake, tubing behind the boat, fishing, and playing yard games like bean bags and ladder-ball. Tubing was my favorite. There was no better feeling than the rush of falling off and bouncing across the water like a skipping stone.

In the article “A tale of Two Summers for Parents” by Belinda Luscombe she explains to us the two sides of parents there is when it comes to adult supervision for elementary school age children and weiher the children are required for adult supervision.Even though there is many 7 or 10 year old children in elementary who may think they are old enough to take care of themselves,think again because they need supervision way more than you may think.If elementary children are not receiving adult supervision many dangerous can occur.

In the article “ A tale of two summers for parents”by Belinda Luscombe, it explains how two parents have to deal with summer for their children. One who can send their kid to a last minute summer camp and one who can’t. This transitions to if elementary aged children really need adult supervision. I say elementary aged children don’t need adult supervision.

In the article, “ A Tale of Two Summers for Parents”, by Belinda Luscombe makes a point in which summer is the most difficult time especially for parents. The difficulty is mainly due to the fact that the children have 6 extra hours of free time on their hands and that the parent working works for minimum wage. At these circumstances the parent cannot get a babysitter, therefore leaving the child alone while the parent works to be able to put a meal on the table. As it was stated in the article, Deborah Harrell, was taken into custody for leaving her 9 year old daughter at the park with a cell phone while Deborah went to work at a McDonald’s that was near. These are the results of low wage income and the cost for a babysitter when it isn’t

Around the world people have been arguing and bickering about elementary-school-age children having adult supervision. Children around those ages have no boundaries and don’t know what to do when left alone, but once summer break starts parents are overwhelmed with work and taking care of the children so they tend to think about having any supervision. In the article “A Tale of Two Summers for Parents” by Belinda Luscombe address the issue of adult supervision and how kids get very aggravating and the adults tend to lose their mind because of so much stress. Although parents tend to have stress when taking care of their young child, they can lose the young child that meant so dearly to them. There should be adult supervision at a young age as long as the parent has scheduling to take care of the child or have someone they trust care for them.

It was a boiling, steaming day. I was going to a friend's house at Goose Creek. When we were driving into Goose Creek, I saw a lot of interesting side by sides and four wheelers. Zack and I went swimming, and I almost Broke my foot. I jumped into a shallow part of the muddy water, and I could barely walk when I got out. When we concluded swimming, we went up to the lot and set up the pop up camper.

Scheduling, money, and time; these seem to be the most problematic ordeals throughout the summer for parents with an elementary aged child.Belinda Luscombe, writer of “A Tale of Two Summers for Parents”, evaluated and defended parents unprepared to take on the long weeks of summer with their kid. However, as the article continues, readers suggest their might be more than the surface discloses.

A few minutes before we landed at the airport, I looked at the screen in front of me and it showed ‘33°C’. It had been a year since I last experienced that kind of heat and I couldn’t bear it last time, so I wondered how I would cope with the heat this time. As the plane began to slow and turn into terminal, I could hear people around me start to get there belongings together so that they could get off the plane first. People returned the magazines to the rack on the back of the chair in front of them and I turned off my iPod and put it back in my bag. When I took my headphones out, I felt like I was back in the real world now as I had been concentrating on listening to music for hours. It seemed like time was going slower and slower

In The Way We Never Were, Stephanie Coontz suggests that society romanticizes past generations of family life and points out that these memories are merely myths that prevent us from “dealing more effectively with the problems facing today’s families” (Coontz x). Coontz proposes that researchers can take empirical data and create misleading causality for that data, thus feeding cultural myth and/or experience. Coontz believes that “an overemphasis on personal responsibility for strengthening family values encourages a way of thinking that leads to moralizing rather than mobilizing for concrete reforms” (Coontz 22). She calls on us to direct our attention to social reforms, which can be accomplished by avoiding victim-blaming

During the summer, when the sun would shine outside until about 8:30 in the evening, I would go over to my papa’s ranch every weekend. Upon arrival I would jump out of the car and run up the front steps to the door. The dogs would always be waiting at the door, two big blonde labs, a small russel terrier and a considerably smaller fox terrier. I would open the door and they’d tackle me down onto the porch and I’d fall into a fit of laughter. Papa would tell them to get off and I’d run in, hugging him as tight as a four year-old could. He’d pick me up and run into the kitchen.

Approximately 33% or a third of all families in the United States will go on a family vacation this year. Family vacations when you break it down is entirely for the parents. Parents and their children are stressed during the school year, whether it's providing for the family or homework. Family vacations may be stress reducing or enhancing depending on where you go, who you’re going with, and why you’re going.