Need for a Mentor in Families

The importance of my mentorship with Big Brothers Big Sisters lies within the motto of Go Girls!, “Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds,” which for any young girl is an important step in growing up. For me, I always had someone older to turn to whether it be a parent, a teacher I was close with, an older friend, or a cousin while growing up. However, for many young girls they may not have such a positive influence to turn to within their lives. It was easy to relate to a lot of girls within the program as they all happened to be between the ages of 13 and 15, and being 18 means it was not very long ago that I found myself within their shoes. I have a younger sister who also happens to be within the age group of these girls so bonding with them and

Abandonment – A child is considered to be abandoned when the parent’s identity or whereabouts are unknown, the child has been left alone in circumstances where the child suffers serious harm, or the parent has failed to stay in contact or provide support for the child for a certain amount of time.

The role of the father, a male figure in a child’s life is a very crucial role that has been diminishing over the years. An absent father can be defined in two ways; the father is physically not present, or the father is physically present, but emotionally present. To an adolescent, a father is an idolized figure, someone they look up to (Feud, 1921), thus when such a figure is an absent one, it can and will negatively affect a child’s development. Many of the problems we face in society today, such as crime and delinquency, poor academic achievement, divorce, drug use, early pregnancy and sexual activity can be attributed to fathers being absent during adolescent development (Popenoe, 1996; Whitehead, 1993). The percentage of

may become unable or unwilling to adequately care for their children . Children often times experience a loss of parental availability and as a result, feel lonely and Isolated. More often

Abandonment indicates a parent’s choice to have no part in his or her offspring’s life. This includes failure to support the child financially and emotionally, as well as failure to develop a relationship with his or her child. Sadly, parental abandonment leaves a child with doubt and uncertainty about the future. Throughout his or her life, this particular child could suffer from lasting questions of self-worth. In the opposite direction, the child could learn to resent his or her parents and remain incapable of trusting anyone. Regardless, intentional negligence of children leaves them with an unbearable pain that they must carry around for the rest of their lives. Child-care and the consequences

Millions of children are living without parents around the world and they need help. Over 153 million youths around the world are without one or both parents, and 7 million of them are in institutional care (qtd. in “Children’s Statistics”). Worldwide, minors are suffering from living without a family and a stable relief system. International adoption, although often in the limelight, is on a slight decline and domestic adoption is increasing. Despite the fact that the percentage of people considering any form of adoption has decreased from 2007 to 2013, the percentage of foster care adoptions has experienced more growth than international and private adoptions (“BAAF Adoption

The estranged relationships between father and son tend to start from lack of communication. Fathers express their love through actions rather than words. When conflicts occur, they are unlikely to explain themselves, which leads to greater complications. In addition, fathers are often absent in the child’s youth for reasons such as work. However, absent fathers can have great influence on the child.

For various reasons, many children in the United States are living without their fathers in their homes or absent from their lives entirely. This is an issue all across the world and the children are having to deal with the disadvantages caused by the lack of support from their fathers. This issue has a significant effect on society and can be viewed and interpreted from the three sociological perspectives. As a result of many studies, it was found that children raised in father absent homes almost universally experience disadvantages such as: worse health, poorer academic achievement, and a less enjoyable educational experience. There are many variables that need to be taken into effect when considering

For my twelve service hours, I decided to dedicate my time to one organization. That organization is known as College Mentors for Kids. College Mentors for Kids is a program specifically designed for elementary and college aged students. It is a nonprofit organization that works with over 2,000 students and mentors one day a week on a college campus. This program can be found throughout nine states and on 33 different college campuses. I am fortunate enough to be attending Ball State University, which is home to the largest chapter in the country for the program. The program’s main focus is to acknowledge the importance of higher education and career growth as you get older. There are a variety of ways the members of this organization accomplish

In these low socioeconomically areas, absentee fathers affect youth negatively. Youth who do not have their father’s active in their lives are likely to drop out of school and have contact with authorities prior to adulthood. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, “one out of three children in America now live in biological father-absentee homes. Also, 9 in 10 parents believe there is a father absence crisis in America.” This problem has transcended into a spike in children having police contact between the hours of 3:30 P.M to 7:30 P.M. After school programs have shown to affect this problem positively.

Today in America, 34% of children are living with an unmarried parent. In 1960, only 9% were living in a single family household, and the number increased to 19% in the 1980s. Fewer than one-in-three children are living

• Uninvolved parenting: children of uninvolved parents develop a sense that other aspects of the parents’ life are more important than they are. The child often attempt to provide for themselves, sometimes halt dependence on the parent to have a feeling of independence and mature beyond their years. Child from this environment often withdraw from social situations, this also impacts there relationships later on in life and they show patterns of truancy and delinquency.

The absence of a parent can affect a child in many different ways.One way it can affect a child is by their academics.This could affect them by their academics because they will not have the guidance they need in order to stay on track.The role of a parent is to motivate the child and guide them in the best direction towards life.If they do not have this support they will then be lead into the wrong direction. The wrong direction could mean many things such as teen pregnancy , gang affiliated , dropping out of school , going to jail , being killed.The child will then feel like they do not have anyone to turn to but these options.The girl who would become pregnant as a teen will not feel neglected anymore because she now has her baby.The boy

A supportive parental structure provides the most necessary support for a child. Children come into the world with no knowledge or understanding of how to survive and thrive in society. Children do not know how society functions and how they should act, so they rely on parents to teach them how to possess civility and maturity. Effective parents help to ensure the proper development of children and build the foundation for more productive citizens. However, when children have no parents or a lack of effective parenting, they do not receive the same instruction which will help enable them to thrive in society.

The overall theme of my mentoring experience is that at home life may not always affect the child as we learned. The first day I met AD, she opened up about her family right away, she had no problem with tell me what her home life was like. She said her mom was the only one of her parents to finish school and now has a job as an accountant. While her dad only finished high school, and is currently unemployed. Her parents are still together but her mom is gone a lot of the time so her dad is the main disciplinary. However, from what she says he doesn’t do a lot of discipline and it shows in AD actions while we are together. To me, it seems like her dad is a permissive/ indulgent parent. AD says that her dad gives her lots of praise but doesn’t