Persuasive Essay About Being Vulnerable

Everyday children under the age of 18 are maltreated. One out of eight children throughout the U.S suffers from either physical, emotional, or sexual abuse. Unfortunately, emotional abuse is not even considered a maltreatment when people think of child abuse. When people think of child abuse the first thing they think about is physical or sexual. Now do not get me wrong, any abuse a child receives is a horrible inhuman like thing because every child is innocent and deserves to live the best life they possibly can live. Although, if we are being quite honest with ourselves nobody really notices this happens until it is mentioned later on when the child gets older. Which I do not blame anyone for because a child does not recall if something is good or bad until they have the ability to be aware of their environment.This is due to the fact that child abuse can start occurring at such an early age. This happens most during the development stage of the child because when a child is young it starts to absorb everything it sees and hears based on their surroundings. Basically, when they start noticing the difference from good or bad. The problem in this situation is that there is a high percentage rate of the youth who are diagnosed with mental disorders and are not being helped properly because most of the time the adults around them do not know how to help. The solution to this problem is simple, we should bring awareness to the main people in the child's life: their

You’ve heard the saying, “children are our future.” Therefore why does the “United States have one of the worst records for child abuse” (childhelp.org). According to the 2015 child maltreatment report,” almost 7.2 million children were involved in some sort of abuse whether mental, emotional, physical or sexual and 75.3% of victims are neglected” (americanspcc.org). You’ve seen the news reports of children being neglected whether it’s a parent who forgets their child was in the car and locks them in on a hot summer day roasting their child’s little life away, or the parent who beats their child to their death, or the parent who is suffering an addiction and doesn’t provide the proper quality of life and care to their child or children that they are taken away by the state only to be dumped into the foster care system. Research states, “that an estimated 1,670 children died in 2015 from abuse or neglect and 207,000 children received foster care services” (americanspcc.org).

At this moment, our once strong and united community is split. Why is it split? It’s split because of a recent issue that arose, and I’m sure you’ve heard of it. You see, about a month ago, a large group of homeless people moved into our neighborhood, and set up camp. Some people believe that these homeless people should be evicted, and others think we help them. Regardless of the side you’re on, you can’t deny that this issue is killing our amazing community. I want the days of old back, where we all could enjoy the community and not have to worry about piddling matters such as this. A decision needs to be made and fast if we want to preserve our community. I have made my decision, and today I‘m going to tell you why it’s the best decision. I believe we should not only let these homeless people stay, but we should all do our

Do you know what the DNA of relationships is? Well, I finally figured it out. After reading the book DNA of Relationships, according to author Dr. Grey Smalley, the three codes are: you are made for relationships, you are made with the capacity to choose, and you are made to take responsibility for yourself (Smalley 11). While reading this book I came across a few unnoticed strengths and weaknesses of how I handle my own relationships. I was able to point out some expectations I look for in a relationship, as well as the boundaries I set in result of fear. Although I have was not able uphold past relationship because I was not aware of these fears, I known have the ability to improve my relationships.

Driving down the local china town in my area, a known site that inhabitants a large homeless population made me grasp a clear picture of how homelessness affects the community. The number of people without permit housing is increasing in the United States. The government should invest more resources to help the homeless population obtain jobs, temporary housing, occupational skills, and education.

Since I was young, my attachment style has influenced me to be cautious when meeting new people and to sit back and observe new situations instead of joining in. One of the biggest issues that I have due to my attachment style is my unwillingness to put myself on the line and reach out to someone who I want to have a relationship with. Having an ambivalent attachment style influence me to only feel secure with those who I have known for a while and feel comfortable being myself around. While this may not seem like a positive quality of my attachment style, I believe that having a few well developed relationships is far better than having a copious amount of casual friendships. Another aspect of my ambivalent attachment style is my distaste of conflict or confrontation. Having an aversion to confrontation makes confronting my friends about their faith or about issues in our relationships an arduous task. Although having an ambivalent attachment style is trying, I know that through continual faith in the Lord, I will be able to develop the relationships He has planned for my

Girme, Overall, Simpson & Fletcher (2015) has proven that they respond negatively when given support by their partner and, Feeney and Noller (1990) report that they express mistrust of others during their life. Feeney and Noller (1990) had an experiment that measured subjects scores based on their response to the background questions about their love experiences on Ludus, Loving and Romantic Love Ideals scales, and the Avoidance of Intimacy scale. The results were high on Ludus and low on the Loving and Romantic Love Ideal scales and the Avoidance of Intimacy scale for the avoidant subjects (Feeney and Noller, 1990). The results for the avoidant subjects differed than those that were secure and anxious-ambivalent groups as the Unfulfilled Hopes, Self-Conscious Anxiety, Avoidance of Intimacy, and Personal and Social Self-esteem of the avoidant subjects were the important features that were determined (Feeney and Noller, 1990). The secure subjects were high in self-confidence and were trusting in their relationships however, the anxious-ambivalent subjects were dependent and had a strong desire for commitment in their relationships, their response to love was neurotic rather than companionate (Feeney and Noller, 1990).

Imagine walking down a dark and isolated pavement lost and confused about the life you are living, carrying what is left of you, scraps of clothing, that pair of shoes with wore out soles and what remains inside of that beat-up backpack that once have little to no value to you. Having nowhere to go, nothing to eat, no money to spend and having no one around you to help. Your one solution is to spend the night on the filthy sidewalks we walk on a daily basis. Carefully listening to the clamor and racket of cars driving as they honk and blinker their headlights. People walking down the streets with faces of pure disgust, sniffing the distinct smell that belittles you to feel homeless and unwanted. As the day comes to an end, you lay on a cold

I find it easy to form relationships, although I do not let people get too close, fearing rejection or hurt. In the past, I have been hurt by relationships in my life. At the age of three my violent, alcoholic father left my mother and I. I formed a close bond with my mother and took on the role of a helper at an early age. Unfortunately my mother is a person who is never happy with either herself or what she has in her life, therefore often over critical of me. I consistently looked for her approval, love and acceptance; both in my past and now.

“...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength,” (Audre Lorde). Vulnerability is the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally. Being vulnerable is pouring our hearts out to other people, to sympathize, and to empathize.Vulnerability is a fundamental part of being human, it’s how we feel, function, and exist with emotion. Sometimes, however, being vulnerable can have consequences and repercussions. Telling someone a secret can lead to betrayal and letting out your emotions can lead to mockery. The experiences of Richard Perry in Fallen Angels, Hazel Grace in The Fault in Our Stars, and Harry Potter in The Order of the Phoenix, show how vulnerability is a negative trait that can lead to emptiness, heartbreak, and grief.

Poverty can destroy someone's life. People struggle to acquire and keep access to food, water, homes, and basic necessities. But what are the consequences of poverty other than economical. In this essay I will show that poverty can and does have negative impacts on mental health, people’s social interactions, and their physical health. People in poverty don’t just lose their money, they can also lose quality and life. In this essay, I will focus on the social, mental, and physical tolls that poverty has on people. I want to look at the changes and impacts they cause, and I want to convince you, the reader, that these problems are caused by poverty and in turn affect it. By the end I would like you to recognize that these factors can come from poverty and take an affect on the lives of those in poverty.

Vulnerability plays an important role in any relationship. People need to feel needed. They need to feel they fill a special place in their partner’s lives that no one else can. They want to be missed when they are gone and celebrated when they return. Women forget the men have these feelings and the men forget women have these exact same feelings. One

Poverty is a social problem that affects everyone on an economic, political and social level. The problem of human suffering is one that we must combat strategically on many levels. According to the United Nations, “in 2015 more than one billion people around the world live in a state of poverty, lacking the basic goods food, clothing, and shelter that humans need to survive” (“Poverty”). There are a great number of areas that keep individuals poor, such as lack of resources, inadequate income, lack of education, language barriers and the high cost of child care. Being able to work and provide basic necessities is our basic human right and we should not be deprived of these basic human rights that individuals need in order to live satisfying lives. The government has the responsibility of helping individuals in need with the economic assistance to feed, clothe, house, educate, provide health care and decent wages for every individual. They should ensure that individuals have access to resources that will help them build a better future. There are several ways that we can work together to strategically find solutions to end inequality among the poor individuals in our society.

The definition and viewing of poverty is a topic that many find highly debatable and close to the heart. Poverty is what most people see as not having enough to live on, and struggling to get anything more. Race and location are often looked at in conjunction to poverty. The author of the first article, McMillian, focuses on redefining poverty to a general audience by limiting her word choice and choosing a more personal appeal to the intended audience. In the other article, the authors Fram, Miller-Cribbs, and Van Horn write for an expert audience of social workers to frame the cause of achievement gap in U.S. southern schools by increasing their credibility through specialized language and resources. By examining the specialized language

If one dreams it, one can achieve it. Sometimes it can be hard to picture doing something great that the normal person wouldn’t get to do, but that’s what is so great about dreaming big. With hard work, proper coaching, and proper equipment, it is completely possible to accomplish any goal one is dreaming of. This could even mean becoming a professional athlete. Nike created a campaign called “Risk Everything”, which emphasizes the idea of risking everything for the chance to succeed. It is symbolized with a skull and fire. Nike advertises this campaign with a commercial called, “Winner stays”, which creates a sense of motivation to young athletes to dream big and work hard while wearing Nike products to become the next big player that everyone is cheering for.