Introduction:
In R.J. Palacio’s book Wonder, we are introduced to a young boy named August Pullman, who was born with a cranio-facial deformity, and his family. The book navigates the lives of several other major characters that influence August’s life and his time at a new school, Beecher Prep. He had been homeschooled most of his life due to the vast number of surgeries he had to undergo, but now as he was approaching the fifth grade, his parents decided maybe it was time for him to go on into an actual school. He was hesitant at first but with a little push from his parents he agreed and they enrolled him at Beecher Prep. August faced a very difficult first few weeks at his school but with some support from his sister and sister’s friend, …show more content…
Parents are the primary influencers of children in their early childhood and crucial developmental times, which applies to Miranda’s case. When parents are dealing with their own mental issues due to the divorce, their emotions and distress can be projected onto their children, leaving them to carry a lot of the burden. According to Brafman (2010), “Divorce will cause distress and, quite probably, long term problems for the children, whatever age when the parents split up. In a discussion on the issue of divorce, it is important to separate out the needs of the parents and those of the children” (75). In Miranda’s case, her parents seemed to be very wrapped up in the drama of it all that they didn’t seem to take the time to talk her through what was going on. Her father left and her mother sent her away to camp for the entire summer because she was not equipped through her own upbringing to comfort …show more content…
Their study concludes that adults transitioning out of marriage had higher symptoms of poor mental health after the fact, and for those that were separated and/or divorced, poor mental health was often seen as both occurring before and after, the only differing data was in the instance of widowhood (Wade and Pevalin, 155). They also used the framework of social selection to explain the underlying differences in the mental health of separated/divorced adults versus married ones. This theory states that the adults have poor mental health prior to their marriage and that “these mental health problems “select” people out of marriage and into marital separation and divorce” (Wade and Pevalin,
In R.J. Palacio’s book Wonder, we are introduced to a young boy named August Pullman, who was born with a cranio-facial deformity, and his family. The book navigates the lives of several other major characters that influence August’s life and his time at a new school, Beecher Prep. He had been homeschooled most of his life due to the vast number of surgeries he had to undergo, but now as he was approaching the fifth grade, his parents decided maybe it was time for him to go on into an actual school. He was hesitant at first but with a little push from his parents he agreed and they enrolled him at Beecher Prep. August faced a very difficult first few weeks at his school but with some support from his sister and sister’s friend, …show more content…
Parents are the primary influencers of children in their early childhood and crucial developmental times, which applies to Miranda’s case. When parents are dealing with their own mental issues due to the divorce, their emotions and distress can be projected onto their children, leaving them to carry a lot of the burden. According to Brafman (2010), “Divorce will cause distress and, quite probably, long term problems for the children, whatever age when the parents split up. In a discussion on the issue of divorce, it is important to separate out the needs of the parents and those of the children” (75). In Miranda’s case, her parents seemed to be very wrapped up in the drama of it all that they didn’t seem to take the time to talk her through what was going on. Her father left and her mother sent her away to camp for the entire summer because she was not equipped through her own upbringing to comfort …show more content…
Their study concludes that adults transitioning out of marriage had higher symptoms of poor mental health after the fact, and for those that were separated and/or divorced, poor mental health was often seen as both occurring before and after, the only differing data was in the instance of widowhood (Wade and Pevalin, 155). They also used the framework of social selection to explain the underlying differences in the mental health of separated/divorced adults versus married ones. This theory states that the adults have poor mental health prior to their marriage and that “these mental health problems “select” people out of marriage and into marital separation and divorce” (Wade and Pevalin,