Gary’s Environment During Gary’s adolescence, he was plagued with the burdens of one unfit parent and one absent parent who seemed to be doing well. This alone was enough to force Gary into impulsive thinking and irrational decision making. The problem is that Gary was not able to have a normal childhood because he was born into poverty with an unfit single mother and forced to take on adult responsibilities. He had no idea what good parenting or positive decisions were. At only 17 years old Gary had gotten his girlfriend pregnant and was faced with another battle of adulthood. His environment was toxic and had been for years, the desire for a change pushed him to his breaking point; he gave up because he was never taught the difference between
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This is an ethical concern because Gary isn’t a bad guy and he wants to do what is right and he knows that taking care of his new family is what he is supposed to do. However, Gary isn’t fit to be a provider or to raise a family because he lacks the education and knowledge to do so. It would be important to apply ethical standard #1 “Human service professionals recognize and build on client and community strengths. (National Organization for Human Services, n.d.)” With Gary’s situation being so specific there is an increased need for the HSP to empathize with him and understand that he has been faced with nothing but poverty and adult responsibilities all his life and believes that stepping up and being a father even without an education is the right thing to do because he did not have a …show more content…
Their focus is to allow pregnant moms and parenting fathers to finish high school and developing a plan for life after high school while giving them life skills and helping them to achieve self-sufficiency (Chicago Child Care Society, 2016). They would not only help Gary to finish school but would also make home visits after the child is born to ensure that the child is meeting milestones. This way Gary can finish school, go on to college and get a good job to support his new family instead of throwing it all away for a quick
This is an ethical concern because Gary isn’t a bad guy and he wants to do what is right and he knows that taking care of his new family is what he is supposed to do. However, Gary isn’t fit to be a provider or to raise a family because he lacks the education and knowledge to do so. It would be important to apply ethical standard #1 “Human service professionals recognize and build on client and community strengths. (National Organization for Human Services, n.d.)” With Gary’s situation being so specific there is an increased need for the HSP to empathize with him and understand that he has been faced with nothing but poverty and adult responsibilities all his life and believes that stepping up and being a father even without an education is the right thing to do because he did not have a …show more content…
Their focus is to allow pregnant moms and parenting fathers to finish high school and developing a plan for life after high school while giving them life skills and helping them to achieve self-sufficiency (Chicago Child Care Society, 2016). They would not only help Gary to finish school but would also make home visits after the child is born to ensure that the child is meeting milestones. This way Gary can finish school, go on to college and get a good job to support his new family instead of throwing it all away for a quick