Our society wants everything in little bite size pieces. The next two chapters cover two important topics responsible for destroying the American family. Family Dysfunction and Denial. As parents, it is our job, not the schools to teach the moral codes of conduct called humanity, kindness, empathy and self-respect, character and resilience. Chris,
Before you begin reading this chapter, please take a moment, and answer these three questions.
1. What do you believe is our Nation’s greatest treasures?
2. What do you to believe is our Nation’s greatest products?
3. What do you believe is our greatest global achievements? Answers to follow
“You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep” Navajo Proverb
Recently a friend told me that …show more content…
Still, this story is the same; endless abuse, family secrets, and high levels of Family Dysfunction and Denial. Decades ago, abuse of all kinds was alive and well, but hidden. The abusers, the drinkers, and drug users, knew how to hide it. In fact, many families accepted a certain amount of abuse as a part of a normal marriage. The secrecy of abuse was often excused as “family matters”. Unlike like the abuse in Mommy Dearest and Bastard out of Carolina. Family Dysfunction and Denial is now out in the open for all to post on social media pages, letting the entire world know their …show more content…
Charles Barclay. I discovered this commercial again on YouTube, while doing back ground research for a talk on the current state of the parent/child relationship. What I learned is that our society has apparently been witnessing the fall of the parent/child relationship for over 25 years. After a series of shots. The camera cuts to a full close up of Charles’s face. Charles looks right into the camera and reminds parents this. “I am not a role model. I am not paid to be a role model. I am paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court. Parents should be role models. Just because I dunk a basketball, doesn’t mean I should raise your kids” NIKE TV commercial
Before you begin reading this chapter, please take a moment, and answer these three questions.
1. What do you believe is our Nation’s greatest treasures?
2. What do you to believe is our Nation’s greatest products?
3. What do you believe is our greatest global achievements? Answers to follow
“You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep” Navajo Proverb
Recently a friend told me that …show more content…
Still, this story is the same; endless abuse, family secrets, and high levels of Family Dysfunction and Denial. Decades ago, abuse of all kinds was alive and well, but hidden. The abusers, the drinkers, and drug users, knew how to hide it. In fact, many families accepted a certain amount of abuse as a part of a normal marriage. The secrecy of abuse was often excused as “family matters”. Unlike like the abuse in Mommy Dearest and Bastard out of Carolina. Family Dysfunction and Denial is now out in the open for all to post on social media pages, letting the entire world know their …show more content…
Charles Barclay. I discovered this commercial again on YouTube, while doing back ground research for a talk on the current state of the parent/child relationship. What I learned is that our society has apparently been witnessing the fall of the parent/child relationship for over 25 years. After a series of shots. The camera cuts to a full close up of Charles’s face. Charles looks right into the camera and reminds parents this. “I am not a role model. I am not paid to be a role model. I am paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court. Parents should be role models. Just because I dunk a basketball, doesn’t mean I should raise your kids” NIKE TV commercial