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When I was four years old my parents divorced. My sister (who was two years old) and I were far too young to really understand what was going on. Starting whenever my mother moved out, my sister and I were constantly switching homes between mother and father. I was equally close with both of my parents and I had a great relationship with them both. Although I had a great relationship with my mother, she had poor judgment when it came to boyfriends. With that being said, I spent most of my childhood at my father’s house, along with my sister. No matter which house we were going to that night, my sister was always with me. She was (and still is) my best friend. I would have never made it through my childhood without her. I never got to know …show more content…
After he passed, I was forced to live with my mother. By this time, she had gotten rid of the abusive man and remarried. Having to live with my mother changed my life and I was forced to grow up too early. When my father was healthy he took care of my sister and I. He would buy us anything we wanted, needed. He even went to the grocery store for our favorite snacks and bought our school supplies each school year. My mother, on the other hand, couldn’t provide us anything because she did not have an income. I was forced to get a job at the age of 16 at the local Big Lots. I bought all of my necessities, school supplies, and other items I wanted. My sister, who just turned 15, got a job at McDonalds’. A lot of people knew me throughout the school as the quiet girl. No one ever had anything to say about me, good or bad. I think this was mainly because I never talked to anyone. My family, on the other hand, thought of me as a kind, sensitive, helpful soul. I get compliments from my father friends often about how good and sweet I am and how proud my father would be of …show more content…
If you lie to a client it will be really hard for them to want to believe you again. They are relying on you to get them on the right track and to teach them to be a better person. Sometimes the honest truth is going to hurt, but by being a loyal therapist you would be doing the right thing while helping them and in the long run they will thank you. It is now 2016, therefore, men and women should be treated equally. Not only in the workplace but everywhere. I am proud to be a woman, and I will not think of myself any different than a man. I feel like women are strong in some areas and men in others, but I also feel like if a women wanted to be a car mechanic then a man should question it and if a man wanted to stay at home and be a “house dad” no one should question it. We are all humans with the same capability and

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