Terry Fox Research Paper

Introduction
Terry Fox is a well-known Canadian cancer patient that ran Marathon of Hope from Vancouver, British Columbia all the way to Ontario to raise people’s awareness of cancer and raise money for a cancer patient. Throughout his life span, he was a child that was protected well by his mother and father with his siblings, he was also the second child of his family. As he grew up, he found himself interested in playing sports, after the hard practice, he finally became a successful athlete in his school, and he successfully got into Simon Fraser University to study kinesiology. But after a car accident, he was diagnosed as osteosarcoma, and he lost one of his legs because of the disease. He then was inspired by a magazine article that …show more content…
According to the research, moving from a place to another new location will bring negative effects for children on their social-emotional developments. Always moving will bring negative thoughts to children but “when parents support each other and work hard to make the move as easy for themselves and their kids as possible, negative effects are minimized.” (Darling, 2010). Terry Fox had a great family that loves him very much and because his parents are not divorced or having the argument (“Terry Fox Biography”, 2016), he did not suffer tough feelings when he was moving from Manitoba to British Columbia. Since he was the second child of his family, Fox has good relationships with his other three brothers and sisters, and they always play together. Birth orders matter a lot; studies have shown that second born kid always show that they enjoy working with other people and friendships is crucial for them (Reuss, 2011). Terry Fox kept good relationships with his siblings and friendship is what makes him success in his