Robert Frost once said that “Home is the place that, when you go there, they have to take you in.” The definition of home is different for everyone. Some people consider home to be where their friends are or where their family is or even where they grew up. Whatever home is to a person, everyone eventually leaves and moves on to a different place. Leaving home and being away from home can be a beneficial experience by allowing a person to grow, but it can also be hindering because a person has to face their problems for the first time on their own.
In an article, “Home is Where the Heart is, but Where is Home?”, the writer describes home as “the place where you feel in control and properly oriented in space and time; it is a predictable and …show more content…
Some people have very mild cases, while others have it so severe that they can’t even function. Homesickness is described as “the distress or impairment caused by an actual or anticipated separation from home” (Thurber and Walton 1). Mild cases of homesickness can actually be beneficial to people because it “prompts the development of coping skills and motivates healthy attachment behaviors, such as renewing contact with loved ones” (Thurber and Walton 1). There are some prevention methods for homesickness; however, they are not guaranteed to completely block out homesickness. Preventions can make the homesickness less severe though. One method is boosting up self–confidence before leaving (Thurber and Walton 2). Addressing or resolving family issues also helps relieve future homesickness as well as practice time away from home (Thurber and Walton 3). For example, going to a summer camp for at least a week every summer really helps prepare children and adolescents for moving out later on. They will start out feeling homesick all every time, but as more summers pass and they become older, being away from home becomes easier. Entering college is a bit different then going away for a week during summer. When I came to college, I was immediately homesick. However, I quickly realized that it is not my physical home that I long for, but it is the people that I saw and hung out with almost every day in high …show more content…
Most people think of homeless people as lazy, unmotivated and careless. This is not the case for many homeless people though. Aesha attends a community college in Brooklyn, New York. She took her son and left home after the father of the son became abusive. She lives in a shelter now where she is protected and can take care of herself and her son. However, Aesha is struggling to take care of her son and get further schooling so that she can better provide for him later on. She spends “‘almost eight hours a day on the trains’” taking her son to daycare and going to school (Bader 1). A boy named Johnny also became homeless, but he became homeless by force in his early teens. His mother kicked him out of the house after he didn’t get along with her boyfriend. He said that “‘hard days and night have shaped me’” (Bader 2). Even though this event in Johnny’s life has shaped him, he still probably has a lot of issues to work through. Johnny did not choose to be homeless, but he was still able to pull his life somewhat back
In an article, “Home is Where the Heart is, but Where is Home?”, the writer describes home as “the place where you feel in control and properly oriented in space and time; it is a predictable and …show more content…
Some people have very mild cases, while others have it so severe that they can’t even function. Homesickness is described as “the distress or impairment caused by an actual or anticipated separation from home” (Thurber and Walton 1). Mild cases of homesickness can actually be beneficial to people because it “prompts the development of coping skills and motivates healthy attachment behaviors, such as renewing contact with loved ones” (Thurber and Walton 1). There are some prevention methods for homesickness; however, they are not guaranteed to completely block out homesickness. Preventions can make the homesickness less severe though. One method is boosting up self–confidence before leaving (Thurber and Walton 2). Addressing or resolving family issues also helps relieve future homesickness as well as practice time away from home (Thurber and Walton 3). For example, going to a summer camp for at least a week every summer really helps prepare children and adolescents for moving out later on. They will start out feeling homesick all every time, but as more summers pass and they become older, being away from home becomes easier. Entering college is a bit different then going away for a week during summer. When I came to college, I was immediately homesick. However, I quickly realized that it is not my physical home that I long for, but it is the people that I saw and hung out with almost every day in high …show more content…
Most people think of homeless people as lazy, unmotivated and careless. This is not the case for many homeless people though. Aesha attends a community college in Brooklyn, New York. She took her son and left home after the father of the son became abusive. She lives in a shelter now where she is protected and can take care of herself and her son. However, Aesha is struggling to take care of her son and get further schooling so that she can better provide for him later on. She spends “‘almost eight hours a day on the trains’” taking her son to daycare and going to school (Bader 1). A boy named Johnny also became homeless, but he became homeless by force in his early teens. His mother kicked him out of the house after he didn’t get along with her boyfriend. He said that “‘hard days and night have shaped me’” (Bader 2). Even though this event in Johnny’s life has shaped him, he still probably has a lot of issues to work through. Johnny did not choose to be homeless, but he was still able to pull his life somewhat back