In 1965, the Heaton family was a typical family in Provo, Utah. Howard was a new professor at Brigham Young University. He, his wife Carolyn, and three children and just moved into their new home. The Grandparents lived an hour away in Salt Lake City and Ogden Utah. In fact, the following quote well describes this family.
The idealized, nostalgic portrait of the American nuclear family depicts a carefree, white family with a suburban residence, sole-provider father in a 9 – 5 job, and a full-time, stay-at-home mothers always available when the children return from school. Both parents are dedicated to child-rearing and remain together for life; children are educated in a neighborhood school and attend church with their parents on Sunday, plenty of money and supportive grandparents are available. (Goldenberg and Goldenberg, 2013, p. 3)
Everything in this statement describes the Heaton family except they had to pinch pennies and life wasn’t exactly carefree. This paper will discuss from transgenerational and narrative models the following themes: food and weight issues, the mother complaining about …show more content…
Her father Lynn Bennion, from Mormon pioneer stock, was the head of the Mormon Church educational system and later became a beloved superintendent of schools in SLC. He married Katherine Snow, who didn’t feel worthy to marry into the Bennion family, and they had four children: Annette, Carolyn, John, and Becky.
Howard Heaton’s background also has roots in the LDS church. William Heaton was raised in Southern Utah and met Elsie in England when he was returning home from his Mormon mission to South Africa in 1920. They loved each other, but William felt the responsibility to take care of his mother. In April of 1924 Elise immigrated to Utah and in March 1931, after Will’s mother had passed they were finally married. After a still birth of a baby daughter in 1933, Howard Heaton was born on May of 1935. He was the only
The idealized, nostalgic portrait of the American nuclear family depicts a carefree, white family with a suburban residence, sole-provider father in a 9 – 5 job, and a full-time, stay-at-home mothers always available when the children return from school. Both parents are dedicated to child-rearing and remain together for life; children are educated in a neighborhood school and attend church with their parents on Sunday, plenty of money and supportive grandparents are available. (Goldenberg and Goldenberg, 2013, p. 3)
Everything in this statement describes the Heaton family except they had to pinch pennies and life wasn’t exactly carefree. This paper will discuss from transgenerational and narrative models the following themes: food and weight issues, the mother complaining about …show more content…
Her father Lynn Bennion, from Mormon pioneer stock, was the head of the Mormon Church educational system and later became a beloved superintendent of schools in SLC. He married Katherine Snow, who didn’t feel worthy to marry into the Bennion family, and they had four children: Annette, Carolyn, John, and Becky.
Howard Heaton’s background also has roots in the LDS church. William Heaton was raised in Southern Utah and met Elsie in England when he was returning home from his Mormon mission to South Africa in 1920. They loved each other, but William felt the responsibility to take care of his mother. In April of 1924 Elise immigrated to Utah and in March 1931, after Will’s mother had passed they were finally married. After a still birth of a baby daughter in 1933, Howard Heaton was born on May of 1935. He was the only