Knowing her child is in a clean environment can prevent the child from becoming sick, thus saving trips to the doctor and buying medication. In addition, the time spent at home means the mom can prepare for her family nutritious, home-cooked meals. Making sure that a child has the essential vitamins and nutrients is vital to a child 's development, and becomes more easily monitored when a mom has the time to worry and act on said issues. A clean home to live in…
every day. John ’ biological father is currently incarcerated and his stepfather lives in Texas. John has no contact with his biological father and has some contact with stepfather when he is in town. John reports he will enroll in a GED program at ABC Sr. High School in two weeks II. Agency John was referred to Morning…
experiences. My mother was born to older parents and was the youngest of three children. Being that her brother was 13yrs. her senior and her sister was 16yrs. her senior, she basically grew up as an only child. Our family was comprised of simple country folk with a large extended family. Though these days we aren’t close to them. She grew up in a small, almost nonexistent town called Green Hill in Warren County, Indiana. As a child all she wanted to do when she grew up was be a wife and…
Carmichael way. Then when I was four, we moved out to our current house in Denair on Swanson Rd. I was potty trained when I was two and a half years old. I did not go to preschool. My favorite books were The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and The ABC Book by Dr. Seuss. My favorite game were Candy Land. My favorite TV shows were The Backyardigans and Max & Ruby. My favorite movie were Monsters Inc. and The Bee Movie and My favorite foods were waffles and spaghetti. The First pet I ever had…
ABC is easy as 123, are the beginning words to my mother’s favorite song. Coming home from school was like the same routine, every day I would arrive home listening to Motown music on the record player, food on the stove, and my mother nagging about our homework. Not much of a battle for her because conditions were good, great music, delicious food, and mama was overwhelmingly happy. My mother was born in the 70s so, Rhythm and Blues or Motown sound as described by Jean Ferris; the author of…
I have seen many families cope with stress in a variety of ways, however one particular event of severe dysfunctional coping comes to mind. I had a patient whose spouse had a very traumatic childhood and struggled with stress management all their life. They had never been a drinker, but once their spouse was diagnosed with cancer they turned to alcohol to cope and would binge drink and just cry for days. This pattern of behavior lasted for months and their inability to cope with the stress…
Webster dictionary defines family as “a group of individuals living under one roof and usually under one head.” But is that all it takes to make a family? You just have to live in the same place and follow the same person? Or is a family something much greater than that? Do you have to be related by blood or like according to Webster’s dictionary can people not related by blood be a family? Or is it possibly to have more than one family? Is being in a family now the same as it was 50 years ago?…
. These sisters were known as The Lyon Sisters and were born in Kensington, Maryland. Their parents, John and Mary Lyon, and brother, Jay, who is a police officer. John Lyon used to work in a local radio station, WMAL, which is run by the owner of ABC Television associated in Washington and now works as victims’ counselor. On March 25, 1975, Sheila and Katherine Lyon were heading to see the Easter exhibits in Westfield Wheaton shopping mall which was located about half mile away from their…
the running for The Bachelor if he doesn't win this season of the show. Luke is actually from Burnet, Texas and JoJo will go to Austin for his hometown date. They filmed the night part of his date at the Trailblazer Grille in downtown. Luke Pell's family must win over JoJo because she keeps him around for the overnight dates. When it comes to overnight dates, JoJo will spend the night with all three…
know that there has never been a United States president that has been born an only child? Did you know that the first 21 of 23 astronauts in space have been firstborns in their families and the other 2 astronauts were only children? This occurs because of birth order. Birth order refers to the order one is born in their family. Although researchers at Ohio State University believe that birth order doesn’t influence people, I hold the belief that it does. Depending on the order of which a person…