Apostolic Fathers

she learned how to take care of herself. She was always left home alone while her parents would go to work, play bingo, and her older brother would go to school. While everyone was gone, Matilda would go to the library to read and rent books. The father didn’t really acknowledged Matilda except when asking for any received mailed. She has an adolescent brother who constantly taunts her and the parents sees it as an acceptable behavior. At the age of six, Matilda starts school where she makes…

On Sunday weekend my parents and I cleaned every spec of dust in the house. I thought it would be like my mothers usual tidy up session. We would mop the floors, wipe down the kitchen, and I’d sweep the porch. This time was different. I woke up to my mother hammering away with her fist on my door. “Wake up Mylin! Its 8:30 and time to clean”, she said. “Ugghh, Mom it’s a Sunday” I groaned. As she walked away from the door I gave a sloth effort to get out of bed. I wondered why she had awakened…

And after all his shenanigans, Tom was tired. His mother and father walked him to his room and as Tom’s mother tucked him into bed, his father was already reaching for Tom’s favourite book… A scene like this resembles something out of a children’s book about an adventurous boy and his ever-wise and perfect parents that appear more angel than human with their absolutely flawless existence. In reality, parent-child relationships often do not play out in such a composed manner and can be endlessly…

Specifically identify the problem or dilemma In case 1.4 the client Tonya is two and her mother is on drugs and her father is in jail. Tonya’s mother Paula Morris used drugs during her pregnancy. The drugs reached the utero. Tonya was sent to a foster home. Beverley Becker is her foster mother. She’s caring and absolutely loves Tonya and wants to adopt her. Tonya mother hasn’t been seen and her father Terence Calvert is getting out of jail. Terence wants full custody of Tonya. The dilemma of…

Oral History Interview Analysis I interviewed my parent’s elementary school teacher who is very close to my family. She was born in Loma de Cabrera a town of the municipality of Dajabón in the Dominican Republic. She is a seventy-seven years old women who grew up in a humble and hard working family of six children where respect and support play an important role. My interviewee grew up in the same town where she was born and later on started her own family. I will use the functionalist, social…

could not do much of anything, so they were huge in my development as an adolescent. Throughout my childhood my dad was often my coach for a soccer or basketball team. My dad would be the coach along with one of my friend’s fathers who was on the team also. My mother and father supplied about the same amount of support…

that their parents have gone through the process of divorce and therefore the child will have a path to follow. If a “father’s involvement with children stems from the meanings and importance they assign the fathers” (Hensley and Pasley 1), what does it say to a child when his or her father walks out and leaves that child…

It was a long summer’s evening in Colorado Springs, July 03, 1975. The air was warm and still, radiating through my chest and embracing my tanned arms and legs. Carole King’s “You’ve Got a Friend” and Rod Stewart’s “Maggie Mae” were spinning on the AM station of my friend Paul’s Earl Schrieb freshly-painted turquoise-blue Karmann Ghia. “When you’re down and troubled, and you need a helping hand…” I felt accomplished to have memorized each song and with a convincing smile confidently sang the…

One example is single father families. The second source by Bronte-Tinkew, Scott, and Lilja (2010), states that in 1970, these structures made up 1.1% of these structures, while in 2005 they made up 4.8% (p. 1107). The main focus of previous studies has been single mothers. This study uses the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth from 1997 to research adolescents in single father homes. It examines single fathers involved with adolescents and their parenting styles…

face into it and “finished it in a flash”(111) just like a little kid would. Caia’s dad used to buy her cotton candy as well. Caia’s excitement over cotton candy wouldn’t be known by others if they weren’t aware that this made her feel closer to her father. Watching Caia eat the cotton candy made the young boy feel happy and smile because he enjoyed watching her have a good time while enjoying…