Dysfunctional family

Divorce gives people a bad image in their mind. The tearing apart of a marriage and maybe even a family is the only thing that people see and think of when divorce is mentioned. Most people wouldn’t believe that there is a positive side to divorce. But sometimes divorce is the best option for the child, especially if they hear and see the emotional and mental abuse that two people, who are unhappy, can cause each other. Divorce does have its share of negative effects, but the positive things…

sister Karmyn, and my mother and father had to switch houses so she could help him out financially. We were never in need. We always had each other. In this way we always followed the Hispanic culture of the importance of family. Almost every week our mother’s side of the family would get together for cookouts, board games, sports. All the cousins went to the same schools and were all around the same age. When we were younger we were never allowed to be bored. My mother would always say, “He who…

numerous unavoidable circumstances, children grow under extremely diverse environments. Whereas the majority of children are exposed to healthy surroundings, others encounter various forms of traumatic events. Adverse childhood experiences within families have been found to come with detrimental repercussions as far as an individual’s mental and physical health is concerned (Anna E. Austin, 2014). However, various theoretical orientations are used to explain different tendencies and prescribe…

the best. Eva was the type of mother that will do anything for their children in order for them to survive and have the necessities that they need for everyday living, she supported her children financially. She was also the breadwinner for their family; both mother and father in the home. Morrison signifies this by showing us readers that there are many mothers today…

While I have not had nearly as many hardships in my life as Jeannette Walls in her book The Glass Castle, there are still some things that her and I have in common. Throughout the book, Walls endured many struggles while traveling with her dysfunctional family. Jeannette’s father is constantly getting in the way of her success, from stealing her money to not always making her go to school. Eventually, she leaves her parents behind and makes her way to New York City, where she goes to college and…

When looking at some of the causes of dysfunctional families and how to avoid become another family member my thoughts are establish clear boundaries with the fami.ly. One aspect of protecting the welfare of the people you work with in therapy is to avoid dual relationships, particularly relationships that are romantic or sexual in nature. It is not ethical for you to participate in romantic relationships with the people you treat in therapy (Good Therapy .org, 2013). People are not born…

Introduction “Ju Dou” (1990), a Xi An Film Studio movie by director Zhang Yimou, is a tragic story of spousal abuse, adultery, lust and filial piety. The young, strong, and beautiful Ju Dou (Li Gong) becomes the third wife to her much older, physically and sexually abusive husband, dye mill owner Yang Jinshan (Wei Li), whose goal in life is to fulfill his filial piety by having a son, Tianbai (Yi Zhang). The couple live and work with Jinshan’s nephew, the younger, physically more attractive, but…

life, chronic illnesses, anxiety and stress, and just the disadvantages of growing up as a person on Latina descent. In the starting pages of the novel, you get a glimpse into her chaotic world. On the first page alone you learn of her parents dysfunctional relationship and struggle with alcoholism, and also the hardships of living with the disease Diabetes (Type 1). From the start you realize how tough her life was, as in the portion of the novel…

A World of Unachievable Expectations In the Glass Menagerie written by Tennessee Williams, Amanda, the mother of Tom and Laura proves herself to be a loving mother but in her love, she remains blind to the damage she is inflicting upon her children. She fails to raise her children to her vision. And her manipulation of her son causes him to run away while her attempts to assimilate her daughter into society cause her to become increasingly isolated. Tom and Laura both suffer emotionally at the…

Everything I do holds me captive; from how I treat people to how I am treated. How I was raise haunts me every day. Nothing is ever easy and only when you realize this will someone like me try to find a ‘happiness’. I found a category of ‘happiness’, and that is art. As a small child, maybe I was six or seven, I knew I was to take care of myself and try as hard as I could not to be dependent on my parents. My father was often tired but would take care of me as any parent would, buying…