Family

conducted a family assessment by interviewing a UNC student and her family dynamic. This assessment was meant for me to collect data, that will help me evaluate the family’s needs, health beliefs, health behaviors, and cultural factors that influence the individual or family and their health. The collection of data was designed to determine family’s health status and help us design the appropriate nursing intervention for the family. I used the 12 categories of data collection for Family Health…

As a result of the turmoil, social evil, violence and marital conflicts in the society today the number of orphans and neglected children has increased. Children have a right to a decent upbringing and protection. It is a family and a community role to provide for our children morally and open-handedly. Many children across the country go through being neglected, abused, and a lot of dangers posed to them by the severely changing morally. It is a tough society we have found ourselves in. Some…

Family doesn’t make problems disappear, they don’t disappear when problems come up. All families have monsters, they fight, hollar, hurt each other but at the end of the day they are there for each other. In The Odyssey by Homer, odysseus chooses the long and dangerous journey home to be back with his family. In The Scarlet Ibis by james hurst the older brother chooses to help the younger brother and sacrifice his time to help his sibling rise above his exceptionality and be more accepted by…

culture plays by influencing teaching and learning. Additionally, the authors explain the relationship between student’s culture and families and the curriculum in schools. Finally, the authors remind the reader to not stereotype students by their families and gives several strategies to utilize parents in the classroom. Overall, the authors’ main focus is on families and culture, because both are significant factors that impact not only a teacher’s curriculum, but the learning of a student as…

Glass is very fragile and easily broken, and so is the Wingfield family. Everyone in the Wingfield family gets their fragility shown in some parts of The Glass Menagerie. When Laura’s fragility is shown, a piece of her glass gets broken. Laura’s glass not only represents her fragility, but the fragility of her family. At the beginning of The Glass Menagerie, Tom and Amanda were arguing which led to Tom exiting angrily slamming the door which made one of Laura’s pieces of glass break. Tom leaving…

child, and I believe one hundred percent of that. I was born and raised in the Chicago Illinois and seventy-five percent of my family resides here as well. I am grateful to know and have both side of my family in my life considering that I was at one point a foster child. All twelve of my siblings were adopted by my mother’s sister Luanne. I was raised by my whole family, I grew up in a house of seventeen people and seven rooms. We had a revolving door of relatives coming and going when times…

Grandma – Throng Sytha What were the common family forms within your family? (i.e. was the family a breadwinner/homemaker, single parent, divorced, remarried family etc.) I was the homemaker and my husband was the breadwinner. I took care of all of my twelve children and my husband worked in the farm. I did some of the farm work, but I was mostly taking care of the house. We are still together and strong. What would you say were the major differences in those forms if you experienced more than…

The role of family and culture plays an important part on how people identify themselves and other. Moreover, it depicts the history and milestone that created respect, attitude, hierarchy, and expectations of generations past, present, and future. In today’s society, disposition of others in terms of groups and perspective person have determine the way different age groups are viewed within their own culture. Unlike most cultures, Arabic around the world sees family as the center unit of total…

For my family project I have had the opportunity to spend some time with a family who has a child with a disability. Callie is a rising fifth grader in her rural elementary school, and enjoys attending each day. But what sets her apart from the rest of her classmates is the fact that she was born with down syndrome, and has an individualized education plan (IEP). In addition to down syndrome, Callie also suffers from epilepsy. I got to spend a good portion with this family and see first hand…

The term ‘symmetrical family’ refers to the idea that gender roles have become exactly that; symmetrical. That with time & equality between the sexes (referred to as the ‘march of progress’), the responsibilities that the genders previously held, have now been spread out evenly. Many sociologists have looked at this theory, each with different & often conflicting views. I will explore each aspect of the term ‘symmetrical family’ & the different perspectives that sociologists have. But to do this…