Noncustodial parent

I gave up on soft-ball. Soft-ball was something I did cause I loved it but I knew my dad would always be there to support me. On the 26th of June, I experienced my first break up. I was hurt broken because the guy help me through dealing with my parents being separated and sad all the time. In december of that same year I lost my papa. He was always there and stepped up when my dad stopped coming around. August 18, 2011 I started my freshmen year of Union County High School. I had always heard…

Point Of View Narrative Rough Draft I stared mortified at my sister Connie from the dress shop window. She was leaning up against the wall of the movie house whispering something to her very best friend Betty. Since leaving the house Connie’s appearance had changed dramatically. Leaving home in a presentable pair of shorts and blouse, that had since been modified revealing more of her thigh, her blouse was scantily laid off her shoulder to give her more sex appeal. Brandishing bright pink…

It had been two weeks and a half into a wonderful vacation in the Outer Banks, North Carolina. It was excellent and I didn’t want it to end. My parents told me to pack up all my items from our three-story beach house we shared with my twenty-four cousins. I didn’t want to leave. I only saw my family on the east coast once a year and I just didn’t want to leave them behind and have that time come to an end. And the part that made it the hardest was that I wasn’t going to be seeing them for two…

Even though some may believe providing a daycare for teens may encourage irresponsible behavior, it may help keep teens girls from dropping out of school. Schools should provide a daycare on school grounds. People who are against schools providing a daycare argue that providing a daycare will encourage irresponsible behavior. The people who are for schools providing a daycare argue that it will help keep teen girls from dropping out of school. Providing a daycare would not only help keep teen…

A Winter’s Tale Bags, suitcases and clothes were all scattered around the house. We were all trying to get ready for the upcoming trip and we were so unprepared. Us kids, we’re just stuffing shirts, pants, socks and whatever we needed and mom and dad were ready a day before, but we were not, sadly. Zipping up the last of suitcases, we headed to Burlington coat factory for ski pants and coats. We made payment on the clothing and went back home. That night we were aroused, fired up for the trip…

problems because of their unhealthy relationship between them and their parents. I will be testing my hypothesis by naturalistic observation, giving out a questionnaire, and doing individual case studies on both children and parents. I would hope that my hypothesis will correlate to my results at the end of the experiments. CHILDREN IN BROKEN HOMES 3 Children in Broken Homes Parents or care givers are an important part of a person’s…

Every year three million children are prescribed drugs to help them focus. These drugs increase concentration at the time, which is why they are so widely used by college students, but what a lot of studies fail to mention are the long term affect drugs such as Adderall, and Ritalin will have on an individual. ADHD- Involves inattention, impulsivity, and excessive motor activity resulting in academic and social problems. (Berk) Children with ADHD cannot focus on tasks that require mental effort…

An example of irony in The Glass castle is when Jeannette and her sibings are accustomned to the discipline and lifestye of their crazy parents. This idea of irony is evident within this quote. "Later that night, Dad stopped the car out in the middle of the desert, and we slept under the stars. We had no pillows, but Dad said that was part of his plan. He was teaching us to have good posture…

wonderful life. However, something terrible happened, and that was something he couldn’t control. His parents divorced when he was twelve. He moved out with his mom, and his brother stayed with his dad. Jimmy and his brother had been close since his brother was born. They only visited each other on the weekends. Because he thought his parents didn’t understand him, he started to be estranged from his parents. This made Jimmy become withdrawn. Separating siblings in the divorce is a kind of lacks…

do with his life. He tried to make is parents proud of him but didn’t succeed. He also tried doing things that men did in his culture but didn’t succeed either. He went through many different events, which lead to the decisions that led him to become the person we call St. Francis today. My life and Francis’s life have a few similarities. We were both trying to figure out what to do in life and find our purpose. We both didn’t want to disappoint our parents because of the choices that we made.…