Noncustodial parent

I hate Nissans “The keys stuck, we are going to be here forever ever ever ever,” is what I was thinking while we were stuck in the walmart parking lot. For our summer break we were stayIng at my mom's really good frIends house for vacatIon. We were stayIng for 4 days. The best part Is she lIves In florIda and my mom says she has a nIssan 350 z, but I don't know If I can belIeve. How could I belIeve her when It somethIng as amazIng as a nissan 350 z. I walk Into the garage and see the car of my…

Parents play seven roles. The seven roles that parents play include: the parent as nurture, in adult relationships, as an individual, as a worker, as a consumer, as a community member, and as an educator. Parents have all these roles which make their life more difficult, but a teacher could make it easier. Teachers look for ways to support parents in the seven different roles of parenting, which help parents a lot. First of all, teachers can include practical ways to support parents in the…

The memories of our childhood might not be as clear as water, but are crucial to our being, since to know who we are today as an individual, we need to learn about the person that we have been in the past. My life was influenced by a very special person, that even though she is not related to me by blood, in my heart she occupies the space of a mother. Her name is Maritza, or how I liked to call her Tia. She was a key person in my life, and the one that would spend the most time with me. As a…

Nothing will ever meet the horrors of what happened to my family and I on the first morning of winter. It had literally put fear into our minds, and never did I think I would be sane again. Before this tragedy however, my family was in a blessed situation. Despite the struggles in the beginning of our lives, we had it fairly easy. My family consisted of me, my momma, and my little brother and sister. Our father had left the family before we had ever known him. We came from a tiny, run-down town…

Goodbye. We are born to live and later die. From a young age I grew up believing that children were to bury their parents, not the other way around. If you ever thought that only tragic life events happen on T.V., well, brace yourself. Anyone and everyone can die on any given second. While receiving the tragic news, going to the hospital, attending a funeral, and learning to cope with my emptiness, my value towards life changed for the better. The day was Wednesday, October 28, 2009, and I was…

and steal the food out of the refrigerator and the pantry while our parents were asleep. My dad eventually…

feelings of pride and excitement overshadowing my mother’s feelings of worry. To this day, every time I leave the house my parents warn me to drive safe and make good choices. It has been about 2 years now and I would consider myself to be a good driver. I have never gotten in an accident, nor have I ever gotten a ticket, though there have been some close calls. My parents got me a 2014 Volkswagen Tiguan a couple of months before my 16th birthday, and after about a year of driving it was time…

Hi, I'm Rosemary and I'm a 12 year old girl who love to dance.It was a normal Sunday and I saw a poster coming from school that said auditions September 8 for The Nutcracker. I took a picture of the poster on my phone when I got home I showed it to my mom. The Nutcracker audition was held this Saturday I was thrilled! I next day at school I showed all of my friends from dance class and they said they were coming too, Emmy Laila and Jamia. “You're definitely gonna get the leading role.” Jamai…

spankings as a disciplinary action against children by parents or caretakers. The argument that spanking children is either good or bad has been up for debate for a long time. The author, Bernadette D. Holt, believes that there is absolutely no good to come from it. She explains how spanking is a show of love through violence and how that is a misconception of appropriate discipline for a young child. Holt’s essay is essentially to explain to parents why spanking their children is a negative…

My parents were always scared. Scared someone was coming. Scared someone was going to hurt me. They wouldn’t let me go play in the snow alone, walk to school alone, go anywhere alone. It felt like I was in a house arrest. I always dreamt of playing in the snow on a cold winter's day with my friends, doing what a normal 12-year-old should do. But no, I was stuck inside, day in day out. I continuously asked them if I could go to the oval across the road to kick the football, if I could go to the…