Nurturant parent model

the U.S Supreme Court legalized gay marriage on all fifty states. Now the gay community is looking to start a family by adopting a child. On like most heterosexual parents, gay parents chose to become parents the children for them was not an accident they were a blessing. Gay parents bring something to the table that straight parents might not, and that is motivation and commitment. But most of all they are involved with the child. They want the child to know that…

Pain. The feeling is more than I could bare. A quick intake of breath and my lungs fill with steam. A squeal escapes; it is not much of a noise. My arm covers my face, and I run. I run from our small kitchen to our living room. Dad is on the couch and looks up when I run into the room. The pain is too much to even to make the smallest of noises. I run in my mouth open and top half of me soaking. He rises quickly and pulls me to the stairs and calls for mom. “Ronae, get down here now.” He says…

“I was embarrassed of my home because of the condition it was in. My parents did not have jobs. My mom tried to sell her artwork in art shows. The only money they received was through my father’s fund granted to my mother after he committed suicide so that she could take care of me. My life was not one depicted by the Brady Bunch, it was definitely different and bizarre. It was colorful.” At first glance, you may deem my mother careless or too free in spirit. Her nature has been culminated by…

The word father ideally has many definitions that come from both the dictionary and people in general. Just like any other parent or family member every person has a different opinion of what this word truly means from their own perspective based on their life experiences. However, the definition of a good father has is generally something everyone can agree on. In simple terms the “good father” is the foundation for family, one who originates, guards, and provides. The leader, source of…

Fifty percent of marriages in the Unites States end in divorce. Researchers continue to study how it negatively effects the children involved. Some assume that children do not endure symptoms, or will not as long as the parents split early enough in their lives. However, many consequences may occur, ranging with age, and parental dissolution can elicit long-lasting ramifications to a child’s well-being. Even children under a year old show symptoms in response to parental divorce. The most…

Wiesel becomes very lost and distant without his father similar to how a parent feels after the lose of a child. Furthermore, Wiesel makes known his life is meaningless without his father by not including anything about his life in the concentration camp from the time of his father’s death until liberation. Reflecting upon the…

teeth. Once at school, she went through the same old classes, the same route home and the same boring homework, to the same yelling at home. Emily thought it was exhausting. She read somewhere that humans like routines, but she hated them. Her parents loved them as it seemed to her. Today was a little bit unusual for Emily.…

A kid in a corner (candy) store I like to think I loved every kid’s dream… I got to grow up in a candy store! Granted, it wasn’t just a candy store; it was called the “Active corner store”, and it was created and ran by my two newly immigrated parents, Straight Outta Ethiopia, all in their first few months in Canada. So what, the location wasn’t ideal and the area was basically dead; this was Canada in 1996! This is where dreams come true! This beautiful and opportunity filled country is where…

with the emotions related to their sick parent on their own. In “Pilgrims” when the children are left to fend for themselves and navigate their emotions and fears on their own, their negative emotions take a dark turn. In “Pilgrims” the author gives evidence of both physical and emotional neglect by using repeated references to the children being skinny and dirty. The children come time after time seeking an emotional connection with their parents, but the parents appear to be so caught up in…

Does Hovering Help? Many parents feel as if constant involvement in their child’s life creates a better pathway for the future. Although, in some situations the involvement may be extreme, they feel a weight lifted off their shoulders knowing the child is always in good hands. Bre is my best friend and her mother hovers more than a Robinson R44, one of the world’s most popular helicopters. Facing a hard life and seeing some of its worst aspects makes a parent want better for his/her child, but…