Sleepover

Picture this: A young girl stands in front of her mirror, practicing applying her bubblegum pink lipstick and thick black mascara. In a different home, a boy stands in front of his mirror practicing his poses and monitoring his muscle growth. The mirror quietly reflects each of their appearances as they try to determine who they are and who they hope to become. Identity can be best described as a sense of self. It is not unusual for adolescents to begin questioning their identity as they try…

THE PROLOGUE: Clara turns six years old today, but little does she know it's about to take a turn for the worst. Clara’s father gets out on proel today, and her mother, Dawn, has put a restraining order against him. She wouldn't let him anywhere near Clara, not now, not ever. Dawn hasn't even let Clara know about her father, as far as Clara knows, her father left you when she was one year old, and has never returned. Clara has made it through with their two best friends by her side, Emily and…

"The Mug." He replies in a monotone. Is he concentrating or annoyed with me? Probably both. And even with the awful mood I 'm in, I can 't help feeling a tiny cheer go on in my mind when he answered with that. At least we 're going there. He pulls into the parking lot and parks near the door. I sit in my seat, still buckled, while Blake gets out of the car. I lean my elbow on the door, and rest my head in my hand and close my eyes. What is going on?! Camden screws me over, but maybe he doesn…

Developmental psychology is a new field of study for me to learn about. I found that throughout this class, much of what I learned could be applied to my life. As I grew up, almost everything that I went through could be explained by a developmental theory or principle. The three areas of developmental psychology that I will focus on for this paper are emotional development, social development, and moral development. My temperament was I was younger was quite the opposite of what I am now and…

GROWING UP Growing up, I didn’t have many luxuries, if any. The best thing I had was being a 5 minute walk away from a convenience store. The house I grew up in was infested with cockroaches and was falling apart within the walls. The dining room was so small, some of us had to eat on the floor. We only had three bedrooms, so my three younger siblings had to sleep in the living room. For half the time I lived there. The bathroom had no working lights and many of my siblings, including me, were…

The walk home from the local football club was dark. Simple as that. It was a clear winter night, and there was no moon in the sky. The only relief from the darkness was the occasional streetlight. The cold air was refreshing on my body, warm from the copious amount of alcohol I had consumed tonight. Georgia wasn’t going to be happy. She thinks my drinking is a bad influence on the kids. She doesn’t want them to grow up like me. That’s always a comforting thing to hear from your wife. I know it…

Growing up as a kid wasn’t easy for me. I always hung out with girls my entire life and only had my mother on my side no matter what. My parents aren’t divorced, but my father and I could never get along with each other. Like any other father, they always try to make their sons do things they did in the past to make us manly in the future. I was just a young boy so I did everything all the other boys did in my school and joined the football team in Elementary School. I realized that when I…

• This week, my boyfriend and I were arguing. I typically try not to argue with my boyfriend because I feel as though they are pointless. My goal is to love my boyfriend and be supportive, versus arguing. On this day, my boyfriend wanted to play a joke on me in front of his roommate. I 'm a nonsense person, and it’s hard to take jokes. Of course I laugh, however faking that you went to jail is nothing to play with. I was in Hanover baking cupcakes with a girl that is on my floor. He kept calling…

When I was four years old my parents divorced. My sister (who was two years old) and I were far too young to really understand what was going on. Starting whenever my mother moved out, my sister and I were constantly switching homes between mother and father. I was equally close with both of my parents and I had a great relationship with them both. Although I had a great relationship with my mother, she had poor judgment when it came to boyfriends. With that being said, I spent most of my…

We had been aching for some fun that week, however none of us had any ideas on what “kind” of fun we wanted. The week was quite stressful, due to many tests, assignments, and life in general, so we decided we needed a good “stress reliever” for the weekend. I guess just like every other teenager, my friends and I live for the weekend, because we started planning the event for that weekend around Monday of that week. We had finally decided that we were going to throw a party at Summer Martin’s…