Challenges for Single Black Mothers Raising Teen Boys

Introduction Background of the Problem Parenting adolescents is a challenging task in modern American society. The problem is compounded when one is forced to raise such teenagers as a single mother. According to Elliott, Powell, and Brenton (2015), recent statistics show that about half of the African American children are...

Work-Life Imbalance, Its Reasons and Outcomes

Description of Topic and Research Questions Topic Description The topic I would like to research is the life-work balance. In the modern world, this issue is becoming more and more actual. People spend a lot of time commuting to work. Sometimes, they work long hours or have an unsociable work...

Single Parenting Benefits and Disadvantages

Introduction The topic of single parenting is often controversial in the modern world, which is caused by disagreements between the supporters and opponents of such a family union. However, earlier this issue was raised to attract public attention to this topic, but today this type of family is quite a...

Gender-Neutral Upbringing: Reasonable and Possible?

Introduction The new trend of gender-neutral upbringing seems to gain popularity in the modern world focused on the ideas of equality and the balance of opportunities. More and more parents decide to employ this approach in view that the relevant manner of upbringing will help to facilitate their children’s’ integration...

Building Resilience Through Loss and Change

Introduction Life is a journey filled with various experiences that shape our character and resilience. Throughout this expedition, people encounter challenges that test their strength and ability to adapt. In retrospect, it becomes evident that these trials often lead to positive transformations, molding us into stronger individuals. The first experience...

“The Art of Courtly Love” Book by A. Capellanus

Introduction In the medieval era, chivalry and nobility were central to the notion of love. This period was filled with stories of gallant knights who ventured off on quests and provided different services, usually at the request of women who were the objects of their courtly love. The literary fiction...

Personal Philosophy About Raising Children

People react differently when they learn they are expecting their first child. To establish a meaningful definition of parenting, one ought to understand its essence. The basic definition of parenting is the process of caring for a child. Parenting is the art of naturing a child’s physical, social, spiritual, emotional,...

The Daddy-Less Daughter’s Self-Perception

Perception is defined as how you view the world and the people around you; it is influenced by how you see things, your interactions with people, and how you interact with things. Discernment can either be positive or negative and this is affected by how one thinks. How you see...

The Impact of Rules and Norms on My Life

It is essential to mention that people live in a society, which is why they are exposed to the influence of other individuals and specific trends. Society significantly affects my life, which occurs through the media, advertising, and even during regular communication with friends. For instance, individuals follow fashion trends,...

Positive and Negative Effects of Divorce

After a divorce, couples, and children endure numerous psychological, behavioral, and academic effects. First, both divorced men and women are at the risk of suffering from depression, anxiety, and other psychological disorders. Unlike clinical depression, the trauma following divorce results from adjustment disorder of living a single life. Besides distress,...

Importance of Work-Life Balance

Introduction In the modern world, the question of how to combine intense professional activity and personal life has become very relevant. This problem has become a concern for an increasing number of enterprises and their employees. The researchers noted an increase in the need for flexible working hours, working from...

Reasons and Implications of Divorce

Introduction The institution of marriage is unique to human society, with every race and culture having its own unique customs and practices, although the essence of the union tends to remain similar. Marriage instills an expectation of a long-lasting or even lifelong relationship between two individuals who have agreed to...

Foster Care: Advantages and Disadvantages

The Definition of the Concept of Foster Care Foster care is a system that helps children whose parents are unable to provide them with decent living conditions. As a rule, such children can get help from child welfare agency staff. According to the rules and norms of foster care, a...

“Flow, the Secret to Happiness” by Csikszentmihalyi

Happiness has been an ambiguous topic for centuries, and everybody has tried to answer the question of what brought this ecstatic state. While some people consider material well-being to be a source of serenity and happiness, others put a value on creativity and freedom. Nevertheless, it remains either a question...

Parenting Assessment and Interventions

The purpose of this assessment is to evaluate the effect of parenting styles on decisions and children’s behavior. In particular, it focuses on difficulties such as the maltreatment of children and families at risk as well as the treatments that may be used to address them. To that end, the...

Analysis of the Human Experience: Description of the Four Perspectives

The first perspective, which is important to discuss while exploring the nuances of the human experience, is art. After all, distinctive cultural and societal perspectives shape whom people grow up to be. Art is not only a crucial tool for experiencing the external world. It is also integral for expressing...

Ethnocentrism: The Practice of Arranged Marriage

Introduction Globalization is an inescapable and ever-expanding conceit, which seems to be considered synonymous with modern-day existence. As if in opposition to the notions of diversity and tolerance, ethnocentrism has emerged. Thus, a citizen of the United States, for example, might assume that their lifestyle and traditions are superior than...

Moving to the US: Challenges and Opportunities

Five years ago, my life changed completely. Born in 1970 in Moscow, Russia, I could never imagine that more than forty years later, I would become a mother of three beautiful children living in the United States. In 2016, my husband and I decided to move to Cleveland, Ohio. Such...

Parental Deployment: Action Plan

Case Scenario The current case study involves a child with emotional issues who is six years old from a middle-class socioeconomic status background. There are no other siblings at home. Parents are married and are actively involved with the child. The father is an active-duty parent in the military, and...

Family Structure: Nuclear, Extended, and Childless

Nuclear Family The nuclear family is recognized as the most basic form of social organization in the society. It is considered as the esteemed type of family in the community and it the recommended in Christianity and other religions. In most cases a nuclear family involves two adults, a man...

The Uninvolved Parenting Style and Its Effect on the Psychological Development of a Child

Approaches to parenting and child care can vary significantly based on the parents’ individual characteristics and their preferred style. Each of the strategies exhibits unique features and characteristics that envelop parents’ personality traits and identify the behavioral patterns chosen. However, the most outstanding achievement of parenting style theories lies in...

Adolescent Adjustment to Parental Divorce

Abstract There is an adjustment that occurs in adolescents as they experience parental separation and divorce. The adjustment is observed psychologically and in most cases affects their social-emotional skills. Changes could have a long-term or short-term effect, but generally, they are seen to take place. Consideration is done according to...

Punishment is not the Answer

Parents are assumed to care for their children’s future the most, influencing them to attain progress and success in every sphere of life. Thus, academic accomplishments become the first step of the subsequent career and life achievements. Good grades in school are cherished and appreciated, whereas poor performance tends to...

Is Helicopter Parenting That Terrible?

It is not a secret for anyone that the way children are brought up in the family influences their psychology, performance in school and local communities, and future life interactions. Parenting is a complex process that requires a continued support of the social, intellectual, physical, and emotional growth of a...

The Definition of Happiness and Its Pursuit

Writers and poets have been writing and talking about happiness since ancient times; this category appears in many literary works almost on a par with love. Simultaneously, even though everyone claims to want to be happy, the pursuit of happiness and its definition never rank first on most people’s to-do...

Role of the Family in the Formation of a Healthy Lifestyle

Introduction Human health depends on many social factors and variables. If society is characterized by stability, a high level of citizens’ well-being, and social policy aimed at increasing life expectancy, this contributes to the health of both the individual and society. When creating a plan of care about health, each...

Indoor Environment: Role of Family in Early Childhood Development

According to Shonkoff & Meisels, (2000), to promote healthy emotional, social, and behavioral development, a family needs rich and stimulating early childhood environment. Families should be active participants in issues relating to the early childhood environment. Their contributions pertain to selecting, modifying, or maintaining different features of the environment. Various...

Most Typical Problems Parents Face

There are many problems that parents face today. It is sometimes difficult to deal with children who forget very fast. What a parent has instructed the children to do is sometimes not done. On the other hand, a parent may instruct a child not to do certain things but the...

Freedom in Life and Relationship

Introduction Freedom refers to a situation where one is capable of acting, reasoning, judging and sharing his or her opinions without being restricted by external forces or being influenced. In every relationship, couples are bound by varied responsibilities. Violation of one’s responsibilities may lead to the relationship becoming sour or...

Do the Trobrianders Have Fathers?

Introduction Trobrianders are the inhabitants of the Trobriand Islands officially known as Kiriwina Islands lying at the eastern coast of new Guinea. They live in traditional settlements and have traditional beliefs about reproduction. These people are completely ignorant of physiological paternity (Lyons 2004); they see no connection between copulation and...

Marriage Has Lost Its Relevance In Modern Culture

Marriage is commonly understood to be the embodiment of a lifetime commitment between a man and a woman. It is a long standing tradition that seems to have more of a religious connotation rather than a social meaning. The social view of “slavery for the woman and prison for the...

My Experience With Writing

I always wanted to learn English as a child, and luckily my father got transferred to India from Korea and I got chance to be enrolled in a school where I had to take ESL-English as Second Language Classes. This was the turning point in my life. It seemed like...

A Dramatic Breakup of Relations

As is my week-daily custom, I arrive at school early, not because I’m especially responsible but because of the paranoia associated with being late and having everyone notice. It’s some type of psychological flaw that happens to serve me well. Sometimes, about four days out of five, my anxiety is...

Contribution to the School: Sharing Experience

With my educational background in manufacturing engineering and more than 5 years of experience in manufacturing industries in India and South Korea, I believe I can make a highly substantial contribution to the Carey community. While rigorous undergraduate studies sharpened my analytical skills, industrial experience honed my technical competence. From...

Gay and Single-Parent Families: Functionalist View

Perspective The functionalist perspective chosen for the analysis considers any society as a complex system consisting of multiple parts that work together and cooperate with the primary goal to promote solidarity, stability, and achieve high levels of evolution (Boden, Berenbaum, & Gross, 2016). That is why it focuses on social...

Watching Animals at the Zoo

The act of watching animals at the zoo can reveal a lot about human nature. Zoos have been present within human civilization for centuries. Despite the changes in their appearance and practices, their core function remains the same. In the following essay, I will reflect on my visit to the...

Problem-Solving Skills in Nursing

The one or two problem-solving or creativity areas in which I am most strong are: In my opinion, one of my strongest areas in terms of creativity and unusual ways of solving problems is the skill of finding individual approaches to people. In a broader perspective, communication skills concern not...

SMART Goals Used for Individual Success Plan: Improvement & Reflection

Areas for Improvement Identifying areas for improvement is a crucial component of designing an individual success plan. My instrument for such identification was participating in research and clinical activities, in which I could learn what aspects of my knowledge and skills were well-developed and relevant to practice and what aspects,...

Multitasking & Time Management Challenges in Personal Experience

What are your greatest challenges with time management? Throughout the time of being a student, I have had many incidences where I needed to analyze my time management skills. Just like most people, I found out that I tend to spend time ineffectively sometimes which leads to delays that slow...

Falling in Love in Winter: Meeting the Prince Charming

What is love? Is it related to the butterflies flying in the air, the flowers blossoming and the birds singing? It usually associates with the springtime, as it is a start of something new. It is the best season for beginning a romantic adventure. The girls could not leave home...

Navigating Stress: My Transition to High School Life

Stress is part of life. Each person experiences stress at one point in life. Stress is defined as a normal way through which the body responds to every undertaking to keep it balanced. Thus, in life change is inevitable and always causes one to be stressed. In fact, stress may...

Happiness, Its Components and Main Aspects

Happiness has always been one of the central conceptions that impacted peoples lives, their motifs, actions, and desires. However, the meaning of this idea has always been different depending on peculiarities of the epoch, dominant values, and peoples perspectives on their achievements and goals. The complexity of this phenomenon is...

Friendship as a Two-Way Process

A good friend never goes away, when you need help No man is an island; therefore, interaction and friendship are the essential parts of human life. A person cannot live without interacting and live an exclusive life without other people. Being involved in many structures such as work, social life,...

The Impacts of Divorce on Family Relationships

Abstract The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of divorce and separation on family relationships; however, the researcher will apply qualitative research approach to analyze data and will use semi-structured interviews to obtain the required information from six participants by maintaining high ethical standards. This research will...

Money Issues in Romantic and Marital Relationships

Introduction People get in and out of numerous relationships in their lifetime. Studies have established that people get into relationships for economic, cultural, religious, and social reasons, among others (Gebreyes, 2014). Studies have established that one of the main reasons that keep a relationship alive or breaking is money. Money...

Divorce and Single-Parent Families

Introduction Families across the world face different challenges. One such challenge is marital instability, which in a significant number of families, lead to divorce. Divorce is a legal process in which there is mutual agreement by a couple to end their marriage. As far back as 1983, there was concern...

Parenting: Adoption of Homosexual Couples

Introduction The adoption of homosexual couples is the adoption of kids by same-sex couples, which may take the form of the adoption by one partner of the other’s biological kid or a joint adoption by the couple. Joint adoption by homosexual couples is authorized in many nations and territories that...

The Friendship of Amir and Hassan

Friendship is an essential element of human life since it directly affects the range of communication and demonstrates a person’s character. People usually consider a true friendship as one characterized by full reciprocity and willingness to help a friend in any circumstance. However, each person has a personal perception of...

Kids of Helicopter Parents Are Sputtering Out by Lythcott-Haims

In the article “Kids of Helicopter Parents Are Sputtering Out” by Julie Lythcott-Haims, she talks about how parents instruct their children on what to do from when they are little to university students. She narrates how a child’s father would have divorced her mother if she had not specialized and...

The Influence of Confucianism on Chinese Parenting

Introduction Confucianism and its practices have left their mark on the history of many Eastern countries, especially China, and can be seen in the attitude toward academic success that is commonly inculcated in children from a very early age. Moreover, just as important is the imprint of the dogma of...

A Personal Experience of a Destructive Conflict

Introduction Basically, a conflict arises when two or more parties disagree as a result of clashing ideas or thoughts, interests, attitudes, and requirements (Khamidovna, 2021). Conflict is only present when the parties involved communicate their struggles about an idea or thought in question. A destructive conflict is that which involves...

The Benefits of Gardening: Natural Contact with Nature

In the modern world, many people live in an artificial, urban environment, cut off from natural contact with nature. It is difficult for such people to imagine that caring for their garden can be more than just an aggravating household chore. Many people cannot imagine what it means to maintain...

Toddler Observation: Video Review

There are four little children in the video going about their play activities. The room is filled with different toys; there is a wooden slide and a wooden set of stairs that leads to a platform from which the children slide (Hatfieldmomof3 0: 02- 0:20). There are photos of children...

Social Work Career: Personal Experiences

Introduction My desire and interests to help and support those in need started at a tender age. At preschool age, I shared my belongings with vulnerable children. One notable instance that caused trouble between my parents and me was when I insisted we offer my room to a homeless street...

The Experience of Playing the Guitar

The Structure of Intentionality My experience is that in my free time, I play the guitar. I play the songs I like now and try to learn new ones through repetition and practice. I use my hearing, sight, and touch senses as I experience this. The guitar, as a whole...

Building a Meaningful Friendship

Undeniably, friendship has an exceptional value in our lives, especially in building meaningful relationships. A meaningful friendship can be characterized as one that is long-lasting, encouraging, frequently described in terms of family, and spans a variety of circumstances (Winkle-Wagner et al., 2019). Therefore, I believe that my friendship has evolved...

Same-Sex Marriage: Issues and Debates

Introduction Marriage is an essential part of people’s social lives, that helps them regulate their relationships with each other. Gays and lesbians strive to have the same basic freedoms as heterosexuals, including the right to relationship. However, there exist not only ethical issues but also legal ones related to the...

Effectiveness of Curfews in Keeping Adolescents Safe

Introduction It is hard to disagree that parents usually want the best for their children, and the safety and well-being of their kids are the primary focus of mothers, fathers, and other guardians. Unfortunately, teenagers may encounter many risks and dangers, so it is the responsibility of the authorities and...

Benefits of Good Parent-Child Relationships

Introduction Have you ever asked people about their happiest memories? Think about it for a moment until you feel the smile creeping on your face. From my personal experience, most people start talking about childhood memories; is it the same for you? It should not be considered luck nor a...

The Nuclear Family: Benefits and Disadvantages

Introduction The nuclear family has been considered a necessary feature of society for an extended period. People assumed having a complete family to provide sufficient care and support for their children. Indeed, there is an opinion that the notion of a typical family is fading away (Luscombe, 2014). Certainly, it...

Human Relationships and Happiness

The topic of human happiness is a complex matter that cannot be fully explained by psychological or cognitive processes happening to a human. For many people, psychologists depicted happiness as a phenomenon unique for every individual, as people’s sensations and so-called “happiness triggers” depended significantly on one’s perceptions of happiness....

The Purpose of Dreaming and Personal Sleep Habits

Sleep has always been one of the general components of human existence. What is more, sleep quality has a crucial effect on a person’s condition during the day. It is necessary to sleep well and have enough hours per night to be able to live the day through in a...

Social Class Impact on Family Life

Family life comprises childbearing patterns and marriage, home stability, and household composition, greatly impacted by social classes. Social classes play a significant role in shaping the structure of families (House, 2017). For instance, less developed nations struggle with a high population in the current era, while administrators in developed countries...

Forest Walk as Thought-Provoking Outdoor Experience

Nature is our mother, and humans cannot exist without it. It is rather hard to choose just one experience of my contact with nature that shaped my attitude toward the environment. Still, I remember one walk with my friend in the small area of forest near the city that provoked...

The Role of the Family in the 20th and 21st Century

Family is one of the most basic kinds of human activity, an essential condition for the functioning of society, and an important element of its self-organization. The institution of the family has a significant influence on society’s economic progress and political culture. The current socio-economic situation in the world and...

Racial Identity Based on Personal Experiences

Racial Identification Reflection Racial identity is the unique complexion of the skin that human beings can be associated with, including the ethnic backgrounds and social settings based on the culture, such as language and style. Child development also has some aspects of racial identity because, at six months, children can...

The Act of Forgiveness in the Modern World

In today’s world, the act of forgiveness is often associated with weakness or defeat. A strong personality, many believe, defends their innocence to the end. It is easier for people to be angry, curse, and avoid offenders than understand and forgive them. Recently, however, more and more scientific evidence has...

Blended Family Structure and Statistics

Blended families, also known as remarriages or stepfamilies, are among the modern types of families in the world. Data collection methods on blended families are limited since the US government has never collected data on stepfamilies. There is inadequate information on these types of families since only some small groups...

Savoring and Flow in Personal Experience

People escape bad feelings and stressful moments by doing things that fill them with happiness and satisfaction. For instance, taking warm baths, reading books, and taking strolls, offset negative emotions (Baumgardner & Crothers, 2013). Most of the activities create flow experiences by absorbing a person until they get lost in...

Employing the Idea of Grit in My Everyday Life

A dilemma of talented people not succeeding in their lives seems disturbing to anyone. However, according to Angela Duckworth, everyone can reach their goals with the help of grit. To be more exact, grit is “a special blend of passion and perseverance” that is even more fundamental to success than...

Building Meaningful Relationships

The relationships that people create with their contacts are critical in mobilizing resources to promote change in the community. The interaction with people in a business serves as a primary means for achieving goals because it forms the basis of organized change efforts (Avramchuk, 2017). Moreover, individuals motivate each other...

Critical Thinking Self-Assessment

A strong-sense critical thinker always strives to be intellectually fair. One of the qualities of such a thinker is that they try to understand the viewpoints of other people. When discussing or debating an issue, it is essential to give opponents a fair chance to express themselves (Elder and Paul...

Personal Field Education Experience in Social Work

Introduction The purpose of this blog is to explain the social work intern’s field education experience and discuss the development of professional identity. The profession of social work is associated with the missions of social change and social justice. The development of professional identity influenced by academic and agency experience...

The Use of Self in Social Work

As an intern at Vatsalya Adult Medical Day Care, assisting marginalized and discriminated elderly of diverse ethnic backgrounds, I understand that professional social work involves the use of self and the desire to help others. In addition to an individualistic self, existing in isolation, there is a relational self that...

Family and Heritage in “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker

Introduction Individual authors’ literary works allow readers to evaluate specific social, religious, and other aspects of human life from the perspective of writers themselves. Discussions about important values, at the same time, have a different style of presentation and can have both complex forms and structures and simple and short...

How a Blind Man May Fall in Love

The sense of sight is essential in perceiving an expression of emotion by observing other people’s nonverbal communication. Blind people cannot see the facial expression of another person, but they are not blind to emotions because they have a unique way of sensing responding to sentiments expressed by other people...

Learning About Life: Personal Experience

It seems apparent that wisdom and understanding of life come after a considerable number of events, challenges, and achievements. However, the issue of the best way to gain this understanding – from personal experience or the experience of the closest one – remains relevant and open for many. The former...

Marriage and Family Relationships’ Role in Society

Marriage and family are two closely related concepts in cultures around the globe, and the investigation of their relationship plays a significant role in understanding human affairs. Marriage is a legal agreement between two people to unite their lives and share common responsibilities. After marriage, a family is created as...

Finding and Choosing a Partner for Marriage

In order to find and select me a partner, I would consider utilizing online dating forums only if there is no other valid option. The main reason is that I would like to find such an individual from a circle of my friends or acquaintances. I get to see and...

Why Marriage Should Be Based on Love and Not Arranged?

Introduction Arranged marriage is a practice that appears strange to most Westerners. It is usually an integral part of the culture in the countries of South and East Asia and the Middle East, such as India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Japan, China, Israel, Iran, and Iraq. In these cultures, arranged marriages still...

Paternity Leave for Employed Fathers

Almost all major companies and organizations offer maternity leave – a particular paid period of time for new mothers. However, in some countries, fathers are also provided with such an opportunity. This is called paternity leave, but, unfortunately, it is available only in five American states. The purpose of this...

Hipster Subculture and Green Movement Counterculture

Introduction A culture is a complex phenomenon that cannot be isolated from the process of social evolution. It often coexists with an array of subcultures and countercultures that are closely linked to the issue of national identity and the feeling of belonging. This essay dwells on values, norms, beliefs, symbols,...

Parent-Child Relationship and Its Effect on Adolescents

Introduction When an individual thinks about what a good parent-children relationship should be, several factors come into mind. Researchers often touch upon the type of bond that holds the connection together in order to explain the concept of bond as a whole. Other elements that are considered in such relationships...

Emotional Styles: Advantages and Disadvantages of the Emotional Style

Taking into account the classification of emotional styles discussed by Reece and Reece (2017), my typical way of managing emotions is to suppress them. This style is peculiar to people who think that strong emotions are harmful and destructive. Such people prefer to pretend that their emotions do not exist...

Behaving in a Loving Relationship

Introduction During one’s life, one has to make a number of crucial decisions, and choosing a partner, marrying, and then sharing one’s life with this person is one of them. However, even after finding a soulmate, there is a possibility of mutual misunderstanding, mistrust, and various arguments. A couple may...

My Relationships With the English Language and English Skills

Literacy skills are often taken for granted as the set of skills that one ostensibly will develop eventually. However, due to the complexity of the communication process and the importance of clarity of expression, gaining literacy skills as quickly as possible defines one’s ability to become an active member of...

Football in Ghana and Its Relationship with the Rest of the World (Player Transfers)

Introduction, Background, Literature Review, evaluation, and Gaps Football is one of the most popular sports not only in Ghana but in the region of Africa and the global society. According to Bellucci (2019), football was introduced in Ghana by European merchants in the 19th century. It gained massive popularity among...

Aspects of Effective Communication in Marriage

Introduction Communication is the process of information transfer from a sender to a receiver through a certain medium. In this case, effective communication is the process of sending the right information to the intended receiver, who correctly receives the information and comprehends it. Based on this, effective communication is a...

Marriage and Inequalities With Gender

The issue of bridging gender equality has been the center of debate in the 21 century. The role of women in society could no longer be underestimated. In the United States and other nations around the world women have equal opportunities to stand for their rights and engage in a...

My Experience With the Logic Course

In this paper, I will overview my experience with the logic course. I will try to evaluate how it affected me. I will also try to give examples of the positive effect it had on my everyday life. Before I started the course, my idea of logic was pretty uncertain....

Self-Awareness: Theories and Examples

Introduction Human development is a process that takes various courses. This is because of the various life challenges and setups that come up during the development and growth of a child. Children are brought up in different environments with possibilities of acquiring various dimensions of life as well as behaviors....

Malay Marriage and Its Ceremonies

Numerous nations and ethnic groups have their own customs and traditions in all the spheres of their social and religious lives. The ceremony of wedding, and all the traditions connected with it, is of crucial importance for the society, and Malay people understand this as well as all other nations....

Saudi Arabia: Marriage and Family Formation

Introduction Saudi Arabia is one of the countries in the continent of Asia. It is a country that is dominated by the Islamic religion which means that the people’s cultural values and beliefs are Islamic-based. In Saudi Arabia, a family is the most important institution as far as their culture...

You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover. Good First Impression

We are often told that it is most important to create a good first impression when meeting somebody for the first time. The connotation is that we are most often judged first by our physicality, and only secondly upon our character. Sadly, this is the criteria by which we are...

Most Memorable Childhood Christmas

The most memorable Christmas I ever had was during the time I was quite a young kid on Christmas eve, just out of the theatre where the movie Superman I was running. It was a breathtaking experience and I remember quite well that it took a long time to get...

Should Homosexuals Have Children?

Introduction Homosexuality can be defined as the practice of erotic behaviors or activities with a person of similar gender or sex. (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary). The practice which is a growing trend in America today has been one that is very controversial not only t religions but also to the law...

Attraction, Relationships and Communication

Psychologists have long been tracing how people are attracted to each other and how they fall in love and build their relationships. Building and, especially, maintaining love relationships is extremely complicated (Oslie, 2007). Future partners are chosen based on their attractive attributes; if their further relations contain all the necessary...

The Issues of Gay Parents

Gay parenting is a situation whereby one or more of a child’s parents or guardians identify themselves as lesbian or gay. This may involve children from a previous marriage or even adopted children. Only a small percentage of same-sex parents have an adopted child, and the majority of such families...

Tracing Family Roots: Genealogy of the Tynes and Lemane Families

The history of my family is always an interesting topic for me as it is a good chance to find out something new and improve my understanding of our traditions and the chosen culture. My parents came from two different families, Tynes and Lemane. Within the frames of this week...

American and British Parenting Styles

Abstract Despite much attention being paid to parenting and the role of adults in child development in different cultures, little is given about the impact of cultural differences on parents and their relationships with children and communities. However, an existing variety of parenting styles is not usually considered in the...

Personal Experience in the Covert Conflict

Introduction I experienced the negative consequences of the covert conflict while living with the roommate who avoided expressing the real emotions and feelings. My roommate chose to mask negative emotions under ignoring behaviors. Covert conflicts can develop over a long period of time, and our conflict was lasting for several...

Attraction, Love, Relationship Schemas and Stages

Antecedent of attraction Social psychologists argue that there is no one antecedent of attraction but rather that it is caused by numerous factors that include but are not limited to propinquity effect, similarity, reciprocal liking, social exchange, and liking (Aronson, Wilson, Akert, & Sommers, 2016). Similarity or a match between...

Overindulgent Parenting Style and Its Harm to Children

Abstract Children come into the world without resources and it is the duty of their parents to provide for their material and emotional needs. Some parents inundate their children with too much of the material and emotional resources and there are concerns that this might have deleterious effects on the...

Staying Single or Getting Married

After the passage of the teenage years, a person has the choice of remaining single or getting married. Both are similar in two ways. Firstly, both single, as well as married persons, remain part of society, participating in it in various ways (such as being sportspersons, entertainers, politicians or entrepreneurs)...

Hard Work as a Guarantee of Success

Introduction Hope for the best helps a person to survive, to fight for his life and happiness, no matter how terrible and difficult his life circumstances may be. Having lost hope, a person actually signs a sentence for themselves before fate does. Meanwhile, everything can change dramatically at any moment,...

Values’ Influence on a Romantic Relationship

Abstract Humans have different values and behave, think, and believe based on them. The formation of romantic relationships implies that people with different values emerge. As various factors hinder the building of relationships, values are one aspect that encourages their creation. This work thus aims at studying the impacts of...

How Happy Relationships Affect a Person: Cause and Effect

Introduction Relationships are among the social bonds that keep people together. Social and positive relationships are sources of belonging, strength, and physical and emotional support. Individuals tend to create social connections with peers, coworkers, relatives, and friends with the hope that they will find satisfaction in life. The connections can...

Financial Implications of Single Parenting

Introduction Being a single parent is challenging work since a parent has to care not only for oneself but for another little person. Therefore, single parenting is a great responsibility as an adult has to raise and teach a child while also providing one with necessities. Overall, a person must...

Polyandrous Relationships and Their Key Features

Introduction Since ancient times, people have learned to find and apply specific methods and means to interact with others. Moreover, these sorts, types, and forms of relations began to be “framed” and acquire more specific formats. Some of the most famous connections are friendly, business, family, and love, which also,...

Evaluation of Paradigms and Personal Worldview

Introduction The ontological view or presumption that all human traits and acts are guided by one reality irrespective of context and individuals underpin the post-positivist paradigm, which is similar to the positivist paradigm. From it, four main directions can be determined – transformational, pragmatic, constructivist, and post-positivistic. Additionally, there are...

Divorce Among Challenges Facing Families Today

Introduction Divorce is a common social issue today and significantly impacts the individuals involved. Causes of divorce vary depending on the involved parties’ culture and marital arrangement. The causes include communication problems, negligence, lack of cooperation, abusive spouses, falling out of love, childlessness, and marital unfaithfulness. Although society condemns divorce...

Challenges of Taking English Composition Course

The course has proved to be interesting but challenging since it necessitates studying and a deep understanding of the notions involved. However, the main difficulty has come from adequate time management since I have to balance my studies against volleyball workouts and mental breaks with friends. Indeed, studies and sports,...

Mindful Self-Compassion and Self-Awareness

The webinar “Mindful self-compassion: Heart skills for our families and ourselves in challenging times” explores important strategies for finding solace after making mistakes in life. The session addresses the need for self-compassion, which is integral in establishing kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness. Self-Compassion is treating oneself with empathy and understanding...

The Concept and Aspects of Remarriage

Introduction Remarriage is when individuals get married for a second or subsequent time. When a marriage does not work, couples often end up divorcing, and some of them end up remarrying. Remarriage, however, rigs up adjustment questions, especially when two existing families are combined. This paper aims to describe remarriage...

Consequences of Divorce of Parents for Children

Introduction A divorce is a widespread phenomenon in modern society, and the community does not condemn people when they decide to end their marriage. However, a divorce is typically considered a negative event because it brings emotional and often financial challenges to all parties. According to the official statistics, the...

My Haitian Heritage’s Influences on My Worldview

Culture is a factor that significantly influences people’s behavior, perspective, views, and even outcomes in life and cannot be avoided. It is usually passed from generation to generation, from parents to children, and is interrelated with the concepts of ethnicity and society. Yet, culture does not stay unchanged; instead, it...

Surviving the Death of a Parent

In the article “The Death of a Parent Affects Even Grown Children Psychologically and Physically,” published in Fatherly, Krisch explains how parental loss affects adults. Although people are aware that they are likely to outlive their parents, this knowledge does not make the death of a parent easier to process...

Observation of Neo-Local and Multi-Generational Families in the Framework of Modern Trends

Introduction The modern world is very diverse and well combines current trends with the remnants of the past. Once multi-generational households were the absolute norm, different generations could coexist nearby or even under the same roof. The reasons for this could be entirely different, from economic to social causes. Standing...

Single-Parent Households Issues

It goes without saying that intimate relationships and family structures have dramatically changed over the course of time. In preindustrial societies, kinship systems were the main form of social organization that provided members cooperated by marriage, adoption, or common ancestry with basic life necessities (Kendall, 2014). In turn, in industrialized...

Applying to Boston Architectural College

My name is Xhesi Qose, 20 years old. As far back as I can remember, I dreamed of becoming an architect. Where others see projects, experimentation, and the presentation of architecture as a chore, I only see excitement and beauty. However, unfortunately, after graduating from Winthrop High School in 2019,...

Different Perceptions of the Responsibility of Children to Their Parents

Background A family is a place where a special bond is established between relatives. An ideal relationship model has no room for anger, aggression, or other negative feelings. They are replaced by care, sincerity, devotion, and love. One of the most controversial gestures of wholesome family relationships is the presumption...

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Review

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, written by Amy Chua, is indeed an examination of the disparities between parenting styles and the principles that children and parents all across the world teach each other. The Tiger, being a natural metaphor for force, instills dread and reverence in most people. Therefore,...

Cross-Sex Friendships: The Main Benefits

Although this is a subject of a very long debate, I believe that men and women can form platonic friendships. In the clip from “When Harry Met Sally,” Billy Crystal’s character, Harry, claims that the reason men and women cannot be friends is that sex always gets in the way....

Creating Personal Business Plan

Vision and Opportunity Obtaining a higher education in IT business management is a long-standing goal of mine, which I have been striving for for a long time. Getting a degree in this sphere can help me realize my career ambitions to the fullest. After graduation, I want to find a...

Four Types of Love and Agape as Its Highest Form

The word “love” has various meanings, and everyone usually uses it, implying their meaning. I believe that clarifying the definition of love would benefit society and the world due to sympathy being one of the most important. As a result, people would be better at understanding their own emotions and,...

The Science of Love with Dr. John Gottman

Having a happy and meaningful relationship with other people is something that almost all individuals pursue in their everyday lives. Especially it concerns those who are the closest to us – our partners. However, although everybody wants to be loved and cared for and loved and cared for back, only...

Essentials of Strategic Management: Personal Experience

Introduction Learning is a big part of life. I getting to know the world around us, other people that live in it, as well as all kinds of phenomena that exist in it, we get to better understand ourselves. Throughout my time as a person, I have managed to learn...

A Personal Timeline Compared to Historical Events

Introduction People’s lives are interconnected with the overall situation in the country and the world. Some personal events may reflect a more global political and economical state. The state of the economy can influence people’s decisions to marry, have children, buy a house or move to another city. In this...

Projections of Family in 2030: A Demographic Perspective

The traditional family roles have been evolving over the years with more emphasis on the female gender. Men still hold their roles as the primary provider in most families, but this is changing with women’s active roles in making sure the family is comfortable financially. The changing gender roles have...

Parental Influence on a Child’s Life Outcomes

Many factors and coincidences shape human life. The environment, especially the close ones, for example, the family, decisions made, and various events form a particular path-dependency of one’s life with a corresponding outcome. In the book Wes Moore “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates,” the author tells the...

Emotional Experience and Self-Regulation at Work

Self–regulation involves the ability to understand and recognize one’s own emotions and be aware of the effect your actions can cause, and therefore regulate them. It involves expressing oneself at the right time (Siregar et al., 2018). It consists of being flexible to change and managing conflict in difficult situations....

Homosexual and Heterosexual Families Are the Same

Abstract It is often argued that gay/lesbian parenting is unequal, in some aspects, to that of heterosexual parents. This argument is based on the notion that homosexual parents lack the parenting skills and practices that their heterosexual counterparts have. However, the studies reviewed in this paper indicate that parenting depends...

A Personalized Emotional Action Plan Based on Emotional Intelligence Assessment

According to the latest scores, the subject has significantly improved from the previous scores in all four areas of emotional intelligence (EQ) assessment. The new average emotional score is 91 out of a possible 100. This means that the subject has the strength to capitalize on, based on what she...

The Development of Infants and Young Children

Infants and young children are already gaining knowledge at birth, and they keep developing and learning at a fast rate in their formative years. The process offers a vital basis for lifetime progression, and grownups, both parents and other members of the family, who support the nurturance of infants and...

Planning and Budgeting for a Wedding

Personal finance management is one of the techniques that every individual needs to have to be successful. Such skills can enable one to plan and budget for significant life events, such as trips, vacations, weddings, or buying a home. This paper is about planning and budgeting for a wedding. It...

The Health Care Insurance Supervisor: Job Description

Discussion In staffing within the health care insurance sector, the first step is the manpower requirement estimation. This process involves establishment of the actual personnel in terms of the number, position, and job roles. The main elements considered in the estimation include analysis of work load and workforce in order...

Online Dating Should Not Be Classified as Dating

In this digital age, it is common for individuals to seek out services and experiences, that are otherwise available in real life, online. This trend influences every area of people’s lives, including the pursuit of romantic relationships. Nowadays, there is a myriad of apps and websites that allow an individual...

Friendship at Different Points in a Lifespan

Goal of the research This research seeks to find the role of friendship in people’s development. The research is informed by the notion that human beings thrive well in good relationships established in the society. Such relationships serve to affirm, encourage, advice and promote one’s self esteem. While childhood friendship...

Murray Bowen’s Multigenerational Family Therapy Concepts

An understanding of family relationships and the worth of the ties between generations play a crucial role in personal development. The family turns out to be a powerful platform for an individual to identify attitudes, determine beliefs, create habits, and enhance opportunities. As soon as a person demonstrates some emotional...

Dominant Parenting Styles: Gender-Differentiated Parenting Revisited

In lower-middle-class American families, the authoritative parenting style is the most dominant (Friedson, 2016). Authoritative parents impose high standards upon children and demand blind obedience. If a child misbehaves, they resort to punishment and omit explaining the reasoning behind their actions. Several reasons can explain the prevalence of this parenting...

Analysis of Social Institution of Marriage

Marriage is a unique social institution that can be viewed as an agreement between partners needed to regulate social life and create a legally recognized union based on passion, love, religion, or other reasons that might help to generate benefits and get an advantageous position, or a desired social status....

The Cultural and Psychological Aspects of Marriage

Marriage is a long-standing social and legal institution, and studying it through social sciences can change how we view it. Recognizing the cultural and psychological aspects of marriage and the shifts these aspects are currently experiencing is also important. For instance, separating marriage from childbirth and the rearing of children...

Marital Success and Satisfaction and Their Factors

Most of young adults prefer their relationships to result in marriage. However, marital quality and satisfaction depend on various factors that appear at the time of marriage and determine its future. For the best marriage outcomes, a newly engaged couple should consider these factors and how to deal with them....

“Working at McDonald’s” by Amitai Etzioni

In his article “Working at McDonald’s”, Amitai Etzioni argues that American teenagers face a number of problems in their lives in case they decide to take a part-time job. The author uses the example of McDonald’s chain as a pioneer in the field of employing young people who are still...

Essential Qualities of Marriage Partners

A successful marriage is a precondition for happiness; therefore, finding suitable partners is necessary for the well-being and satisfaction of couples. Romantic partners have to meet each other’s expectations while being both friends and spouses to lead a long-lasting untroubled marital life. Successful marriages are characterized by friendship among partners,...

Step-By-Step Guide for Horse Grooming

Horse grooming has always been a very important part of hygienic care. It is not only a means to keep your horse clean, the horse grooming is exercised before the horse shows to present a pet at best. So, this essay will elaborate on the way to groom a horse...

Concept of Saving Face in Conflict Resolution

Introduction Conflict resolution conflict is a day to day occurrence that happens when two or more people or groups differ on issues, ideas or misunderstand one another. Conflict resolution is the process that aims to bring these parties together so that the cause of conflict can be eliminated. When talking...

Two-Lives, One Partner: Indo-Canadian Youth Between Love and Arranged Marriages

Statement of the problem The main problem is stated by N. Netting in the following way: Indo-Canadian young people are nowadays living a dual life: on the one hand, they are successfully integrating into the Western society and learning its family patterns; on the other, they still remain a part...

Some of the Problems that Parents Face Today

Parenting is an onerous responsibility that requires resilience, commitment and above all optimum dedication. Contemporary parenting is even more challenging owing to the changing civilization alongside the new emerging trends on family values and practices. To refer parenting role as merely providing for the material needs is an understatement. On...

Elements of the Ballad in Daemon Lover by E. Bowen

Introduction The Demon Lover by Elizabeth Bowen is an extremely fascinating story about a woman that encounters her past and loses her mind. The events in the story take place around 1941 during World War II. The story presents London after the Blitz, the bombardment that took place over the...