Essays on Family Page 68

Sons and fathers are an intriguing relationship rarely portrayed with the same sentiments as that of mother and son or mother and child.  While the world readily accepts the bond between the latter, the relationship of the father to his son is as diverse as it is enigmatic. The fact that the father does not…

Out Of Focus, a fictional novel written by Margaret Buffie, tells the story of Bernie Dodd, a teenager burdened with the responsibility of looking after her younger siblings due to their single mother, an irresponsible alcoholic named Celia. At the age of thirteen, Bernie expressed to her mother that she would only refer to her…

According to the UN, “Any person under 18 years of age who is part of any kind of regular or irregular armed force or armed group in any capacity, including but not limited to cooks, porters, messengers and anyone accompanying such groups, other than family members. The definition includes girls recruited for sexual purposes and…

In the short story “Zebra” by Chaim Potok, the setting is mainly in a school playground and a classroom. The main character is a boy named Adam Zebrin, also known as Zebra. Another character is John Wilson, initially depicted as a man rummaging through garbage but later revealed to be an art teacher. The story…

The term ‘gothic’ originates from the Goths. The Goths were a barbaric tribe of German invaders of the third century. The word ‘Gothic’ symbolises cruelty, darkness and pure evil. Many of the first novels had very strong gothic themes. ‘The Mysteries of Udolpho’ by Anne Radcliffe is one example, which was written in the eighteenth…

Approximately 10 to 15 per centum of married twosomes in the United States who want to hold kids find that they are non able to bear kids due to infertility jobs attributable to one twosome member or both. The American Fertility Society estimates that every bit many as 50 000 twosomes each twelvemonth need the…

Rosewood Hotels and Resorts is considering a new brand strategy in an attempt to increase their multi property guest stays, revenues and cross selling rates. However, the company needs to do so without the expense of possibly diminishing the powerful brand image and strategy of their existing properties. Rosewood has built a customer value proposition…

Friendship is a form of relationship characterized by mutual affection between two or more individuals. It surpasses mere acquaintanceship and possesses a stronger bond. Various academic fields, including sociology, social anthropology, and philosophy, have examined the concept of friendship. Different theories, such as social exchange theory, equity theory, relational dialectics, and attachment styles, have been…

In Jim Burn’s “The 10 Building Blocks for a Happy Family,” he provided an overview and tips on how to maintain happy family. Also, several issues concerning this topic were also addressed in this article. Meanwhile, the research made by Krysan, Moore and Zill called “Identifying Successful Families: An Overview of Construct and Selected Measures,”…

The past few years have seen the growing significance of scholarly interest in the relatively new phenomenon of adoption reunions, spurred by numerous researches that document the effects of adoption on both the adopted individual’s psychosocial development and identity formation, (Borders, Penny, & Portnoy, 2000) and on the birth family’s psychological health. ( Sobol, Daly,…