Journal #1 What issues related to families am I interested in? Why are these areas of interest to me? I am interested in learning about homelessness, foster care, education for children and child abuse or neglect. Specifically for homelessness, you constantly hear about it being an issue in the news, but others don’t think this happens every day in our community and I believe I could make a great capstone project centered around helping the homeless that would benefit those living around us. On the other hand, I recently got into watching the Fosters, ABC family tv show, and I am just curious in learning more about how the foster care system works, including the process of how a child moves through the system and how to become a foster …show more content…
-A family can be defined as people who have a blood or legal connection, provide security, support emotional and physical need and they typically live together. How has the family changed in modern times? - The chosen roles in a family has changed with gender, for example, it's normal if dads are taking on more household work like cooking and cleaning and women will work full time. Also, today the number of children has gone down to about 2 or 3 children per family. Another change is that divorce seem more common to older generations. The most dramatic change is marriage can now consist of two moms or two dads. Is the family life cycle still applicable to the modern family? -No, life can have unexpected changes that disturb the cycle. Certain changes can cause you to be in either two stages at once or it is possible to skip stages or jump from one stage to another with no particular order. An example would be, if you get married and have kids then all of a sudden you get a divorce, you're now in the parent stage and possibly in the beginning stage if you re-marry. What role does culture/ethnicity play in working with families today? (what do we need to be aware of, what issues can it create, how does it impact the work we do, …show more content…
#9 Lily’s Story What is your initial reaction to this piece? It’s frustrating that the judge felt Lauren was overreacting about Jeffery’s girlfriend abusing Lily. All the evidence showed this was happening and still nothing was done. Apparently Jeffery had no knowledge of the abuse because he worked too much and was always away from home. I am wondering why Jeffery needed more custody even if he was always working. Renee did an awful crime and I’m glad she was sentenced to life in prison without parole. However, she was caught too late because Lily died and this potentially could have been prevented if the judge payed more attention to the evidence. What are you thoughts on the CPS system we currently have? Some obvious changes need to be made. I am positive that there is more cases like this and it scares me that they could have potentially could have been prevented if the system didn't “throw away” so many cases. I know it would be hard to look at every case but in Lily case they should have taken in consideration the pictures and journals. One
While John 's mother never confronted her husband about his actions, or went to the police before the murder she did eventually confront the police during the trial. " Sandra Telford had her husband served with divorce papers at Riker," (Locos Parentis"). While this was the right thing in the end, later everyone was debating on whether or not she should go to jail as well, but in this case I believe that she was just as much as a victim as John and Chris were. For all the jury and police know she could have been physically abused, and even gas lighted by her husband which makes it even harder to leave. These possibilities make it harder to leave someone and with a total of 4,000 deaths every year related to domestic violence she could have been attempting to protect her own life. While she personally was not convicted of any crime in this case, Robert took a deal and got two to six years in prison, his son was sentenced to ten plus years. This particular sentence is unjust due to the fact that John could have been dealing with the abuse from his father starting from the time he was born, so he may not know right from wrong. Due to this factor and evidence in the case I believe John should be put into a mental hospital so he can attempt to learn right from wrong and get the therapy he obviously needs. Looking at the evidence against Robert I believe
Why the family is considered the most important agent of socialization? What caused the dramatic changes to the American family? What are those changes? Describe the differences in marriage and family life that are linked to class, race, gender, and personal choice. Do you feel the trend toward diverse families is positive or negative? If the trend changed toward traditional (pre-World War II) families, how would that affect women’s rights?
Her psychological damage done from the mistreatment by her mother and having a baby non-consensually should be taken into consideration. None of these make murder okay; However she was clearly immature and scared at the time. It was a mistake that she made when she was very young. If she had remained in jail for 50 years, she would be a senior citizen when released. She would miss the majority of her life and her youth to pursuit major accomplishments and redeem herself. Taking away one’s the opportunity to contribute to the world or pursue their goals would almost be taking away his/her life. Our society should promote the value of life and its potential. Originally, I did not think of the sentence in that way, but the class discussion invoked thought. Recently turning 18 years old, I slowly fathomed the magnitude of a near life sentence for a crime committed as a teenager. Why should one’s opportunity be taken away if he/she has the desire and potential to redeem himself/herself? I came to the conclusion that her redemption attempt deserved a shot. All people, especially young ones, deserve a second chance and allowing her to pursue her degree gave her
National Center for Homeless Education. (2013, October). Education for Homeless Children and Youths Program. Greensboro: U.S Department of Education. Retrieved from http://www2.ed.gov/programs/homeless/data-comp-0910-1112.pdf
Bidwell, Lee D. Millar, and Brenda J. Vander Mey. Sociology of the Family: Investigating Family Issues. MA: Allyn & Bacon, 2000.
What happened to children and famalies involved is very unfortunate. Justice was not served in this case due to the lack of punishment served to those that were accountable for this crime. Once this case was active it opened the eyes to the public and similar cases were discovered around the world. after the case was over society discovered secret tunnels under the school after the case was over where most of the rituals took place. The McMartin Preschool trial is one that should not go unforgotten. What happened to children and famalies involved is very unfortunate. Words to describe the McMartin Preschool Trial would be cruel, traumatic, and life changing, because no family should ever have to go through what the familes of the children attending McMartin Preschool had to go
Many people may know of the Casey Anthony trials that started in 2008. Casey Anthony was officially convicted guilty under the court of law in 2011 for what exactly? If Casey Anthony would stand right next to someone they would not even know her face but when people say her name they will know that instantly. Casey Anthony was arrested for the murder of her two year old daughter Caylee. She was also alleged to be charged with child abuse and fraud charges filed by Organ County. Years would go by without her even being put on trial for the chargers filed against her. The years she served before her trials will come back and help her in the long run with good time. Many people still think to this day along as with myself still think she is guilty, but there was poor evidence produced by the prosecutors. The vitric would stun everyone in the United States that was following the case in justice for the two year old girl Caylee. There were many noticeable risk factors that were following Casey Anthony while she was in in her late teens. There were many options of treatment programs available for Casey Anthony if her crimes didn’t act consecutively.
...ealth screenings and appropriate referrals should be given priority. Quality educational programs, with extra tutoring should be made available to homeless children and parent outreach is essential. Recreational and afterschool care are need for homeless children to have a safe and caring environment to stay when parents must work. It is the goal to help client’s cope with and overcome issues related to childhood homelessness and how to prevent at risk clients from becoming homeless
Family is a group of people like parents, children, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, cousins, spouses, siblings in law, parents in law and children in law. Who are considered to be related in some way such as by blood, by common ancestry, by descent or by marriage. There are two types of families, the nuclear and the extended family.
In a Utopian society most of us would rejoice in knowing that two people such as Mel and Kel who care so deeply for one another, have found each other and are willing to spend the rest of their lives together. Unfortunately we don’t live in a society of that quality and admiration. In any culture, it’s generally conceived that the family is the absolute core of a society. In that, the norms and values of a civilization are directly conveyed from one generation to another through this bloodline. But what exactly is a family? Are there distinct specifications, qualifications or even guidelines that govern the framework for what a family should be? In the Webster’s dictionary a “family” is clearly defined as: “the basic unit in society having as its nucleus two or more adults living together and cooperating in the care and rearing of their own or adopted children.
...rls are not the only ones to blame. The court followed the girls without second guessing themselves and even helped push things along. They made people who were already accused accuse other innocent people in order for them to save their own lives. A lot of people would be surprised by all the things they could do to other people, when they are placed in a situation where they have to decide between their lives and the other person's.
The book, “Marriages and Families: Diversity and Change, Chapter One: Marriages and Families Over Time,” by Mary Ann Schwartz and BarBara Marliene Scott help distinguish what the word family truly means and the different types of families that are experienced among the United States. Family is defined in many types of ways by everyone, such as, family is the person(s) who share the same blood or family is there when you need them at all times regardless if they share the same blood or not. Family is defined as any relatively stable group of people that are related to one another by blood, adoptions, marriage or by simply living together and provide each other with emotional and economical support according to Schwartz
Tracy’s father was faced with an unfortunate decision, and in his decision, I cannot condemn him for his actions. Now saying this I don’t believe what he did was particularly the right decision or particularly the wrong decision. As for his life sentence, it’s quite outrageous. My reasoning for this is because of his actual intentions and his mental rationale in doing so. He claims that he did it out of love and mercy, which I whole-heartedly agree with. With Tracy’s condition already being a significant trouble to live with and the fact that her surgeries brought her much pain and suffering is something that would be hard to bear. They claimed that she had the mental capacity of a four month old baby, so in that sense, it’s almost like watching an innocent baby constantly in pain. One part of the case says that Tracy’s mother believed that the many surgeries especially the one that removed her upper thigh bone were not surgeries but mutilations. I can see why her mother would think this. I can only imagine what it would be like to watch your loved one constantly be mutilated and going under the knife. Surgery and visits to the doctor alone can be stressful enough in itself, let alone ones that can be perceived as mutilations. Additionally the case states that Tracy had 5-6 seizures a day, which would imaginably be hard to watch and care for. Ultimately, I cannot in any way condemn Tracy’s
When they see these molesters getting off easy like the guy that got ten years for rubbing himself on little boys they get upset they deserve more in this case. This mother did not stop until she got justice she felt as though her child’s life was worth more than his life. In this case he killed a thirteen year old boy. His mother protested and didn’t stop protesting until she got justice and she did get justice. she felt no sympathy at all for this guy he took a life so he deserved his life to be
...y locked her up the way she felt was close to insanity(Ten Days in a Madhouse). Think about that, this woman didn't even have a real mental illness and these doctors treated her horribly, and caused her so much pain. Are these doctors not well trained to notice the difference between a real mental health patient and a fake one.