Resiliency is the ability to successfully overcome adversity (Seccombe, 2016). Learning resilience is a lifelong process. Elements at the macro and micro level produce the harsh conditions or recovery mechanisms (Seccombe, 2016). Macro-level elements include political and social systems. Micro-level elements consist of the family system and an individual’s characteristics. Additionally, it is these environmental factors and individual characteristics that foster either resignation or resilience (Seccombe, 2016). The book Louisa (Emmel, 2007), illustrates how a culture’s social policy was restrictive while the family structure and individual characteristics were the protective/recovery means that provided resilience. Louisa the main character …show more content…
Making available resources for families and children in need creates a chance for them to succeed (Seccombe, 2016) . For example, implementing and enforcing laws to protect children from physical abuse and unfair labor practices acts as a protective factor (Seccombe, 2016). Likewise, social safety nets to prevent hunger and require an education serve to provide a way to achieve a better life (Seccombe, 2016). On the other hand, not caring for family needs hinders child development. Louisa experienced both types of social policy. Louisa was born in African community. She was the daughter of a chief; a position of high status. In Africa she was free, educated, and valued as a human being. The social structure was supportive. Each member of the tribe had a role and they worked together. Consequently, they thrived under the leadership of her father. Her beginnings in Africa helped her survive the trauma of being shipped to a foreign …show more content…
As a slave in colonial America she was not free, she was deemed property with no social status. The macro-level social structure, unlike her homeland, offered no support. Furthermore, the culture in colonial American regulated her status. Given that it was against the law for her to obtain an education, be paid for her labor, have a bank account, or own property she was entrapped by society. However, Louisa was not resigned to accept it. Family supportive factors and individual choices have the power to change the life course (Seccombe, 2016). Family and individual characteristics afford the ability to overcome hardship (Seccombe, 2016). If family provides a safe environment of open communication, acceptance and commitment to one another through good and bad times it is a strong support system (Seccombe, 2016). Equally, an individual with self confidence, intelligence, common sense, creativity and independence has the resources to be resilient (Seccombe,
For example, say a person was just laid off from a job. Sure it will be tough to not have a steady income stream and tough to not be working alongside the friends you have made, but that person has to be resilient and persevere through the tough time and head back out on the job hunt. Almost anywhere would be looking to hire someone if you search deep enough. For another example, let’s say someone very close to you in your family has passed away. It will be a very tough mourning period, but everyone in the family has to be there for each other and be resilient, not letting the sadness take over. Humans can be resilient if they want to be, it’s only a matter of when they want to
... middle of paper ... ... Men were no different, but they were forced to mate with choice slaves to produce optimal offspring like livestock. Her experiences with slavery were in different ways, but the underlying result of it is the same for anyone else at the time.
In the earliest part of Harriet?s life the whole idea of slavery was foreign to her. As all little girls she was born with a mind that only told her place in the world was that of a little girl. She had no capacity to understand the hardships that she inherited. She explains how her, ?heart was as free from care as that of any free-born white child.?(Jacobs p. 7) She explains this blissful ignorance by not understanding that she was condemned at birth to a life of the worst kind oppression. Even at six when she first became familiar with the realization that people regarded her as a slave, Harriet could not conceptualize the weight of what this meant. She say?s that her circumstances as slave girl were unusua...
Swadener continues with some of the child advocacy organizations that work to dismantle the harsh beliefs about children and families living in poverty stricken areas. They create and/or improve governmental policies as well as programs to aid address specific needs of ‘at risk’ students and families. In reading what they do, I was happy to see that the organizations are working to solve the problems rather than pointing the finger at how the students’ lives became to be such a way. Also, I knew that there are programs out to help ‘at risk’ students, but it never occurred to me that families are labeled ‘at risk’ as well. Swadener listed some of the ‘at risk’ programs which I was surprised to see that I am enrolled for most: Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and Head Start which is a program that helps pregnant women obtain prenatal insurance before enrolling for governmental insurance such as Title 19, Badger Care, and/or Managed Health. Seeing these programs listed in Swadener’s article gave me twisted emotions.
Louisa Adams was born in Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina. Adams was 8 years old when the Yankees came through North Carolina. The slave children were sent to work at the Salt Mines. While the parents were sent to work in the gardens and take care of their own hogs. Louisa Adams said she had a very hard time while in slavery. Their slave Master's name was Tom A. Covington, Sir. Many night they had to work in order to just stay alive. Louisa Adams stated that they were so hungry they would have to steal or parish just to survive. She stated that “Our food wuz bad” and “they had to use what they had made in the garden to eat”. They also ate their own hogs because they had no food and their Master did not feed them. However, Adams
Linda’s life was without knowing she was a slave until she was bout six years old. Her father was skilled craftsmen and so his was allowed to work for his profit as long as he gave half to his master. Linda’s mother died when Linda was young, so her maternal grandmother took car of her and her brother William. Her grandmother had been freed by an elderly white woman. Aunt Martha, as was known, was very loved by many including whites and blacks especially by Linda. As soon as she realized her fate in slavery her grandmother became her only female figure of who she really loved and trusted.
In Harriet Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Jacobs recalls her experiences of being a slave through the eyes of Linda Brent. Linda held no knowledge of being a piece of property through her childhood. When she turned six, her childhood vanished. Although she was still a child, she had to mature at a much accelerated rate than children who were not slaves, or of color. Throughout Linda’s life of a slave girl, she depended on substantial family tethers as a source of perseverance, support, and aspirations for a superior life. In a few ways, these tethers can be perceived as a blessing in disguise. Even though Linda’s support system served as an extensive force ultimately leading her to
Resilience is having the motive to go through hard times and ‘bounce back’ from them and learnt how to deal with certain situations. To be resilient you must have a positive point of view on life. Anh’s book ‘The happiest refugee’ He was born into a 1970’s Vietnam, He and his family were forced to leave their country due to seeking safety and freedom from war. Anh uses resilience through his comedic, selfless actions. Resilience has allowed Anh to improve the quality of his life, and the lives of those around him.
Resiliency Model of Family Stress, Adjustment and Adaptation was developed from the Hill’s Family Stress Theory and is a method to describe how families perceive and respond to stress (Friedman et al., 2003). It can be an effective way for counselors to allow for the “consideration of cultural an...
Throughout the story, Louisa is shown as a woman who is loyal to her commitments no matter how long she has to wait for something. Louisa is not only loyal, she is also a loner and perfectionist. The perfectionist side of her is shown multiple times. For example, when the narrator talks about Louisa growing her lettuce, the narrator says, “which she raised to perfection” (). The whole story shows how Louisa needs everything neat and
...r lives were like. They found that 86% of the resilient children seemed to doing well as adults and compared with non-vulnerable children had a higher rate of reporting to be happy. However, they did record high amount of health problems such as dizziness, back problems for men and pregnancy, childbirth for women. In addition, other children from the vulnerable group reported significantly better results compared to their teenage selves e.g. going back to school, getting a job etc. the study proves to show that children can grow up to be competent members of the society even if born into impoverished environment and under stressful situations as long as there is a balance between the environment, stress and support. she suggest early intervention programs and nurturing environments for children in vulnerable conditions to improve the child’s development in future.
Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29, 1832, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. She was born to Abigail Alcott and Bronson Alcott. Louisa is the second of four sisters. She was raised in Boston and Concord, Massachusetts (Eds. of Merriam- Webster 12). Bronson Alcott worked at a school for the first five years of Louisa’s life (Herzberg 13). Once a mob encircled the school, Bronson quit the job (Kunitz and Haycraft 18). Her father was penniless and could not contribute and support Abigail, Louisa, and the three other children Bronson fathered. Since he could not support them, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Theodore Parker, and Henry David Thoreau helped to raise Louisa (Eds. of Merriam- Webster). Thoreau helped Alcott with her education. He helped her out because her father did not support her (Kunitz and Haycraft 18). Emerson, Parker, Thoreau, and her father influenced her education and lifestyle during her childhood. Bronson Alcott, who found Fruitlands, which later failed, drove his family into poverty (Eds. of Merriam- Webster 12). Alcott (Louisa) did not understand this (Douglas 31). She soon realized that she had to work in order to support herself and her family. She worked as a teacher for a short time and then began to write. She sta...
...der to surpass the stress experienced by the whole family. It is continuously staying strong and supporting each family member in the changes that might take place in order to respond to the internal and external forces. In brief, developing a resilient family does not solely depend on just those part of the family, everyone has a significant role to play in order for a family to cope with the internal and external stress they encounter. The article is truly useful in most of the situations Filipino families are experiencing right now. It would not only guide them but also mold those families to become stronger and have higher hopes and goals in life. Metaphorically, Understanding Family Resilience is similar to a guide for families to follow in order to have a stronger relationship, not just with those part of their family but also those part of their environment.
In conclusion, Shirley Jackson’s novel tells the story of Louisa. As the story progresses, Louisa’s personality begins to develop. Shirley Jackson’s characteristics have shown which included intelligent, impudent, and organized. Shirley successfully develops a character throughout the story with a distinct personality.
...es. A family’s strength determines the strength of the society in which we live. It is the responsibility of each of us to protect and strengthen families in whatever capacity we can. Perhaps it will once again flourish.