Family Essays

1. Two signs I would look for to know when Vara is ready to end counselling are noticing that Vara looks a lot happier and sounds a lot more confident. As well as Vara demonstrating that she has accomplished the experiments we had discussed in previous sessions, resulting positively and …

Most people believe that they deserve the rights they are granted by the government; an upstanding citizen who pays their taxes, serves their community and abides by the law should be afforded the rights of an American. However, not all citizens are afforded equal rights. Specifically, gay and lesbians couples …

My summer vacation wasn’t so boring this year I went to Florida with my parents, brother, aunt, uncle, two cousins, and grandparents. I was pretty excited, because it’s my first time going to Florida. My mom told me that we were going to stay in Houston for a day and …

The Filipino Family is the basic unit of Philippine society. Education is merely an extension of the family circle. There should be strong child-parent-school relations through cooperation, coordination and transparency. Courtship and Marriage Every society has some kind of courtship, system which precedes marriage. Society’s mores and values change due …

The year of 1539 found the post-Reformation England in a delicate situation, facing the imminent peril of an allied invasion on religious grounds from both France and the Holy Roman Empire. One can refer to the English territory as to “a bone between two dogs”, this making Henry VIII a …

Abstract This paper examines the benefits and the negatives of the mother who works either due to financial need or her own desire to do so. Such concerns are whether or not having a working mother negatively affects the children emotionally and/or academically. This paper will explore how maternal employment …

Children of all ages have been forced to fight in wars. Wars of all kinds, fought for different reasons, but if you look back on all of them you’ll see children. They may or may not know why they are fighting; they simply do as they’re told. Everywhere around the …

Summary This column, “Against Gay Marriage,” was written by a retired chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, William J. Bennett. It originally appeared in the Washington Post close after the Defense Marriage Act of 1996 was issued. It was a rebuttal against another popular debate writing called “Virtually …

Conflict between you and your teen should not come as a surprise. This is the age where your teen will begin embracing her independent thinking, leadership and self-esteem. It’s important, however, that you continue to love, support and guide her along the way, so that she can grow into an …

This column is for assessor use only 1.1 Explain why positive relationships with children and young people are important and how these are built and maintained, these may include • Communicating effectively •Identifying and sorting out conflicts and disagreements • Being consistent and fair • Showing respect and courtesy • …