Laney Case Study

of her mother having a miscarriage. After the miscarriage, her mother’s doctors would take out all

Sixteen years ago, Skylar Blaize Pichey was born. She was born to a single mother, who got pregnant the first time she had sex. Her mom thought she loved this man, but soon came to realize he was no good when he hit her. She moved back in with her parents and was living with them during this time. Skylar was born 6lbs 6oz, just a little thing. Her mother’s only child, at the time and present day. Her mother fell in love at first sight. She was cared for by her mother and her grandparents, her father was occasionally around to see her, until her mother decided he would not be a part of their lives.

Sarah Davis is fourteen years old and she is in the 9th grade. She live with her mom Karen and two little sisters Alexis and Taylor in Montgomery, Alabama. Her father died when she was 8 years old so it was just her, her mom, and her sisters. One of her favorite thing to do with her family was bake. It was their family traditions to bake different sweets and watch movies on Friday nights. Sarah started to realize that her mother wasn’t around for their family tradition and she wanted to know what was going on.

In this novel Awake and Dreaming by Kit Pearson It talks about a little nine-year-old girl Theo, and her mother Rae who are living together and are a very poor and un-wealthy family. Theo is not your typical child during her spare time, she likes to be alone and curl up to a good book if not she is always daydreaming about unrealistic things. Even if Theo tried making friends they wouldn’t last long since she always moved schools and switched apartments. Her mother was a smoker and waisted all their money on clothing and expensive accessories. There was nothing about Theo’s life that was normal no loving parents to come to after school, no clean clothes, and no toys so she made up her own fantasy. The perfect functioning family she had 2 loving

First of we meet nine-year-old Brittney Smith and her family. Brittney’s dad recently lost his job, causing the family to get kicked out of their previous house. Brittney then recounts her last shower and how it was consisted of only cold water because the bill was overdue. She later says that they lost their stuff that was put in the storage unit after they got kicked out of their last house because they couldn’t pay for the unit anymore. We then see that the father’s truck needs new brakes. This makes their situation even tougher because they need a vehicle to get to a job, but he can’t get new brakes until they have more money from a job he doesn’t have yet. The dad is stuck applying for as many jobs as possible online before the cable and internet is shut off because of, yet again, another overdue bill. The mother cannot get a job because she has panic attacks and can’t drive, most likely because she is on medication. Later we see that the extremely stressed mother is pregnant again and doesn’t

Prenatal Health. Neither prenatal health, nor prenatal care, was cited within the case information. Thus, it remains unknown as to what kind of care Maria’s mother received – advanced, adequate, or inadequate. Advanced and adequate prenatal care could support the notion that Maria is medically sound, while inadequate prenatal care could suggest the presence of an underlying health condition. In the case of Maria, inadequate prenatal care could also explain her inability to decipher fact from fiction. As evidenced by her outburst, it could be presumed that Maria is incapable of recognizing this distinction, as she began to cry uncontrollably when her teacher criticized, and coolly corrected, her birth story. The inability to consider another point of view, and instead engage in defensive behavior,

The daughter had a life plan. She wants to be successful even though people will alienate her for the fact that she has the qualities of someone from a low income family. “In pottery class I’m making a jar with a lid. If it comes out all right I think I’ll use it for a jewel box as we don’t ever eat marmalade. Jolley demonstrates that the sister knows she does not have a lot of things that people high up on the social status would normally have. The author uses characterization to provide the reader with an insight of how each individual lives in a low income family.

Born into a low economic status, Theodora learned at a very young age that in order to survive one had to work. Theodora lost her father at about the age of 4 or 5 leaving her, her two younger sisters, and her widowed mother to fend for themselves in a society that men were the bread winner and the only way for women to make a living was to become actresses,

Sarah’s mom suffered from effects related to diabetes and passed away and her father passed away from cardiac dysfunction. Also, Sarah and her husband begin to have problems with her marriage. In her early 40’s, I decided that Sarah and her husband were in an unhealthy relationship and needed to file for divorce and live separate lives. She begins to focus more on herself and being with her children and close friends after the divorce. Ten years later, Sarah finds a new romance and is again married. At this point in adulthood, Sarah’s children are all grown up at this point in adulthood. Hannah graduated from school, gotten married, and has a child named Lucy. Sarah’s other child Will, has gone to college and is attending a top-ranked program for engineering. Sarah’s health must be watched closely during this stage in adulthood because previous stressors in her life caused significant weight changes earlier on in adulthood. As Sarah enters late adulthood, she comes to terms with her identity and is always finding new ways to engage in different

Colleen Neisen was born in 1950 and grew up on a farm near Union Hill, and I asked how living was like there. She was able to sum it up with one word, “Busy”. She had all of her farm chores and twelve other siblings to take care of. She mentioned how she had a lot of dishes to wash, and how it was a lot of work. She remembered how she would visit her cousins a lot, and her parents would have parties with cousins. When I asked her about her parents, she said her dad was “All work and no play” and strict and no-nonsense. Her mom is Betty Neisen, who I also interviewed and wrote a separate paper about. Her parents did not have much of a formal career, they worked on the farm and raised kids.

In the 25th week of her pregnancy, the mother was advised by the nurse to remain on bed rest to avoid further complications and potentially hurting her unborn baby. The mother continued to work from the hospital placing additional stress on the baby despite the nurse’s appeal that such stress can cause the baby harm. Attempts to stop premature delivery were made but failed, the mother asked the medical team not to take any extraordinary measure to save the baby. The premature baby lived but the mother showed little interest in his health and wellness. The nurse tried to the best of her ability to spark

Tammy has always been in the low class and her life wasn’t easy. Tammy was raised in a big family where it was difficult to get a good education. Tammy works at Burger King, where she doesn’t get paid a lot. She wants to show her children that they have to work hard, and she walks to work because she doesn’t have a car. She doesn’t want to stay at home with her children because she doesn’t lose hope of getting a higher education to help her family and have a better life. Tammy is very positive, but sometimes it’s hard for her to stay like that because she needs money. Tammy’s older son is embarrassed of her mom because of the clothes

After her mom had just freshly graduated high school, Charlene was born in Rhode Island. The immediate family was the only system of support due to her father never showing (not even signing the birth certificate) and the rest of the family shaming her mom for the young pregnancy. The first eleven years of Charlene's life was spent moving between Rhode Island, Florida, and Kentucky to not only provide a stable income, but stay close to family. The greatest challenge was moving between schools and never having long-lasting friendships which formed her strongest attribute – self-reliance. The deepest hole was while living in Kentucky. Inside her mom's two bedroom apartment was simply a bed and one television, “excess” was not a word the mother-daughter

The pt. called she was kept over night at the hospital. While at the hospital she found out she had a bladder infection. While at the hospital she had blood work completed.

Being raised by a single mother, Taya was exposed to the reality of financial and emotional hardships at a young age. Although paternal abandonment might have shaken most, Taya's mom never let neither her nor her sister be self-pitying. Rather, they were always taught to embrace what they did have: a selfless mother, devoted grandparents, and a generous