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In order to illustrate a key stage in the life course, I will be looking at the area of adolescence because I believe that this is one of the most critical life stages, with so many immense transitions young people go through. I have chosen to focus on adolescence because of a commitment to working with these vulnerable individuals aged from 14 to 19. We can no doubt all reflect on wrong choices we felt we made in our adolescence, and how our education and employment prospects may have benefited from good advice at this crucial juncture in life. I want to be able to guide vulnerable adolescents in the right direction and help them make the right choices, by understanding their needs, and supporting them in practical ways to live fulfilling and independent lives. From personal experience, I sincerely believe that with the right kind of guidance and attention, troubled teenagers can get back on track.

What impact does his spare use of quotations have on the reader and the narrative? What do the snippets of conversation reveal about the author’s mother?

The narrator and his father have the kind of relationship where on the surface it might come off as cold because they’re reserved and don’t openly share thoughts and emotions but, underneath it all, the narrator must feel some respect for his father because he still contemplates over the advice his father gave him.

Even through his pride, he has come to realize the mistakes he and his wife had made, while bringing up their son and now in his own way is now trying to patch up or lessen the distance between a father and son. Simultaneously, one cannot help but notice the lack of conversation between the narrator and his father, even though they are meeting after a long time, the scarcity of words spoken does not go unnoticed. The narrator on the other hand, is also trying, as he does not give a definite answer on whether he will stay or leave besides the willingness to forget the past and move

The speaker now knows that his father’s acts were examples of fatherly love and he cherishes it. As a child, he never would have known what his father’s actions meant. “What did I know,what did I know of love’s austere and lonely

Ari thinks about how his father acts, saying “My dad didn't talk a lot. And maybe he wasn't the best dad. But when he did speak, it mattered”. Even though Ari and his father struggle to communicate, this quote shows that Ari starts to see the importance of his father’s words and actions. It highlights how even small things from family members can be important in building a strong bond.

When it comes to raising a child, families fall into the category of either emphasizing concerted cultivation or accomplishment of natural growth. In Annette Lareau’s first chapter of, “Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life,” she talks a bit about the different families she researched and the various methods the parents are categorized in about raising their child. Through her observations of these families, she noticed middle-class families practice a particular parenting style known as concerted cultivation, where the parents believe they must promote the growth and development of their child’s abilities and skills. These types of parents often push their kids to join a variety of activities and are very active in their child’s life. They also don't physically punish their kids, but negotiate with them. Children raised in this kind of parenting style often feel comfortable to express their emotions and opinions to anyone even someone in authority. These kids usually grow up into thinking they have equal power as anyone else.

Even at such a young age the boy is beginning to develop the ability to form morals and values of his own. However, Sarty fears the harshness of his father, so he forces himself to abandon the thought of questioning his father’s judgments as evidenced by his thoughts “Forever he thought. Maybe he’s done satisfied now, now that he has…stopping himself, not to say it aloud even to himself.”

He also addresses aspects of parenting and the way that parents’ actions and choices can impact the outcomes of their children’s lives’ but not in the way one would think. In the book they gave an example and compared a white boy with black boy. The white boy was raised in the suburbs of Chicago, His dad had a good job and his mom is a housewife planning going back to college. The black boy is born in Daytona Beach Florida his mother abandoned I'm at the age of 2, His dad has a good job in sales but is a heavy drinker, he was often beaten with the metal end of a garden hose.

During the teenage years they will become responsible for their own thoughts, words and actions. A capacity for higher order reasoning will develop, and individual personalities will appear and form. They will be able to combine and classify items in a more sophisticated manner, and begin to consider their futures. Support, guidance and help, on moral, ethical, social, economic and cultural issues, at these stages of development, can have a huge

Although single parenthood is on the rise in homes today, children still often have a father role in their life. It does not matter who the part is filled by: a father, uncle, older brother, grandfather, etc...; in almost all cases, those relationships between the father (figure) and child have lasting impacts on the youth the rest of their lives. In “I Wanted to Share My Father’s World,” Jimmy Carter tells the audience no matter the situation with a father, hold onto every moment.

Time for you to help out some... Every day his daddy git up, sit on the porch, look out at nothing”(20). Additionally, because he does not have many lines of dialogue, the reader is continually questioning whom Mr. is. Overall, Mr. leaves a mysterious impression on the

Parenting is one of the greatest honors, commitments, and trials a person will go through. It will test resolve, health, and even sanity but it can also provide the greatest sense of love and accomplishment in a person’s life. Whether a parent’s style is strict, laissez-faire, or somewhere in between, the choices made by parents for their children will leave their marks on the character and development of their children long into their lives. Amy Chua knew this. She also knew how dangerous it would be to her children’s future to raise them in a style that would leave them open to falling short of the opportunities they would start with due to her own, and her parents’, successes and she resolved not to allow this to happen on her watch

Growing up, we are all surrounded by people who shape our future. They shape your thoughts, actions and even interests. In my life, my dad has influenced that the most. When someone asks me to describe my dad, I find it one of the hardest things to do, but the least I can say is that he is an intelligent, sacrificing man. When I was seven years old, my family moved here to the U.S. My father had sacrificed by leaving the country in which he spoke its language, work that he worked years on building, and the place where he grew up and shared his memories. All that was for my bother and myself, and on top of that my father never failed to remain a refuge to me. I can’t help but remember this one day, where I came home from school, because I was hardly able to make friends. He came inside my room, sat beside me on the bed, and took me in his warm, comforting arms. Between every tear and the other I was fighting to catch my breath, and in doing that, I was able to smell his Bond No. 9, reminding me that he was right there. Right there to wipe away any worry I had within me. He always knows exactly how to make things right, and helped me do what was in the best interest for me. In the tragic play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, we see quite an interesting father: Lord Capulet. The conflicting personality of Lord Capulet progresses throughout the book. Lord Capulet is considered a democratic tender father, but is flawed with being submissive to the society around him,

Throughout literary history, authors have categorized mothers as nurturing, critical, and caring; works of literature characterize fathers, however, as providers who must examples for their children and embrace their protective, “fatherly” instincts. However, many works’ fathers fall short when it comes to acting the role of the ideal dad. Instead of being there for their children, they are away and play very miniscule roles in their children’s lives; instead of protecting he actually ends up hurting their kids. Thus, the paternal literary lens tries to determine whether or not the work’s father figure fits the “perfect father” archetype. This lens questions whether or not the father figure is his children’s active example, provider, and