Essays on Family Issues

Teen drug addiction is a major problem present in the society, and delinquent youth often end up relapsing into their addiction after they have been undergoing treatment and have stayed in a correctional facility. It is true to the extent that many youths who have been admitted to juvenile correctional facilities have faced educational, financial and family issues which have made them delinquent and residing to drugs. Amongst those in the facility and under judicial orders were those, who were regular drug abusers and were found guilty on multiple occasions. Relapsing into a former condition will have various factors ...

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Premarital sex among those living together in a cohabitation has long been a moral concern that many parents and religious people have minded themselves with. Even though the stigma of premarital sex and cohabitation before married has very much faded and waned over the years, the mental health and family planning concerns that come with the subject have amplified in nature give the increase out of wedlock birth rate and the complications of trying to persist with a serious and cohabitating relationship in spite of a marriage not being part of the proverbial equation. The general subject described above ...

Question 1. Give the name of the film, producer and the year. The name of the chosen film is Hoop Dreams. It was produced in 1994 by Steve James, Peter Gilbert, and Frederick Marx.

Question 2. Why did you select this film for your review?

There are few reasons to select this film. The first one is that I have an interest in basketball, so a documentary related to basketball players is attractive for me. Then, the other reason is that this film helped me know more about the social behaviors and psychology of people. Being a neurobiology student at UC Irvine, I believe that this film helps me to ...

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is an excellent example of physiotherapy. Even though it has been applied in various contexts including family issues, the model was specifically designed to cure depression and other related illnesses (Spiegler, Guevremont & Spiegler, 2013). It has not been clear as to who came up with the model, however, the idea was conceived by stoic philosophers, as for that reason, the model is significantly attributed to stoicism. Notably, Epictetus and Aaron T. Becks are thought to be the original developers of the model. Currently, family therapy is the most popular and relevant form of cognitive behavior ...

Family environment is the foundation of child’s healthy development. The role of the parents in the family is very important; rather family is formed with parents only. The major role of parents in the family is to raise the child with responsibility. When the person is small, family is his/her only world. But the situation does not remain the same in his/her adolescent phase. This phase is very different and the scope of the person’s life starts expanding gradually. The friends, peers are equally important in this age. Still the teenagers cannot completely be separated from his/her ...

Globalization brings about the needs of global companies to operate more efficiently with the aim to gain competitive advantages and to face the contemporary issues and challenges in the contemporary world. A critical factor in optimizing organizational efficient operations of these companies is the IHRM (Guest et al., 2000a; Guest et al., 2000b). The HRM operations helps in developing and motivating the workforce of the companies to improve skills, knowledge, and the modernization required for the companies to vie with ...

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Human resource management deals with people as resources of an organization. There have been concerns on the control imposed by the managers on the employees of an organization. Because of the powers accrued to them, human resource managers are often viewed as the power hungry. Either way, the department is mandatory any organization and is important for organizing the people in the organization.

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Human resource management fundamentally constitutes the management of people within the organization. As such, people tend to assume that human resource controls employees. Primarily, the functions of human resource are the motivation of employees and impacting ...

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Deb and Ron act as the main characters in the video ‘Dual-earner Families. The story behind this video revolves around the day to day lives of both Deb and Ron. Both Deb and Ron are engaged in hectic jobs as they try to earn an income with which they hope to use to support themselves and their children. However, there is a major problem that results from both Deb and Ron’s hardworking and busy lifestyle. Since both of them spend most of their time at their respective jobs, they have been unable to dedicate enough time between ...

The observations were conducted in Jemmerson coffee shop where the waiter and the conversed while they were taking their coffee and tea as it was in the morning hours. The people in the conversation came into the coffee shop to take tea and coffee while there waited for their friends, family member or business partners. The examples are indicated below between the waiter and the customer.

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1. Waitress: Did I get your order right? 2. Customer: Yeah. How have you been I have been coming in, but I have not seen you for some time now 3. ...

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In the modern society, the aspect of individualization is very high. This implies that most people are more attached to themselves rather that the community. Even if the world has become too mobile, family still remains one of the fundamental aspects for many people. There are major family characteristic, history, expectations, behaviors, beliefs, values of individual ethnic heritage. Germany is one of the societies with many inhabitants. Based on my own family, it is comprised of me, my wife and two dogs. Just like most of the developed nations in the world, Germany is in the record for fewer ...

Strengths

Experiential Family Therapy is a therapy that encourages patients to address subconscious issues through actions, and role playing. Experiential Family Therapy has its strengths and weaknesses. One of the strengths of this therapy is that, it focuses on the present and patients are able to express their emotions on what is happening to them presently. The client will have time to share everything about his/her life experiences one on one without any fears. As a result, it helps the client in the healing process because, he/she is able to express their feelings freely and come out of the problem. Therefore, in ...

Treatment of Young Women in the Youth Justice System

Introduction Although crimes are mostly caused by young men, research recommends that rates of connection with the youth justice system through young women have expanded in the past decades around the world. In this essay, we will discover the characteristics and numbers of young women associated in the youth justice system and the forms of administration they experienced. We will also have an outlook about the history of the youth justice system and the improvements done in several states. - Study on young women and crime - Issues that cause young women to get involved in ...

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Gender: Male Ethnicity: Caucasian

Tests Administer: Advanced Assessment Student CLINICAL INTERVIEW Reason for Referral CK is a 24 year old Caucasian male. He is the son to a close family friend and for sometime his family has raised a lot of concern about his behavior. CK has been showing difficulties in concentrating on either work of study. This has proven to be a major hurdle in his academic and vocational life. He was unable to complete his course successfully and is unable to hold down a job. Due to this, he was referred for psychological evaluation to determine his current mental status. The ...

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The Chelmsford Hotel is the small family oriented hotel located in Melbourne. This hotel is developed by the two brothers Jeff and Chad Mitchell. This business has grown with the interest of the owners in work and efforts. The hotel consists of 163 guestrooms and offer valet parking services, housekeeping and manages maintenance and administrative tasks. The Garden terrace restaurant is also part of their service in which they offer to dine, room service, catering service and organization of events. In the hotel, there are around 130 to 140 employees while, for the restaurant around 35 more employees are ...

Kantaras v. Kantaras, 884 So. 2d 155 - Fla: Dist. Court of Appeals, 2nd Dist. 2004 Linda G. KANTARAS v. Michael J. KANTARAS No. 2D03-1377.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 2004. Mathew D. Staver, Erik W. Stanley, and Anita L. Staver of Liberty Counsel, Longwood, for Appellant. Rebecca Harrison Steele of Law Office of Rebecca Harrison Steele, P.A., Tampa; Karen M. Doering, Tampa; and Collin D. Vause, Clearwater, for Appellee. - Type of Action The Linda Kantaras Vs Michael Kantaras legal battle was a civil case. The case was judged based on the Florida Defense ...

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Minority homelessness in London is an article by Kusminder Chahal that looks at the critical issue of homelessness in London, the vulnerable groups and the health risks they are exposed to. The article provides comprehensive information on the topic of study citing some of the research findings that were found. However, as the author notes from the research findings, they were biased and hence not providing true information on the state of homelessness in London. Most of the research techniques used could not allow the collection of correct information as it was more based on what was physical rather ...

Life Span Development and Personality of Princess Diana

Introduction There are numerous factors which influence an individual`s behaviour and development at large. One`s social, cognitive, personality, and physical development are influenced by factors such as environment, family issues, and heredity. As such, authors have come up with various personality theories which explicitly explains a person`s behaviours. This paper seeks to discuss about the lifespan development and personality of Princess Diana. Princess Diana was born on 1st July 1961 to John Spencer and Shand Frances. Princess Diana`s social support system and family issues greatly influenced her development adjustment and growth. In addition, Princess Diana` ...

The role of the sexes is the one of the foundation by which the stakes of societies are developed and also develops the course of civilization that forms an integral part of the society. In a global perspective, the roles played by woman and a man in different societies are subjective to different factors. These factors include the difference in culture, religion, historical beliefs, climate, experiences, region and experiences. Therefore, sex roles can well be described as the responsibility portrayed by a person respective to such factors depending on the living situation. For instance men are involved in physically hard jobs while ...

In dual-career marriage, both partners have occupational careers that they pursue. These types of marriages are rare to find and differs from dual-earner marriages where only one partner has formal employment. Studies have shown that women are fond of undertaking double work, combining workplace responsibilities with domestic work. Having a dual-career marriage makes partners face a load overload while trying to cope with different strategies to improve their marriage. Couples should possess relational coping resources that include fantastic behaviors, cooperation in times of negotiation, and trust between them (Marshall, 1998). Researchers have tried to study the behavior of couples engaged in ...

Paternity leave is yet to receive the full recognition it deserves. Employers and the society at large make the assumption that, since fathers are not directly affected by the birth of a child, paternity leave is merely a convenient provision of the law that ought to be overlooked. Only a few employers led by the federal government, offer paternity leave with pay. Many other employers offer paternity leave without pay. The question that arises then is whether employers ought to pay employees on paternity leave. Of course, my response is in the positive. Men, like their female counterparts, need a break to get ...

Arguably, most students are told to dream of joining a college based on the importance that it is attached. In most case, friends influence themselves on how college life is worth attending. Dropping out of college can make one lose friends, family, as well as oneself. What they forget to say is how college can also be difficult, making some students to drop out of it. Undoubtedly, some factors and effects of dropping out of college are unavoidable, while others could be avoided. Either way, college dropouts count substantial losses in their entire life. Certainly, the causes of dropping out ...