Archive for Education
STEREOTYPES OF MIXED GAY/LESBIAN MARRIAGES:
Narcissistic and self-serving Only one spouse is confused/hurt/fearful Infidelity Sexual satisfaction Sexual representation/unavailability Full knowledge of sexual orientation Deceitful and misleading I will write more on this topic. Check back later.
Comfortable, peaceful places to retire:
Many people spend most of their adult lives working and the place they choose to retire is critical in their golden years. For this year’s edition of Best Places to Retire, MONEY identified towns with notable lifelong-learning programs, as well as other attributes that retirees can appreciate, from low taxes to affordable housing to high-quality [...]
food as a cultural barrier/connector
Food was the main issue with my foster children. The kids were: Latino, Black, mixed race and Caucasian. Keeping a child immersed in his/her culture is a big part of cross cultural foster parenting. Understanding one’s culture is important to a child’s self-esteem and identity. We resolved this problem by discussing and writing down different [...]
Tips on solving life’s problems and anxiety:
PHYSICAL Try Abdominal breathing, Relaxation, Exercise, Meditation and Medication EMOTIONAL Identifying and expressing feelings to people who cares about you or a therapist BEHAVIORAL Work on Imagery and real life desensitization to decrease the anxiety MENTAL Try Replacing cognitive distortion and negative beliefs with realistic thoughts and beliefs, positive self -talk SPIRITUAL Finding your [...]
Reasons Why Children Are Removed
Read more from Ezine Article-Reason why children are removed from their homes.http://ezinearticles.com/?Reasons-Why-Children-Are-Removed-From-Their-Homes&id=4803302
Riches And Meaning
At-risk, abused and neglected teenagers go through the hurling of placements and sometimes justice and their rights to choose where to live are denied. I don’t know about you, but growing up, the whole community was in charge of raising and disciplining children. However, today’s children are different and laying a finger on them can [...]
How important to teach young children how to save
Many young people struggle with finances even though they were taught by either one parent or both. Imagine foster children who are not taught by either parent, or taught by multiple people and the confusion that comes with it. Most of the system children may not know the importance of hard work and savings. and [...]
The Fear of Reporting Child Abuse or Domestic Violence
Abuse of all types including sexual abuse occurs in all cultures. The meaning, however, and responses to interventions vary according to the victim’s and family’s cultural heritage and how society treats people from the victim’s ethnic group. If individuals are marginalized and discriminated against, they often have greater trouble trusting or cooperating with intervening authorities [...]
child abuse and undocumented immigrants
Many child abuse and neglect go unreported because of fear from a parent who is not documented. The fear of deportation is greater than the fear of reporting the abuser. Details will be posted later today.
if you have two weeks to live…,
If we know how long our lives are or will be, we may take a different approach to life. Sometimes it is good not knowing what tomorrow holds. I watched ‘Becker’ one of the old sit com’s where Sam Malone as he is known in ‘Cheers’ acts as a doctor. A patient came in and [...]
