In this novel, Yunior's father, Ramon, came in and out of the family's life. ... It also tells of his struggles with love and being on his own in adulthood. ... Yunior loves his family and wants it to remain intact after the long years of separation, but he also realizes that he must accept that this is not their reality. ... He loves her very much but Aurora is a troubled girl because she is addicted to drugs. ... In this story, it is clear that Yunior is naive and not knowledgeable about how to date a woman by saying, "Tell her that you love her skin, her lips, because, in truth, ...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

I loved my god-sister and she loved me. ... My god-sister decided that it would be best for me if she moved back to Louisiana, so I can be closer to family. ... I finally felt loved. ... My family is what makes me thrive for success. Whenever I'm feeling down I look in my husband and kids eyes and I say "You're okay, you are a beautiful person and your family loves you....

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• Grade Level: High School

People who hurt loved ones are not just bad husbands, boyfriends or girlfriends, they are criminals. ... Many crave power, some people see violence as a way to gain control over family members. ... Other times the victims have children and want to keep their families together. And sometimes victims have such deep feelings of love and loyalty for the abusers that they stay no matter how bad the situation. ... Many people in violent homes love each other and enjoy some good times together. ...

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Myth As a CPS worker, I'll be saving or rescuing children from parents who don't care about them or don't love them. Reality You will certainly be providing much needed services to vulnerable families and you will be working with families whose children cannot safely remain in the home. However, for the most part, the parents whose children are removed by CPS do love and care about their children; they simply do not have the resources, supports, energy, understanding, or coping skills necessary to be able to meet their children's needs. ... The children removed by CPS ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A common form of emotional abuse is "I love you, but..." ... It indicates, "I love you now, but if you don't stop such-and such, that love is of short duration." ... Most parents love their children and want nothing but the best for them. ... Physical violence is more common in poor families, families living under stress or parents who suffered cruelty as children. ... Many experts think that terrible pressures on today's family are partly to blame for the excess of abuse in today's families. ...

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She was a person who made every child feel loved and successful in some way. ... This situation made me very sad and I did not understand why I could not have a normal family. ... After she got married, mom moved to a different city with her new family. ... That was my first experience of love. ... Now I am capable of giving my family all the love and attention that I did not receive. ...

• Word Count: 1163
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• Grade Level: High School

Social activist Nee Gloria Watkins in her second chapter of the book , states that there can be no love without justice.Until we live in a culture that not only respects but also upholds basic civil right for children , most children will not know love. ... Hook uses numerous logical reasonings to support that ,"Abuse and neglect negate love." ... In conclusion, it is easy to think that we all learn love in our childhood, but when one looks at the facts it is clear that not all people learn love during our childhood. Some people learn love as adults, elders , or even as a teenager from not ju...

• Word Count: 830
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Tobias Wolff explores the idea of a conventional 1950's family. ... Wolff recalls his longing for a stable family during his childhood, and highlights the reality of the family Wolff had. ... Geoffrey gave Tobias the same love he got from his mother and gave him inspiration to do better and assisted him in escaping Dwight's oppressive nature. ... Tobias Wolff faces the harsh reality of a family. ... Her ability to want for a better life for him and herself during a time where divorce was a stigma showed her unconditional love for Tobias as she always put him first by valuing his opi...

• Word Count: 1024
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is at this point that Karl truly becomes a member of the family, and the plot thickens. ... Linda sympathizes with Karl, which is why she embraces him into their small family. ... First, love and protection. ... Linda stays with Doyle out of love (and lonliness) and Frank stays around even with Doyle present, due to love. Karl kills not only out of love but also because he is trying to protect his loved ones. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, approximately half of all Americans have a loved one, a friend, or an acquaintance who has a drug addiction. ... In most cases, one may not understand why or how their loved one becomes addicted. ... Objective signs of addiction are loss of interest in family and friends, disappearance of money and valuables, verbally and emotionally abusive, not telling the truth, constant excuses, poor self-image, and no concern for anyone or anything. ... A person suffering from drug addiction does not understand that they are not only hurting themselves, ...

• Word Count: 502
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Oppression, where one is prolonged to cruel or unjust treatment or control, can be defeated as a result of connecting with family and friends. ... However, they overcome the trauma from their abuse when they connect with their families and friends, and as a result become independent and free people. ... Her love life is something she does not desire nor makes her happy. ... Therefore, Celie gains psychologically effects through her new abusive family. ... Celie gains restitution through connecting with her loved ones. ...

• Word Count: 1181
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• Grade Level: High School

She had tried everything imaginable to get out of going but the persistence of her husband forced her to do it only out of love. ... The story almost makes it seem as though love has no face. ... This love that the wife is giving to her husband in support for his gathering is ended when the narrator's parents ask the grandparents to take him to club one year. ... The family honored all of the requests except for the final one, the request to leave the coffin open. ... Also, the deepness of love that the grandmother has for her husband is in a sense almost unexplainable....

• Word Count: 653
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She is alone, this literally shows her feeling of isolation from her family, friends and the public. The fact that there is a door between Martha and her family represents a barrier between them preventing Martha communicating her feelings with them effectively. ... Your daddy loves us. I know sometimes maybe it`s hard to believe - but he loves us" This quote from the text shows that Martha still believes that her husband still cares for and loves her whether this is the case or not. ...

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In turn, that child gets a sense of neglect and does not feel loved. ... If one is around abuse they definitely do not see an example of love in the home. ... Quality family time seems to be decreasing in the past several years. The family needs to spend time together to stay close. ... Everyone needs to love all of those around them no matter what. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Siblings form one of the most unique relationships within the family unit. ... This view is important to consider because it appears that there is a significant amount of pressure for siblings to love the very person that they are competing against for parental affection. ... Participants included 188 families with first and second born adolescents. ... In about one third of the families, either one or both parents favored the secondborn sibling. ... Turning to the child abuse issue, many researchers argue that "power assertion and love withdrawal are likely to be interpreted by children...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Domestic violence tears thousands of family's apart every year. ... Out of all families who have children, 2 out of 5 children are beaten. ... Economical abuses are dealt with when your spouse allows no access or control over money and forcing you to love without money. ... When feeling threatened or worried about your family's safety in any way, you should not hesitate to call the police. Domestic violence doesn't just effect the victim, it effect's everyone the victim knows and loves. ...

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These relatives have almost always come from poor families where they themselves were abused as children. ... In the name of discipline, they themselves were thrashed, manipulated, lied to and threatened with the loss of parental love. ... Although the literature relating to family circumstances in the physical abuse of children is incomplete, it far exceeds the literature relating to circumstances in families in which sexual abuse occurs. ... The last of is the Family history of abuse, which contributes to child abuse. ... If we believe that some of them, at least, love the children they abus...

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An investigation into the family began after police found the Jacksons" 19-year-old son, Bruce Jackson, rummaging through a neighbor's trash (Jet 46). ... At least nine caseworkers were fired, including a caseworker who was supposed to be visiting the family regularly. ... Authorities said three of the boys, ages 14, 10, and 9, were locked out of the family kitchen and fed a diet of uncooked pancake batter, peanut butter and jelly and cereal. ... Children need love, security and a good relationship with at least one parent figure. ... Generally child abuse involves a child or several...

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If someone loves you, they won't hit you. ... This isn't love, you don't do these things to someone you love. ... Or maybe he can't stand the pain of thinking he was going to lose his family. ... They went to marriage counseling, and we even tried family counseling for all of us. The family counseling didn't work out to well. ...

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All was well until about the age of five, her mother married and there was now a stepfather; not your typical nice guy who loved the kids, or maybe he did love them just a little to much. ... Families just endured or split apart-(2). Eventually she told a family member who informed Dorothy's mother about the abuse. ... As time went on Dorothy grew through her childhood stages and became the first in her family to graduate high school. ... Another story written by Allison, Gun Craz, starts off painting a nice picture of this family who goes out and does things together. ...

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Throughout Great Expectations, it is shown that Joe has a heart full of love for Pip and supports him and because of this Pip saw Joe as the father figure he needed in his life. ... As soon as the family sits down, insults are thrown at Pip in a very demeaning manor. ... One may think that Joe didn't love Pip after he became a "gentlemen." ... However, if Joe didn't love Pip unconditionally, then why did he pay off all his debt? Joe loved Pip, even in his darkest hours, and cruel moments. ...

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Slavery destroyed any attempt towards having a normal family but he tried to create a family in different ways in order to survive his own conditions. Since his family was torn apart disrupted by slavery at very early age he had to form a family. ... Fredrick Douglass has such a talent at pulling his readers into the writing and making them envision what is happening, that anyone could fall in love with his writing. ... Douglass soon married and created his own permanent family. ... He had to rely on memories and experiences in order to create a stable family setting for his family. ...

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Rita told me there once was a case where she was a counselor for a family. ... Maybe helping to relocate the victim and their family, get a job, and have steady counseling to help ease the situation. ... She also loves to hear stories when her clients returning. ... She stated many needed to know there is going to be a long road to healing ahead, for both the family and the child. ... I'm a very compassionate person, and would love to help people they way they do. ...

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Many batterers learned violent behavior growing up in an abusive family (Walker 1980). An estimated 3.3 million children are exposed to violence against their mothers or female caretakers by family members (American Psychological Association 1996). ... Males who witness family violence are more likely to batter their female partners as adults than are boys raised in non-violent homes (Georgia Department of Human Resources 1992). ... Children living in family violence are often themselves victims of abuse by the batterer, the battered, or both (Walton 2003). ... They learn that the people yo...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

We want everything to be good: work, home, family, kids, education and, finally, the retirement. ... The fights in the family, children problems, divorce, financial and many other problems are poisoning our life. ... In theory people are born into this world to enjoy everything that exist;- love, friends, discoveries and many other things that make people happy. ... A new alcoholic stepfather enters the family and begins to beat young Bobby. ... Just as addictions pass down through generations, abusers often leave their families for a family of choice-then repeated the...

• Word Count: 750
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• Grade Level: High School