Naomi and Stephen are growing up under the influence of their two antithetical aunts, Obasan and Aunt Emily. ... Under Aunt Emily's influence, Stephen represses his memories and alienates from his Japanese culture. ... Beside speaking and writing, he uses music as his voice and becomes an acclaimed piano player. ... She has a voice that expressed her feelings in positive actions. ...
What youths need to realize is that while their peers might be help them in schoolwork, assist in developing their talents, and give them support and motivation to succeed, there are peers that will influence them to do things that will harm them, like smoking, missing school or shoplifting. ... The generation gap is whereby parents and teens have different thinking about things - from clothes and music preference, to values and beliefs. Many parents lose influence on their teens and teens value peer opinions above parents influence. ...
Overtime, though, a positive change occurs. ... They are immediately influenced to trust and care for their teammates and coaches considering that they're all on the team for the same reason- to play a sport they all love. ... The group usually shares common interests, like music, art, hobbies, or even similar tastes in food. ...
