Esperanza's poverty affects her self-esteem when she doesn't have new shoes to wear. At her cousins baptism she says, "Everybody laughing except me, because I"m wearing a dress, pink and white with stripes, and new underclothes and socks and the old saddle shoes I wear to school, brown and white, the kind I get every September because they last long and they do" (47). She is forced to wear shoes that embarrass her and it makes her feel bad about her self. Growing up in poverty does that to her. She is unable to feel comfortable with what she wears and it makes her feel out of place even in front of her own family. .
Esperanza looks up to her mom with a great aspiration to be like her, yet she feels her mother doesn't like being around her. When Esperanza wants to eat lunch at school she tells her mother:.
You would see me less and less and like me better. Everyday at noon my chair would be empty. Where is my favorite daughter you would cry, and when I came home finally at three p.m. you would appreciate me. (44).
She wants her mother to be happy and she feels she is happier when Esperanza is not around. Her mother has given Esperanza no sense of self-worth and it isn't a good thing to make a child feel this way. Treating a child this way has the potential of influencing a child in a negative direction. .
Poverty and parental guidance both play a role in Esperanza's life when she is forced to start working. It is obvious by her comment about how much school costs that her parents have suggested she needs a job to help pay for it. Esperanza is not one to disobey so, due to her parent's financial situation, she goes to work before she is ready. This sets her up for failure at her first working experience. Her mom and aunt insist she lie about her age which puts her in a working environment she is not mature enough for and makes her uncomfortable. When a man at work tried to make a pass at her she doesn't understand what is happening which makes her feel bad about herself.
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A good parent also lets them talk and doesn't talk back. ... Being a good parent is a hard task, and is achieved through love. ... Mike and Carol Brady are the perfect parents, and that's how many people want to be to their children, but the thing is there is no such thing as a perfect parent. There are no perfect parents, but there are good ones. ... Good parents are generalized to have love for their child, respect, support and many other good qualities needed in order to be a good parent. ...
Parents are charged with the responsibility of raising their children. ... When one is a parent that is the responsibility one carries. ... The child needs the mature decision from their parents. ... That is where a parent steps in. ... The parent would not only be improving the child's positive environment; but also creating a bond between the hero (parent) and the child. ...
Parenting During the last two weeks we have had many discussions about parenting. We also have had some serious arguments concerning parenting. ... Do you let your sixteen year old daughter go on Spring Break with a parent, or even let them go at all? ... I know it is cool when you"re in high school to see your friend's parents drinking with you and your friends. ... I think it is fine to drink if you choose to when you are twenty-one with or around your parents, but I think the child feels like they can do what they want whenever they want and it just makes it harder for the pare...
If you are a birth parent your child must come first. If you are an adopted parent your child must come first. ... The second similaritie is that you"re a parent either way, wether you give birth or if you adopt you are still legally a parent. ... Secondly, as an birth parent you don't get screened before getting pregnant. ... The process to become an adopted parent could be quite lenghthy. ...
