Case Study Of The Walls Family

Upon approaching the home where the family resides, there have been a multitude of hazards when approaching the home. When viewing the outside of the home there were the following hazards: lopsided porch, rusted gutters, sagging roof, balding tar paper/asphalt shingles parting from the underwall, wooden stairs rotting, and with the house only being supported by two pillars and one already beginning to buckle, this house had already proved itself to be a dangerous environment for the children residing in it. Entering the household there had also been some issues that could prove to be an endangerment to the children. It appeared that there was no sort of sewer or septic system along which leads to the conclusion that there is no running water
Although she is of young age, Maureen has already seen so much of her parents reckless behavior. The first incident Maureen had recalled was when her father had lit fire to the Christmas tree. Rex Walls had been drunk at the time, Maureen had claimed and had thrown his lighter towards the tree which had immediately caught into flames ( ). Maureen had also shared another incident from the same day when her mother and father had gotten physical with one another. Maureen had described the fight as brutal and had even thought that her father was going to kill her mother. Instead Maureen stated that her parents had laughed and hugged in the end of their conflict ( ). It seems that what each child has most lacked when it comes to their needs was safety. Based on what Maslow stated, in both incidents Maureen's safety needs were not met. Instead she was exposed to abusive behavior and had almost been involved with a fire ( ). It is evident that both parents are completely incapable of meeting their children's safety needs as well as keeping them away from the wrong people. Both parents have done nothing but risk their children's lives over their own
The website claims that being exposed to an abusive environment can lead to depression later on in the adolescent's life. A study of 500 low-income children ages 7 to 13, about half of whom had been abused and/or neglected, aimed to find out whether abuse early in life and feelings of depression affected cortisol ("stress hormone") levels. Study results suggest that there are different subtypes of depression, with atypical cortisol regulation occurring among children who were abused before age 5 (