Summary Of Dr. Corrigan's Article 'Joyy Goodbye'
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In the article, “Waving sadly and yet joyfully goodbye,” Dr Corrigan recollects his summer with his children. Dr. Corrigan first gives a little background. He states that his wife has decided to take up a job. He then says that his wife has been a stay-at-home-mom for about 7 years. His wife has decided it’s time for her to work. This causes the Dr. to spend more time with his kids. He comes to a realization; he hasn’t been that active with his kids. Dr. Corrigan is pretty joyful spending time with his children. His kids seem to appreciate it as well. Dr. Corrigan joyfully admitted, “Honestly, though demanding and time consuming…not to be as painful or exhausting as I suspected it would be.” (Corrigan) He apparently thought that taking care of his kids, while doing work would be way more labor intensive than it was. …show more content…
Corrigan most enjoyed about spending time with children were the developmental milestones he had previously missed, for example he helped his son learn how to tie his shoes. Dr. Corrigan was able to maintain his duties as a psychologist, while staying ahead of his home duties. He mentioned he may have been suffering from a “slight case of Delusional Disorder,” but he said that in jest. You could tell he was joking. The next part of the article strolls into the summer. This is when Dr. Corrigan usually has lighter duty as far as his psychological duties are concerned. This summer however, his duties were more than usual. He had to “write a few research grant proposals with short deadline and had to consult very
In the article, “Waving sadly and yet joyfully goodbye,” Dr Corrigan recollects his summer with his children. Dr. Corrigan first gives a little background. He states that his wife has decided to take up a job. He then says that his wife has been a stay-at-home-mom for about 7 years. His wife has decided it’s time for her to work. This causes the Dr. to spend more time with his kids. He comes to a realization; he hasn’t been that active with his kids. Dr. Corrigan is pretty joyful spending time with his children. His kids seem to appreciate it as well. Dr. Corrigan joyfully admitted, “Honestly, though demanding and time consuming…not to be as painful or exhausting as I suspected it would be.” (Corrigan) He apparently thought that taking care of his kids, while doing work would be way more labor intensive than it was. …show more content…
Corrigan most enjoyed about spending time with children were the developmental milestones he had previously missed, for example he helped his son learn how to tie his shoes. Dr. Corrigan was able to maintain his duties as a psychologist, while staying ahead of his home duties. He mentioned he may have been suffering from a “slight case of Delusional Disorder,” but he said that in jest. You could tell he was joking. The next part of the article strolls into the summer. This is when Dr. Corrigan usually has lighter duty as far as his psychological duties are concerned. This summer however, his duties were more than usual. He had to “write a few research grant proposals with short deadline and had to consult very