What Is Men's Immaturity?

1. The first risk factor is the unstable relationship between parents. Right before Andre’s aunt announced his girlfriend, Sonya’s pregnancy, Andre was “pictured Sonya in his mind and recalled their “on-again-off-again relationship with mixed emotions” (P. 46). Andre’s mental activities indicated the complex relationship between the two. They can stay together at this moment, and then separate at the next minute. Even though the couple was not sharing a household, Sonya did not say no to Andre’s visit when she had the custody, both of them were making contributions to the baby through different ways, this is why I consider they are jointly raising children together. Children’s healthy development is expecting a constant, stable and loving environment from caregivers. There are no way for Andre and Sonya to
This can be both financially and emotionally. Personally, I believe that in a household, parents should have equal authority power toward the children. However, the character Bear was not the one in the same authority position with Amber. Although he has been actively seeking jobs and would like to take the dangerous but high paid roofer job, he was depend on Amber financially for most time. Furthermore, he acts differently when Amber was presented. As the book stated, “he whitewashed his act while Amber was around” (P.76). When I read this sentence, I felt that Bear was actually Amber’s additional son, instead of a grown man who was able to take father’s role. When their children saw Bear’s behaviors, they were less likely to regard his as a father. I still believe in the old pattern that fathers are the most important people to set disciplines, and help children to build confidence. Obviously, Bear was not able to do neither of these. In other words, there was no father figure to help the children build confidence in Bear’s household. Also, children were less likely to be disciplined at the appropriate