which 86 percent live with their mothers (U.S Bureau of the Census‚ 1996 cited in Sayad‚ Strong‚ & Vault‚ 1998‚ p.533). This increasing number of single mothers has led to a controversy in the way children are reared. Some regard these "broken homes" cause a number of badly brought up children. However I personally think that single mothers can raise good kids by using good parenting skills and closer relationship with their children. To begin with‚ single mothers often have suitable parenting skills
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in my darkest of times my mother has guided me. Were it not for my mother I could not even dream of the person I have become. At two years old‚ my family divided itself. My brother and I were forced to live out of our duffle bags and travel back and forth from our mom and dad’s house. This division created confusion for my brother and me. Both my father and mother were always supportive and offered as much help as they could. Thirteen years later‚ my mother was married and pregnant with
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a new name. Mothers shoudmake this decision because they are the ones often left to raise the child‚ for the childs protection‚ We have seen an increase in fatherless children‚ leaving the mother as a single mother. Some say the common practice of using the father’s last name has much to do with family unity‚ its mind boggling when there’s no father and the mother and child have two different last names this is somehow supposed to be perceived as some form of family unity. Mothers should have
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Amy Chua‚ a professor at Yale Law School and author of “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”‚ gives us an inside look at the norm for raising children in the typical Chinese home. Demanding absolute perfection in all tasks attempted and constant scrutiny for anything less‚ essentially imprisoning their children and humiliating them to the point they will do anything to gain approval. Hanna Rosin‚ author of "Mother Inferior"‚ on the other hand‚ takes the "Western" approach to parenting. She believes
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experiences‚ would you share in my happiness? Marshall Rosenberg once said‚ “empathy gives you the ability to enjoy another person’s pain.” It is through the ability to see the world through the eyes of others. In one of my favorite poems‚ Mother to Son by Langston Hugh‚ a mother reflects on her time of hardship while she passes down words of wisdom to her son. The expressive and descriptive words that she uses gives me a clear imagery and allows me to capture her insightful voice‚ her reassuring gestures
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Why Chinese Mothers are Superior What is the best way to bring up a child‚ let them choose their own activities in school and after school‚ let them have play dates‚ play videogames and let them choose their way in life‚ and let learn that is okay to make mistakes like the western upbringing or the Chinese way‚ where you decide what’s best for the child‚ don’t give them any spare time and demands perfect grades‚ which way will create a happy child. Amy Chua has chosen the second upbringing for her
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surely affected my life. One of those is mistake is all about envy. Way back when I was in grade three‚ all my classmates do have their Barbie dolls yet I don’t have one. Because of envy‚ I get some money from my mother’s bag and then I bought one. My mother scolded me and she never gave me a toy again. After this incident‚ I realized that everything you want‚ you should work on it.Never do something bad just to get what you want. We can’t have what we want or need if we don’t have the courage to work
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In “Mother to Son‚” Langston Hughes uses figurative languages like metaphors and tone to enhance the theme that you must keep going even through hard times. Hughes uses a metaphor to help show this theme by comparing two main ideas in the poem. A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another without using like or as. Hughes uses a metaphor when he compares the mother’s life in the poem to a crystal stair. The mother in this quote tells her son “Don’t you fall
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divide her love between me and my sister. However‚ when I observed my mom holding a tiny crying baby in her arms‚ witnessing her happy tears gave me the strength to take care of my little sister. My little sister’s existence not only taught me how to be caring and selfless to my family‚ but it also sparked the compassion in me to care for others
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reminding him everything about previous night. *** “Listen my son! I and your mom‚ we both I mean obviously are going outside the town for some days. Now it’s up to you to take care of our sweet little home right!!” “I got that dad” he said‚ grinning ear-to-ear. “Can I bank on you?!!” “Of course you can” “Will you take care of everything?” “SCOUTS HONOUR DAD!” he smiled revealing a set of bright sparkling teeth. “OK AND REMEMBER‚ YOU MUST NOT ATTEMPT TO GO OUTSIDE‚ RIGHT!” “Ah……yeah!” He saw
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