Ruffin‚ W (2009)‚ Kindship Care: Grandparents and Relatives as Parents. Retrieved on April 7‚ 2010 from http://www.aces.edu/urban/FamilyWebsite/grgfeature.html Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Feature Article Kinship Care: Grandparents and Relatives as Parents By: Dr. Wilma J. Ruffin‚ Family & Human Development Specialist Many grandparents in the United States (US) are finding grandparenthood different from what they expected. Instead of the occasional visits from their grandchildren
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The person I want to describe is my mother. She’s 55 years old‚ medium-built‚ and she’s about 166 centimetres in height. She has an attractive face and looks younger than her age. She has round face‚ big eyes‚ and beautiful eyelashes. She likes wearing casual clothes unless she’s at work when she normally wears lady’s formal wear. My mother works as an accountant in a trade company. She studied accounting at Fudan University and she has always been working as an account since graduation. She’s
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Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren Stephanie Cooper 02/25/2014 Abstract A lot of parents are leaving the responsibility of parenting roles due to numerous personal and economic situations. Many of these household may contain three generations‚ with the most rapid growth occurring in the house holds containing grandchildren and grandparents only. In filling these roles
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‘A Person I Admire’ Conor Duffy 11 (4) The person I admire is Saint Maximilian Kolbe. He was born on 8th January 1894 and died on 14th August 1941.He was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz in Poland. He was canonized on 10 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II‚ and declared a martyr of charity. He is the patron saint of drug addicts; political prisoners; families; journalists; prisoners; amateur radio; and
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What do you want in life? Many people struggle with this question. Maybe you do too? Maybe some of you have already figured it all out? Life can get so busy that we don’t have time to really think about what we want in life. And when we do find what we want‚ it can seem impossible to achieve it. Many people have different ambitions in life. So‚ the word ambition would have different definitions‚ depending on whom you ask. To me‚ ambition is a burning desire to achieve your goals or to succeed. Ambition
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I never liked to think a lot about college‚ the reason is that I was afraid that I was not going to do good there. I was afraid of my classes because I knew that it was going to be challenging for me and specially English. English has not been my best subject. I just don’t think I am good enough with my writing. I would always struggle to get an idea of what to write. I never expected to get good grades on my assignment specifically essays‚ but not only that. Reading was difficult too‚ I could not
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in books‚ we find ourselves too. This being said‚ the only thing I can think of is finding myself through Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Jay was a man who had only one fear‚ losing his true love‚ Daisy. However‚ I admire him not for his loving persona but for his dedication to success in life. He understands that in order to succeed‚ one must never give up‚ but must take all necessary measures to receive what one desires. Life is not just given to you‚ it requires effort and
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What would the world be like if everyone was pessimistic? Would there be anyone who would do anything when they already knew that it was unlikely to have a positive result? I try to visualize the world where everyone has no hope about the future‚ and because of that‚ they misuse the present. I imagine life full of failures‚ living without thinking about any success‚ any goals and dreams‚ and of course this is the origin of misery for the whole lifetime! I believe that optimism makes my future bright
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劉芸榛 My name is Jane. I want to talk about my future. Now I am a senior in Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages. My major is Japanese and minor is English. I have studied Japanese for 6 years. I don’t know what to do at first place even I have learned Japanese for so long time. I thought I would not have a specific purpose till I graduate. But later‚ I decided to be an interpreter after I have some working experience as an interpreter through my college. I’m inspired by these experiences and I found
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I flipped the page of the photo album. There I was‚ grinning happily at my grandma. In another picture‚ my grandpa was feeding me. Why couldn’t I remember? When I was just a few months old‚ I was sent to live with my grandparents. They raised me for about two years‚ and then I went back to America to my parents. In my opinion‚ infancy is the most difficult stage in the process of raising a child. Loud shrieks‚ diaper changing and wailing in the middle of the night- it doesn’t sound very appealing
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