I myself have witnessed this with my sister Princess. ... My baby shower was the first day I realized I would have to find new friends. ... My daughter's father and I did not have a healthy relationship, so I ended it before I even found out I was pregnant. ... I feel really bad because I always promoted her having a bond with her dad, but I guess his absence spoke enough to her. ... Now that I have created a better understanding of adolescent parenting I have taken it a step further. ...

• Word Count: 2751
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

My mom looked around happily, "it's a perfect house!" she exclaimed. "Can't you just imagine a murder taking place here Molly?" I nodded in agreement and pushed aside the wispy white drapes at the large bay window in the living room. Outside a wide expanse of closely clipped green lawn swept to t...

• Word Count: 2994
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

I have experienced a great deal of sadness that I am raising my children alone. I have been embarrassed to say I am a single mother and have been asked numerous times about what my husband does. Don't these people see that I do not have a ring on my finger? ... Instead of climbing into a pit of victimhood and pity, I chose to pursue a higher education and begin building my dream career. ... I have a unique well of experience having been raised by the mother I was born to. ...

• Word Count: 2758
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Summary - This is the story of two families who have been neighbours for a long time. ... The family changed plans and decided to have a nice dinner at home. ... He seems I to be a solid worker who has built himself. ... Although all the I people thing him murderer, they enjoy his company. ... He thinks that they will discover those cracks before fixing them in and he will have time and chance to replace them with good ones. ...

• Word Count: 3955
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

Connie and Oedipus undoubtedly have contrasting qualities. ... Not so likeable Arnold Friend in "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?... - reveals that despite the fact that Connie and Oedipus have differences in character, the two stories to have similarities. ... Then he reveals more of his psychic powers by telling her: "I know your parents and your sister are gone some-wheres and I know where and how long they are going to be gone, I know who you were with last night and your best girlfriend's name - (475). ... One of his reactions to the prophet after he speaks a prophecy ...

• Word Count: 2789
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

i choose to believe that if my mom were clean she would have been a better person. ... I began having the old nightmares again, waking up at night to check on my dad, making him sleep in my room with me because i was afraid. ... Friday night movies turned into me having t o go to bed early even though i did nothing wrong. ... Even though i was a llittle kid he used to be able to sit down and actually have conversations with me that i could comprehend and feel for. ... She told me i could see him any time i wanted becuse he would always be in my dreams and in my heart. ...

• Word Count: 3415
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School

Kathleen O"Connell Corcoran Ph.D. show that "divorce is associated with an increase in depression: people experience loss of partner, hopes and dreams, and lifestyle". ... In my own experience as a child of divorce, I was able to develop without any behavioral problems because I observed my parents getting along without any abnormal or disruptive behavior between them. ... Lastly, the most common reason for lack of parental involvement after divorce is the attitude the parents have toward each other. ... Many studies have shown that girls tend to internalize their distress. ... "These girls of...

• Word Count: 2872
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School