Juggling a job and school while fulfilling domestic responsibilities leaves little time and energy for quality time with children. ... She took a strong liking to alcohol and spent what little she had leftover on booze and who knows what else. ...
Both writers described their relationships with their parents and the roles the women filled in their families in depth. ... Both women had a great deal of interaction with their mothers while their fathers played more distant roles in the womens" lives. ...
In this case we focus on young men because research strongly suggests that the absence of a father impacts young men far more than it does young women (Elium 12). ... However, the research question that we are trying to answer is whether or not boys who have little family structure outside of a father are as well adjusted as boys who may have everything but a father. ... Aside from the study by Cynthia Harper and Sara McLanahan that was mentioned initially, there is little data regarding the success of single fathers. ...
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water is a story of three generations of women. ... Ida was treated with little respect and had to earn her keep at the convent by cleaning while Clara was doted on. ... There is little mention in the book regarding Ida's peer interactions during this time period, but Ida took initiative when she was older and played well with Clara before Clara's pregnancy. ...
The biggest factor in our marriage problems is my father in law, Mr. David Robinson, and to some extent Dennis her brother. Dad never worked or did anything for his wife and family. All his life he was addicted to drugs and admitted several times to rehab. After a break became alcoholic and attracted to gambling, and fighting on streets in Saddar. ...
