Essays about Parenting Page 23

July 29, 1932 I went to a campaign speech I and heard Adolf Hitler campaigning fordictatorship for Germany. He was saying that his opponents say the National Socialists are not German at all, because they refuse to work with other political parties. I think every one should work together, I hope he doesn’t win. I…

Stricter Rules for Hockey ParentsThe sport of hockey has a long proud history of being one of the best sports in the world. Great excitement for the fans and great fun for the players, but lately there has been too much emphasis on winning in the lower levels. It is very hard for children now…

The Parental Conflict in Turtle MoonFor the average person, occasional inter-personal conflicts are a fact of life. Nowhere do these conflicts manifest themselves with greater tension than in the parent-adolescent relationship. Through their works, writers of fiction illuminate the sources of strain common to parent-child interactions. In the novel Turtle Moon, Alice Hoffman exemplifies this…

Marge Piecy’s “Barbie Doll”Gender Identity in Piercy’s “Barbie Doll” Dolls often give children theirfirst lessons in what a society considers valuable and beautiful. These dollsoften reveal the unremitting pressure to be young, slim, and beautiful in asociety which values mainly aesthetics. Marge Piercy’s “Barbie Doll”exhibits how a girl’s childhood is saturated with gender-defined roles andpreconceived…

Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) was born into a wealthy family at Assisi, Italy, the son of a cloth merchant. Francis received little formal education and during his youth was mostly preoccupied with having fun. As a young man, he was popular, charming, enjoyed practical jokes and was usually the life of the party. Because…

The book report for this marking period is one that is enjoyed by millions andmillions of people; Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, by Stephen Crane. What isinteresting about this book is that even though it was written well over onehundred years ago, the lessons learned in this book can be applied to the timeand…

In “The Judge’s Wife” the author, Isabel Allende, uses a variety oftechniques to make full use of the limited space within her short story. Byusing strong imagery, providing a background, providing believable humanactions, and examining justice, M. Allende creates a piece readers canunderstand to the point of empathy. Because her short story examines humanbehavior in…

What does the word parent mean to you? The definition of this word is, onewho begets, gives birth to, or nurtures and raises a child; a father or a mother. Yet, one interprets this word difrently depending on what life has had to offerus. Many people agree with the denotation of the word parent. To…

Matchmaker. com: Sign up now for a free trial. Date Smarter!Barbie dollsand Self ImageThere is a noticeable comparison betweenthe poem “The Mirror” By Sylvia Plath & the article “Barbie” that appearedin the Newsday Tuesday November 18, 1997. The comparison is about how peoplelook, and how society could reflect how you may feel about your looks….

I built with my big brother on our wooded property up north near a cedar swamp. Back in those days I would play all sorts of games there with friends that I would bring up to our cabin. Behind the island there is a swamp with little islands that we give nicknames to. It is…