Annabelle's Blog

“Diagnosis with a life-threatening illness, on one hand, can trigger an opportunity to reflect on life and prepare for death. On the other hand, the notion that death is coming also triggers a focus on the premature termination of life and creates significant psychological and emotional distress (Foster, 2009) Survivorship My grandparents have always been a part of my life. We have never lived in different parts of the world; even in Guatemala. He has always been one of the most hard-working men that I have observed. In California, our family of 10 lived in one household where the each of the men worked between 1 and 3 jobs at the same time, my grandpa being one of them. He is an honest man that cleaned theatres and worked on base to contribute to the household and made sure all our basic needs were always met. He is a quiet man but very observant. When we came to Texas, he dimmed down to having one job as a janitor for a middle school. He tried teaching himself English but w...

Parenting Styles and Resulting Child Qualities AUTHORITATIVE PARENTING: Lively and happy disposition Self-confident about the ability to master tasks Well-developed emotions regulation  Developed social skills Less rigid about gender-typed traits (examples: sensitivity in boys and independence in girls) AUTHORITARIAN PARENTING: Anxious, withdrawn, and unhappy disposition Poor reactions to frustration (girls are particularly likely to give up and boys become extremely hostile) Do well in school (studies may show authoritative parenting is comparable) Not likely to engage in antisocial activities (examples: drug and alcohol abuse, vandalism, gangs) PERMISSIVE PARENTING: Poor emotion regulation (underregulated) Rebellious and defiant when desires are challenged  Low Persistence to challenging tasks Antisocial behaviors I was really interested in this topic because going over the above information, I realized that my sister and I had the same child quali...