Bar Mitzvah is a Jewish coming of age ritual for boys. Bat Mitzvah is a Jewish coming of age ritual for girls. According to Jewish law when Jewish boys and girls become thirteen years of age they are now responsible for their actions and become a bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah which literally means son or daughter of commandment. Before there coming of age the child's parents are accountable for all the child's actions and behaviours. After the boys and girls Bar and Bat Mitzvah they now carry their own place in Jewish ritual laws, traditions, and ethics and are now able to fully participate in all areas of Jewish community life. The first documented Bar Mitzvah celebration was in the 14th century and is referred to in the Torah, "And the child
right of passage for a thirteen year old jewish boy which is called bar mitzvah
This event is celebrated differently by many diverse cultures, and as time goes by, some of the traditions change. Even though the traditions may alter, the whole point of this eventful activity stays the same. The point of this event is to recognize the young lady’s transition from childhood to womanhood. This is also known as “the coming of age.” On this one day, it’s all about the girl, nothing else matters!
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"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children" (Nelson Mandela). If this statement is considered true, then it's fair to say that during times of the Holocaust, the German society was at an all time low. Children during the Holocaust did not have a carefree childhood, like they should have, but instead were placed under strenuous conditions. They had to go through being separated from all family and friends, being chosen the first to go to, and in most cases a permanent loss of family members. The Holocaust was undoubtedly a horrific experience for everyone involved but for children it must have been traumatizing.
Bwa practices that concern coming of age ceremonies are very important within the culture simply due to the idea that more able-bodied adults within a society is always a positive addition. It demonstrates healthy development of a culture and the new potential to be made with these new adults being able to contribute to the society as an entirety. This importance that the Bwa place on this is properly demonstrated by exactly how the coming of age ceremony for the Bwa seems to be somewhat similar in aspect to a Roman Catholic Confirmation, a Quinceañera, or a Bar Mitzvah/Bat Mitzvah by which all of these cultures place specialized emphasis on a child finally being old enough to be considered somewhat ‘mature’. The cultural emphasis on the coming of age ceremony perhaps is a universally celebrated event across practically every culture globally then. Just as different cultures have different rites of passage practices that vary between different continents, there seem to be a set number similarities and aspects that break physical boundaries and are able span across different cultures’ and contrive certain aspects of practice within coming of age ceremonies. For example Stokstad denotes that the Bwa follow the practice of leaving an a criss-crossed wound upon new initiates that eventually forms the scar in the shape of the letter
In the years after the Holocaust the survivors from the concentration camps tried to cope with the horrors of the camps and what they went through and their children tried to understand not only what happened to their parents. In the story of Maus, these horrors are written down by the son of a Holocaust survivor, Vladek. Maus is not only a story of the horrors of the concentration camps, but of a son, Artie, working through his issues with his father, Vladek. These issues are shown from beginning to end and in many instances show the complexity of the father-son relationship that was affected from the Holocaust. Maus not only shows these matters of contentions, but that the Holocaust survivors constantly put their children’s experiences to unreasonable standards of the parent’s Holocaust experiences.
Every day a child is called on to testify in a courtroom. Children who have to testify in open court are easily influenced by outside sources. This paper will show the reasons children should not be used as witnesses in a courtroom. I will show all the different influences that a child receives and prove them uncredible. The interview process can influence a child greatly. Ceci and Bruck (1995) found a study that shows that child witnesses may be questioned up to12 times during the course of an investigation. The questioning process can take up to a year and a half to be completed. Children are not capable of remembering exact details for that period. Their answers to questions will change each time he or she is asked. This is because they do not retain information in the same way as an adult. Most studies have shown that children start to lose their ability to recall an event accurately only 10 days after the original event has happened. Another factor in a child’s ability to recall an event is stress. A child can go into a shock stage and repress all memories of what has happened to them. These memories may not resurface for many years. This affects a child’s ability to identify the suspect in photo and live line-ups. The amount of stress a child goes through affects their ability to answer questions in an interview, if they cannot remember what has happened, how are they supposed to answer the myriad of questions the interviewer will ask them.
Just as girls are pushed into societal standards, a newly invented standard has been introduced for males in society, known as the “child-man” ethic. “Child Man in the Promised Land”, written by Kay S. Hymowitz, is an argument in which the author states that the “child-man” ethic is prevalent and harmful to society. Hymowitz explains this ethic using a variety of supporting evidences, and explains both the implications of the “child-man” ethic, as well as its effects on the next generation. The “child-man” ethic has many social and cultural implications, since this ethic has changed social implications from just 20-30 years ago. Back then, in a man’s late 20s, he was “married… met your wife in high school…you’ve already got one kid, with another
When a wife surprises her husband on his birthday, an ironic turn of events occurs. Katherine Brush’s “The Birthday Party” is a short story about relationships, told from the perspective of a nearby observer. Brush uses the words and actions of the married couple to assert that a relationship based on selfishness is weak.
While all societies acknowledge that children are different from adults, how they are different, changes, both generationally and across cultures. “The essence of childhood studies is that childhood is a social and cultural phenomenon” (James, 1998). Evident that there are in fact multiple childhoods, a unifying theme of childhood studies is that childhood is a social construction and aims to explore the major implications on future outcomes and adulthood. Recognizing childhood as a social construction guides exploration through themes to a better understanding of multiple childhoods, particularly differences influencing individual perception and experience of childhood. Childhood is socially constructed according to parenting style by parents’ ability to create a secure parent-child relationship, embrace love in attitudes towards the child through acceptance in a prepared environment, fostering healthy development which results in evidence based, major impacts on the experience of childhood as well as for the child’s resiliency and ability to overcome any adversity in the environment to reach positive future outcomes and succeed.
Without wanting to cause a major fight, we would like to bring it to administrations attention that many students and parents are mad and disappointed in the new rules pertaining to dressing up at the Junior Ring Ceremony and National Honors Society. For many students they have watched the junior ring ceremony since freshman year and have looked forward to getting their rings and being able to dress up, many feel that it is almost like a right of passage to dress up like the “big kids” and officially become upperclassmen, and it is unfair to have any portion of the juniors day and ceremony to be taken away from them. When it comes to National Honors Society many feel as if the people who were chosen for the honor of being a part of the society
In what ways can childhood and youth be understood as social constructions? Illustrate your answer with relevant examples.
In this week’s reading, Rivkin (2014) wrote about the spiritual development of young children and the ties to nature and time spent in nature. She outlines leading researchers and their theories of the development of a higher consciousness and awareness as a broad definition of spiritual development. In my opinion, it was challenging to understand what was exactly meant as spiritual development and as I read, I realized it was not what I was thinking. This topic reminds me greatly of mindfulness which is growing in popularity in our school district. The practices of being in nature and becoming part of nature are extremely powerful and serve as a great reminder that we are not just getting kids outside because it is healthier, we are doing it because being part of the environment is good for their souls and their growth as children.
The story takes place in perfect small community following the life of one Eleven named Jonas. Jonas lived a life of sameness which means he lived a life just like everyone else did. When the story begins, he talks about his friends, family, and becoming a Twelve. In his community becoming a Twelve is very important. When the ceremony of Twelve takes place, that is when they get assigned a job for the rest of their lives until they are released. We will get in detail about the ceremony later. First in the story as I already said is Jonas (our main character) preparing for his “Ceremony of Twelve”. Okay now let’s skip ahead a little bit, all the way to the Ceremony of Twelve. Names of the
Maturity, I found the article on early maturation and late maturation very interesting. Early maturation for boys has its benefits and its negatives. Some of the benefits are boys tend to be more positive and self-confidence, which helps him to be more popular in school and more athletic. Some of the negatives on early maturation in boys, are they tend to have difficult times in school, end up getting into substance abuse, and be more involved in destructive behavior.