Unfit Kyle is a seventeen year old guy living in Los Angeles. He is short, stubby, non-athletic, and is the sort of guy that will be afraid of anything you throw at him. Kyle is getting ready to switch schools and is afraid of what lies before him; especially after what happened to him at his last school. For all his life, ever since the second grade, Kyle had been bullied and tossed around by all of his classmates and the people he liked to call his friends; but in reality, he had no real friends and all of the people he tried to befriend ended up making fun of him. Kyle had always wanted someone to talk to about his problems with but with always switching schools and his parents never there, he wasn't able to find someone. Kyle's parents were never there to support or to help Kyle deal with his problems. Kyle's father is always out drinking and smoking weed with his coworkers and is never their to support Kyle. Kyle's mom is always getting wasted at home (she is a stay-at-home mom) and crying herself to sleep because her husband is never there to love her. This has a serious impact on Kyle. This teenager is stuck to fend for himself and to …show more content…
Lots of the cool, athletic people where finally letting him talk to them and he did not want to screw up his new found chance at friendship. Kyle's new "friends" added him into their group and started talks about things that Kyle had no clue why it mattered. They started talking about who was the best five in the NBA and would be their all time favorite team. While Kyle sat confused he saw a group of people huddled in a corner talking about things that he found interesting. This group of people was talking things that Kyle found interesting and he really wanted to join their conversation but he did not want to lose his new found status among his new group full of sports-minded
Jack grow up at a farm that had a lot of cow’s. Everyday he had to milk the cows. He was more of the calm and nice type he really didn’t like talking to that many people at school . He always got good grades until Joseph came into his life. When Joseph came he would get in trouble in school sometimes. One of Jack's teachers told him that he needs to stop hanging out with Joseph. Jack’s response was no because he is my brother. A couple of weeks after that Joseph got into a fight with an 8th grader but Jack is in 6th grade. Jack decided to stick up for his brother and jump in and the both beat the 8th grader up. After that they go called to the principal office and she was very disappointed. Both of them ended up getting suspended and there parents were very disappointed. After those actions that took place Jack decided to be back to his old self.
Both Wes lived through similar circumstances that if one act had been done different their future could have been drastically different. This novel sheds the light on how two similar Lives can have surprisingly different outcomes when one chooses school and education while the other goes for the money and drugs. Growing up everyone has someone they look up to, and that certain individual helps shape the person they end up becoming as they get older, in the Wes’ case they did not have a father figure to guide them, but the different role models they did have played a big part in the person they each came out to be. The author Wes had a mother who was determined to guide him into the right path and went out of her way for
As Rob’s Dad gets to hear everything that Rob was trying to hold in, from the loss of his Mom. His Dad understands and has the same problem holding back his emotions of the loss of his wife, and how it impacts Robs
She would mostly be alone and sit by herself being buried in books or watching cartoons. In high school she attended a program for troubled adolescents and from there she received a wide range of support from helping her get braces to helping her get information to attend community college. (59) Even with this she was already too emotionally unstable due to her family issues and felt like she couldn’t go through with her dreams to travel and even go into the art of culinary. She suffers from psychological problems such as depression and worries constantly about almost every aspect in her life from work to family to her boyfriend and just hopes that her life won’t go downhill. (60) Overall Kayla’s family structure shows how different is it now from it was in the 1950’s as divorce rates have risen and while before Kayla’s type of family structure was rare now it is becoming more common. This story helps illustrate the contributions of stress that children possess growing up in difficult homes in which they can’t put their own futures first they must, in some cases, take care of their guardian’s futures first or others around them. Again, this adds into the inequality that many face when it comes to being able to climb up the ladder and become successful regardless of where one
Since Connie is a teenager, she relies on her parents to take care of her and provide for her. Even though she fights against her family, they are still the foundation of the only life Connie knows. Her constant need of approval from men becomes a habit for Connie because she doesn’t get approval at home, instead she gets disapproval. “Why don’t you keep your room clean like your sister? How’ve you got your hair fixed-- what the hell stinks? Hair spray? You don’t see your sister using that junk.” Because of this criticism, she isolates herself from her parents. For her, her only way of getting approval is to be independent from her parents and those who are trying to protect her. Connie’s search for independence only comes to her but only in a harsh
When Dave was younger him and his brothers, Ronald and Stan were happy in a normal family with a loving mom and dad, but as years passed things started to change. Dave’s parents became alcoholics. His father never came home and his mother had lost her brightness and love of life, resorting to alcohol to get through the day. She became miserable to live with. Although she became mean to the kids she focused her anger on Dave. At first she would pit his brothers against him or make him do many chores, but soon her meanness turned to hatred towards Dave.
The father’s upbringing was such that financial stability was the priority. The child learned that dads are busy and do not have time to spend with their children. What a devastating realization for a child to conclude. Yet like most little boys, this one wanted to grow up to be like his role model, no matter the example. During the time from childhood to adolescent, parental influence can be either beneficial or detrimental. If the parents have a stable home, clear boundaries and open communications with their teens, the transition could flow easier. The perfect father does not guarantee the child will not rebel.
The victim is nineteen year old Khadijah Stewart. Stewart had grown up in the south side of Richmond, Virginia (a high crime area) where she met a boy named Tommie. Both were in middle school but Tommie soon got arrested for robberies and gun charges, he was sentenced to life as a juvenile. As time goes on Stewart forms a history of dating bad boys. The main on and off again boyfriend throughout her high school years was a young man named Lionel. In High school Stewart is skipping school to hang out Lionel and his gang members. Afraid how the streets could impact Stewart, the mother moves the family to Chesterfield County, a successful middle class suburbs, to create new life. As her life is changing for the better her heart longs to maintain
There once was this boy named Derek. Derek is sixteen years old. Derek has dark hair with green eyes, he’s 5’9, and likes to eat a lot of desserts. He lives with his mom and dad. He has twin sisters, they are five years old. He was at his house like every other day. He was playing video games, he was playing fortnite. Derek gets frustrated when he gets bad grades because he feels like he's not good at any school subject. Even though Derek does everything he can get all his grades up, because if he fails classes he won’t be able to play soccer. Even though he goes and talks to teachers to see if they could give him worksheet papers that can help him get his grades up.
...parents were much more successful in the working world encouraged him to complete many daily activities such as choir and piano lessons. His parents engaged him in conversations that promoted reasoning and negotiation and they showed interest in his daily life. Harold’s mother joked around with the children, simply asking them questions about television, but never engaged them in conversations that drew them out. She wasn’t aware of Harold’s education habits and was oblivious to his dropping grades because of his missing assignments. Instead of telling one of the children to seek help for a bullying problem she told them to simply beat up the child that was bothering them until they stopped. Alex’s parents on the other hand were very involved in his schooling and in turn he scored very well in his classes. Like Lareau suspected, growing up
This is similar to what readers of Hillbilly Elegy see in Vance when he lives with his drug addicted mother. In addition to young Vance’s failing hope for a brighter future, the audience can recognize how his mother’s addiction has resulted in Vance to become physically and mentally unhealthy, and this leads to him to grow into a resentful and angry teenager. However, Vance’s behavior is not an anomaly, for many poor children demonstrate these same qualities. The circumstances in which a child has been raised in can do a number on what they believe they are capable of in life, and it is extremely difficult for a child to break the idea that they are not good enough or smart enough to succeed. Nonetheless, if a person can shatter that image of themself then they are a step closed to being able to attain a sense of purpose in life because as Vance said on page 177, “... there’s something powerful about realizing that you’ve undersold yourself- that somehow your mind confused lack of effort for
There are a lot of great stories but, this story of Mathew is incredible. Many have know Mathew since freshman year and some even became close to him, building lasting and good friendships. He’s confident, has a good humor, is humble, and courageous. But getting to know him more and more, one can find out a lot of things about him. Furthermore, Mathew is that type of person who has a lot of dreams and goals that he wants to accomplish. For instance, one of his goals is to finish high school, but he has some problems with that. He is always distracted with his other friends. Some of those friends told him to not worry about school because school is not important for them. Mathew thought right away that he picked some bad people as friends.
It’s terrible time to be a teenager, or even a teenager’s parent. That message is everywhere. Television, magazines, and newspapers are all full of frightening stories about teenagers and families. They say that America’s families are falling apart, that kids don’t care about anything, and that parents have trouble doing anything about it. Bookstores are full of disturbing titles like these: Parenting Your Out –of- Control Teenager, Teenage Wasteland, Unhappy Teenagers, and Teen Torment. These books describe teenage problems that include apathy, violence, suicide, sexual abuse, depression, loss of values, poor mental health, crime, gang involvement, and drug and alcohol addiction.
In the assessment of Ryan, the parent provided crucial information that led to identification of challenges that Ryan was going through. The parent spent a lot of time helping the child to complete his homework. Secondly, the parent realized that Ryan would be able to memorize a story, but reading and writing down the story was the challenge because the letters were jumbled up in a word. Ryan was showing extreme signs of frustration while at home, an aspect that he hid from his class teacher and schoolmates. Ryan was not afraid to ask the mother for help in doing homework and worked quite hard to please the mother, although inherent challenges frustrated his efforts.
While most parents realize there are normal struggles between parents and teens as their sons and daughters struggle for independence and identity, they are often shocked by the length and intensity of the conflict. They are stunned by apparent rejection of some of their most sacred values and confused by their teenagers "acting up" and "acting out." In attempting to become psychologically independent of their parents, teens often attempt to move completely away from any control or influence by their parents.