I had the pleasure of interviewing a fifty –four year old woman whom I have known my entire life. She is my mother Jenny Piroska. She currently holds roles as daughter, mother, wife, sister, and therapist. My mother is in the midlife stage of her life. According to Erikson my mother is in middle adulthood or generativity vs Stagnation where she is focused on work and parenthood (Belsky, 2013). She was obedient child that require very little redirection from the guideline set by her parents while she was growing up. She was seen as a tomboy growing up because she enjoyed the outdoors and sports. She would rather be outside doing yard work rather than cleaning or cooking. My mother also had the responsibility of taking care of her younger siblings when her parents were not present. My mother lived in a small suburb in Ohio for nineteen years. She grew up in a very conservative home with a father and mother that have been married now for over fifty years. Her father was the breadwinner while her mother stayed at home to tend to the kids and the house. She has three sisters and one brother all whom still live in Ohio. An exciting part of her life is she has an identical twin sister, this allows her to always have a playmate. The family is very close knit. The women of the house were …show more content…
She has two daughters 20 and 27 years of age. They waited eight years before starting a family due her husband being gone a lot because of his military committed. During this time my mother started to embark on her dream to go to college. She worked, went to school and took care of the family all at the same time. She is now a therapist that works with children with special needs. Having children was a great experience because she has always worked with kids. She was always there to listen to her daughters because she stayed home when her girls were younger. This was a decision she and her husband made
“Because some tomboys refuse to perform femininity over a lifetime, preferring a variously male-identified expression both physical and psychic, they expose the assumption that such tomboyism is temporary and safely confined to childhood” (Quimby 1). If Jo hadn’t responded to forces of society telling her to be a young lady, then her life would have been very different in the long run. She wanted to be able to act as manly as she wanted, and she wanted to be able to fight in the war and. Jo just wanted to be herself. Her family wasn’t that understanding of her feelings. Even her sister Beth, the most thoughtful and sympathetic of the family, in response to Jo’s dread of becoming a “poky old woman”, tells Jo that “It’s too bad, but it can’t be helped. So you must try to be contented with making your name boyish, and playing brother to us girls”
67 year-old performance artist Marina Abramović once said, “I don’t have this kind of feeling in real life, but in performance I have this enormous love, this heart that literally hurts me with how much I love them."
She would go to the beach; watch the same programs (along with others) and knit. After being ill for a short while she later recovered and wanted to get involved once again as that was what her husband would have wanted. She began to socialize, she called up her remaining old friends and had meaningful conversations, she took trips to the mall, attended plays in the city, regular salon visits to get dolled up (hair, manicure and pedicure), assigned herself to stretch classes for the elderly and continued with few other things she enjoyed. A plus in the developmental theories is the theory of continuity that de-emphasize on the changes affiliated with aging. This to me is the structure for those who are afraid of old age. This is where a distinctive style of stability in old age is disclosed. The things they enjoy, activities, personalities and preferences remain permanent and foreseeable. So despite that everything is going to decline it’s going to also remain the same as they age with continued habits, lifestyle and
Family seemed to be important with this family. They often spent time with her family during the holiday season. They have family over when the kids are having birthdays. They spend time together as a family going camping.
Nancy Jankowski’s is well on her way in creating and maintaining a “Safe,effective,patient-centered,timely,efficient and equitable health-care is the vision that should guide every caregiving team”(Griffith,pg.147).Nancy’s transparent leadership style and her optimistic approach to changing the culture of Santorini hospital has encouraged staff to be more responsible and accountable. Jankowski promoting transparency includes accepting and publishing the results of many DHS surveys. She convinced her staff to accept the surveyors because they identify problems that need to be fixed that would usually be overlooked or ignored. Jankowski maintained open communication at all times with her staff by publishing her CEO reports online and on a voicemail
At this stage, the main question they asked themselves are “how can I contribute to the world? And “Do I have a purpose in life and am I contented?” (Cherry, 2015). Generativity refers mainly about one’s ability to care for anotherperson; parenting is an important event during this life course. My client being a single mother and essentially the one who raised and support her daughter, feels contented and convince that she accomplished this field. Her main purpose of her life right now is to provide for her daughter and to help her family members that are less fortunate back in Philippines, allowing her to have a sense of worth and fulfillment in life. Other objective of this physiological stage of life is self satisfaction, compared to the other previous stage where they rely mainly on others opinion and social comparison at this age self worth and own’s view of self is valued (Foster & Levitov, 2012). Working as a nurse for almost 30 years, this line of work gives her self fullfillment knowing that she is contributing and serving the community. Stagnation on the other hand is the opposite of generativity, it refers to failure to contribute to the society or care for someone else other that yourself. Individuals that fail to attain generativity tends to be uninvolved or detached from their community, creating a feeling of unproductivity and decrease self worth
Y.M. is currently in the Erikson’s developmental stage of Generativity versus Stagnation. According to Erikson, this developmental stage is primarily focused on working and being a parent. During this stage in life, the challenge for adults in their middle years is to be procreative and productive while overcoming personal stagnation (Potter & Perry, 2013). Y.M. is currently 40 years old, which places her in middle adulthood. While conversing with her it is clear that she is being degenerative. She shows her love and extension for her children as well as for future generations to come. In addition, Y.M. showed her worrisome about work when she was asking question regarding when she would be able to return to work and home because she needed
Aging Boomers and Silent Generation women are at a powerful crossroads in life. For so long, their lives were defined by taking care of others. Now that they have grown children who have their own children, they are confronted with designing their own next chapter and thoughtfully evaluating how they want to move forward. They want new adventures: big ones and great big little ones.
I come from a small-town known as Rutherfordton, North Carolina. I live with my parents and my younger brother. My parents were both born and raised in Rutherfordton. My mom lived a middle class lifestyle. Her parents divorced when she was young. Her mom remarried when my mom was young to a man with two daughters. My mom’s dad did not remarry until my mom had moved out. He married a woman with one daughter and one son. My mom always had everything that she needed growing up. My mom graduated high school and went on to get her bachelors degree in accounting. However, after receiving her diploma she realized that her heart lied in teaching and she went back to get her teaching degree. She married my dad at the age of 22 and had me when she was 24. She has
A tomboy is a girl who enjoys rough, noisey activites that associated with boys. In other words, a tomboy is a girl who displays characteristics considered typical for a boy. This includes wearing masculilne clothing from basketball shorts and big t-shirts with hats t o the back. Also engaging in games that are physical such as football is an example. It is considered unfeminine in many cultures fro a girl to act non lady like. I am a classic example of one. I grew up just around the guys. I really didn't have any female friends. I hung out with my cousins , whatever the boys did i was right along with them. We played football, rode dirt bikes, and four-wheeler, hunting and fishing are just a few to name. I was more of the female version of
Growing up a tomboy has made me the woman I am today. I love who I am, but I have not always loved the assumptions people made about me when they looked at my clothes or behavior. Growing up as a tomboy does not contribute to the regular gender norms of femininity and masculinity. In this paper, I will synthesize two articles written by Aaron Devor and Mariah Burton Nelson and explain how they relate to me growing up as a tomboy.
This paper will focus on the latter part of middle adulthood. Middle adulthood represents the time in life between ages 34 to 60 (Newman & Newman, 2015). Since the middle adulthood is the longest stage of the life cycle, this paper will focus on an individual within the age of 45- 60. Individuals in the middle adulthood stage begin to develop concerns about future generation. They feel the need to contribute to the world through family and work. These feelings and thoughts are referred to as generativity. Erik Erikson refers to the problem posed at this stage as generativity vs. stagnation (Newman et al., 2015). Stagnation occurs when an individual is self-centered and unwilling to help society move forward. Several changes begin to
Immediately she listed all seven of her siblings. After that, she named her Aunt Joyce, Mother In-Law, Sister In-Law, and her nieces and nephews. While I split my time between my family and friends, she spends the majority of her time with her family. I listed my extended family, including aunt, uncles, and first cousins. I also put my very friends who I talk to on a daily basis and many family friends. I never realized how involved my Mom was with her family. I shouldn’t be surprised because as I get older I find myself spending more time with family and less time with friends so I am almost slipping into her
In the book, I can really relate to the “Sandwich Generation” of being pulled between the needs of a child and an aging parent.(Johnson,Miller & Olsen, 2013). I have been taken care of my mother now for the last couple of years since my grandmother died. She was diagnosed with a heart disease and not able to do many
To begin with, I would like to describe my mom’s ambition. She wakes up every morning with the positive attitude, and a smile on her face. She is always searching for ways to improve her persona, and live a happier life. About five years ago my mother, my sister and I moved from Ukraine here to the United States. The first year in the United States was tough for us because we did not know English, however, we all worked hard and today we speak English fairly well. Since we moved from Ukraine, my mom has worked really hard to give my sister and I the lifestyle we have. My mom’s ambition to succeed in life has allowed her to grow into a wonderful person full of kindness and knowledge. Ambition is a great virtue to have, and that is one reason why my mother is my role model. My mother is a hard worker, she never...