What Role Did Grandparents Play In My Life
She told me of how she was molested by both of her brothers and her father for years before she was old enough to leave home and when she left she said she never saw them again.
D. What role did your grandparents play in your life? The only grandparent I ever had in my life was the mother of my step-father, Mrs. Eschol P. Hitch. She came to live with us when I was around twelve. She was 81 years old and had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. When she came to live with us they wanted her and I to share my bedroom. I gave her my room, got some scape wood and built a make-shift room in the attic for myself. She died in my bed, in my bedroom less than a year later, a virtual stranger to me.
E. Did your family have a problem (mental illness, unemployment, …show more content…
What types of rewards were given for family and individual successes?
I. Describe what you hope may be the same or different in your future family compared to your family of origin.
I was married at the age of twenty-five, had three children and found myself and my children in a family that almost mirrored the dysfunctional family that I had been brought up in. The only difference was that my husband, Randolph Read drove a long-haul truck for a living and was seldom home.
FAMILY SUPPORT SYSTEMS
A. What kind of environmental strengths and resources did your family use? As a child the forest was my environmental resource that provided sanctuary and the lake was a place where I could feel free. After my father abandon the family my mother found work as a maid in several of the motels and we would often stay overnight when she had to watch the front desk. The fact that Lake Tahoe, at that time, had a thriving tourism industry meant that work was readily available.
B. How was stress handled in your family? Can you identify patterns or attitudes associated with stress? Were they apparent in more than one generation? How do you handle stress?
C. Whom did your family turn to for help when support was
D. What role did your grandparents play in your life? The only grandparent I ever had in my life was the mother of my step-father, Mrs. Eschol P. Hitch. She came to live with us when I was around twelve. She was 81 years old and had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. When she came to live with us they wanted her and I to share my bedroom. I gave her my room, got some scape wood and built a make-shift room in the attic for myself. She died in my bed, in my bedroom less than a year later, a virtual stranger to me.
E. Did your family have a problem (mental illness, unemployment, …show more content…
What types of rewards were given for family and individual successes?
I. Describe what you hope may be the same or different in your future family compared to your family of origin.
I was married at the age of twenty-five, had three children and found myself and my children in a family that almost mirrored the dysfunctional family that I had been brought up in. The only difference was that my husband, Randolph Read drove a long-haul truck for a living and was seldom home.
FAMILY SUPPORT SYSTEMS
A. What kind of environmental strengths and resources did your family use? As a child the forest was my environmental resource that provided sanctuary and the lake was a place where I could feel free. After my father abandon the family my mother found work as a maid in several of the motels and we would often stay overnight when she had to watch the front desk. The fact that Lake Tahoe, at that time, had a thriving tourism industry meant that work was readily available.
B. How was stress handled in your family? Can you identify patterns or attitudes associated with stress? Were they apparent in more than one generation? How do you handle stress?
C. Whom did your family turn to for help when support was