She relies on her children to maintain the household while she makes no efforts to work, parent, nurture, or survive within their poverty stricken community. Gilbert plays multiple roles within the Grape’s overall family dynamic. He works, attempts to make repairs around the home, and keeps his mentally challenged brother close to him. Arnie and Gilbert have a special peer relationship, but as Arnie begins to explore life on his own their relationship is compromised. As Bonnie transitions into later adulthood (60-75years) she will likely accept her life as an obese woman with no means of new physical, social, emotional, or intellectual development occurring (Newman & Newman, 2012). While the psychosocial theory assumes new opportunities for growth emerge in this stage, Bonnie’s lack of generativity assumes she will not transition …show more content…
Within low minority communities the awareness of wellness and resilience is seemingly non-existent. However, within the recent decades, many forms of interventions and attention have been placed toward this population. Since the mass media is ideal for conveying positive messages, much of the advertisements for health promotions were interpreted through this method (Jason, 1998). Community based interventions have become one of the most commonly used models for resilience within family therapy. Another effective approach used is, media intervention, which develops their attention toward our youth. This approach is most significant during excessive television watching time. According to Jason (1998) media interventions encouraged adolescents of the African American population to stop smoking by the multiple advertisements seen on