Edm And Rm Family Case Study
Context
EM and RM’s family is American born and their ancestors have been here for many generations. Their ethnicities are mainly comprised of Norwegian and German descent, but they don’t acknowledge this in their daily lives.
They are Caucasian and live in a mostly Caucasian community. RM and EM don’t have much interaction with people of different races, and they don’t like to. They prefer to be around people of the same race. They also celebrate holidays that a majority of Caucasian American people celebrate such as: Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter. Although because of their religion, they don’t celebrate holidays such as Halloween.
They are lower-middle class. They have enough money to support their family, but don’t have a lot to spare. This influences the types of activities they engage in as a family; instead of going on extravagant vacations, they’re content to just stay home and play board games. This could be affected by only one parent having a job. Their income also affects what kind of healthcare they are given. They are less likely to …show more content…
In this stage the child should develop a sense of independence, this being shown by activities such as picking out their clothes. The hard part about this stage is that parents expect their kids to make socially acceptable choices, but they are not able to differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate choices at this stage. If they cannot conquer independence and a can-do attitude about themselves, they will develop self-doubt later in life (Ward, Hisley, Kennedy, p. 759). It is clear through EM’s descriptions of HM that he is well on his way to mastering this stage. EM says that HM knows all of his letters and practices them each day. She also states that he wants to do all the chores around the house with his mom. These behaviors are definitely demonstrating a can-do
EM and RM’s family is American born and their ancestors have been here for many generations. Their ethnicities are mainly comprised of Norwegian and German descent, but they don’t acknowledge this in their daily lives.
They are Caucasian and live in a mostly Caucasian community. RM and EM don’t have much interaction with people of different races, and they don’t like to. They prefer to be around people of the same race. They also celebrate holidays that a majority of Caucasian American people celebrate such as: Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter. Although because of their religion, they don’t celebrate holidays such as Halloween.
They are lower-middle class. They have enough money to support their family, but don’t have a lot to spare. This influences the types of activities they engage in as a family; instead of going on extravagant vacations, they’re content to just stay home and play board games. This could be affected by only one parent having a job. Their income also affects what kind of healthcare they are given. They are less likely to …show more content…
In this stage the child should develop a sense of independence, this being shown by activities such as picking out their clothes. The hard part about this stage is that parents expect their kids to make socially acceptable choices, but they are not able to differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate choices at this stage. If they cannot conquer independence and a can-do attitude about themselves, they will develop self-doubt later in life (Ward, Hisley, Kennedy, p. 759). It is clear through EM’s descriptions of HM that he is well on his way to mastering this stage. EM says that HM knows all of his letters and practices them each day. She also states that he wants to do all the chores around the house with his mom. These behaviors are definitely demonstrating a can-do