Week 5 Journal
Week 5 Journal
Danielle Bridgewater
Com 320
July 17, 2012
Dawn Weldon
Week 5 Journal
I have witnessed the stages of conflict in my relationships on a daily basis, especially when it comes to my sixteen year old daughter and her attitude, we often disagree. Our greatest challenge that we deal with the most is trying to manage her diabetes in public. Lately she has gained this attitude of she knows what is best for her. She wants to be independent and thinks that she does not need my guidance or opinion. Often times, this cause a power struggle between the child and the parent. In reality, she does not see a problem with her managing it alone. In the past, allowing her to self-manage her diabetes caused an increase in her A1-C. We resolved the problem by coming to a verbal agreement. I came up with a plan that would allow me to be trusting and for her to feel independent. The idea is for her to check her blood sugar levels with her testing kit and every Thursday we will get together and review the numbers. She had to agree with sitting down and discussing any changes that needs to be made without conflict. We both have agreed to meet one another half way and work together to ensure her health as a team.
I have experienced both verbal and physical aggressiveness. I experience verbal aggressiveness with my mother quite often. My mom has a bad habit of wanting to intervene, challenge, and question my parenting abilities and decisions. I was married for 13 years. My children’s ages are nineteen and sixteen years old. For some odd reason my mother feels that she needs to be confrontational all of the time, especially in front of my kids. My mom suffered from a stroke about five years ago. She is also manic depressant, paranoid schizophrenic, has high blood pressure, diabetes, and seizures. The seizures stemmed from the Embolic stroke. The seizures are called TIA or transient ischemic attack. Her short-term memory was affected vastly.
Danielle Bridgewater
Com 320
July 17, 2012
Dawn Weldon
Week 5 Journal
I have witnessed the stages of conflict in my relationships on a daily basis, especially when it comes to my sixteen year old daughter and her attitude, we often disagree. Our greatest challenge that we deal with the most is trying to manage her diabetes in public. Lately she has gained this attitude of she knows what is best for her. She wants to be independent and thinks that she does not need my guidance or opinion. Often times, this cause a power struggle between the child and the parent. In reality, she does not see a problem with her managing it alone. In the past, allowing her to self-manage her diabetes caused an increase in her A1-C. We resolved the problem by coming to a verbal agreement. I came up with a plan that would allow me to be trusting and for her to feel independent. The idea is for her to check her blood sugar levels with her testing kit and every Thursday we will get together and review the numbers. She had to agree with sitting down and discussing any changes that needs to be made without conflict. We both have agreed to meet one another half way and work together to ensure her health as a team.
I have experienced both verbal and physical aggressiveness. I experience verbal aggressiveness with my mother quite often. My mom has a bad habit of wanting to intervene, challenge, and question my parenting abilities and decisions. I was married for 13 years. My children’s ages are nineteen and sixteen years old. For some odd reason my mother feels that she needs to be confrontational all of the time, especially in front of my kids. My mom suffered from a stroke about five years ago. She is also manic depressant, paranoid schizophrenic, has high blood pressure, diabetes, and seizures. The seizures stemmed from the Embolic stroke. The seizures are called TIA or transient ischemic attack. Her short-term memory was affected vastly.