...Human beings as a whole have always been driven towards living comfortably. In today’s society, people are more oriented towards living a more comfortable lifestyle than ever before. Since a child requires the proper attention and affection for a healthy development, a family’s living circumstances in North America has become substantially and increasingly more comfortable, at least for the wealthy class. This has caused the transition from childhood to adulthood to become an extended period of adolescence. Individuals have been remaining emotionally and financially dependent on their parents up until their late twenties, and some even longer. Although John Rosemond had said, “the primary purpose of raising a child is to help that child get out of your life and into a life of its own,” it is proven that wealthier parents may create an easier living situation, involving less work for a for a young adult, which causes them to choose to stay living at home for a longer time period. When considering the reasons why an adult would return home after already leaving, or make the decision not to leave in the first place, it is important to recognize factors that have changed throughout history and time. In the past, a functionalist would argue that separation of youth from parents was a practical solution due to high rates of infant mortality and childhood illness; this led to nearly half of the population of children to die before the age of twenty. It was a necessity for parents to...
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...reasons research is suggesting for young adults still living at home. This new phenomenon—young adults still living in their parent's home well into their late 20's to early 30's—is proposed to be a result of many different reasons. Spend some time reading what experts suggest about this trend and address at least 2 reasons suggested. Recent research has shown that more young adults are moving back home with their parents. This has been the case in the past and now it’s no different. There are several reasons for why young adults have returned home after leaving. In a presentation by Dr. Brooks she clearly states that children failure to launch because the lack of social and emotional development which causes them to dependent on their parents to help meet their needs (2014). According to Dunn (2012), as the economy struggles, it becomes more difficult for young people to gain their independence. According to Fry (2013), the rise in young adults living with their parents has to do with a combination of economic, educational and cultural factors. There are several reasons why young adults remain at home or return home after leaving. Dr. Brooks states that young adults having trouble leaving home because of developmental issue. She continues to talk about the author Tim Elmore that talked about artificial intelligence and how the developments of many children are affected by technology (Brooks, 2014). Dr. Brooks said the reason why young adults in their 20s and 30s failure to launch...
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...Have you ever wondered why so it seems like so many of our young adults are having such a difficult time adjusting or getting on their feet? Don’t you find it hard to ignore the many news articles and stories about the economy and how it’s so many people being affected by poverty, and the ever rising costs of education? Today, I would like to talk to you a little bit about how the changes in the economy, poverty levels, and costs of education are affecting young people from all walks of life. Young people are not just perplexed about what to wear, but many are more concerned with where they are going to live and how to make ends meet. Today’s economy has fluctuated so much in the past few years that poverty is at an all time high. Young adults that would otherwise live on their own are finding themselves to be stuck living with their parents or relatives either because they can’t make ends meet on their own or assistance is needed at home. Young people are forced to take on more responsibilities such as assisting in the care giving of family members. I read an article in Time magazine recently showing the U.S. Census Bureau’s findings; that young adults are not leaving home because they are not in a position to support themselves. I remember when I turned 18 years old in 2000, not only was I able to support myself pretty well, but I was also able to go to school at the same time; while there was a little struggle, I was able to maintain myself. Times have changed greatly since...
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... I currently provide direct service to young adult’s between the ages of 18 and 20 years old who suffer from severe mental illness. These young adults are currently Wards of the State of Illinois and are close to “aging out” of the Child Welfare System. They currently reside in an Independent Living Program where they receive specialized support to help them transition from a residential treatment center into the community. The program emphasizes on building self-sufficiency, problem-solving skills, educational and employment development skills to prepare them for emancipation. Most lack education, housing, medical insurance, and are deficient in adaptive and social skills. They have a history of chemical dependency and an extensive involvement in the criminal justice system. Many of these young adults were stripped of family support upon entering the Child Welfare System and continue to carry past traumas of maltreatment and being removed from their homes. They are also aging out without being without being linked with adequate resources and the continuity of support services. The rescores and support system will end abruptly and they will have to quickly adapt to adulthood alone. I selected Young Adults with Severe Mental Illness as my community focus because I discovered that they face significant adversity after they age out of the Child Welfare System. As a result of being abused or neglected as a child, these young adults have spent the first 21 years of their life...
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...Youngest Adults Face Today A. General Purpose: To inform B. Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the causes and effects of the most prominent emotional challenges young adult face. C. Central Idea: To inform my audience about the causes and effects of the most prominent emotional challenges/problems young adults face by first looking at single households, by second, reflecting on low self esteem due to bullying and certain environmental factors and by third, looking at the trying time youth have in forming their own identity and purpose in life despite outward pressures. I. Introduction A. Growing up in a single parent household has been found to cause emotional challenges for young adults. B. Having low self esteem due to the environment and/or bullying by peers is also a source of the emotional challenges that young adults face. C. Discovering who they are, where they want to go in life, and having the personal strength of character to make that certain dream a reality in a world of adult pressures/expectations and peer pressure is a turbulent process that has shown to be an emotional challenge for young adults. II. Body of Presentation A. Growing up in a single parent household has been found to cause emotional challenges for young adults. 1. About 6 out of 10 children who live with only their mother are living near or below the poverty line; According to the U.S Census Bureau in 2010. 2. Living in poverty...
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...The trends in the Baby Bust cohort (1973-1979) for leaving out of the nest was cohabitation and nontraditional family living. This trend severely decreased the ways that young people used to leave their parents' houses such as getting married, going to college and the military. Instead the trends of cohabitation and single parent started to take root. The draft ended and the rights of women were becoming equal to men in the work force. Many young people left home just to work and lived on their own. Also, there were a lot of young adults that were leaving their parents houses’ to either live together or to work, take care of their children and live on their own. During this era, many job opportunities were becoming more available for both men...
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...No More Home, now you’re On Your Own These days, most young people are choosing to move out and live away from home. At some time in your life you will have to decide between staying at home with your parents like you have always done, or starting a new life on your own, that means it’s time to start being independent. Moving out will affect every detail of your life, right down to the foods you eat, and how much money you can spend. At the moment you want to make a choice between these two completely different ways of life, you should know that living at home and living on your own have some similarities, and they also some differences that you have to think about before making a decision. Every young person should realize that living on your own is a big step towards becoming a responsible adult. When living at home, and living away from home you have certain responsibilities to do in both places. If your decision was to live at home with your parents, you have to help with household chores like cleaning the house, and your room, and you have to do it well, because if you don’t you will have face the consequences. For example, if you have to wash the dishes and you don’t do it, you will just have more and more dishes to wash on the following days. As well, if you decided to move away from home you will also have household chores because no one will be there to do them for you, so you have to do them. Another similarity is that no matter if you are living in your home or away...
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...Nicholas Baumgarten Dr. Bishnu Ghimire English 1010 10/1/2015 Evaluation Essay on Emerging Adulthood In a time of economic instability and limited opportunities, the road to successful independence has been nothing short of a suicide mission for young adults of today. It was once mandatory and it was a way of American life to go out and live on your own after you technically become an adult. A lot of times it was expected, but now our country and our society has gone through a world of change and success is not as probable for young adults today as it was back then. This has brought to our attention a very important question we as a nation, a society should ask ourselves, “should young adults around the age of 18 move out of their parent’s house as soon as graduation or even months following.” The early years of adulthood are about finding, nurturing and learning to take care of yourself before you step out into the real world and make your own choices that will change your future so let’s not rush teens out of the house. Instead, support them and make that decision when it’s the right time and not right away. Throughout the past our society led us to believe that young adults, coming fresh out of high school, should be ready to move out of their parent’s house right after graduation to start their own lives and become independent human beings just like their parents did, and their parents did. Considering that things have changed over the years and the world is not at...
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...Interviewing Patricia How do the responses given by the individuals you interviewed compare or contrast with the research you discovered? The late age adult who was interviewed was aged 66 years young, Patricia’s words exactly. The interview with Patricia highlighted life not death. Aging is a natural part of life, which comes with problems but even more joy. For some these thoughts are scary, but Patricia has reached life satisfaction and is grateful to have reached the ripe young age of 66. She looks forward to any additional day she has. Based on Erikson’s integrity versus Despair theory, Patricia has arrived at Integrity. Patricia’s positive outlook on life during late adulthood is extremely motivating. I believe in living life for today because tomorrow is not promised and so does she. Patricia accepts that growing older is inevitable, and with age pain and difficulties will arise. Patricia does not worry about the worse possibilities, but she looks forward to the best. Patricia states if the worse arises she will deal with it then, but until then there is only life to be lived and enjoyed. As Erikson’s theory indicates, psychosocial maturity in late life brings increased contentment, affectionate, enjoyable bonds with others, and continued service to society (Berk, 2010). Patricia and her husband Jesus live in an assisted living facility; she has her family that share biological connections and her extended family at the facility. They moved to the facility after having an...
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...Safeguarding children and young people and young vulnerable adults policy |Ofsted aims to assure the safe and secure provision for children, young people and learners across all remits through effective | |inspection and regulation. Therefore, safeguarding the welfare of children, young people and some vulnerable adult learners is part of | |our core business and all staff must be aware of their responsibilities in this regard. | Age group: 0-18+ Published: February 2015 Reference no: 150004 Contents Purpose 4 The definition of safeguarding – children and young people 5 Aims and objectives 6 Ofsted’s responsibilities 7 Safeguarding vulnerable adults 9 Ofsted’s responsibilities 10 Ofsted Safeguarding Group 10 Annex A: Assessment of risk in settings, where children attend, because individuals reside on the premises or have access to children and young people 12 Purpose 1. This document outlines Ofsted’s policy on identifying and responding to concerns regarding the safeguarding and protection of children and young people, with a specific section on protection of vulnerable adults. This policy, with the associated procedures, provides guidance for all staff who may come across concerns of this nature within the context of their work for Ofsted. These include: ■ all members of Ofsted’s workforce, both inspectors and office-based staff ■ additional inspectors ■...
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...The Streets are not A Home for Youth Carlton Crayton English 147 August 31, 2015 University of Phoenix The Streets are not A Home for Youth The United States of America; the "Land of Milk and Honey," also known throughout the world as a place of prosperity. While this may be true for some, there is a significant percentage of the American population who lives in poverty. There are many who are so impoverished that they do not even have a place to call home. While homelessness has always existed in America, never before has this nation seen such a high percentage of its youth population living on the streets. Even though Young people often become homeless due to family conflict and substance abuse, youth is at a higher risk for homelessness than adults ("Starry Children At Heart Ministries, Inc.", 2015). In order to reduce the number of homeless youth, society needs to address the high rates of substance abuse, mental illness, and sexual trauma that is experienced by today's young adults. Substance abuse of alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs are prevalent amongst homeless youth. Many, young adolescent young people who became or on the verge of becoming homeless, were brought up in households where drug and alcohol were being used on a regular basis by parents or guardians. Domestic violence and some form of abuse within the home was present. Therefore, prompted the youthful pre-adult youth, encountering a horrible and traumatic adolescence. Subsequently;...
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...Living at Home Vs Living on Your Own Many students are faced with tough choices to make at a very young age. Even before you graduate you have to pick everything from what you're going to wear today to what school you are going to spend the next four or more years at. Many young adults choose to attend college near their home and have to decide whether you are going to live at your parents or move into an apartment or dorm. Several pro's and con's partake in coming to a decision on where you will lay your head every night. Living at home is the more practical of the two solutions; you don't have to pay rent, home cooked meals and less responsibility are the great perks. However, living on your own leads to freedom from parental control, lack of privacy, and an opportunity to mature. First of all, choosing to stay at your parent’s house while in school can save you a lot of money in the long run. When you are living in an apartment; rent, water, electricity, cable and internet bills can stack up quickly and put a ton of financial strain on you. In most cases, having the luxury of staying to live at home, those bills are nonexistent or very limited. Without the mountain of bills, which weigh you down, you will have more money to spend on the things you want to do. In contrast, if you were to take on the financial responsibility of living on your own, you will create the opportunity to have more freedom. Being in your parents may save you money; however, living on your own...
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...research is suggesting for young adults still living at home. This new phenomenon—young adults still living in their parent's home well into their late 20's to early 30's—is proposed to be a result of many different reasons. Spend some time reading what experts suggest about this trend and address at least 2 reasons suggested. Contrary to popular belief “boomerang kids “or kids who fail to leave home, as they are called did not start during the “great recession” as numbers show. Research shows that this phenomenon has been increasing in number between the years of 1980 to 2008 (Adams, 2012). There can be several reasons that can be attributes to this. The go to reason as of late has been the bad economy and often a lack of jobs that provide substantial income, but research shows that there are often other reasons that contribute to the failure to launch. Two key reasons are the high rate of divorce and increase in single parenting in the last quarter of the twentieth century that also changed the parent/child dynamic, furthering the mutual emotional dependence of boomers and their offspring (Adams, 2012). In many other cultures its commonplace for children to live at home even after marriage. However it has not always been commonplace in America. Our custom has been to raise the kids and send them off to college, work or military. There has been a large shift in our culture and it points to other reasons as to why children fail to leave home. There seems to be a need for...
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...motivated to commit crimes while others don’t. Several factors such as home life, school life, and the neighborhood in which young adults live in can play an important feature in the lives of our youth today. There are also theories that present themselves as to why adolescents engage in risky behavior. Adolescents that live in a troubled home tend to be more disobedient than an adolescent who lives in a more structured family life. Children whose parents may be divorced have a greater chance of committing delinquent acts than a child who lives in a household with two parents. According to The Heritage Foundation (1995), "The relationship between parents, not just the relationship between mother and child, has a powerful effect on very young children. Children react to quarreling parents by disobeying, crying, hitting other children, and in general being much more antisocial than their peers”. Young adults living within the poverty line have more likely of a chance to not finish their education. Some young adults find the life of crime or delinquency to be more fulfilling than the priority of finishing their education. Living within poverty limits also has a greater impact on the health and wellbeing of young adults. Parents who can’t afford adequate housing or healthcare are more likely to have children who have poor health, which affects the long term development of their children. Adolescents living in deprived neighborhoods where crime is a daily occurrence are at...
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...Imagine being taken away from your parents, you've been placed into a new home with a new family. Your last family was unfit to take care of you, but now you're in better hands. Or so it seems. Six months later you're tired, beaten down, and slowly giving up on life. Your foster parents weren't as nurturing and loving as they seemed; although, the social worker who placed you in their care didn't know that, mainly because she didn't properly screen them before sending you into the home of strangers. Foster care reform is a drastically overlooked topic in America, which is becoming worse by the second. Although hundreds of thousands of children enter into the foster care system each year, foster care reform is a subject which is constantly...
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