Thursday, October 2, 2003
A Parent is...A Parent is...well...a Parent...Right?
What does it take to be a parent—not an effective parent—just a parent? In answering this question, do not overlook the obvious. You must have a child to be a parent. Set aside the question of lineage for the moment. One can be a lot of things without a child, but a parent is not one of those. Without the responsibility of a living, breathing child one is not a parent. But is this necessarily so? What about the girl who has a baby (she is a parent), but gives up the infant for adoption (she no...
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HURRAY FOR VIOLENCE
Several years ago the term “paradigm shift” came into vogue. Writers and lecturers explained to us what this strange sounding word meant, and before long this revolutionary concept became a new paradigm in educated American households. And a useful concept it is. When I was conducting the research for my doctorate, none of us was familiar with the term, but we certainly ran into the concept. In every kind of research, certain underlying assumptions are made. Frequently, these assumptions are not...
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