week seven

What drew me in this week was the article “Should you stay together for the kids?” I found it interesting because coming from parents who are still together it makes me wonder how big of a difference staying together if you’re fighting all the time or getting a divorce and staying civil with each other will have on children. I find the research on the mental health of children of parents who divorce very interesting. It bring up a lot of question for me. Does it affect the children more or less that we as a society think it does and is it really better to put the kids in an environment where the parents are constantly fighting? According to the article anything short of abuse and the parents should stay together. Though I think if my parents were fighting all the time and them not being together could solve the problem then they shouldn’t be together. But I feel my thought may be slightly skewed because I grew up with my parents together.

What I can relate to really well this week is stereo typing. In that when I was younger I was stereo typed as being a drunk punk. This due to my piercings, tattoos, pink hair and, partying, a lot of people around me put me in that stereo type and had very strong opinions on who I was, though I did like to party I was not a drunk I held steady jobs.  I feel that this can be related to this weeks studies by the brief details they give in the book on it.