What Are The Challenges Of Growing Up In A Single Parent Family

Activity 3

Discuss environmental factor and narratives:

Growing up in a single parent household had it 's challenges. My parents divorced when I was 9yrs old and my brother was 4 almost 5. We had our struggles because my mother was disabled from an injury from my father. Mr. Johnson (aka my father) was a hard working drunk and was abusive towards my mother. Growing up we was never hungry and always had a hot shower and clothes on our backs. We always had birthday gifts and Christmas was never lacking. Child hood was hard, but we made it work,we as a family was very involved in our local church. Growing up in church when the doors opened, we were there praise and thanking God . My mother and grandparents always taught us to respect our fellow man and respect anyone in authority over us.

I believe that the lack of technology made us not take the small things in life for granted. I learned what a hard day 's work was, and I can 't say it hurt me. I did struggle in high school with computers until I prayed and asked for understanding and wisdom to help me in my lacking areas.

Never judge a book by its cover, and make time to get to know the person before passing judgment if you must. I always had an strong personality, and I wanted to become a preacher when I got older. This made talking to people easy for me. I over time learn the meaning of social acceptance. I learned this from parties, and what you could and couldn 't do. Growing up I learned how to drink, do drugs and have sex and play music all from my friends at social gathers. I also learned the power of persuasion from going to these