Lisa Long article, “I am Adam Lanza’s Mother,” made her receive both good and harsh criticism for exposing her child’s mental illness to the world. In Lisa’s post, she narrates the disturbing story of a life with her son who is thirteen years old. Apparently, the son has erratic emotional...

Introduction In light of the never-ending economic crises, more families and governments apply to debts. Everyone wants to survive, but not everyone has enough finances to provide for the most essential living resources and needs. Debts and borrowing act like a two-edged sword. On the one hand, it is always...

Summary of the InterviewIn the conduction of my ongoing interviews with Jazlyn, for the second interview the child was given a series of problems to solve. Jazlyn solved two of the five problems correctly. For the first problem, she employed the use of a counting strategy, but she stated that...

The relationship between grandparents and their grandchildren is a delicate dynamic. For most grandchildren, grandparents are synonymous to frequent visitors who nurture and care for them without the authoritarianism their parents might elicit. It’s not uncommon for grandchildren to associate their grandparents to warm hugs and baked cookies. Sometimes however,...

It is a well-documented fact that in the United States more than eight million children have lived “with at least one parent who abused or was dependent on alcohol or an illicit drug during the past year” (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2014). Despite the immensity of this...