Adultism Sociology Assignment

Adultism Sociology Assignment

Adultism Sociology Assignment

Response 1

·         Respond to at least two colleagues with a comparison of how adultism and ageism affects the Logan and Parker families.

·         In your comparison, draw specifically on your colleagues’ analysis with any further details that support or critique your colleagues’ posts.

·         Also, be sure to provide specific examples related to both the Logan and Parker families.

·         Please use 1-2 references for each colleague.

Adultism Sociology Assignment

Colleague 1: S

In the case of Eboni and her family, we can learn the impact of adultism which young people. Adultism is described as, adults or other authority figures, who oppress the young (Adams et al., 2013).  Young people are expected to follow, the rules and regulations that are made by family, schools and other authoritative figures, but many of these circumstances lead young people being oppressed (Adams et al., 2013).

Eboni presents as an African-American teen, college bound, and pregnant which is unplanned (Plummer, Makris & Brocksen, 2014). While watching the video of Eboni and her friend’s interaction, we learn that Eboni confided in the school social worker.  Where she revealed her pregnancy, felt “attacked” for becoming pregnant and jumping to conclusions before getting all of the information, the encounter had a lack of empathy (Laureate Education, 2013).

Eboni’s mother, on the other hand, doesn’t want Eboni to make the same mistakes that she did, when she was Eboni’s age, furthermore, she does not want Eboni to become another statistic, her mother is pushing for her to have an abortion (Laureate Education, 2013). Eboni’s father is a religious man and has his opinion about the pregnancy and what Eboni needs to do (Plummer, Makris & Brocksen, 2014). All of the adults in Eboni’s life have, told her what the what her to do, but all of this information is overwhelming, and making her even more unsure of what to do. Furthermore, none for the adults in Eboni’s life and consulted with her, asking what she wants to do.

Eboni does not want to disappoint either of her parents, as she looks up to them. But is also does not want to make a decision, that she is going to regret for the rest of her life either. Regarding oppression, the exposure, and experience that people have while they are young will impact the rest of their lives and interactions than have with others (Adams et al., 2013).  Eboni is going to have to make some hard decision and at the end of the day, not everyone in her family is going to be happy with the decision she makes.  Regarding class and privilege, when Eboni was born she was a statistic being born to an unwed teenage mom. Eboni wants to rise above this and break the cycle.

 

References

Adams, M., Blumenfeld, W. J., Castaneda, C., Hackman, H. W., Peters, M. L., & Zuniga, X. (Eds.). (2013). Readings for diversity and social justice. (3rd ed.). New York: Routledge Press.

Laureate Education (Producer). (2013). Logan Family (Episode 34) [Video file]. In Sessions. Retrieved fromhttps://class.waldenu.edu.

Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen S. M. (Eds.). (2014). Sessions: Case histories. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader].

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Colleague 2: M

“Our society, for the most part, considers young people to be less important than an inferior to adults.  It does not take young people seriously and does not include them as decision makers in the broader life of their communities.” (Bell, 2016).  If I had a quarter for every time that I heard my grandmother use the phrase, “children should be seen and not heard” when I was little, I would never have to work a day in my life.  To me this meant that as children we did not have a voice in any adult conversation; we should just stay out of the way when everyone got together.  Now, keep in mind that I always thought of my grandmother as evil incarnate 90% of the time.  But now, as an adult, I remember the phrase but never use it.  As an adult, I believe that I am guilty of adultism at time, although I never really thought about it until now.  Using your dominance as an adult in any situation, is considered adultism.  In the case of Eboni, she is a 16 year old pregnant teenager.  She is smart, had her college life planned and a bright future ahead of her.  Eboni’s mom had her when she was a teen ager, and referred to Eboni as a slut for letting this happen to her.  Her mom does not want Eboni to go through the same struggles that she went through.  Eboni’s mom wants her to get an abortion, however, Eboni is not sure how she feels about that.  She has been placing blame on Eboni since the pregnancy and making her feel guilty for letting it happen.  Eboni sees a SW who placed blame on Eboni by not using protection, essentially, it was her fault.  At this point, she does not know what she is wanting to do.

Many teenagers are having babies today, because it is not at frowned upon.  I would never want my daughter to be a pregnant teenager, I want her to finish college, get a job and then have children.  Unlike her step-sister who had a baby at 18, my daughter sees the struggle that she has had to deal with and knows that she does not want that at a young age.  In many cases, when things occur, it is a cycle; Eboni and her mom are no different.  The difference now, is that Eboni can still go to college, it will be more difficult, but it can be done.

Adultism Sociology Assignment

References

Bell, John.  (2016).  Understanding Adultism.  National Youth Rights Association.  Retrieved from http://www.youthrights.org

Laureate Education (Producer). (2013). Logan Family (Episode 34) [Video file]. InSessions. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu.

Response 2

·         Respond to a colleague’s post by offering additional insight about how social workers can work toward assuring the best outcomes for adolescents questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity.

·          Please use 1-2 Learning Resources to support your answer.

Colleague 1:L