Not exact matches
Murray Straus's studies suggest that marital violence occurs in one
out of four marriages, not as a single event but as a pattern (Richard J. Gelles and Claire Pedrick Cornell, Intimate Violence in Families [Sage Publications, 1985], p. 69) The Center for the Prevention
of Sexual and Domestic Violence estimates that one girl
out of three and one boy
out of seven are sexually abused by age 18, and that in half the cases their abusers are family members; that 1 million children are physically abused by
parents or caretakers every year; and that 1 million
elderly people are abused every year by their adult children.
And I find that even I, you know, knowing what I know academically about these things, even [I] don't want to be vulnerable, I kind
of put it off, and then I have remind myself how beneficial it is, how much I would get
out of that,
out of being closer, not being right necessarily, but being closer to my wife or closer to my children or [closer] to my
elderly parents.
You might be coming
out of a long - term marriage, or emerging from a period
of time where you were consumed with raising children or caring for
elderly parents — or, perhaps you still are responsible for children and /
parents.
You might be coming
out of a long - term marriage, or emerging from a period where you were consumed with raising children or caring for
elderly parents — or, perhaps you still are responsible for kids and / or
parents.
This examination
of the problem by the founder and director
of the Project on Global Working Families at Harvard University's school
of public health demonstrates the plight
of two - income working families that need to care for dependents such as preschool - age children, children
out of school for vacation or due to illness, and
elderly parents.
Consider that Summer has had malaria; her little brother, Jaz, is friendless; her
parents have to fly to Japan to take care
of elderly relatives; and her grandmother (Obaa - chan) and grandfather (Jii - chan) must pay the mortgage by coming
out of retirement to work for a custom harvesting company.
Time
out of the workforce to care for children or
elderly parents is likely to affect your income and also your ability to accumulate superannuation.
Depending on your situation, you might even want to insist on a monthly allowance for yourself from a wage - earning partner while you're
out of the workforce — whether it's to raise kids, retrain, or become a caregiver to
elderly parents.
In addition to the Meet the
Parents cat, he said he toilet - trained six
out of eight cats owned by an
elderly lady who was overwhelmed keeping up with so many litter boxes.
Parents pushed children in strollers, the media swarmed everywhere, and
elderly activists beamed
out at the 10,000 - strong crowd gathering around City Hall for the biggest day
of Occupy Wall Street protests yet.
That's the lesson to take from a recent Superior Court decision, which sets
out an all too familiar scenario involving the child
of an
elderly person who does not have much involvement in their
parent's lives but becomes suspicious about the way their assets are being handled by a third party.
Some
of the most common reasons for individuals who have been
out of the employment game and are now ready to return may include: taking time off to have a baby / raise a family, enrollment in the military, recovering from a traumatic accident or illness, caring for an
elderly parent or sick child for an extended period
of time, residence in a rehabilitation facility, or incarceration.
For instance, being
out of the workforce for many years to care for a child or
elderly parent, or re-entering the workforce after having been self - employed, are understandable reasons why there may be large gaps on your resume.
Another option, he says, is to build a small structure in your backyard — ideal housing for an
elderly parent or
out -
of - work adult child.