Godparent

Many also have relationships of compadrazgo or "co-parentage." A compadres or comadres are godparents who usually have a significant role in their godchildren's life and are selected prior the child's delivery. Godparents are likely to help with the child's schooling, occupation and even finances. Boys and men are anticipated to show machismo, or manliness, and personalismo which means putting one's self-respect…

Italian-American Assessment Americans typically use the famous rhyme “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue” in order to remember when and by whom the United States was founded. However, people of Italian descent often look at this saying with a sense of pride due to the fact that the well-known explorer, Christopher Columbus, was Italian. Additionally, the name America stems from yet another Italian voyager, Amerigo Vespucci (Spector, 2013, p. 331). This sense of Italian pride and identity in…

Families exist in a larger complex made up of a community of kinship network and friends that make up their beliefs and values practices that are defined within the family (lynch 43). These beliefs and values are based on culture, which is comprised of the different languages spoken, as behaviors that influence each individual’s way of thinking, feeling, and interacting (28). The two cultures I decided to observe was that of the Hispanic/Latino and African American, each culture offers many…

Personal Narrative “OMG! Really?!” I exclaimed. “Yes, we will be going on a road trip to Disneyland. But we aren’t going to just Disneyland, you know,” my mom announced. “Yeah, we will be going to a bunch of different states and seeing lots of different sites. It will take about a month, as well,” dad added. I sat there in shock. I really wanted to go to Disneyland but a month long trip? What about my friend’s birthday party and the beginning of summer slumber party? “OK...I’m in, but we…

parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, etc. In the American Indian, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, and Asian cultures, they rely heavily on the extended family; where many of them are involved, including some unrelated to the patient (such as Godparents), in the healthcare decisions. In American Indian families, the elderly, medicine men and women, the tribal chiefs are sought out to be consulted before a healthcare decision is…

Have you ever wondered what kind of rituals each religion practices? . Islam has become the second largest and most influential religion around the world, after Christianity it represents twenty-three percent of the total world population, which are about one point six billion people in total. Interestingly most of the people always relate Muslims to the Middle Eastern countries, but the truth is that the great majority of the Muslims live in the Asia-Pacific region of the world. In Islam,…

In history, the United States has gone through numerous literary movements, including Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Naturalism and Regionalism. The events going on in the lives of the American people, impact their views on social, economic and political issues. in the late 1890’s and early 1900’s, American Gothic Literature became popular as a response to transcendentalism. Edgar Allan Poe influenced American culture and the world by transferred his suffering into words and creating remarkable…

advocate for the patient that is verbalizing their wishes on end of life care. We are to be sensitive to the family that accompanies the dying patient and take into account that although they may not be blood relatives the patient places great value on godparents, family friends, distant neighbors, and former spouses. Although in American society we place value on palliative care, suggesting hospice care and no extreme measures can be a very sensitive subject in Hispanic families. Hispanics…

Angelina Jolie VS Jennifer Aniston “Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.” This famous quote by Walt Disney explains the importance of our day to day movies. Going off of movies, they wouldn’t even be around without the actors/actresses. They come in many, many different shapes and sizes, but the two main ones being discussed are Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston. Though they are…

My best friend, Alyssa, identifies as Greek Orthodox, so, over Spring Break, I attended a service with her. She belongs to Assumption Greek Orthodox church in Des Peres. Greek Orthodox is a denomination within Christianity. In the past, I have been to several Greek Festivals and large gatherings with her, so I was slightly familiar with the Greek atmosphere and culture. At the festivals there was a lot of Greek food, crafts, and dancing. The people are extremely proud of their Greek heritage and…