Groups in Need

Erick Maxwell

Human Services

Question 2

Out of all the groups that I wish I could help the most it would have to be probably one with the couples. The reason I say so, is that when I was growing up, my parents got divorced. It hurt me really bad and it affected me and my life. I would love to help couples try to increase their relationship, and see if I can better their lives, and their kids, if they have any. When adults get married, then have kids, and end up getting divorced, it really hurts the kids inside. No matter what age you are either when it happens. If you are younger as a kid, maybe only 1-3, you do have a better chance of not remembering as much, but even if your parents get divorced and you are 21, it still can affect you, and it may even be permanent.

To correlate, the reason my parents did get divorces was because my dad had a gambling and alcoholic problem. So once again, that would be another point that I would like to be able to work with. I know what I had to go threw and how hard it was for me to pull threw and understand what was happening, and getting mad at myself thinking that it was my fault. But none of that was the case, so that is why I think I would enjoy helping these type of people, so I could try to prevent anything that had happen to me, so they did not have to experiment the same situations I did.

So, if I had a choice to help in "Groups in Need", I would try to help families or couples that are having hard times, and try to save what they have so they don't affect to many people lives.