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Family acceptance predicts greater self-esteem, social support, and general health status; it also protects against depression, substance abuse, and suicidal idealization and behaviors.

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Tips for casual connecting

Stop what you’re doing and focus on the moment. For example, put down your phone or shut your computer screen. Even for just a few seconds, give your child your full attention. Connecting works best when you send the message that right now, your child is the most important thing to you.

Look at your child while they’re talking to you. Really listen to what they’re saying. This sends the message that what your child has to say is important to you.

Show interest. Encourage your child to expand on what they’re saying, and explore their views, opinions, feelings, expectations or plans.

Listen without interrupting, judging or correcting. Your aim is to be with your child, not to give advice or help unless they ask for it.

Just be there. For example, you might be in the kitchen when your child is studying at the table. Teenagers benefit just from knowing that you’re available.

Keep in touch. For example, send daily text messages if you don’t live with your child full time or you’re away from home for a while. 

 Citation: Staying connected with pre-teens and teenagers. Raising Children Network. (2021, November 29). Retrieved December 16, 2021, from https://raisingchildren.net.au/teens/communicating-relationships/family-relationships/staying-connected-you-your-teen 

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Another recent study assessed the relationship between family rejection in adolescence and the health of LGB young adults (Ryan, Huebner, Diaz, & Sanchez, 2009). That study showed clear associations between parental rejecting behaviors during adolescence and the use of illegal drugs, depression, attempted suicide, and sexual health risk by LGB young adults. Prior research clearly points to the role of family rejection in predicting health and mental health problems among LGB adolescents and adults, yet at the same time, while it is known that initial parental reactions to the disclosure of LGB identity may be negative—sometimes including ejection from the home—research has also shown that after parents become sensitized to the needs and well-being of their LGB children, many family relationships improve (D'Augelli et al., 2005).

Ryan, C., Russell, S. T., Huebner, D., Diaz, R., & Sanchez, J. (2010, November 15). Family acceptance in adolescence and the health of LGBT Young Adults. Wiley Online Library. Retrieved December 16, 2021, from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-6171.2010.00246.x 

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assignment 5  family acceptance

Being able to invest in learning more about one’s identity is a journey that in the views of many people is essential for several reasons, one of them is to be able to reach your maximum potential and resign at a utopian state of freedom and serenity.

However, for that journey to be completed and to take place there are a lot of restraints that stand in the way and in many cases, they stop that journey from taking place. For one to start this journey they need to start by exploring their style, body, even the way they talk until the feeling of belonging and comfort kicks in. Unfortunately, one of the main restraints that stand in the way of this journey is your own family. The main issue with having your family disagreeing with your rights to explore yourself is that unlike community restraints you can’t just change families like you change communities or countries.

In the Arab culture traditions within the family there is a map of power conflict that allows the parents to have unlimited power over their children when it comes to making sure they follow the same beliefs and ideologies, unfortunately in many cases this impacts many children leaving them with a void to fill when they grow up, this void is often referred to as an identity crisis.  In the worldview of many parents, it’s an optimum case if the children turn out to be exactly like their parents however this is hypocrisy at its finest as these parents had to go through their own journey to discover themselves or in many cases, they as well have felt that they can’t disobey their families. This entire dilemma leads to many children leading double personas to be able to satisfy their families and try to discover themselves behind their family’s backs which toughens the entire process.

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SEYDOU KEÏTA

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What makes a Photograph Iconic?

For something to be iconic means it is different and important. It appears to be a symbol of something, an iconic picture or thing is significant or impressive. When it comes to photography from my point it is all about capturing the right moment, it could be of something the world has seen a thousand time but each time it could be a different experience an iconic one. Composition and lighting have a major effect they are the main ingredient of the iconic photograph. The ability to control the right light, the right composition, and the moment 3 components of a great image—are among the most critical. However, it is not as simple as it appears. It's a fine line to tread, and you have to get all three parts just perfect. Other that these elements I personally believe the Point of View has a great impact on the image. The most common to photograph is the eye level, this PoV could translate a thousand emotion and story throughout history which makes the capture so iconic. Meaning, photograph that have a meaning a story to tell gives it more value and power, the deeper layers behind the shot the more the photograph will get to the viewer.  

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What makes photography ‘unique’? The documentary series says “photography transforms what it describes”.  What do you think they mean by this?

Explain your answer by using examples from the documentary.

 During this episode of “The Genius of Photography” titled “Snap Judgments” discussed multiple questions regarding the photographer and his art works, also a comparison between how much it costs now and back then, moreover it explained the impact of the digital post production techniques that make multiple possibilities happen, unlike in the past where there were many obstacles facing the photographer when presenting his final project. The episode highlights multiple artists such as Jeff Wall, Andreas Gursky, Gregory Crewdson and the leading photographer in China Wang Qingsong and the Malian studio photographer Seydou Keita who I found the most interesting out of all important names mentioned.

Photography is unique because every artist has his own vision of art and how he likes to portrait it, for example Seydou Keita was a Malian studio photographer who had his own vision in the portrayal of the “African stereotype”. Photography transforms what it describes is meant by that each photographer has a vision that he wants to show to the world. Here in Keita’s case it was to show how Africa is not just a poor place by taking photographs of middle class society in his studio with elements to underline their social ranking like instruments, cars and full sets of jewelry, he wanted to break the stereotype that most photographers portrayed the Africans and the type of photography taken mostly nature type. His photography is a type of education about the Africa society that is not constricted to poverty and hunger issues or diseases and dying children. This self-taught photographer was known for his unique aesthetic. His use of daylight and his European props used in his work made him stand out at his time. Keitia was discovered in the west 1990s, to become the father of African photography recognized as the greatest photographer of the past century.

  “It’s easy to take a photo, but what really made a difference was that I always knew how to find the right position, and I never was wrong. Their head slightly turned, a serious face, the position of the hands... I was capable of making someone look really good. The photos were always very good. That’s why I always say that it’s a real art”. The high quality of his photographs and his keen sense of aesthetics drew a large number of clients. Many of the young males were dressed in European fashion. Some customers brought their own props, but Keita also had a selection of European garments and accessories - watches, pencils, radios, scooters, and so on - that he made available to them at his studio. The ladies wore flowing robes that typically covered their legs and throats, with Western attire only appearing in the late 1960s. I am very much impressed of his work and that he chose to be different, learn and work hard to build a name that is being taught to students

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assignment 3

2007 Photo Contest, World Press Photo of the Year

Young Lebanese drive down a street in Haret Shreik, a southern suburb of Beirut, to check on their homes after bombardments by Israel. The picture was collected in 2007.

In a cross-border attack in July 2006, the Islamic Resistance, the armed wing of Hezbollah, a Shia Lebanese military and political organisation, kidnapped two Israeli soldiers. In a campaign against Hezbollah fighters, Israel had been striking that part of the city and villages across southern Lebanon for for five weeks. Thousands of Lebanese began to return to their homes as a truce took effect on August 14th. 15,000 homes and 900 businesses were damaged, according to the Lebanese authorities. In retaliation, Israel launched a month-long battle against Lebanese targets. On Lebanon's southern border, a UN peacekeeping force was sent, followed by the Lebanese army.

Spencer Platt is a Connecticut native who grew up in the town of Westport. He earned his English degree from Clark University. He worked as a features writer for the college newspaper during his time there. However, his friend, photojournalist Tyler Hicks, sparked his interest in the field, and after graduation, he worked as a photographer for a number of publications. In 2001, he joined Getty Images. Platt's work has appeared in Time, Newsweek, Stern, Paris Match, and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications. For his work in Liberia and Albania, he has received various honours around the world, such as the POYi and the NPPA Year in Pictures. Platt won the coveted World Press Photo of the Year prize in 2006.

2007 Spencer Platt wy: World Press Photo. 2007 Spencer Platt WY | World Press Photo. (n.d.). Retrieved October 31, 2021, from https://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/2007/31012/1/2007-spencer-platt-wy.

          When I first saw the photo all I thought about how a war aftermath became a tourist attraction, turns out after research and reading an interview by one of the women in the convertible that the people in the photograph belong to this destroyed land, Bissan Maroun visits the place with a group of people after they fled the area during the Israeli attacks. Asking a few friends about their first interpretation, two of them guessed the country and the time from the setting of the photograph and relating the time to the world news they have heard previously. However, no one guessed the situation of the characters in the photograph. Platt choose to take a picture of people wearing glasses which made it hard for the audience to translate the feelings of the characters in the shot. The red color of the car wasn’t as visible in ratio to the photograph and I would guess Spencer Platt did not want to attract the viewers eye to the luxurious car instead to the miserable situation. The fact that the photographer choose to take the picture from the side where everyone is looking towards, it leaves the audience to wonder what could be more interesting to look at more than the disasters background.

O'Hara, C. (2007, March 1). The truth behind the world press photo winner. Foreign Policy. Retrieved October 31, 2021, from https://foreignpolicy.com/2007/02/28/the-truth-behind-the-world-press-photo-winner/.  

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