Romeo and Juliet comparing to Teen Friendships

A healthy friendship is one where it draws out the best in you, being able to trust each other, someone you can confide in about stuff you only can tell them and that they won’t tell anyone. Scientists are finding out that strong teen friendships can later result in better health in your life. Scientists have known that close friendships help boost health. Also that usually lonely people are more likely to get sick. That’s both for teens and adults. And people who do their own thing, instead of giving in to peer pressure, may experience unpleasant emotions. Teens who are more independent in life they tend to do better in school and at work. And peer pressure from others in schools, in your city, friends, lead some kids to engage in risky behavior, such as smoking, using drugs and drinking alcohol.

In Romeo and Juliet this can be with how him and Benvolio are best friends and they tell each. Benvolio, who is also Romeo’s cousin, offers friendly advice about women. Romeo is depressed because Rosaline doesn’t love him, so instead Benvolio tells him to look at other women when they go to the Capulet’s party, where he meets Juliet.

How this relates to me because I do have some friends that bring negativity in so you don’t really want to stick with them, but that’s not we are supposed to write about. I have friends that bring positive vibes and you want to stay with them and have a good relationship with them because those are the friends you can talk to about some personal things, enjoy time with them, and joke around with them without getting hurt about it. Also that it does affect how you feel around them because you don’t want to be around someone that is negative but brings joy to you and that you feel won’t judge you. Those friends I have I know will stick with me for a long time and that brings the best out of me, trusting them because sometimes I do have trouble trusting some people.

STEVENS, ALISON PEARCE. “Teen Friendships May Make for Healthier Adults.” Science News for Students, Oct. 2015, p. 1. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspxdirect=true&db=sch&AN=115733708&site=ehost-live

Parent Expectations

Parent expectations can vary on how your parents are going to raise you, and what they expect you to do. Parents with higher expectations for their children are more likely to set higher standards for their
children’s schooling and social functioning than parents with lower expectations. Also, in a
nationally representative sample of students enrolled in grades 6 through 12 in US schools, found that the higher the parental income, the greater the percentage of parents who expected their children to finish college. Sometimes parents are more strict than other so they have different expectation like for you to have good grades, go to college, not get into bad things, like some parents if you got a bad grade on a test you would be grounded, maybe get something taken away. So it just depends what parents you have and what they expect out of you.

In romeo and Juliet this compares by Juliet has expectations by her parents that her father wants her to marry Paris and back then you had to and couldn’t say no, which was basically an arranged marriage. Even though she was already married to romeo but she didn’t tell her family yet so they probably thought she is going to marry this person. Also she doesn’t want to marry him because she is already married and if she doesn’t she can be kicked out of the house, shamed. So her parents expect to marry early, have kids, and expect a lot out of her.

How this relates back to the real world is some parents expect out of you are different from each family. Some parents don’t care what you do or if you get in trouble, others are strict and expect you to do something they way they like it or want you to do it. Also like how some parents want you to get good grades but like not lower than a b, to not do bad things, even maybe have a curfew. Parents often expect their kids to be perfect. By this means they make all the right decisions, do everything the way the parents want it to be done, and live up to their parents standards. I don’t always agree with a lot of today’s parental expectations because some parents try to benefit themselves instead of the kids. Kids have dreams of their own. Another situation in society today is that kids are expected to follow in their parents footsteps. Some parents that own companies expect their children to take over one day without ever asking the child’s thoughts on the idea.

Stull, Judith C. “Family Socioeconomic Status, Parent Expectations, and a Child’s Achievement.” Research in Education, vol. 90, Nov. 2013, pp. 53–67. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ1041707&site=ehost-live