My Family Story

Pedro V. Izaguirre

CIS 1020-036

Ages 11-19

Outline

• What did I face

• Impact in my life

• What did I do about it

• Where am I today with my feelings and life?

• Emotions that you may feel on parents divorce

• My advice to you

• What can I do to deal with divorce easier?

• Motivational quotes

What did I face

• Parents divorced

• Single mother

• Mother working multiple jobs

• Struggled financially

• Worked in catering and landscaping

• Not having a father

Impact in my life

• Discouragement

• Jealousy

• Compared myself with others

• Believed that life was unfair

What did you do about it?

Basketball

Football

LDS Mission in Uruguay

Where am I today with my feelings and life?

• Forgiveness

• Family

• Goals

• Working hard

• Practice my faith

• Choices

Emotions that you may feel on parents divorce

ShockAnger

SadGuilt

AnxietyWorry

FearEmbarrassed

LonelinessRelieved

What can I do to deal with a divorce easier?Be fair to both parents

Work it out

My advice to youFacing the divorce of

your parents

• Don’t be to hard on yourself

• Avoid comparing with others

• Find a hobby

• Express your feelings

• Be yourself

• Time will help you

If you know of someone

• Support

• Invited them to seek for help

• Be a good influence

Motivational Quotes

•“Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.”

-Roger Crawford

•“Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.”

-Bernice Johnson Reagon

•“It's not whether you get knocked down. It's whether you get up again.”

-Vince Lombardi

•“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

-Dale Carnegie

Bibliographies

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZGghmwUcbQ

• Dealing with Divorce. SafeTeen.org. 2014. Web Article. 16 November 2014. <http://www.safeteens.org/relationships/dealing-with-divorce/>.

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