Essay
| Style | APA |
| Number of words | 363 |
| Number of sources | 3 |
| Spacing | Double |
| PowerPoint slides | 0 |
Paper instructions
For the essay, you must answer the following question: You must respond to this scenario as if it were you speaking to your child in essay form.
“Ava, where do you think you’re going?” you ask your 15-year-old daughter as she is about to walk out the front door.
She turns around in annoyance. “To a friend,” she replies curtly and takes a step out of the door.
“Not so fast,” you say as you rush over to her. She tries to slip out the door, but you grab a hold of her coat, which stops her dead in her tracks. “Which friend? Where are you going with her? How long will you be out? When will you be home? Will there be any boys there?” As these words escape your lips, Ava starts to mimic you by asking these questions under her breath while rolling her eyes.
“You know, Ava, if did that to Grandma, I would have gotten a good beating. I know you get annoyed by this, but I’m asking because I care about you.”
Ava looks at you and says, “Mom, you’re right. I’m sorry. Can I please go now?”
“Not until you answer my questions,” you say. You grab her phone from her coat pocket. “And if you want this thing, you will tell me everything that I asked you.”
Just then, her phone dings. “You got a text from Chloe,” you tell her.
“Mom! Give that thing back to me!” she says as she lunges for her phone. You pull your hand back to keep hold of her phone.
“Why can’t I have any privacy here?” Ava says as tears begin to form in her eyes. At this point, your neighbor Katie, who was passing by with her dog, Bowie, stops to watch the drama. Not wanting to make more of a scene, you give her your phone and she disappears like a bat out of hell.
You shake your head at Katie. “Kids today,” you lament. “How come your kids don’t behave like this?”
Katie shrugs. “I don’t know. I guess I don’t run such a tight ship,” she says. “And by the way,” she adds, “I see that Ava’s lost a lot of weight lately. Is she okay?”
You think for a couple of moments. “Now that you mention it, that coat does look quite big on her. You think I should get it checked out?”
“For sure,” Katie nods. “When I was growing up in Bensonhurst, I had a neighbor just like Ava. Her mom was all on top of her and she actually developed an eating disorder. Luckily, she recovered, but when I talked to her years later, she kept mentioning the word enmeshment. She said that that might have been a factor in her developing her eating disorder.”
“Can you come in and tell me more about enmeshment?” you ask.
“Sure,” says Katie. “But do you have any biscuits for Bowie? He’s kind of hungry.”
What does Katie tell you to explain what enmeshment is and how it can be a factor in eating disorders?
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