SOCIOLOGY

Sociology: Analysis Paper- Veterans

The following critical analysis is the selected article Examination of Veterans Fathers; Parenting and their Adolescent Childrens Substance Use in the United States. The article discusses substance use among those adolescent children whose fathers were in the military and did not get time to talk to their children about the risks of substance use. The study compares non-military veteran fathers and their children to check adolescent substance use (Lipari et al., 2017). The results showed that higher rates of children of military veteran fathers were involved in smoking and nonmedical prescribed drugs compared to lesser percentages of children of non-military veteran fathers. It was a clear deduction that parental involvement, highlighted by parental capital and social capital theory, is vital for building a healthy father-child or parent-child relationship for protecting children against substance abuse and similar social, emotional, and psychological harms.

According to homecoming theory, military veterans become a traveler from their hometowns to the war base and back again to their homes (Ahern et al., 2015). However, when they return to their home after having experienced the stress, anxiety, pain, depression, and suffering of war, the separation offers them a substantial difference between their expectations and reality. They undergo the challenge of returning to normal lives with their family and children and cannot connect sometimes. The transition from an army person to usual civilian encounters great transition difficulties.

A similar pattern might be observed with the veteran fathers among clinical populations who might have been affected by emotional numbing and distorted psychological functioning when they return home with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Lipari et al., 2017). In such circumstances, the fathers might not be able to act warmly toward their children or even be concerned about what is happening in their childs life. The protective element that is the basis of parenting behavior could be missing. The fundamental fatherly involvement that mainly comprises positive activities with children, receptivity, sensitivity, affection, and control would not be offered by disturbed veterans, not conducive to promoting positive child development (Lipari et al., 2017).

The social capital theory states that the relationship between individuals should be a productive process that encompasses resources as a means of associating them (Thomas & Gupta, 2021). The societal effect is the sum of the available networking resources between two individuals or a greater number of persons within a group or society. Emotional wellbeing is a crucial indicator of health, which applies to veterans and their children in the selected articles case. Investing more emotional resources in building relations between father and child, especially with the help of positive engagements like helping with homework or talking about a video game they like, could abstain...…related doctors in the field after running intensive outpatient programs, psychotherapies that work or do not work, group therapies, family therapies, medication-assisted programs, etc.

The educational practice and standards (EPAS) that comprise nine competencies and numerous practice behaviors were kept in line while dealing with Bob (Warner Pacific College, 2008). It is well-understood that ethics and dignity are the two standards that social workers need to adhere to while dealing with already struggling clients. Social workers conduct with professional responsibility and ensuring that clients have access to the needed support for consultation is the sole of this field. Self-corrective measures and guidance are provided with critical thinking, usually gained from knowledge in this profession, and evidence-based wisdom. Discrimination is prohibited so that interventions are far from marginalization and bias. The clients right to be advocated by the social worker for his basic human right of justice and best medical assistance. With extensive research into the area where Bob needed help, the veterans depression and anxiety, possibly through homecoming, and knowing that his child was engaged in substance abuse, an informed practice approach for intervention is to be devised. Achieving health and social wellbeing goals for Bob means that a human behavior-based mechanism is to be devised to promote his health and others similar to Bob. Social work must follow policies for effective action and proactively respond to…