Erica and Jamal have a stable, loving marriage from their earliest days well into middle age. Jamal getting to coach his daughters' softball teams throughout their childhood.
Erica and Jamal have a stable, loving marriage from their earliest days well into middle age. Jamal getting to
coach his daughters' softball teams throughout their childhood. He and Erica bought a house on a street in the same neighborhood as Neka, Jamal's mother, and she is able to care for Jamal and Erica's young children as they grow. Jamal is also able to support and care for his mother as she ages.
He and his family routinely see their two brothers’ families as well. Theirs is close-knit family, which is why
Jamal finds himself struck to the core when Uncle Malik dies suddenly of a stroke a few months before Amelia graduates from high school. Neka and Alexis (Jamel’s younger daughter) become withdrawn.
Alexis has been drinking and smoking weed with friends whenever she gets the chance. Erica and Jamal are
mortified by the discovery but determined to keep their family together and get Alexis the help she needs.
Neka steps in with firm, no-nonsense advice, too. For the first time in his life, Jamal looks to an uncertain
future without the confidence that he has whatever is necessary to take care of anything that happens.
a. Please identify a component of Mid-life crisis experienced by Jamel.
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