Love

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This paper explores the concept of love and how much love matters. Using the movie "I Am Sam", which stars Sean Penn, this paper examines some of the issues of relationship dynamics which are at the heart of this movie. Specifically the issues discussed are at the core of a great deal of social work and various therapeutic or quasi-therapeutic relationships.

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"The movie tells the story of Sam Dawson (played by Sean Penn), who despite the fact that he is mentally-challenged, is trying to raise his daughter Lucy (played by Dakota Fanning) as a single parent. He is being helped in his duties as a parent by a large group of caring and competent friends; one of the important dynamics that this movie emphasizes is that being a "single parent" is not a homogeneous condition. A single parent who is mentally-challenged and socially isolated would have a considerably more difficult task in raising a child by himself or herself than would a single parent with the same level of mental disability."

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