Capstone Project (Entry 1)

My Capstone is about communication among the family and how it affects the outcomes of the children in the family. The goal of my project is to inform the public and teach families how to build communication among themselves. This is important because family is the base of a community and children are the future of society and if these two important factors are unstable or dysfunctional, society as a whole would fall apart. I want to become a cardiologist and this ties into with my capstone through communication and understanding. As a doctor I will come across many family situation in where I might the only method of communication among family. My capstone gives back to the community by allowing resources for families that are falling apart or disconnected. Richland's triple bottom line is teaching, which can be applied to my capstone by teaching other families how to connect with each other, learning, which can be applied to my project by learning as I do research, and Community building, which can be applied to my project by giving the community a stronger sense of family.