Single Parenting and Raising Healthy Children Single parents and their children constitute a rapidly increasing population. In the past single parenting was seen as a broken system‚ these units today provide a viable alternative to nuclear families (Kleist‚ 1999‚ p. 1). In looking at the characteristics of single parents raising healthy children‚ I will describe some of the challenges unique to single parenting‚ and review positive parenting techniques shown to be effective. Social Development
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Describe how domestic abuse affects children and young people Sablehouse (2013) state that all children are affected by the violence in their homes. Regardless of whether or not our children have been physically abused‚ watching their mother being battered is a frightening experience. Children from violent homes can exhibit a variety of behaviours. Some may "act out" and may be viewed as delinquent. Others work very hard to excel at every endeavour in an attempt to keep the family peace. Living
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In her essay‚ “The Magic of the Family Meal‚” Nancy Gibbs‚ explains the important role of having meals plays on children. Gibbs begins her essay by telling us how valuable having a family meal is and the positive outcome. She believes that having a family meal‚ more than three times a week‚ with no interruptions‚ can have a great power over a family’s communication skills. Gibbs then explains that children who eat meals with their families‚ are less likely to get into trouble and eat healthier. She
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Advertising and its Effects on Young People Ryan Sharp English 10 In this world there are many injustices that deal with our children. A main injustice is the advertising of tobacco directed to our youths. Every day 3‚000 children start smoking‚ most of them between the ages of 10 and 18. These kids account for 90 percent of all new smokers. In fact‚ 90 percent of all adults state that they first start smoking as a teenager. The statistics clearly show that young people are the prime targets of
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Describe how to deal with disagreements between: ⍕the practitioner and children and young people ⍕the practitioner and other adults. Disagreements happen. Conflicts can have adverse effects on us all. As individual‚ whether at home‚ work or social setting us all have different opinions‚ values and concerns. Some conflicts are minor and others can become major. Usually conflicts are not resolved until we deal with them. One of the people involved in the conflict must decide to overcome the emotions and
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from harm and neglect (to stay safe) 2. Physical and mental health and emotional well-being (to be healthy) 3. Education training and recreation (to enjoy and achieve) 4. Social and economic well being (to achieve economic well being) 5. The contribution made by them to society (to make a positive contribution) It is vital that every person who works with children and young people should be able to recognise and know how to respond should they be concerned or be aware that a child
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Cohabitation among young people: for or against? In recent years‚ there are great changes in family structure. In some countries‚ there is a new trend of family structure called cohabitation. It means two people fall in love with each other and live together without getting married. According to the latest Census report‚ the number of cohabiting couples escalated from 6.7 million in 2009 to 7.5 million just one year later in 2010‚ with nearly 50 percent of young adults in twenties cohabiting
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Children in the country are being poisoned from lead painting used on homes‚ schools and other products. Lead is a toxic substance that is harmful to people for any age‚ especially young children. When the lead is absorbed into the body‚ it can affect their health systems and cause damage to the brain‚ vital organs such as nerves‚ kidneys and blood. Lead exposure may also cause behavioral problems‚ like learning disabilities and delayed people’s development. Lead in painting also used to create
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CYP Core 3.4 Unit 4 Support Children and Young People’s Health and Safety 1.1 Describe the factors to take into account when planning and safe indoor and outdoor environment and services. Common sense is one of the most important qualities you need when providing play areas and activities that are healthy and safe for children and young people. Factors to consider include: Differing needs Each young child and young person is unique and different individual‚ meaning that each will have differing
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support practitioners‚ children‚ young people and their families to recognise and respond to bullying at school. Responding to Evidence or Concerns: 5:2 Outline policies and procedures to follow in response to concerns or evidence of bullying. Explain why these are in place: As part of the Every Child Matters agenda set out by the previous Government (Education Act 2002 and the children Act 2004)‚ it is the duty of St Matthew’s Primary School to ensure that children and young people are protected from
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