In “Trauma affects brains of boys and girls in opposite ways” by Stanford University‚ the University of Stanford states that brain scans of teenagers with post-traumatic stress disorder show a structural differences between boy and girls. The part of the brain that shows the structural difference is called insula‚ the insula is the part of the brain that “detects cues from the body and processes emotions and empathy and helps to integrate feeling‚ actions‚ and several other brain functions” (Stanford
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How does poverty affect worldwide development and the use of the Millennium Development Goals? The Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) are a group of goals created by the U.N‚ set to be achieved globally by 2015. There are eight different goals ranging from Gender Equality to Environmental Sustainability. The first goal is ‘To eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger’ and more specifically‚ Halve‚ between 1990 and 2015‚ the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day. By 2005‚ the global
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factors which can affect the health and physical development of children‚ one of these factors is lifestyle. Lifestyle factors are the way in which we choose to live and the things that we can change‚ this includes drugs. Drugs affect lots of people’s lives. Even legal drugs can be dangerous when people become addicted to them. In day to day life we are all faced with situations such as stress and negative feelings‚ some parents tend to use drugs as a coping mechanism. This can affect the children’s
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Describe with examples how different aspects of development can affect one another. Katie is a 13 year old girl. Her mom has left home. She lives with her farther and brother. Her farther runs his own business and is a very busy man‚ he has to leave Katie with her brother to get him ready for school. When Katie comes home from school she has to cook her brother some tea and do all the house work as her dad is still at work and he believes that because she’s the only girl in the house that is her
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1.2 Describe with examples how different aspects of development can affect one another Physical If a child has a physical difficulty‚ disability or delay‚ this could cause them to withdraw socially; find difficulty socialising; suffer with depression‚ stress or anxiety; lead to behavioural difficulties; find difficulty in communicating‚ regarding both speech and body language; and can affect their educational development. A child with a physical disability can often experience stigma concerning
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or a blood condition affect children from early on and have sever ramifications on their lives from birth. Other conditions may appear later‚ such as asthma‚ which children are more susceptible to if they live in areas where the air condition is poor‚ they live in damp conditions or whose parents smoke. These conditions and many others have an effect on a child’s development as feeling unwell can make them less inclined to play‚ or their condition may restrict what they can do. Children with such
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The employment of the mother has no significant effect on child development. A number of studies have shown that no connection has been found between the employment of a mother to her child’s development. These studies show that the mother working does not affect the child’s development‚ but other factors do. Some factors include: the quality of child care‚ compensating for the mother‚ and support of the child. These factors could affect the child’s physical and social behavior and the education or
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one that consisted of a mother‚ father and child or children‚ otherwise classified as a nuclear family. However as our society became more modernized the concept of a family changed to incorporate other arrangements. In contemporary society a family can also be seeing as ; a mother or father only with a child or children (single parent)‚parents and child/children with other relative living together (extended)‚sibling headed where one sibling (often the older) is left in charge ‚ alternative family
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In today’s society‚ there are a number of factors that affect a child’s ability to learn. Marked with indecisiveness or a lack of morality‚ children are influenced by excessive amounts of peer pressure both at school and at home. Taught at birth to be dependent on human care and love‚ infants need parents who “…meet both physical and emotional needs.” (Klein 39). One must also remember the role that discipline plays in being a good parent. The media has set a new standard for children and they strive
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Describe‚ giving examples‚ how different aspects of development can affect one another There are many examples that can describe how different aspects of development can affect one another. Most of the time one aspect will lead to another ‚ so for example‚ if a child has a language barrier ( through a foreign language as their first one or late development of speaking) this can stop other children from playing or talking to this child ‚ what can lead to lower their self esteem and let him
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