Studies show between 25% and 50% of homeless youth are LGBT‚ and on the streets because of their sexual orientation. Half of the youth who come out to their parents experience a negative reaction and in 26% of these experiences the child is thrown out of their home. Gay teens are 8.4 times more likely to report trying to commit suicide‚ and 5.9 times more likely to report being depressed compared to teens from families that have no or low chance of family rejection. The average GPA for LGBT students
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Youth Sports Programmes: Benefits and Dangers of organised institutions. Youth Sports Programmes: 2012 Benefits and Dangers of organ ised institutions. Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3 The importance of sports and physical activity ...................................................................................... 3 Evolution of sports practice
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problem ‚ psychological problem ‚ slow down development of the country ‚ and alcohol consumption . These are the effects of our social problem among Malaysian youth . First of all we will discuss the escalating crime waves among our Malaysian youth . These days our Malaysian youth are involve in many crime whether its small or big . One of the most common among our youth are drug abuse . Its sad to see the future of our country the be involve with this kinds of social problems ‚ at
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Negative Effects of Social Networking Online social networking sites are very popular and are making a huge impact on today’s society. More than three-fourths of the population between the ages of eighteen and thirty-nine use social networking sites (“Social Networking Site”). Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Instagram and Vine are some examples of some of the most used social networking sites today. Whether posting a status‚ uploading a photo‚ or checking news feeds‚ social networking sites have changed
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To date‚ the growing up adolescents has become the society concern. It is unbecoming of youths nowadays‚ who are responsible for the negative activities which increasing dramatically. From bullying in school to rape‚ our youth seems to be more daring and menacing. This could be due to peer pressure or insufficient guidance. What seems to be the highlight of the day on the newspaper incessantly should have been the school violence. School violence nowadays has taken to an extent in which not only
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the study The youth of today no longer seem to spend their leisure activities like in the olden days; outdoor games or playing with toys‚ instead‚ they spend their free time in their homes‚ internet cafés or computer shops simply to satisfy their hunger; and that hunger is Online Gaming. Online gaming has such a profound impact on not only the young‚ but dynamically every age group as well. So far‚ virtually anyone is able to go on a computer and punch through
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THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON TODAY’S YOUTH Let us face it – Social media is everywhere. People talk the “social media tongue” without even knowing it these days. Man made social networking sites and technically he should be changing it according to his needs but the youth today change according to the social networking site. Our world revolves around Facebook‚ Twitter and sites like that. Like every coin has two sides even this has its own pro’s and con’s. So the question
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The Negative Impact of the One Child Policy Elana Kopelman As a country’s population grows‚ the demand for resources such as food‚ water‚ and housing increases. However‚ every country has limited resources to provide for its population. When China was faced with a booming population‚ the Communist Party knew that they had to preserve the country’s resources. As a solution‚ the One Child Policy was implemented in 1979 to stabilize China’s population. Despite this attempt for stability‚ the One Child
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The role of sport events in easing international tensions Popular events like the football World Cup and other international sporting occasions are essential in easing international tensions and releasing patriotic emotions in a safe way. Every four years‚ the whole world stops to watch international sporting events such as the Olympic events the Football World Cup in which athletes show their best performance to make their country proud of them. These sporting occasions have proved to be helpful
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The Positive and Negative Effects of Video Games http://www.raisesmartkid.com/3-to-6-years-old/4-articles/34-the-good-and-bad-effects-of-video-games Is playing video games good or bad for you? It can be both. Video games are frowned upon by parents as time-wasters‚ and worse‚ some education experts think that these games corrupt the brain. Violent video games are easily blamed by the media and some experts as the reason why some young people become violent or commit extreme anti-social behavior
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