Children Raised by Alcoholic Parents While reading “Who Are the Real Victims of Alcoholism” in my college textbook‚ I could not help but thinking of my own experiences as a child growing up with an alcoholic father. This essay was written by a student named Meredith Newmon Blanco. In her essay‚ she makes several strong claims on how children who are raised by alcoholic parents will grow up facing many troubling obstacles. Some of her examples are physical and emotional abuse‚ lack of structure
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injury. So‚ are parents actually teaching their children violence? When a parent spanks a child‚ whether they are aware of it or not‚ they are teaching that child violence. They are teaching them that hitting someone else is okay. In his article "The 13 Ways Spanking Harms Children‚" Michael J. Marshall‚ PhD‚ says that "children who are spanked engage in more hitting and fighting than those who are not physically punished by their parents." Relying on spanking when parents think its needed
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send our children to school to learn and get an education? Than why should schools not educate our children about sex and help stress that abstinence is best? Sex education is not helping to promote that a child go out and engage in sexual activity‚ it merely educates them on the consequences of having sex and makes them aware of ways to protect themselves if they do choose to engage in sexual activity. It is important to educate our children on sex and how to protect themselves. Many parents agree
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Do you remember being a child? Were your parents strict? Mostly of you would say: Yes‚ of course. And it had not changed even a little. Parents like and have to feel control of their offspring. You were always considering why parents do not agree you to drink or smoke. The answer is simple and prudent - it is unhealthy. This is right but are extreme sports also unhealthy? No‚ this is dangerous. What about meeting your friends lately? This is neither unhealthy nor dangerous so why is it forbidden
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for parents to lie to their children? Lying in general is always thought of as a very negative action that is never tolerated or accepted in almost every setting. However‚ people do lie for different reasons‚ and parents are no different. For parents‚ however‚ excessive and unjustified lying is very critical and has a lot of negative effects on their children and their relationship with them. Parents should always be careful and restrain as much as possible from lying to their children. Parents
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Although children are a parents responsibility‚ parents are not constantly with their children to keep them from doing irresponsible acts. Parents can only control what their children are doing if they are in their sight. Children will often blame their parents for their actions when in reality the child is either pressured by a friend‚ curious‚ or wanting to live the “life of a teenager” and have fun. It is argued that parents should know where their children are but‚ children are not stupid and
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out about parents being fearful to vaccinate their children due to vaccine safety. I find it difficult to understand how parents are fearful of the effects of the vaccine‚ but not from the disease itself. Fear of this harmful disease seems to have been switched to hypothetical effects that the vaccine could produce. The internet and the media along with some famous celebrities help fuel anti-vaccinations. This controversy over immunizations has cause much confusion and worry for parents. Even with
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should parents spank their children? There are many different ways to educate children but it is sure that parents just spank children when there is no way because no one want to hurt their children.Some people say that “spare the rob and spoil the child”‚but I think that parents should not use spank as a punishment for children. People should not spank their childrend for many reasons.First‚It cause many bad effects on children‚especially when they are young.In this age group‚children don’t have
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influences children have in their lives occurs from their parents. The parents of a child can have both a positive and a negative influence on their lives. In this novel there are two very good examples of how parents can be an important influence on their children. Father of Jem and Scout Finch‚ Atticus Finch‚ plays the loving‚ caring and intelligent single parent‚ he is struggling to keep his family together. He is an example of how parents can have a positive influence on their children. Bob Ewell
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Should parents smack their children? Today I will be talking about the consequences of smacking children‚ whether it shall be legalized or not. Also I will bring my own personal response at the end of my speech. But for now‚ I will begin with why people say it shall be legalized. Firstly‚ some parents say that smacking a child teaches them a lesson how to be well disciplined and indirectly tells the child not to commit this deed again. Furthermore‚ some parents may think that children are having
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