Experiences and Reflections from Minority‚ Crime-Involved Adolescent Fathers Katherine Valek Eastern Michigan University Experiences and Reflections from Minority‚ Crime-Involved Adolescent Fathers Adolescent parenthood is often a struggle for everyone involved. Oftentimes‚ the mother must decide if she wants to keep her child‚ abort it‚ or give it up for adoption. If she decides to keep the child‚ her parents may or may not become involved in their grandchild’s care. However‚ there is often
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Adolescent Depression and Suicide: Early Detection and Treatment the Key Only in the past two decades has depression in adolescents been taken seriously. Depression is an illness that involves the body‚ mood and thoughts. It affects the way a person eats and sleeps‚ the way one feels about oneself‚ and the way one thinks about things. Therefore it comes to no surprise to discover that adolescent depression is strongly linked to teen suicide. Adolescent suicide is now responsible for more deaths
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Past Vs present adolescent eating habits i.e. what did teenagers in the 1950’s eat compared to what they eat now in 2015 A lot has changed since the 1950’s‚ from the clothing to media and to lifestyle choices. Food has always been a significant part of people’s lives and a lot has changed but also a lot has stayed the same. Adolescence is a time where nutritional needs are increased and more freedom is given to the individual in making choices of what to consume. Today we will be exploring the
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ADOLESCENTS’ HIGH-RISK SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNSELLING Dr. Aneke‚ Cordelia Ijeoma cordije@yahoo.com & Dr. Anya‚ Chidimma Adamma chidijudeanya@yahoo.com Department of Educational Foundations University Of Lagos Abstract Adolescent sexuality has been viewed from a negative perspective due in part to the
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American popular culture and music play a large role in molding the thinking and forming the personalities of youngsters and adolescents‚ as American media targets young Americans. Once attached‚ it’s very difficult for an American adolescent to rid themselves of the sneaky messages infiltrating their mind. The advancement of technology has helped the media in taking control of American youth‚ controlling them into imitating what is on television‚ online‚ music and other American media. When an American
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The Media and The Youth: How The Media Affect Children and Adolescents Have you ever compared your own childhood with the childhood of kids nowadays? What do you feel when looking at your children‚ little siblings or any young person in your family spending a whole day stuck in front of a computer or laying on a sofa watching television? Have you ever thought about the impact that the overexposure to the media produces over the youth? The truth is that‚ nowadays‚ the media influence the way we
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Long-Term Effects of Divorce on Adolescent Boys and Girls Undra Parker Wayland Baptist University Abstract Parental divorce can result in devastating effects on children. These children suffer tremendous long-term consequences as a result of an event that is not their doing. This paper reviews literature and opinions concerning the long-term effects of divorce on adolescents. The paper outlines four major areas of interest: aggression as a result of parental conflict and the different types associated
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IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENT ON ADOLESCENT AS MAJOR Causes aggression AND VIOLENCE INTRODUCTION According to “wood worth” a prominent psychologist environment cover all the outside factors that have acted on the individual since begin life.” Environment plays influencing role on the growth and development of the individual behavior and other personality characteristic such as anxiety‚ frustration‚ stress‚ aggression and violence etc. these influences can be further divided into three areas
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The period of transition from childhood to adulthood is called Adolescent with accelerated physical‚ biochemical and emotional development. It is a unique period of dynamic change which may be referred to as “Growing up”. Adolescence is the time period that begins with the onset of puberty and lasts nearly a decade i.e.‚ from the age of 12-13 to around 20 years of age. It is a period of rapid growth and maturation in human development. It is this period that the final growth spurt occurs. If the
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Significant intellectual processes are emerging.” This is the opening sentence in an article entitled “Brain Development in Young Adolescents‚” by Peter Lorain. We transition from those thoughts of “whatever my parents say must be true” to “what if my parents aren’t exactly correct? What if I don’t agree with my parents?” It is within “this period of brain growth” that we mark “the beginning
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