In the article entitled "Unmarried with Children" the authors present the findings of a study which they spent years interviewing 162 low-income mothers in eight poor neighborhoods in Philadelphia and its suburb‚ Camden‚ New Jersey. (Edin and Kefalas‚ 34). "We spent five years chatting over kitchen tables and on front steps‚ giving mothers like Jen the opportunity to speak to the question so many affluent Americans ask about them: Why do they have children while still young and unmarried when they
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One of the very interesting phenomena that is incorporated into the ideology of the New Age movement is that of the Indigo Children or as how they are often referred‚ the Children of Light. The concept of the Indigo child describes children who The New Age Movement perceives as an evolution of the humanity. The attributes of the Indigo Children are not universal‚ but differ quite substantially with the various versions‚ but most often they are believed to possess paranormal abilities‚ such as mind
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Problem in America: Advertising to Children and its Detrimental Effects on Society [ABSTRACT] Companies view children as a major market force‚ and they have been targeted intensely through marketing and advertising efforts. These efforts have created their own genre of food‚ a once nonexistent category created by media efforts to make profit‚ called “kids food”. These foods are against dietary recommendations‚ extremely high in sugar and fat‚ and appeal to children through their fun shapes and sizes
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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Student Number: nXXXXXXX Subject: Violence in Games Topic: The impact of video game violence on adolescents. Word Count: 2031 words Due Date: XX/XX/XX The impact of video game violence on adolescents. According to Handbook of Children‚ Culture‚ And Violence in 1972 the first commercial video game‚ “Pong” a game based on playing tennis‚ was introduced (Dowd‚ Singer & Wilson‚ 2006‚ p.226). When Pong became widely available and popular for general public through commercial‚ many
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is usually considered the dominant human sense. But unfortunately‚ many people are suffering from many kinds of eye disturbances which one of these is the astigmatism that may conjunct to near-sighted or farsighted. Even those very young kids and children who are going to school have this kind of problem (Kumari‚ 2012); which can really have an effect on their learning‚ particularly in their school performance. It can somehow be a hindrance and a disadvantage on their part‚ depending on its condition
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hello I am new and need time to upload The influence of the media on the psychosocial development of children is profound. Thus‚ it is important for physicians to discuss with parents their child’s exposure to media and to provide guidance on age-appropriate use of all media‚ including television‚ radio‚ music‚ video games and the Internet. The objectives of this statement are to explore the beneficial and harmful effects of media on children’s mental and physical health‚ and to identify how physicians
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The Effect of Modern Drugs on Today’s Youth It’s nearing finals time and students across campus are beginning to feel the anxiety with exams over the horizon. While many students hit the books to quash this feeling‚ others search for something more. Whispers soliciting a need for Adderall resonate throughout the halls. These students don’t have prescriptions for their drug of choice‚ but this doesn’t deter them. They know that the risk in purchasing and ingesting
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A disaster is a sudden‚ calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human‚ material‚ and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community’s or society’s ability to cope using its own resources. Though often caused by nature‚ disasters can have human origins. There can be two kinds of disasters Natural Disaster –naturally occurring physical phenomena caused either by onset events which can be geophysical (earthquakes‚ landslides‚ tsunamis
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HOW IS NIGHT RELEVANT TO TODAY? Elie Wiesel’s book night tell us the story of the Holocaust that killed so many Jews and scarred the one that did survive for life. Elie Wiesel just so happens to be one of the luckier ones who actually survived being beat‚ seeing others being beat and killed‚ seeing babies being thrown in the air and used as a target practice. Children as well as women and feeble men were thrown in pits of fire‚ most of them alive‚ although some of them were dead. He even saw
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are commanded‚ you will find me‚ if Allah so wills of the steadfast”. Again‚ facing the despotism of Pharoah‚ those who dared to declare their faith were a group of youth who defied Pharoah and joined Moses “And none believed in Moses except some children of hid people because of fear of Pharoah and his chiefs‚ lest
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