Why do young people participate in behaviours that put them at risk? Young people may participate in risk taking behaviours for a number of reasons. Peer influence is one factor that may encourage young people to put themselves at risk. This is because if an individual witnesses their peers actively engaging with risky behaviour‚ they may identify the behaviour as positive rather than taking into consideration the consequences. It has been found that young people identify alcohol with positive social
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Young people and the Internet Nowadays‚ technology and the Internet have become a really important part of our daily life. We use it everywhere for everything‚ we are surrounded by all kinds of electronic gadgets‚ and it makes our life easier. However‚ a serious problem of this great invention it’s how it can influence on young people. It’s a well-known fact that the Internet has experienced an enormous development during the last years‚ and now it has become a really powerful and necessary
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Abstract This research explores how the residential schools established in the 19th century affected the Native population and the Canadian government. This has been done by examining primary sources such as digital archives‚ books‚ statistics and reports. Upon examination of these events‚ it becomes clear that residential schools had a long term negative impact on the Aboriginal communities and created a negative image to the Canadian government. Despite the government’s goals of assimilating
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Credit value: Guided learning hours: Unit expiry date: Unit accreditation number: Understand how to safeguard the well being of children and young people 4 CYP 3.3 3 3 25 31/01/2015 Y/601/1695 Unit purpose and aim This unit aims to provide the knowledge and understanding required to support the safeguarding of children and young people. The unit contains material on e-safety. Learning Outcomes The learner will: Assessment Criteria The learner can: Exemplification 1 Understand the main
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Over the past seven years I have come to learn many different things about myself and about children due to babysitting. I first started babysitting when I was a about eleven years of age. I started off by watching my younger brothers when my parents went out at night. That affected my biological rhythm (274). My body was used to going to sleep around nine o’clock since I was still young‚ but I had to force myself to stay up so I could watch over my brothers while they slept. I sometimes found myself
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Europeans came to North America‚ The Aboriginal people had a highly developed way of life. This however all changed when the Europeans decided to settle among them. For the Anglophones and the French people of Canada it became more and more evident that something drastic would need to be done in order to fit them into their ideal perception of what it was to be Canadian. With the help of the church the Canadian government implemented the residential school system‚ which was devoted to providing a
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Impact of Prejudice and Discrimination on Children and Young People Prejudice is a cultural attitude that rests on negative stereotypes about individuals or groups because of their cultural‚ religious‚ racial‚ or ethnic background. Discrimination is the active denial of desired goals from a category of persons. A category can be based on sex‚ ethnicity‚ nationality‚ religion‚ language‚ or class. More recently‚ disadvantaged groups now also include those based on gender‚ age‚ and physical disabilities
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here on the San Francisco Peninsula‚ but there are still many children who find themselves in the foster care system due to abuse and/or neglect. Society turns its back on these kids in a variety of ways. The affluence many local people enjoy allows those who want to experience parenthood to have a biological child by in-vitro fertilization or hiring a surrogate mother. They would rather spend the money to have their own biological children than take in a child that many believe will become nothing
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How does divorce affect young children? Dana Noel Mack Sociology 219: Sociology of the Family April 7‚2012 The topic I chose to write about is how divorce affects young children. There are many reasons I chose this topic. One reason is because many adults do not think about how their actions affect their children. Another reason is because a lot of times have their children pick sides in a divorce. This causes the children to believe that neither one of their parents love them
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Unit 10 Caring for children & young people P1-There are many different reasons why children and young people may need to be looked after which are unforeseen‚ unexpected and planned situations. Common reasons could involve family related issues including: family breakdown‚ bereavement‚ loss of parent‚ illness or incapacity of a parent such as: hospitalisation‚ substance misuse or mental health needs‚ which means there is no one else to provide care. A Child or young person are suspected or actually
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