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    Canada has seen one of the highest growing rate of teen pregnancy since the 1970s with a nearly 60% jump. From 2009 to 2013 the amount of mom’s that gave birth before the age of 15 was 219 and from the ages of 16-19 was 124‚379. Kids of teen moms suffer consequences to their mother’s or someone else’s actions. The hard truth is‚ teens no matter how mature or “grown up” they think they are‚ they’re not ready to be fit parents. Statistics have shown time and time again. Children of teen moms have

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    She told me of how she was molested by both of her brothers and her father for years before she was old enough to leave home and when she left she said she never saw them again. D. What role did your grandparents play in your life? The only grandparent I ever had in my life was the mother of my step-father‚ Mrs. Eschol P. Hitch. She came to live with us when I was around twelve. She was 81 years old and had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. When she came to live with us they wanted her and

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    is a great deal of children in institutions are due to financial problems. These families are struggling with poverty cannot afford to feed their children‚ send them to school‚ and overall are not able to support the difficulties that comes with raising a child. Another reason are that the children have disabilities‚ such as being born with a mental illness. The parents are unable to care for their children because they have little to

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    Of all the roles in parenting‚ no part is as important as raising children with good values. As parents‚ we may hope our children are good athletes‚ achieve in school‚ are artistically talented‚ or good looking‚ but nothing is as important as their moral behavior. If our children are not good‚ honest‚ self-disciplined‚ kind‚ hard-working people‚ then their humanity is diminished. Parents need to respect children and require respect in return. Discipline must be respectful and model the restraint

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    Assignment for Raising Individual Financial Awareness Student Name: XuBin Dong Student NO: 09126172 Date: 09‚ November‚ 2010 Question (a) Fred Murray has inherited 40‚000 pound from his grandfather‚ and he wishes start a new business venture in one year time before use this amount of money to purchase a new car and a new synchronize music system. As

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    Comparing Raising Families in Maycomb The 1930’s were hard times in Southern America‚ where racism took place and slavery was seen in almost every city. The divisions between blacks and whites lead to believe that whites were and always have been superior. In Harper Lee’s well known book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ we see how families where raised on a day to day basis and how each family dealt with colored people. The Cunningham ’s‚ Ewell’s‚ and Finch’s are three of the more important white families

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    for Highway Safety‚ or IIHS‚ is a research group funded by the auto insurance industry. Research by the IIHS has shown that car crashes are the leading cause of death amongst teenagers. This group firmly believes that their evidence proves that raising the driving age will save many young lives. The statistics are alarming. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Traffic Safety Association‚ approximately one-third of all deaths for people fifteen to twenty years old

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    There are several ways of disciplining children. It is important to find out which ways work best for your child. Each child is different and what works on one child may not work on another. When finding a way to discipline your child‚ there are a few things that you should consider. Make sure the (1) discipline is age appropriate. You can’t discipline a two year old the same way you would a sixteen year old. (2) Stand your ground and do not give in. If you tell your child they are grounded for a

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    tensions in the films. We can look to the famous chase scene from “Raising Arizona” where H.I.‚ Nicolas Cage’s character‚ attempts to seal a package of Huggie diapers from a quick mart and a mad series of events and error ensues. AS the scene progresses more and more characters are added‚ a pack of wild neighborhood dogs‚ police‚ store cashier with a shotgun‚ and the music never lets up on the pace. Even while all of this crazy action is happening‚ the cartoon-like music foreshadows that nothing

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    Is your generation wiser than your grandparents’ generation? This question has been asked about numerous times in the past and yet with so many people pondering and contemplating about it‚ there’s no definite answer to this question. It all comes down to how you look at it. From my point of view‚ I think that the current generation is becoming more and more of a ‘book smart’. There is a clear divide between a ‘book smart’ and a ‘street smart’. Being ‘book smarts’ means being smarter

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