million children between the ages of 5 and 14 work in the world; it adds up to 11‚5 million teens between the ages of 15 and 17. Most of them live in countries of the Third World‚ Asia‚ Africa but also in Europe and North America. In certain countries like India‚ Indonesia as well as Bangladesh‚ the children represent 10 at 15% of the labour force. Up to now‚ dealing was mainly associated with the trade of products. However‚ during last ten years‚ we have seen more and more children being sold
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PTSD in Children Imagine not having control of your emotions‚ at times feeling like you’re under attack. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents occurs as a result of a child’s exposure to 1 or more major traumatic events‚ whether from an objective event like a car crash or sports injury to trauma involving loved ones‚ such as domestic violence‚ abuse‚ or neglect. These factors and many other can lead to acting out in young children. According to U.S. Department of Health
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neglect make today’s families more susceptible than ever to splitting apart (Kirst-Ashman‚ 2013). In this chapter there is so much information to try and share. Social workers bring their unique skills to helping two increasingly vulnerable groups: children and families. Families structure is the “the nuclear family as well as those nontraditional alternatives to nuclear family which are adopted by persons in a committed relationships and the people they consider to be ‘family’ (Kirst-Ashman‚ 2013)”
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Jonathon Kozol‚ the writer of Illiterate America in 1985‚ takes time to study Illiteracy and poverty in America and he wrote a Novel in 1988 called “The Homeless and Their Children” where He told a story of a woman and her four children called Joanne (Kozol‚ 1985). Jonathan spent a lot of time to get to know Rachel and her children who lived in a homeless hotel in New York called the Martinique‚ which was located at Sixth Avenue and Thirty Second Street. This hotel was known to be the largest hotel
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Alex Kotlowitz’s book‚ There are No Children Here‚ is a story about two boys‚ Pharaoh and Lafeyette Rivers growing in the late 1980’s in Henry Horner‚ a housing project in Chicago. The boys try to retain their youth while they see constant gang violence‚ death of close friends‚ their brother in jail and their dad struggling with a drug addiction. In Horner‚ there are two gangs that claim it as their turf‚ and the Rivers family is constantly ducking from shots of gunfire there. They live in
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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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Diabetes Shayla Lynch HS200‚ Section# Unit 4 Capstone Project: Diabetes Kaplan University July 27‚ 2014 Type 1 diabetes‚ also known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little to no insulin. There are many factors that may contribute to type 1 diabetes‚ including genetics and exposure to certain viruses. Although type 1 diabetes typically appears during childhood or adolescence‚ it can also develop in adults as well
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Unit 201 – Understand employment responsibilities and rights in health‚ social care or children and young people’s settings. Outcome 1; know the statuary responsibilities and rights of employees and employers within own area of work. The aspects of employment covered by law. Employment of any kind is covered by law and legislations that are set out to protect the rights of those who are contracted to work. When you become an employee in a work setting you will be given a contract
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Cook’s article‚ "Lunchbox Hegemony‚" he explains how advertisement has been using up children’s daily existence through these brand named messages. We tend to see advertisements everyday of our lives‚ but how do you young kids get that same attention? Children have to hassle their parents into buying things for them to be satisfied. Kids have what we call self-expression to create their own meanings of cartoons‚ toys‚ or games. Having read "Lunchbox Hegemony‚" I think that advertisement has become such
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running around playing hide-and-seek with the wind blowing through my little ponytails. There were many games I recall loving as a child. Ring around the Rosie‚ ludo‚ hopscotch and many more. I was hyper and excited for those always. I recall most children from the neighbourhood would gather at the park and we ran around like crazy just to have fun. Looking back at that moment I don’t know what we were thinking! My most enjoyable childhood moments would be between myself and two other friends named
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