For years, single parenthood has been a topic of discussion and whether or not it has negative effects on children. It used to be frowned upon and mothers were looked down on if they chose to do it alone. Now, it is increasingly common and accepted in society. Single parent households make up 23% of households in America (pewresearch.org). That is more than any other country in the world. How will the children be effected? That remains to be the...
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On October 13, 2015 a mother is watching her eldest son, Jimmy, play football. She is sitting in the stands with her two other sons, Jake and Jack. Jimmy starts at inside linebacker and makes multiple tackles for the team. After halftime, Jimmy's team is on defense for the start of the second half. The quarterback for the opposing team drops back to pass and then steps up in the pocket and takes off to run. Jimmy is in his...
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Grief is a normal and natural occurrence in life that can stem from various situations such as a loss of a loved one, a job, a move, or anything that causes a person to mourn. When a person experiences grief there is a variety of emotions that may cause the inability to carry on with normal activities. It may leave a person feeling numb and dissociated from life. Since grief is a personal experience and is a process that can...
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Parental responsibility, in simple terms refers to the legal right of parents to decide for their children in respect of a plethora of aspects concerning their lives, including the children’s education, religion, ,edical treatment, administration of property and so on, until the child hits the majority age. There are countless perspectives on what parental responsibility actually means when granted upon parents. For some, it may mean nothing but pure burden while for others it may be viewed as an opportunity...
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Part one: Assessing Health Needs Assessing the health needs of a population requires the focus of individuals and not the actual problem. For example, the subject of teenage pregnancy should represent the focus of pregnant adolescent mothers and their sexual health needs. It is estimated that each year in developing regions, twenty-one million girls from the ages of 15 to 19 years old become pregnant, and approximately twelve million of the girls give birth. According to The World Health Organisation...
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“No role brings greater joy or blessing than being a parent”. Privilege, in the dictionary, is defined as the right given to some people and not to others. It is a special opportunity to do something that will make someone proud. It will be a great privilege to become a parent because often the people who pray the most to have a child are the ones who weren't privileged to have one. Some say that becoming a parent means giving...
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The Internet and video games are a huge knowledge, fun, and risky database. Parents are having trouble shielding their children from the hazards they face on the internet and video games (such as cyberbullying muscle spasms, date rape, addiction, excessive pornography, and obesity). In modern-day research, parenting techniques for social media and video games are well-defined and operationalized to find out about the effect of adolescents at home and in school on the actual use of the internet. The Internet...
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In recent years, people have observed the advancements in technology and both its positive and negative effects on its consumers, specifically children. For example, electronic devices such as smartphones and tablets have become indispensable for many children today. Although some programs, applications, and games installed in these electronic devices might bring educational value to kids and help them to open up their intelligence, parents should limit their children’s time on electronic devices because too much time on these devices could...
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Parenting a child is not an easy task to do. Especially when it comes to a child’s diet, parents must be concerned about the eating habits of their child. Kids usually don’t know what’s good or bad for them to eat; they just eat anything presented to them. In this case, I believe it is the parent's responsibility to take care of what their child is eating. Parents should try to develop good and healthy eating habits in their children....
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Socializing is a process by which principles and traditions are transmitted to the young generation. It helps in nurturing the guidelines and performance of social groups to which they belong. Every society builds an institutional framework within which the socialization of children takes place. Several agents of socialization can be singled out, including family, schools and kindergartens, peers, and mass media, but, in my opinion, the most important among them is, of course, family. Family is a very significant intervention...
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Disciplining the kid is one of the foremost widespread problems spoken by people. There are those who believe that lecturers ought to be chargeable for youngsters’ discipline, whereas others believe that oldsters should handle this specific predicament. In my opinion, I believe parents play a necessary role in disciplining their children. First, most folks believe that discipline should be managed by parents and assert that this essential characteristic is determined by a reception from day one as a result of...
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The movie ‘Babies’, produced by Thomas Balmes (2010), is a documentary that follows the lives of four babies from different parts of the world as they interact with their surroundings for the first year of their existence: Ponijao from Namibia, Mari (Japan), Bayar (Mongolia), and Hattie (America). Although there is no narrative in this movie, the similarities and differences in both the parenting practices and children’s development is apparent. The movie utilizes a naturalistic observation approach, choosing to stand back...
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The Nature vs. Nurture argument is an age-old discussion that has occupied many scholars in the field of child development and beyond. The vital issue for parents is how their children are developing well for their success. A Child's DNA has been decided before it was born. However, it can be negatively changed for the worse by parent`s actions such as an unbalanced diet and smoking habits. On the other hand, a child's personality will be created by the surrounding...
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Not every day does a person get lucky enough to come across a tad of literary work that comprises of limited words but leave a lasting effect on the readers. Such texts are successful not only in catching the attention of the readers but also in moving their hearts. These kinds of texts are an outcome of several literary techniques that make these texts stand out and touch the hearts and minds of the people. “Dear Dads: Save Your Sons”...
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AbstractAlabama fourth grade reading comprehension and reading skills scores resulted in a drop in 2016 from 2017. The score was lower than the average mean score of 221 for public elementary school students in America reading. Research has shown that students whose parents who participate in their educational attainment have more academic achievement success than students who have minimal or no participation. The theoretical framework used in this research proposal is Epstein’s theory of parental involvement. Reading is primary, it...
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Abstract A class study was conducted to measure the correlation between parental strictness and child lying. We wanted to find whether the stricter a parent is, the more likely it is for a child to lie. We used a survey to measure how strict a parent is using a Strict Parenting Scale. How accepting a person is to lying was measuring using The Revised Lie Acceptability Scale (Oliveira & Levine, 2008) and reasons why people lie, was measured with The...
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