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Obesity in American Children

While obesity observes no geographic or socioeconomic boundaries, it can be more prevalent in some groups than in others. It can ...

Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP): Treatment Of Attachment Disorders In Children

emotional growth and learning [through] a short term effort between a therapist and a horse professional [whereby] the participant...

The Needs of Small Children

at a rather rapid rate until they are walking and by that time, their need for solid food is usually met. Yet, many theorists clai...

Resources for Children and Adolescents of Gay or Lesbian Families

an idea that makes sense. In lieu of, or in addition to counseling, children are able to see that they are not the only ones who h...

Children Who Murder

of youthful homicide perpetrators present with a history of adverse familial factors," such as "physical abuse, sexual abuse, inst...

Parents and Time with Children

time together. But, as is the case with any research, any real changes in society are not really evident or available through rese...

Language and Communication Problems Associated with Learning Disabilities (ADD/ADHD) in the School Age Child

maintain that these individuals experience "deficits in behavioral, emotional, academic, and social functioning" that follow them ...

Negative Impacts on Female Child Raised by Divorced Mother

of the family that ensures they "pass on their genes" when times are difficult.4 This is a very odd hypothesis, since there seems ...

Learned Mothering: Raising a Child with ADHD

ADHD as they can impact social worker response and even the response of educators. Methodology The subjects of this study were...

Support Services for Gay and Lesbian Children and Adolescents

Although it is not uncommon to see gay and lesbian couples at the high school level, there are children who question their sexuali...

Promoting Positive Attitudes in Children Towards Cultural Diversity

to resentment and bigotry. However, these fears can often be countered through education" (Hurwitt). One of the ways in which we ...

No Child Left Behind Act

actually based on true and accurate assumptions of how actual learning takes place. Many scholars, such as Johnson, argue that the...

Observing A Child In A Naturalistic Setting

to each child. The capacity to embrace certain mental and emotional concepts improves with great strides as they are bound ...

American Children and Obesity

In this six page essay, the writer explores the growing issue of childhood obesity and offers behavioral solutions to this epidemi...

Review of "Filicide-Suicide: Common Factors in Parents Who Kill Their Children and Themselves"

descriptive study into this area. Purpose of the Study The purpose of the study is that which is stated by the authors in...

Children and the Prescribing of Psychotropic Drugs

in the past (Goode, 2003). Research reveals pediatricians and child psychiatrists seem to be turning to pharmacological interventi...

Depression in Children and Adolescents

cause of death for 5-to-14-year-olds" ("Teen suicide"). Such statistics suggest that depression in childhood and adolescence can b...

How Punishment Harms Children

form of punishment but others take away privileges. In the latter case, a parent may rescind television-viewing privileges for a d...

Rearing a Happy, Loving and Productive Child: A Critique of the Scientology Philosophy

a child in an authoritarian way but rather essentially allow the child to do whatever it is that they want (Reitman, 2006). Scien...

Observation of a Child with ADHD

I observed his activities from 9 a.m. through lunch and into his playground period after lunch. There were multiple transitions d...

The NAEP and No Child Left Behind

This 4 page paper provides an overview of the issue of the No Child Left Behind Act and relates the major factors influencing thos...

Nutrition and Children

* Child poverty is highest among black families, 30 percent, then, among Hispanic families, 29 percent; it is 13 percent among whi...

Children and the Implications of Pornography on the Internet

old enough to discern between acceptable and deviant behavior. A child of five who is watching a woman have sex with a dog would ...

Child Development, Birth to 2 Years

follow a logical progression. Babies learn to coo, imitate sounds, babble, form their first words, and then their first sentences....

Classroom Strategies for Teaching Children With Dyslexia

inaccurate word identification; spelling may also be affected (Gersons-Wolfensberger & Ruijssenaars, 1997). That is a rather bro...

Children and Marketing

perceived. With a lack of purchasing power themselves their role must be to influence those whop do have that purchasing power. T...

Child Development Activities 2

floor so the babies can crawl inside and play" (Miller, 1991) Begin to spark imagination "Have blankets and scarves for infants ...

Health Benefits of Child and Adolescent Exercise

children who are inactive because of television viewing. This study found that children who were inactive because of television v...

Latino Parents' Treatment Compliance Barriers for Children with Diabetes

Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) may be necessary for the diagnosis of diabetes when the FPG is normal (Lamendola, 2003). Researcher...

Impoverished Children and the Impact of Preschool Programs

the United States and the negative impacts on the development of early academic skills, these types of programs have increasing va...