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Analyszing 'Psychological Characteristics of Children of Alcoholics' by Kenneth Sher

children of alcoholics (COAs). He explains that to a large extent most of the research in this area is based upon the interest of ...

Language Acquisition and Children

their rate of language acquisition at an alarming rate. By the time the child reaches the age of 2 1/2 to 3 years of age, the stru...

History and Issues Pertaining to Women and Children

or sold, as any possession might be. If a woman and her children are homeless, the situation is little changed. When homelessness...

Incarcerated Women with Children and Correctional Programs

For countless numbers of women, their crime and subsequent incarceration are the outcomes of other painful life experiences. Lopez...

Children and IQ Testing

caregivers educational level, home environment, socioeconomic status and prenatal exposure to substance abuse, violence exposure w...

Internet Safety Protection of Children

made us more aware of the need to be discerning when gathering and assimilating some of the information that the Internet provides...

Children of the River by Linda Crew and Roots by Alex Haley

he was sent to another culture and made a slave. With his plans and expectations already in place Kunta finds himself in Americ...

The Plight of Abandoned Children in the US and the World

juvenile charges, it can be argued that this particular field holds a great deal more ethical conscience than any other. Often vu...

Perspectives of Working Parents and Children

care. Waldfogel, Han and Brooks-Gunn (2002) "found some persistent adverse effects of first-year maternal employment and some pos...

Gangs and Children

that accounts for gang activity. By studying some of the biggest gangs in the nation, especially those in Chicago (The Latin King...

Development and Growth of Children from Birth to Age 3

first Piaget stage continues through the second year of life, where infants develop an understanding of the world around them by c...

Public Schools, Religion, Drug Testing, and Children with Disabilities

In other words, the first amendment allows for prayer in school so long as educators and administrators do not lead the...

Children and Adolescent TCs

behaviors. Often, it is within the setting of a therapeutic community that such issues may be dealt with in the most effective man...

Companies Based in America and Child Abuse

number one, they can, and number two that the children are easier to control that adults. There are no unions, and the children an...

Children and the Threat of Lead Poisoning

still present. Industry Group 80 (2000) provides statistics that support the contention that children from low-income families ar...

Advertising Targeting Children

Based on the census, that means that companies spent $2,190 per household in the United States (The Center for a New American Drea...

Adopting Children and Lesbian Couples

awaiting a family" (Rosie v. the Facts About Gay Adoption, 2002). Furthermore, Connor insists that states "should refrain from en...

Children with Learning Disabilities and Positive Outcome Strategies

Working with Students with Specific Disabilities, 2002). LDs are characterized by problems in use of listening, speaking, reading,...

Domestic Violence and Protection of Women and Children

The argument was that childrens safety was usually - although not always - largely dependent on their mothers"(Schechter, 2002). ...

Children, Nightmares, Night Terrors, and Dreams

ask themselves about the content and severity of childrens dreams (Murray, 1995). Most childrens and adult dreams occur during RE...

Popular Culture and Media Portrayals of Child Abuse

The ways in which popular culture and the media publicly portray child abuse are considered in this literature review consisting o...

The Hurried Child by David Elkind

In five pages the loss of childhood and its related concepts are considered iwthin the context of the book. There are no other so...

Child Fantasy and A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

In six pages this paper examines how the play of children is metaphorically depicted in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. Three sou...

Children in Institutional Care and Abuse Vulnerability Factors

private or state-run residential institutions - has been exposed, revealing networks of paedophiles" (Sexual Exploitation). I. ST...

How Children of Alcoholics Cope

Al-Anon (1987). Inclusion criteria included ages 18 through 23, the fact that the father was drinking but the mother was not, and ...

Television Programming for Children and How It Has Evolved

the Science Guy. It took three years for the FCC to realize that the original Childrens Television Act did not possess the force ...

Children, Prejudice Development, and Social Cognition

In fourteen pages this research paper presents a review of current literature on how prejudice in children is developed through pr...

Aggressive Children, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Behavioral Interventions

In eight pages a discussion for basic behavioral interventions for children that either display aggressive behavior or have been d...

Psychology and Self Esteem in Child Development

childhood develop self-esteem encompasses several elements. I. INFANCY There is perhaps no more vital a growth period in an indi...

Provision and Treatment of Children Seeking Asylum in the UK

In ten pages the issues involving refugee children seeking asylum in the UK are considered in terms of background, legislation, th...