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Adolescent Resilience, Gender, and Foster Care

media seems to be sending mixed messages. Disney films routinely show two parent households, but then the characters are often in ...

Youthful Consumers

approximately $2.2 billion of their own money in 1968; that amount increased to $4.2 billion in 1984, which quadrupled to $17.1 bi...

Unfair Exclusion in the Process of Adoption

adoption system. A case study may help to demonstrate why a parent should be allowed to adopt again, even if she had endured a pot...

'A place in the family: an historical interpretation of research on parental reactions to having a child with a disability' by Philip M. Ferguson Reviewed

place in time. The point Ferguson goes on to make is that it is important to also consider the ways in which social attitudes and ...

Jean Piaget, John Dewey, and Constructivism

way will these children be able to discriminate, to make distinctions that penetrate below the surface" (Campbell, 1995, p. 216). ...

Examples of Creative Writing

ONeil play touch football with his many offspring. On a fateful Friday afternoon, Allen turned down the country lane that led to...

Education Reflections

food for thought on this concept. Another phenomenon is that of Harry Potter where it had been suggested that it was the first tim...

William Shakespeare's 'Absent' Mothers in Six Plays

"What, will you not suffer me? Nay, now I see / She is your treasure, she must have a husband; / I must dance bare-foot on her we...

Zora Neale Hurston's 'The Gilded Six Bits' and Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use'

are putting their own histories together, and finding out about who they really are. Mamas relationship with her two daugh...

Automobiles' Power Windows

explains it this way: "a small electric motor is attached to a worm gear and several other spur gears to create a large gear reduc...

Assessment of Domestic Abuse

as many as was reported in 1980, reflects a disturbing trend toward uncontrolled acts of domestic violence (Leigh et al, 1995). E...

Ethical Dilemmas and Moral Responsibilities

little intrinsic value in society. No one would trust anyone else. A degree of trust is necessary in order to keep anarchy at bay....

Mortality in Epic of Gilgamesh

afterlife, gods and worship, adventure and achievement, and legacy. The gender roles and children depicted in The Epic of Gilgame...

Terry Kay's To Dance with the White Dog

with his daughters, who think hes gone off the deep end with grief. She becomes his companion, gives him a reason to get out of b...

A Mathematical Instruction Through Nature Classroom Case Study

of Theory Cognitive learning is the process in which knowledge is acquired. It involves an individual being cognizant of h...

Religion and Its Second Generation Adoption

research has shown that children most often align themselves politically and religiously with what their parents practiced (Wilson...

Hispanic and Caucasian Interracial Marriage

of psychology at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania and who has studied interracial relationships extensively, said: "We no longe...

Medical Treatment, Parents, Religion and the Law

even her mother and father over whether she should get blood transfusions to treat her leukemia. Doctors say that without the trea...

Sociological Effects of Single Parenting

parents were to divorce when the time came that their relationship was no longer considered beneficial. "For many children, the e...

Overview of UK Family Law

made. The court also has the power to order a lump sum payment of not more than ?1,000 (Cretney and Mason, 1998). If...

Life Spans Theories of Sigmund Freud

the time when an infant gains most of his or her pleasure from sucking and eating, as he/she cant do much else (Childhood and Sexu...

Childhood and Its Secret According to Dr. Maria Montessori

olds from low income families. The schools began opening up in the United States in 1910. In the 1920s however, because of their c...

Investigating the Concept of the Theatre of Cruelty

the aims of all serious dramatists, especially with reference to the way in which the stage becomes not only the central focus for...

Family Violence and Making the Family Unit Stronger

in quelling situations of domestic violence and child abuse. II. Domestic Violence Domestic violence is a serious problem an...

Works of Literature and Race

with open galleries and porticoes. Bottles of milk were grouped on the steps, and occasionally light flickered from the kitchens w...

Religion Curriculum in Schools

Perhaps the greatest similarities lie between the Christianity and Islam faiths; indeed, there are considerable concurrent issues ...

Ritalin and the Hazards of its Use

depression and even cancer in mice (Wittmeier 29). Some preschoolers on the drug also can experience severe social withdrawal, inc...

Benefits of Adoption by Gays

interesting to see that on one denies the fact that gays just as heterosexuals will be able to provide love for the child as well...

'It Takes a Village' in Toni Cade Bambara's Short Story 'The Lesson'

especially in inner city conditions, is a culture that relies heavily on community. Like other cultures, and unlike the majority o...

Gambling on the Internet

not get the bad news until the end of the month when you receive your credit card statement. However, if you happen to get lucky a...