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Does Divorce or Disruption in Family Structure During Adolescence Have a Detrimental Effect on Development?

Discussion Parents serve, either consciously or unconsciously as role models for their children. Gender roles develop in p...

Divorce: Causes and Impacts

no longer exists, or at the very least has shrank almost to the point of non-existence. We simply do not hold ourselves accountab...

Understanding Contemporary Families

never been enacted (Young, 2001, p. 27). Young, predictably, castigates Crittenden, saying that what she is proposing is "entitle...

Negative Impact Television Programs Have Upon Children's Behavior

a social ill that grows worse with each passing generation as children are exposed to cleverly marketed television commercials foc...

The Principal & Transformational Leadership

another factor that Hornett attributes to a lack of leadership. If the principal had "modeled and encouraged helping among staff, ...

Addressing Family Topics

to make it clear that they are not attempting to replace the biological parent, and, furthermore, that they should be accepting of...

Bonds of Matrimony and Why They Unravel So Easily Today

marriages to lose many of the foundations that essentially keep a marriage together. The Unraveling of Marriages People who lo...

Functioning of a Single Parent Household

by the therapeutic community. The term "nuclear family" brings to mind the American concept of the ideal family, of the mot...

Adolescent Girls' Sexuality and the Impact of Divorce

have noted that sexual activity among girls from single-parent homes is greater than among those who live in "blended" families. G...

Norms and Divorce

in raising children. And, we cannot assume that the divorce rate today, though statistically higher than in the past, is a new thi...

Fathers' Importance

and companionship. Although it is true that roles for men and women have changed to some extent, that does not mean that fathers a...

Sociology Defined

sociology. Sociologys most basic definition is that it is a social science that is "about" people, that it is the study of humani...

Primary Prevention Strategy Against Divorce

todays marriages. Those factors are money and gender expectations. The literature has recognized the fact that gender roles in s...

Marital Breakups and the Effects of Divorce on Adolescents

there is constant bickering. It seems that when mom and dad are happy, the family should be happy. Reportedly, 70% (Corliss & Mc...

Massachusetts and Divorce Inherited Property Division

a state according to the specific facts surrounding the case. Considerations regarding how to distribute inheritances can be affe...

Review of the Article 'Predictors of Divorce Adjustment'

data from a study called Marital Instability Over the Life Course (Booth, Amato, Johnson & Edwards, 1998 as cited in Wang & Amato,...

Absentee Parents and Cultural Differences Connection

telling their high schoolers that they are beautiful, yet this is one of the major characteristics reinforced by the parents. Why ...

Three Studies on Divorce

black mothers evidenced several advantages in regards to coping as compared to white mothers; however five years later, the white ...

Philosophy of Wellness and Personal Relationships

institution of marriage, and the influence that family structures, including relationship triangles, have on individuals. Because...

Divorce Cases in New York and Women's Advantage

reason given for the divorce. This is something that can coerce people into lying and make the break up more difficult. In some wa...

The Relationship Between Divorce and Poverty

more household bills, but legal bills also enter the picture. There are some cases where a woman will move in with a boyfriend or ...

Elderly Divorce

life expectancy than in previous generation, but to face it alone, that is, in a one-person household (De Jong Gierveld, 2002). Th...

Children And Moral Recognition

merely a reflection of ones own self-interest? Distinguishing these moral and ethical actions presses one to determine if the act...

Teaching the Bible’s Stories to Young Children

most accepted frameworks of cognitive child development is the one formulated by Swiss child psychologist Jean Piaget. Based on hi...

Developing a Nutritional Policy for a School In Ireland

major concern as researchers found that overweight and obesity levels are increasing within the adolescent population. In 2002 a l...

Entrance Letter for Law School

NY, a diverse community that has a large minority population. Freeport is a community that has been negatively affected by drugs ...

Middle School and Inclusion of Algebra in the Curriculum

school math curriculum follows a predetermined course sequence, "algebra, geometry, advanced algebra and pre-calculus," students w...

Importance of Healthy Lifestyle

or they ignore the information. This is one of the reasons it is so important to instill that knowledge and those practices in chi...

Magnet School in Raleigh, NC

Wiley reports it was a National Blue Ribbon School 2000-2001 and that is has been honored as a North Carolina School of Excellence...

What is School Culture

and instructional strategies that work and so on (Center for Improving School Culture, 2004a). Collegiality describes the degree t...