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First 4 Chapters of There Are No Children Here by Kotlowitz

in Chicago comes form Pharoahs keen observations of the citys skyline and the awesome view, as well as one distinct butterfly. Ind...

Parenting Changes

It does not work. Consider: since the Baby Boomers changed the institutions of work and parenting, divorce has soared and there ar...

Feral Children and Language Acquisition Mysteries

as one who had learned English in the context of ordinary life. However, some of these children seem to make remarkable progress o...

Negative Effects of Single African American Motherhood

other American kid does, but what she lacks is an intact family with a live-in father (Ingrassia, 1993). She was born to a 16-yea...

Abused Foster Children and Coping Strategies

mourning (Browne, 2002). The basics are supported by numerous secondary sources, however the study is undertaken as a qualitative ...

The Effects of Alcoholism

parents are much more likely to become alcoholics themselves than do those who grow up in nonalcoholic households (Powell and Garc...

The Necessity of Mandatory Drug Testing

Constitutional, and whether or not employers and school superintendents will be barred from implementing drug testing remains to b...

Chinese Culture and Parenting Approaches

2002). Furthermore, the idea of mien (face) is very important in the Chinese culture and very directly related to respect and t...

A History of Children In Mental Health Facilities

with them to the first American Colonies, and mostly served as a model as to who would provide what services in the early, fledgli...

Children Affected by Divorce and Therapeutic Applications

of other therapeutic approaches are important as well. Of foremost consideration in treating the impacts of divorce is eval...

Impact TV Violence Has on Children

million and that the number of violent crimes committed by juveniles will more than double by 2010 (Briscoe, 1997). Unless action...

Children Between Ages Six and Nine and Maria Montessori's Educational Theories

walked across the room -- the child stopped, walked across the room to the same point, and then came back and finished the work....

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...

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...

An Atlanta Homeless Families' Overview

evil, they also do have some concerns and want to help. The first thing that must be done is to analyze the problem. It is importa...

Children and IQ Testing

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

Growing Up in the Tales of Scott R. Sanders and Edward Rivera

this fact that is akin to the shame that Sanders feels over his fathers drinking. When asked if his First Communion clothes were ...

The Children of Sanchez Autobiography of a Mexican Family by Oscar Lewis from an Anthropological Perspective

cycle of poverty is at play which acts to entrap its unfortunate victims into a set of circumstances which is all but impossible t...

A Career Working with Children

Early Childhood Education programs prepare the candidate to supervise and provide learning experiences and care for children aged ...

Treatment of the Unborn Child, Surrogacy Laws, and Abortion

Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom v DHSS (1981) with reference to the Abortion Act 1967 (Lexis, 2003). This makes abo...

Deaf Child and the Impact Upon a Hearing Sibling

sisters" (Lobato, et al, 1991, p. 398). While studies that have focused on the siblings of handicapped children are rare, there ...

Child Development and Verbal Abuse

told repeatedly that one is "stupid" or "lazy" or "useless." Children internalize this message and consider themselves to be all t...

Lessons and Developmental Activities for Children Aged Nine Months to Four 4 Years

the infant simply plays with the play dough, feeling it as it squishes through hands and fingers (The Baby School Company, Inc., 2...

Children Suffering from Antisocial Personality Disorder

has a direct correlation with unattached disorders, with institutionalized children reflected as being particularly compromised in...

Overview of San Diego's Project 'Jump Start'

enter for up to a full year. Because obesity is a family problem as well as one of society, project Jump Start has the potential ...

Proposition 82's Cost Benefit Analysis

African-American and Latino students" (New Research Exposes Hidden High School Drop Out Crisis, 2005). "Official" graduation rate...

Budget and Objectives of Project 'Jump Start'

an age-appropriate level Target population Program participants Program participants Program participants Degree of change 30 perc...

Constructing Ego and Confidence in Children Who Are At Risk

no question that animals offer unconditional love and support, which is what most at-risk children desperately need. While this i...

Women's Halfway Houses and Transitional Housing

(Jacobs, 1997). It was founded by the Quakers and came about because of the concern regarding the conditions of the prisons (Jacob...

Behavior and the Influences of Nutrition

the formulation of childhood externalizing behavior (Liu, et al, 2004). Addressing this need, Liu, et al (2004) formulated a lon...