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homeless teens as indicative of a larger problem (Wagner 16). Wagner explains it this way: " With their economy in shambles, many ...
is the equivalent of Freuds anal stage, is when a toddler begins to assert his or her individuality. The rest of the stages, and t...
much sugar remains in the blood and too little energy is transferred to other cells. The diabetic needs to take externally adminis...
As of 1999, more than 8 million children in America were living with their divorced single parent (Fagan and Rector, 2000). When t...
is established that she has not yet reached her fourteenth birthday. Yet, she is also shown to be a practical, level-headed girl. ...
"total years of life lost to disability (YLD), with depression accounting for 8% of the total YLD" (Mathers, et al., 2001; p. 1076...
about alcohol. The narrator describes that -- if her parents ever drank alcoholic beverages -- it was outside their home (Munro 43...
have turned into even greater social misfits as a means by which to defy the authoritative nature of corporal punishment. Any com...
ignorant, uneducated attitudes. The social, political, economical, cultural and religious activities experienced in everyda...
that one can incorporate the extreme with the ordinary? Indeed, risk taking represents a bit of all of these definitions, inasmuc...
the ages of 12 and 19 were considered overweight (Surgeon General News, 2005). If that werent enough, this number is nearly triple...
available to young people with potential problems: primary, secondary and tertiary, which "can be viewed along a continuum in ter...
issue via conceptual analysis, inasmuch as Walker and Avant provide specific steps that allow one to wholly define the ambiguous a...
relationship with both the mother and her family and the father and his family (also in relation to property and/or inheritance la...
affects specific individuals, but the future of society as a whole. As HIV infection has affected African American youth in greate...
pricing adolescents out of the alcohol market. As Robert Heilbroner and Lester Thurow state, the theory of supply and deman...
Because antiabortion activists have been so successful in blocking legislative approaches toward governmentally subsidized contrac...
rules - some written, some spoken, others explicitly followed by virtue of inherent knowledge but all universally understood withi...
above the ideal standards based on the National Center for Health Statistics growth charts (Jerum and Melnyk, 2001). While weight ...
childbearing age and, particularly adolescent girls, should receive special attention in regards to prevention. There are several ...
in the home and/or in the community. An understanding of this condition will help the educator to help the child. Research has fou...
In six pages this paper considers curriculum structuring regarding well rounded mental and physical health education to adolescent...
In our parents time it may have been: the brains, the geeks and the jocks. In a 1999 report entitled, "Girls, media, and the nego...
In five pages a research design detailed in an article discussing adolescent substance abuse and comorbidity is critiqued. Four s...
In eighteen pages Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is examined in an overview of the diagnosis as described in DSM IV with a literatu...
One of the main problems with teenage diabetes patients is getting the patient to comply with the diet and medication regimen. Thi...
In six pages the growing practice of children and adolescents using antidepressants is discussed in terms of the controversy and w...
In nine pages this paper contrasts and compares the adolescent identity crisis with the mid life crisis their parents may be going...
the symptoms go unrecognized as a serious issue. For example, Most adolescents, rather than communicate that they are experiencing...
This paper consists of ten pages and discusses the often skewed perceptiions the media presents in regards to adolescents which fu...