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How Cultures Play A Role Where Emotions Are Concerned

only one child per family --otherwise leaving the parents to face fines, taxes and the absence of governmental support -- has been...

Thematic Comparison of Gilgamesh with Current Events

of evil. Bush pursued his quest for immortality by invading the Middle East, first in Iraq in March of 2003, and then established...

2 African American Poets/Cullen & Hughes

and "Dont you fall now-" (line 17)(Hughes 1255). She concludes by emphasizing the point that she is still going, still climbing, ...

Jonathan Kozol's Amazing Grace

In this analysis consisting of five pages the way in which the nation is treating its children as represented in Kozol's text is d...

Children and Parental Alcoholism

In ten pages this paper examines the negative impact of parental alcoholism on American children. Seven sources are cited in the ...

Native American Ritual and Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko II

In five pages this paper considers the customs and rituals of Native American culture and their influence on child development as ...

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996

approximately twenty percent, according to Heritage Foundations Robert Rector. However, in spite of the fact that the numbers did...

Aspects of Asian Culture

In two pages Asian culture is examined in terms of a brief historical overview, religious practices' description, family significa...

Black Youth of America and Gwendolyn Brooks

In three pages the challenges of American black youth as represented in the Gwendolyn Brooks' poems 'Children of the Poor,' 'The B...

American Concert Dance Periods

time to waste. Indeed, nothing could be further from the truth, as is clearly demonstrated by the following four American Concert...

Inner City African American Boys in Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here

Soon after meeting Kotlowitz, Lafayette told him that "if" he grows up, he wants to be a bus driver. Kotlowitz notes that the adol...

Changing American Values After the 1960s

either his parents or his country, and as he grew he took those values and opinions as his own. Having been born into a loving Ca...

Impact of Media Violence on American Youth

This paper examines the affects of television violence on American children. The author provides statistical data to support his ...

3 Year Old Child and Parenting

talk, they retain old habits; many suck their thumbs, sleep with teddy bears and exhibit some other holdover of baby behavior (Bum...

School Children, Internet, and Computer Classes

everywhere - in the workplace, in libraries, and in the home. According to a 1998 commercial survey, some 60 percent of American ...

U.S. Constitutional Rights and Minorities

degree throughout the 1950s and 60s. Although 46.4% of all American women between the ages of 18 and 65 now work outside the home,...

Latin American Drugs, Children, and the National Political Influence of Global Organizations

which they have had to beg, steal or sell themselves simply to stay alive. Street Children and Drugs Scanlon, Tomkins, Lynch, an...

English Families During the Middle Ages

Protective Services on her. Spanking or any other type of corporeal discipline is frowned upon by most child experts. And when a w...

Exploitation and Promotion of Child Labor by the U.S.

In five pages this paper presents the argument that many Americans exploit and promote global child labor without even knowing it....

Nineteenth Century Life and the Market Revolution

In five pages a letter written from a mid nineteenth century perspective of an adult answers questions regarding American life whe...

American Family as Viewed by Playwright Sam Shepard

understanding of family life, much as do shows like The Simpsons and Malcolm in the Middle. Families are not always polite to one ...

The 'Other' America in Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here

This paper consisting of five pages investigates the environment that two young African American boys experience in their Chicago ...

Hispanic American Children and Type II Diabetes

In sixteen pages this paper considers the reasons behind the predisposition of Hispanic American children to Type II diabetes. Fi...

Comparing American and African Children

In six pages children in America and children in Africa are examined in this comparative analysis. Five sources are cited in the ...

Gender Representation in the Television Series Married with Children and The Cosby Show

dealt with it. But were the gender roles closer to the mark than other shows at the time? Perhaps. Clair Huxtable exampled the Af...

Article on Conflict in Classroom, a Critique

stations. They practiced karate moves on the new carpets. Some of them even learned how to read, but none of them as quickly as ...

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...

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...

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...

Global Environmental and Children's Health and the Foreign Policy of the United States

Clearly there is a problem. Due to many technological advances and increasing worldwide populations, there are more and more...