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Discussion of the 'Middle Child Syndrome'

Many - if not most -- social psychologists would readily agree that human interaction is always representational of joint interact...

Divorce and Order of Birth Connection

In sixteen pages this paper considers the relationship between birth order and the impact of divorce on children. There are ten s...

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,...

Exceptional or Gifted Children and Tracking or Grouping

("Report," 2001). The problems noted by the report suggest that the system is overwhelmed; it has high caseloads and large amounts...

Homicide Survivors Support Groups

deeply felt. Grief is the strong, complex emotion that accompanies loss, and mourning is the public rituals associated with bereav...

Tutorial on Whether or Not Hyperactive Children Should be Treated with Drugs

In six pages this tutorial defines ADD, ADHD, and MBD, along with diagnosis and treatments of each outlined and then opines with j...

Kids' Buying Power

In five pages children under the age of 18 and their purchasing power are examined in terms of population data along with their in...

Sam Shepard and William Faulkner on Family Dysfunction

In twenty pages twentieth century family dysfunction is considered in a comparative analysis of its portrayal in the characterizat...

Child Temperament, Motivation, and Nature v. Nurture

In twelve pages this paper discusses child temperament and motivation with regard to the nature v. nurture debate. Fifteen source...

ADHD from a Mother's Perspective

In this paper consisting of eleven pages the mother of a child recently diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is...

Child Abuse and Neglect Laws in Louisiana

This paper addresses child abuse and neglect laws both federally and within the state of Louisiana. The author provides both fede...

A Proposal for a Child Care Center

and security, as well as the positive aspects of learning through mistakes; the development of cognitive skills - including proble...

Canada and Social Service Clients' Policy Problem

In five pages this paper discusses the problem regarding Canadian social service clients with child welfare being the primary focu...

A WISC III Intelligence Scale Examination

examples in answer (Kaufman, 1994 and See Also MacMillan, 1996, p. 133). This essay discusses potential Wechsler candidates, the...

Child Development and the Effects of the Internet

In seven pages this paper examines the possible effects of the WWW on child development. Ten sources are cited in the bibliograph...

Proposition 187 in California

This report consisting of ten pages examines a 1994 voter initiative that prevented children of immigrants from public school atte...

Approaching Child Abuse from a Multi Dimensional Perspective

In sixty pages twenty first century child abuse presents a statement of the problem, traces its history, provides a literature rev...

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....

The Use of a New Math Program

articles in professional and popular media has placed a renewed concern about math performance of American students at the forefro...

Gender and Race Issues in 19th Century Literature

passionately involved in the struggles of minorities and minority issues, Childs biographer, Carolyn Karcher (1998), readily admi...

Gay Families and Children

are in fact protected by the society--by social services, by nosy neighbors, by teachers-so it stands to reason that society shoul...

Parental Blame and Juvenile Delinquency

In eight pages this paper examines child behavior and juvenile delinquency with a consideration of parental roles and influences u...

Kate DiCamillo's Because of Winn-Dixie

"No dogs," the preacher said. "Weve talked about this before. You dont need a dog." "I know it," I said. "I know I dont need a do...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Ibo Children

In six pages this paper examines what social, political, spiritual, and physical symbolism children represent in this acclaimed Ni...

Women's Issues in Brazil According to De Jesus and Caulfield

In six pages this paper is structured in terms of interviewing these authors in a hypothetical Q&A format with the texts Child...

Group Therapy and Children of Divorce

In fourteen pages children who are products of divorced families are discussed in terms of group therapy benefits. Twelve sources...

Educator Responsibility and Child Abuse

forms of physical discipline and actual full-blown abuse (Gullatt, 1999). Twenty-six states have prohibitions against corporal pun...

Childhood Aggression, Cognitive and Behaviorist Theories

the amount of verbal aggression such as threats or insults increases. During this stage, person-directed or hostile aggression whe...

Duino Elegies by Rainer Rilke and The Book of Nightmares by Galway Kinnell

In five pages this paper examines these two poems in terms of Rilke's presentation of the hero and child relationship and Kinnell'...