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Childhood Heroes and Athletes

In five pages this research paper discusses the child idolatry of athletes and why this respect is sometimes misplaced in a consid...

Dylan Thomas's 'Fern Hill' and Revisiting Childhood

In five pages this poem is analyzed in terms of the poet's employment of imagery and the reasons for its complexity. Two sources ...

Childhood Insecurity According to Alfred Adler

In a paper consisting of six pages a lecture given by Adler in 1933 that discusses his theories on children and feelings of superi...

Moral Development Theories and Childhood 2

In twelve pages the moral development theories of Carol Gilligan, Piaget, and Kohlberg are supported in a contemporary literature ...

Early Childhood Development and Physical Education Program Effects

In seven pages this essay considers the early child development impact of physical education programs. There is the inclusion of ...

The Childhood Condition Known as Attention Deficit Disorder

In five pages ADD as it affects children is discussed in terms of symptoms, the unknown cause, and medication options. Five sourc...

Substance Abuse in Adolescents and the Predictor of Childhood Sexual Abuse

In twenty pages a research proposal is presented in which the correlation between substance abuse in adolescents and being sexuall...

The Importance of Direct Learning in the Childhood Development Theories of Jean Piaget

process of creativity and interaction, and that this model was applicable to all "types" of knowledge, including social, cognitive...

Abuse in Childhood, Abusers as Adults

raised in an atmosphere of domestic violence. When they see a parent beaten by the spouse, they accept this as normal and may cont...

Knowing the Signs of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity

regards to the obesity epidemic in America. It seems that over the last few decades, the numbers has risen more dramatically than ...

The Impact of Play on Early Childhood Development

address their own boredom or fill their time; play is an essential and developmentally appropriate method through which children d...

Attachment Theory in Early Childhood

The babys development derives from the feedback that the child receives via attachment bonds with adults. Without this constant fe...

Childhood/Adolescent Obesity Research Article Comparison

thirty-five percent of nonobese peers, with a higher number of those being boys of ethnic backgrounds. II. GERALD ET AL Th...

Poverty and the Importance of Good Childhood Nutrition

feeds her child. Human milk is far superior to meeting the needs of human infants than is any other type of milk. While animal m...

Early Childhood Nutrition

Human milk is advantageous to the infants physical and mental development for a number of reasons. Macrophages, for example, are ...

O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night" And Erdrich's "Tracks": Psychological Influences Of Childhood

is perpetuated by their sons inappropriate activities that were created James and Marys poor parenting. There is no end to ...

Disappearance of Childhood by Neil Postman

centuries even after the concept of childhood began to emerge. Children are pictured as small adults?dressed like adults. To a cer...

Development of Middle Childhood Ages Seven to Twelve

In eight pages this stage of child development is examines in a consideration of moral, psychosocial, mental or cognitive, and phy...

Inner Childhood Issues and Group Therapy

of another individual, many adults tend to bury these fears and issues deep within themselves, a forced internalization that psych...

A.E. Kazdin's 'Conduct Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence'

Methodology Kazdin all but dismisses the effectiveness of pharmacotherapeutic intervention, contending that there is...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Antibiotic Use, and Childhood Infections

In six pages Sydenham's chorea is discussed as it relates to obsessive compulsive disorder and the treatment of strep throat with ...

Memory Skills and Early Childhood Development

In eight pages young children are examined in terms of memory skill development. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography....

Early Childhood Education and Multicultural Literature

dialog (Dietrich and Ralph, 1995). It is not uncommon for a teacher in the early childhood education grades to encounter severe p...

Kindergarten Theory and Early Childhood Education

of education rested on four basic components: 1. Free self-activity, which sets the direction for development and allows children ...

Philip C. Kendall's Childhood Disorders

As already noted, Kendall makes a strong case for getting to know the individual child before "pigeon-holing" him or her into a pa...

Woman Warrior Memoirs of a Childhood Among Ghosts and China Man by Maxine Hong Kingston

convey false information. Instead her style is meant to expose the reader to cultural considerations in a manner which few reader...

Georges Perec's W or the Memory of Childhood and Memory

his perception of the events, thus helping keep him psychologically safe in an potentially destructive time. The mind, as most of ...

Early Childhood Education, Literacy Development

Formal skill development is not part of this paradigm. Rather the children learn through conversation, observation and engagement...

Issues Concerning Childhood Depression

the childs life. Children are not simply adults in miniature, as their bodies and organ function are in a continual state of deve...

Does Animal Cruelty in Childhood Result in Violence in Adulthood

been sentenced to incarceration. Individuals will be asked to participate in an assessment of animal cruelty and hunting and will...