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Overweight Children

It is no secret that a large percentage of the American population is overweight or obese. The tragedy is that a large proportion ...

The Effect of Religion on Adolescents Addicted to Illegal Substances

as noted above, is a "protective resource" that counters the effect of something stressful; for example, providing financial suppo...

Child & Adolescent Obesity/U.S.

"hyperlipidemia, hypertension, blood glucose disturbances, Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea and asthma," while emotional effects inclu...

Early Childhood Education Issues

real-world application; otherwise theyre solving problems for the sake of solving problems; this can lead to boredom, irritation a...

Latino Author's St. Mary's Church Memories

both Rosa and Marianna attended. Father Ramirez and Sister Stevens spent long hours in that basement classroom teaching us abou...

Young Victims of Suicide and Depression

and adolescents (Mahler, 2005). Of every twenty children, in fact, one has struggled with severe depression at one point or anoth...

Assessment of Early Childhood

trying her best to pay attention. Results and Interpretation Motor Domain In the area of muscle control, which assesses a chil...

Adolescent Population Studies

the past decade. One of the central issues that has been related through an assessment of behavioral elements, and that can arg...

Self Concept and Personality

was. In addition, children from abusive families are likely to grow into abusers themselves. Now, were not intimating that...

Androgynous Female Adolescents and Self-Image

This paper addresses the issue of self-image among androgynous, female adolescents. The author contends that androgynous female a...

Adolescent Obesity Interview and Discussion

In five pages this paper discusses the topic of adolescent obesity from an adolescent's perspective. Six sources are cited in the...

Processes of Childhood and Adolescence, Aging and Maturation

In ten pages this research paper discusses various topics of relevance regarding the differences and similarities that exist betwe...

Real Life Explored in Thomas Wolfe's 1929 Novel Look Homeward, Angel

In six pages this paper examines how the author reflected on his childhood and adolescent experiences in an analysis of Look Homew...

Adolescent and Childhood Depression

role of the school and teacher, as, it can be argued they are an existing resource that is under-utilised, and unaided without the...

Adolescent Behavior and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

in the life of dealing with an adolescent who has ADHD, and for the adolescent to be able to deal with the disorder. Volumes of r...

Participation in Youth Sports

This research paper presents examination of sports research in order to ascertain if the benefits associated with sports participa...

Aggression Against Other Children

The number of scientific research studies about bullying has grown dramatically since the 1970s, which suggests that bullying is a...

Strategies for Addressing Developmental Obstacles

They no longer cry or lash out violently if their needs are not instantly gratified, and they can engage in social situation in a ...

Media Violence and Behaviour

effect of exposure to violent video games has been determined to be 0.2, which is more than the effect of asbestos on cancer, home...

Childhood Immunization

years, with catch-up schedules for each group); expanding the recommendations for influenza vaccine to children ages six months to...

Health Promotion/Childhood Obesity

14 hours per week of television and spend an average of 6-7 hours per day viewing various media" (LeBlanc, 2003, p. 329. Furthermo...

Rite of Passage

and, thus, in the religious duties and responsibilities of being an adult male within this community. The boy, in turn, receives a...

Adolescence: Erikson and Piaget's Staging Theories Compared

one that they find fits them ("Eriksons Psychosocial Stages of Development," 2007). In other words, they do not know who they real...

Title IX Violations Colleges

Sexual harassment is covered under Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972. The EEOC defines this as unwelcome sexual advan...

Birth Control and Sexual Attitudes of Adolescents

In sixteen pages this paper considers self esteem and motivations that determine sexual attitudes among adolescents. There are tw...

Sex and the Law, When is Consent Not Enough?

While most of sex legislation nowadays focuses on sexual assault, there is still quite a large body of legislation on consensual s...

Sexuality and the Impact of TV

of sexual activity, particularly among adolescents. Whos Responsibility? When the discussion revolves around children, th...

Adolescent Sex and the Influence of Cinema

In seven pages this paper discusses how adolescents are influenced by the sexual activity presented in contemporary cinema. Eleve...

Annotated Bibliography on Teen Pregnancies

America (1986) CWLA Standards of Excellence for Services for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, Pregnant Adolescents, and Young Pare...

Adolescents and Drug Addiction

a beautiful young lady...There is no way to describe the daily misery and agony I went through while addicted to heroin" (The Agon...