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Overweight Youth

The percentages of overweight and obese children and youth is alarming. About 17 percent of American children and adolescents are ...

The Story of Filippinno Emigrants

This essay provides an overview and analysis of American Son by Brian Roley, how the adolescent sons react to the great changes an...

Oppositional Behavior, Parenting Style and Delayed Gratification - Examination of Research Findings

The writer examines the results of primary research which assessed the parenting style of mothers and delayed gratification to det...

The Impact of Race and Gender on Adolescent Violence

to the same extent (Saner and Ellickson, 1996). Saner and Ellickson concluded that violent adolescent acts are often the result of...

Alcohol and Drug Use/Juvenile Crime

health and well-being (Neff and Waite, 2007). While illicit substance usage peaked in the late 1970s, recent statistics indicate t...

African American Teenagers and Incidence of HIV

affects specific individuals, but the future of society as a whole. As HIV infection has affected African American youth in greate...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Russell Barkley

that the individual suffers constantly, since childhood, and that the symptoms continue throughout life and are quite severe in ma...

Class, Privilege, and Maturity in 'A and P' by John Updike

definitely engages in what can be interpreted as seductive posturing (Wells 128). For example, as she slowly turns, Sammys stomach...

Suicide's Nature and its Treatment

In eight pages this paper examines suicide in an overview that focuses upon treatment in a contrast and comparison of cognitive be...

Adolescent Resilience, Gender, and Foster Care

media seems to be sending mixed messages. Disney films routinely show two parent households, but then the characters are often in ...

One Transtion in Adolescent's Life

Children and adolescents make many transitions during their lifetimes, one of which is the transition from elementary to middle sc...

Capitalism Fuels Colonial Expansion

the scene may seem sublime, it can be interpreted as a depiction of contrast between cultures. In the foreground stands the Europ...

Cherokee Influences on Colonial Settlers

This paper addresses Native American Culture and its impact on colonial American society. The author discusses various ways in wh...

Adolescents And ADHD

What has been established thus far is the fact that depth and duration of consciousness, coupled with how old the individual is wh...

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 ...

Cognitive Psycho-Social Physical Teenagers

feel and what and how they are thinking (Morgan & Huebner, 2009). Psycho-Social Development Perhaps one of the most-often cited...

Elderly: Depression And Suicide

With millions of Americans in all age groups suffering from clinical depression (Alexopoulos), it can no longer be looked upon as ...

The History of California Native Americans Prior to 1900

of peoples in the area, as settlements were logically more concentrated around water. Members of all groups were particularly dev...

Reviewing Closing of the American Mind Closing of the American Mind / Book Review

In The Closing of the American Mind, Allan Bloom decries the lapse of teaching of traditional American values in American universi...

The Film Ordinary People & Carl Rogers

capacity of the individual to be expressed and to strengthen (Kirschenbaum, 2004, p. 116). In pursuing this line of thinking, Ro...

HIV Prevention for Youth in Rural Areas

sex (Dunn, et al, 2007). Statistics, such as this, indicate the clear need for HIV prevention programs that specifically target ad...

Post Revolutionary American and the Roles Played by Native Americans and African Americans

extent of freedom. With more and more populations becoming indigenous by virtue of their longevity in America, a blending of cult...

1st Generation Indian Americans, Chinese Americans, and Japanese Americans

traditions and societies" (Said, 1979, pp. 45-6). Nakashima (2001) touches upon an issue that has long eluded multicultural...

African Americans' Involvement in the American Revolution

This essay uses research to discuss the experiences of African Americans who enlisted in the British army in order to obtain their...

Comparative Analysis of Chinese American, Black American, and Native American Experiences

This paper consists of five pages and contrasts and compares the socioeconomic, historical, and ideological factors associated wit...

Early 1900s' South to North African American Migration Compared with European Americans' Movement

laborers, domestic servants, families - all made the monumental decision to search out a better life. Regardless of the quest for ...

Experiences of Immigrants

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the immigrant experiences of the Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and African ...

Mexican American Communities and the Implications of Alcoholism

In eight pages this paper examines how the Mexican American community is affected by the social problem of alcoholism with compari...

The Business World from a Literary Viewpoint

pictured as giving them a chance to live as equals with everyone-no upper classes-everyone doing as he or she pleased. Sinclair...

The History of Black America as a Component of American History

5 pages and 3 sources. This paper outlines the different elements of Black American history, with a focus on the significant role...