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Youthful Consumers

approximately $2.2 billion of their own money in 1968; that amount increased to $4.2 billion in 1984, which quadrupled to $17.1 bi...

What Schools Are For by John I. Goodlad

administrators and staff; and effective/efficient operation. "...All aspects of [teacher] preparation programs, from mission to e...

Past and Present Popularity of Actress and Diplomat Shirley Temple

when she starred in 35 films...She was the only 12-year-old with a nine-year-old career. She was mature enough to perform with the...

Early Industrialization and the Theories of Goldin and Sokoloff

that the closer a firm was to a city, the smaller the opportunity for women and children (Goldin and Sokoloff, 1982). Still, when ...

No Child Left Behind Success or Failure?

whether or not the Act will be successful hinges on a complexity of factors. Effective education encapsulates a diversity of cons...

Censoring Television Content is Wrong

to violence and to increase such adverse societal phenomenon as drug use and drinking. Those that support censorship of American ...

Overview of Homelessness, Families, and Children

for homelessness is poverty and this generally affects families in their ability to obtain affordable housing and maintain suffici...

Child Abuse History and Definition

Journal of Psychohistory, deMauses story tells a story of thousands of years of crimes against children, ranging from infanticide ...

Kindergarten Starting Age

students. However, even though a child has reached the magic age of five, that does not automatically imply that there is a corre...

Homeschooling and the Conflicting Perspectives Regarding Legal Protection

simply fall through the cracks. Parents are able to "sign" their children "out" of public education with claims of homeschooling ...

Child Abuse Cycle

In twelve pages the cyclic nature of child abuse is examined in terms of causes, influences, prevention, and treatment with UK and...

Overweight Youth

Over the past thirty years, the number of children who are overweight and obese has more than tripled. This is a very serious prob...

Congressional Bill on Repeat Child Sex Offenders

In five pages this paper discusses the life imprisonment advocated for offenders who have repeatedly sexually abused children as d...

Congress and How a Bill is Passed

In five page this paper examines the process a bill undergoes in the U.S. Congress in order to be passed with the child molestatio...

Children and Teens Who Are Homeless

In seven pages the issue of homelessness in the U.S. is examined with the focus being homeless children and teens in a considerati...

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,...

Past and Future US Welfare Policy

federal government was not responsible, so the program was never reversed. Jansson & Smith explain that economic progress between...

U.S. and Child Support

In four pages U.S. law and other pertinent contact information regarding the issue of child support are discussed. There is no bi...

U.S. Domestic Violence

In five pages U.S. domestic violence is discussed in terms of children, spouses, and senior citizens who are at risk. Six sources...

US Latino Children and the Effects of Salsa Music

In two pages this paper contrasts and compares the effects of salsa music on Latin American children and on Latino children living...

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....

Do Children Living With Their Mom Only do Worse

The incidence of children living in single-parent homes continues to increase and it is usually the mother raising the children. M...

Industrialization in the US Child Labor and the Progressive Movement

Introduction Labor reform was a critical focus...

U.S. Fitness Programs for Children

are startling in terms of the how young his subjects are and the simple fact that many of the health problems could be alleviated ...

The Plight of Abandoned Children in the US and the World

juvenile charges, it can be argued that this particular field holds a great deal more ethical conscience than any other. Often vu...

Negative Impact Television Programs Have Upon Children's Behavior

a social ill that grows worse with each passing generation as children are exposed to cleverly marketed television commercials foc...

Is Outsourcing Leading to an Economic Decline in the U.S.?

thousands of new jobs in the United States" (Outsourcing creates jobs, study says, 2004-hereafter "Outsourcing, 2004"). Global Ins...

Europe and America: Political Structure, Government, and the Internet

to say that conservatives generally prefer the status quo, and look at the past with longing, while liberals work for change, beli...

Evolution of Social Welfare Policy in the United States

insurance approach to public welfare" (Historical development). That is, these public programs would "ensure that protection was a...

NASA's Effect on the U.S. Economy

the areas in which it operates sites (Reddy, 2006). NASA Langley was the object of one of the investigations seeking to identify ...