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- 241: Demeter and Persephone: Relationship Between Parent and Child
- Demeter and Persephone: Relationship Between Parent and Child In the Story of Demeter and Persephone we learn about the relationship between parents and their children. More importantly, this relationship is a mother daughter relationship and has Ideas that Greek culture might have practiced ... the house, and also teach the women what is expected of them. The events that just happened are like a mirror of Greek culture at that time. In this case, Demeter, had just lost her child to marriage and was feeling very sad and lonely. She then loses the rest of her family, she wanted nothing to do with them so she completely stays out of touch with them. So she ... so she can fill that void in her life. So children in ancient society might have been normally raised closely by someone else than their parents. Parents would still take an important role in the child's life but without doing all the dirty work. This person was to do all the tasks of teaching the children manners, how to speak, and about the roles they were expected to play ...
- 242: Victims Of Divorce
- ... and what can be done to heal the scars. That's why beside the parents, everyone should be held responsible to "maintain the childcare system while dissolving the marital system" (Furstenberg and Cherlin 28). "The child has no say in drawing up the contract by which he or she comes into the world. Since the parents have all the power in this transaction, they also have the moral duty of making sure the contract is fair to the child" (Little 1). The process of divorce and separation is very stressful in the life of a child. Most children go through anxiety, sadness, anger, aggression, sleep disorders and low academic achievements (Behrman and Quinn 3). It is important for parents to keep close watch on how their children cope and adjust ...
- 243: Alcohol and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- ... have shown that children with alcoholic fathers often experience cognitive abilities and have a greater chance of being hyperactive. These findings were found in adoption cases, where the biological father was an alcoholic and the child was raised by nonalcoholic parents.(Cicero,p.3) FAE is a broad term covering a wide range of success levels, from mild learning disabilities to a less severe form of FAS. FAE is much harder ... higher than average congenital anomalies. Infants with FAS are at risk for CNS problems, therefore, they must be carefully watched. Patients with FAS/FAE are placed in special education classes beginning in elementary school. A child in a small class room may benefit highly if their is a lot of individual attention. Even if it does not show an increase in the child's intellectual level, it may prevent further deterioration. Many patients will reach an academic plateau in high school. However, it is important that these patients still learn basic life skills, such as safety, money ...
- 244: Female Circumcision
- ... broad swath of the African continent have been subjected to the brutal genital mutilation. Most are children between the ages of 4 and 10 when the ritual takes place. Although Westerners condemn it as torture, child abuse and a violation of human rights, it remains a revered rite of passage in parts of Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. According to the World Health Organization, circumcision dates back almost 4,000 ... are scraped or cut away. Often with a double edged blade, scissors or even a shard of glass, performed by a close relative, midwife or barber. The July 14, 1996, Los Angeles Times, states: "The child is then bound from waist to toes, and she will remain tied for weeks until scar tissue nearly seals the vagina. She is left with just a pencil-thin hole close to the anus ...
- 245: Loving in Truth: Creating a Society of Living in Harmony in the 21st Century
- ... fears and false beliefs. And it is that truth that has the power to render our families loving, happy, harmonious, functional and stable. Truth has the power to obliterate all social problems … crime, violence, spousal abuse, child abuse, drug abuse, etc. Love and truth are intertwined. We cannot live in harmony with truth without being loving, and we cannot love unconditionally without being in agreement with truth. To discover truth, one needs ...
- 246: Abuse of the Innocent
- Abuse of the Innocent Is it right to force a mouse to live it's live in a laboratory cage to test anti-cancer drug? How would you like to be squeezed in a cage with ... it couldn't breathe. It was in dreadful, dreadful distress. I forgot everything and went near it and said something to it, and it buried its head in it's arms and sobbed like a child. I never slept that night, and the next day managed to go back to the same room, but it was nearly finished by then. It had sunk to a little heap at the bottom of ...
- 247: Rhetorical Analysis
- ... punish? Believers of punishment argue that there are many positive effects of punishment. Directing his argument at parents and teachers Chung-ceng Lin argues that Punishment is a more effective method than encouragement to increase child diligence in studying(Lin 46). Although educators and psychologists persistently support encouragement rather than punishment for childrens education, many teachers and parents often argue punishment is more effective. Again, Lin, an authority in child education, says, Children will be misbehave more if they are rewarded with benefits regardless of their behavior in the classroom. Children will devote more time in studying if both parents and teachers increase their scholastic performance standards to avoid punishment. An educator's right to use corporal or physical punishment has usually been attributed to the notion that when the child is in school, the educator stands in place of the parents. The educator assumes that he has complete control of the situation and the child. The teacher may warn the child first when the ...
- 248: Mothers in the Workplace
- ... is the fact of whether to work or not. Mothers are strong individuals with big hearts. No matter what the choice is, her family will still respect her for her choice. Working and raising a child is the best choice for a mother. Mothers who work, have less problems. For one this means there are two incomes in the family and it also helps with the pride of the mother. Another issue faced is the way a mother may feel about a child going to a child care, in the long run she knows it is the best. Mothers can find guidance if they are not able to find the steps of how to deal with continuing to work. Mothers also ...
- 249: Surrogate Mothers
- Surrogate Mothers The practice of bearing a child on behalf of another woman. This is surrogate motherhood. Is it considered immoral? By some, yes. In some countries it is banned—and in others it is promoted or up for consideration. In recent days ... of "right and wrong" has surfaced in the midst of this argument, sharing different meanings to the opposing sides. To some, it is right only for the woman who brings forth life to raise the child; for it is deemed that she is the only one fit to be the child's mother. Clearly, we must indeed recognize this side of the argument. But to those with that viewpoint, that is the end of the argument. They do not see any reason for the issue ...
- 250: Article Review
- ... mother read to you when you were six weeks old? Did she teach you how to do math problems when you were two? Recently, I read the Wisconsin Journal Sentinel and found an editorial on child development. Kathleen Parker’s article, “First Three Years Aren’t That Critical” tells us that parents today are putting to much emphasis on what the media and medical journals are saying, instead of using common ... across. Parker uses evidence from scientists and medical books, to further persuade the reader to side with her opinion. Parker uses good persuasive techniques by showing that not everything you read in the media about child development is true or factual. Parker also shows that she is not one-sided on the issue and gives a personal comment about the opposing viewpoint. I feel the author proved her point that parents are being ridiculous in how they are raising their child these days. In the first few paragraphs, author attracts the attention of the reader and explains the main point of the article. The author begins the article saying that she “Pity[s] today’s ...
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