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- 441: Homosexual Marriage
- Over time, marriage has been the solid base for procreation and child rearing, which is the foundation of family and social life. There is recognition that allowing polygamous or closely related couples into our marriage system would be dysfunctional in our society. Does this not apply to ... sex attraction. Additionally, six of twenty-five (24%) children of lesbian mothers and zero of twenty-one (0%) children of heterosexual mothers reported becoming involved with someone of the same gender (Williams 308). Clearly, the child’s sexual preference is affected by the parent’s sexuality. A child of homosexual parents may also have affected behavior. Serious health problems may incur from being a child of gay or lesbian couples. Past research on children of lesbian or gay couples is marred my ...
- 442: The Bean Trees
- ... somewhere in central Oklahoma, in country owned by the Cherokee nation, she stops for repairs at a roadside service station. A Cherokee woman looks at Taylor and sees a chance for her dead sister's child to escape a life of abuse and alcoholism. She hands the child over to Taylor and disappears. Taylor's journey of self-discovery suddenly becomes a transition into a relationship where she is not the most important person. Taylor and her adopted child, Turtle, travel to ...
- 443: Why Safety Belts
- ... percent, according to numerous studies comparing belted and unbelted victims. Canada's highway death toll dropped 15% in 1996 and 1997, following implementation of a national program that emphasizes the use of safety belts and child safety seats. The death rate for unbelted crash victims is approximately 3.5 times higher than that of belted victims. Ejection from a vehicle occurs 10 times more often to passenger vehicle occupants who are ... can't wear a safety belt if you're pregnant. Fact: The leading cause of fetal death in a motor vehicle is the death of the mother. The best protection you can offer your unborn child is to wear a lap and shoulder belt whenever you're on the road. Position the lap belt as low as you can under the abdominal bulge, and let the shoulder strap rest between your ... injuries. Fixed head restraints are nearly twice as effective as adjustable restraints because adjustable head restraints are often left in the down position, where they can't protect someone of average height. Always use proper child safety seats. Statistics show that children who are not protected by safety restraints face serious risk. Restraining children in child safety seats can save countless lives as well as millions of dollars in treating ...
- 444: Should Canada Be Allowed To Continue With Genetic Engineering Without Federal Guidelines?
- ... and experimenting. Within the last six months (as of this paper being written) there was a baby born in the Calgary hospital with a disease commonly referred to as Boy In The Bubble Disease. The child would have become violently ill within two weeks of It's birth and would have died before it reached one year old. However the parents of this child were told about a highly unprecedented technique that could quite possibly change the baby's future of life or death, they were warned that this method had not been tested on small children, but only laboratory animals. The parents agreed to try it. They allowed Doctor Tom Bowen of the Calgary children's hospital to remove blood from the child 4 hours. after birth, the blood was then promptly flown to Los Angeles California where the blood testing was done and a new gene introduced into the specimen blood. From there the blood was ...
- 445: The Scandinavian Drama: Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts
- ... his command is law to her. She returns home, and for twenty-five years suffers all the misery and torture of the damned. That she survives is due mainly to her passionate love for the child born of that horrible relationship--her boy Oswald, her all in life. He must be saved at any cost. To do that, she had sacrificed her great yearning for him and sent him away from ... be a little better. But it did not last long. And then I had to struggle twice as hard, fighting for life or death, so that nobody should know what sort of a man my child's father was. I had my little son to bear it for. But when the last insult was added; when my own servant-maid----Then I swore to myself: This shall come to an end ... me. It was then that Oswald was sent from home. He was in his seventh year, and was beginning to observe and ask questions, as children do. That I could not bear. I thought the child must get poisoned by merely breathing the air in this polluted home. That was why I placed him out. And now you can see, too, why he was never allowed to set foot inside ...
- 446: Psychology
- ... re not ever going to believe it, but we’re going to have to act as if we do,” are the words of David Reiss. This M.D. is referring to what recent studies on child development have revealed. The shocking conclusion is that parents appear to have little effect on how their children turn out. Genetic influences are largely responsible and even predict things such as how well a kid will do in school, get along with friends, and whether a kid will become involved in dangerous activities. Although sometimes hard to believe, genes have a great impact on our personalities and how a child turns out. Behavioral geneticists believe that heredity reveals itself through complex interactions with the environment. How a person acts, due to their inherited make-up, tends to affect how others will treat or respond to them. If parents are aware of this, then they should try and act to benefit the child and have the child’s best interest at heart. Next, there is the concept of “goodness of fit”. That phrase refers to the convenient fact that traits are passed on from parents to their ...
- 447: The Saga Of Elian Gonzalez
- ... 2000, an Indiana Republican, Representative Dan Burtin, issued a congressional subpoenaing to freeze Elians repatriation until his American family appeals in court. The American Court system always asks themselves who will get custody of a child’s life; making the decision was enough for them when Elian came(60). Ex-president George Bush had quite a say in the situation: The Cuban boy’s father ought to come to America. He ... had granted Elian permission to stay and apply for residency, but a family court would decide his fate. As soon as Elian was plucked from the ocean, Cuban-American politicians appropriated him as a poster child. Castro and Miami’s anti-Castros were poised to put the boy in a custody battle between Elian’s U.S. relatives and his father and grandparents in Cuba(Padgett 68). A group of Cuban ... Gibbs 26). For months, no one knew whether Juan Miguel was reading from a script or speaking from his heart, although anyone who heard his plea believed he might be entirely sincere to getting his child back to Cuba for good. Juan Miguel proved to Janet Reno that he could take care of the child. She asked herself if he was really a loving father and if he really wanted ...
- 448: Capital Punishment
- ... using these drugs; murder during first- degree sexual assault; multiple murders; the defendant committed the offense(s) with an assault weapon."(AOL1) For the state of Delaware murder with aggravating circumstances, "including murder of a child victim fourteen years of age or younger by an individual who was atleast four years older than the victim,"(AOL1) and the same like killing police officers or other peace people. In Florida you must "commit felony murder; first-degree murder; sexual battery on a child under age twelve; destructive devices which result in death, and capital drug trafficking."(AOL1) In Georgia its about the same with the exception of hijacking an airplane when someone dies. For the state of Illinois ... capital murder includes murder of a police officer or correctional guard, murder under life sentence, murder by bomb or explosive, contract murder murder committed during specific felonies which include (rape, burglary, unnatural intercourse with a child, and nonconsentual unnatural intercourse); and murder of an elected official. Capital rape in Mississippi is defined as forcible rape of a child under fourteen years of age by a person eighteen or older."(AOL1) ...
- 449: Physical Education In Schools
- ... appreciate the relationship between exercise and health. They will take an interest in this relationship and become responsible for their personal health care. In turn, active children will shy away from smoking, alcohol, and substance abuse. Students will be reluctant to take part in such activities because they will be fully aware of the negative effects on the body. These children will also develop a positive attitude towards an active lifestyle. Continual physical education will instill in the child the desire to participate and the ability to use leisure time wisely. A child's eating habits will also improve. The active child will choose their foods more carefully to reflect their new, healthy lifestyle. They will feast on the natural sugars in apples and oranges, rather than ...
- 450: What Are The History, Laws, Profitability, and Responsibilities To The Consumer Of Advertising Hard Liquor on TV In The United States?
- ... provisions are firstly, distilled spirits should not be advertised or marketed in any manner directed or primarily intended to appeal to persons below the legal drinking age. Secondly, distilled spirits advertising should not depict a child or portray objects, images, or cartoon figures that are popular with children. Finally, distilled spirits advertising should portray distilled spirits and drinkers in a responsible manner. Public Education DISCUS members of the distilled spirits industry claim to pay a vital role in fighting alcohol abuse. DISCUS supports, develops or initiates social responsibility efforts to educate the public about beverage alcohol. The Century Council is a non-profit organization mainly supported by DISCUS and its members. Their objective is to reduce alcohol abuse across the U.S. The Century Council investigates, funds, and implements innovative approaches to address the problems of underage drinking and drunk driving. DISCUS and its members not only support the Century Council but ...
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