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- 541: Childcare
- ... eating all contribute to at home parents requiring time out. As for working parents, everyday they strain themselves to financially support their families whilst also worry about the effects their absence will have on their child or children. So what's a parent to do? Give up any hope of returning to work? Continue slaving away at home as they become increasingly impatient and angry at their child? Abandon your child to the clutches of any Tom, Dick, or Jane who hangs up a childcare shingle? Beg your aging parents to give up lawn bowling and golf in favor of spending quality time with their ...
- 542: The Child By Tiger
- "The Child by Tiger" In "The Child by Tiger", Wolfe does a superb job of making the story reveal a truth about human experience. Dick's killing rampage in the short story showed how the human sole has a tendency to become ... mood of the short story help display how significant Dick's action was. In addition, it showed how the human sole, no matter how strong, has the tendency to become violent or evil. In "The Child by Tiger" Wolfe uses those three elements of fiction to masterful show the truth about a human experience.
- 543: School Uniforms
- ... available to furnish uniforms to their children. They can barely make ends meet with the help of charities and social programs. In Polk County, Florida, the school board is trying to pass legislation that a child cannot attend school unless they have on the proper uniform. An education is supposed to be available to all children, not just the ones whose parents can afford to buy the government ordered attire. I ... will give the students an advantage in being open minded with people school uniforms Public school systems across the country are now requiring students to wear uniforms. Can uniforms really make a difference in a child’s academic performance? Wouldn't uniforms infringe the child’s creativity and self expression? The "clothes don't make the child" right (Hempill A15)? Wrong. School uniforms can drastically reduce school violence and help a student to focus on school work. In 1996, ...
- 544: Gender
- ... of 22. Mela's employer did not offer any benefits except for maternity leave and sick days. At this point, maternity leave included one month before the baby was due and one month after the child was born, for a total of eight weeks. All eight weeks were entirely paid for by the employer. The employer also paid its female employees three full days if a child became ill. These three days were paid for 100%; the employer did not pay for any extra sick days that had to been taken by the worker. Mela's employer also gave benefits to workers ... would only be available to those who worked more than five years. Since Mela was married and her husband had a job, she stayed out of the labor force for thirteen years, raising her first child and giving birth to her second one. After the thirteen-year period that Mela did not work, she went back into the labor force. This time, however, Mela was 34 years old and she ...
- 545: Personal Reflections
- Personal Reflections My Mom and Dad were divorced when I was one. Dad actually managed to sexually abuse me before the divorce. Karen and Janet, my two older sisters and I went to Dad's on Sundays where we had breakfast. We listened only to classical music, which we hated probably because it ... I cried when he got to the nice things my Dad did with us. Some nostalgia came back for this ogre called my father. I have certainly hurt more from the loss and the sexual abuse, only to hurt less now on the other side. Many of my feelings were sent underground only to resurface many years later. The problematic consequences were and are suicidal tendencies, manic depression, a withdrawn demeanor ... time, but these other things, especially manic depression have stayed with me all these years. Other expressions of my denied feelings identified in Dr. Stearns book on page 61 that apply to me are moodiness, abuse of alcohol and drugs and reckless spending. I think I have had frozen emotions for a long time. As I was said, I was forced to seek professional help in institutions starting at age ...
- 546: Oedipus The King
- ... only one voice, when it walks on most feet it is the weakest?" Oedipus correctly answered "Man" and became the king of Thebes. This riddle is a metaphor for the life of Oedipus. As a child man crawls on his hands and knees this is the four feet to which the Sphinx refers. Also man is at his weakest as a small child. He depends solely on others for his nourishment and well being. Oedipus was the child of Jocasta and King Laius who was taken to the mountain by a shepard to be killed so the omen of the god apollo that Laius’ son would kill him and lay with Jocasta ...
- 547: Abortion
- ... life imposes on us a moral obligation to preserve it and that abortion is tantamount to murder (Kolner 5). Pro-choice activists on the other hand, also carry very strong points. They believe that the child inside the women is her own property and the state has no right to interfere. In 1973, the United States Supreme Court decided that as long as the baby lived inside the womb, he or ... Paltrow 73). Abortion has been around since a lot of years in every inhabited corner of the globe. It has always been accepted as a means to prevent the suffering of both woman and potential child. It has been practiced widely in every society for many reasons including famine, war, poverty, overpopulation, or simply because a woman felt she was not ready for a child (Whitney 40). No one ever questioned a woman’s right to this procedure till the 1800’s. During this era of change people began to turn their attention in a new direction, the fetus. ...
- 548: Student Roles and Responsibilities for the Master of Counseling Marriage, Family and Child Therapy Specialty
- Student Roles and Responsibilities for the Master of Counseling Marriage, Family and Child Therapy Specialty The student roles and responsibilities of the Masters of Counseling in Marriage, Family and Child Therapy (MC\MFCT) at the University of Phoenix are to advance competent and ethical practitioners in family, couple and individual therapy in a variety of settings. By following the program's defined curriculum for professional ... graduate. They are trained in providing couple family and individual assessment and counseling with diverse populations. They are trained in family systems, consultation, research and intervention services to advance profession of the marriage, family and child therapy specialty. References Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (4th ed.). (1995). Washington, DC. American Psychological Association. HCS 500 Introduction to Graduate Studies (1996) Ethical Standards(1988, March) [pp. 1-4]. University of ...
- 549: Auguments about Abortion
- ... be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." This in turn, is guaranteeing a women the right to have an abortion. Pro-choice people say that abortion is the killing of a child, but pro-choice people do not consider the fetus a child. A philosopher, Mary Anne Warren, proposed that consciousness, reasoning, self-motivated activity, and self awareness are factors that determine 'person-hood'. But, a misconception that held is that people who are pro-choice are actually ... baby finally is born, the mother may hate the baby, knowing that it has ruined her chance of ever accomplishing her goals in life. If these 'women forced into motherhood' do happen to keep their child, there is a good chance of child abuse and neglect. These unwanted children, raised by the state or unloving parents, would then give birth to another generation of unwanted children. Also, in some desperate ...
- 550: AIDS
- ... initially concentrated in the homosexual community—where widespread transmission occurred because of high-risk sexual behavior—and in people with hemophilia and other individuals receiving blood products. HIV infection then became established among people who abuse intravenous (IV) drugs and was spread by heterosexual contact (sexual relations between partners of the opposite sex) into all groups of society, especially through prostitution and other forms of high- risk sexual practices. Currently, homosexual interactions (sexual relations between men) account for about 50 percent of AIDS cases, and practices involving IV drug abuse account for about 26 percent. The heterosexual spread of AIDS in the United States, especially from infected males to previously uninfected females, is increasing rapidly and now accounts for 9 percent of transmissions. Of the ... additional drugs, Ritonavir (Norvir) and Indinavir (Crivaxin), were rapidly approved for use alone or in combination with nucleosides. A fourth drug, Nelfinavir (Viracept), was approved by the FDA in March 1997 for both adult and child use. Ritonavir, formerly allowed for adult use only, was also approved for adult and child use. Preliminary results from four American and European studies indicate that these drugs cause dramatic increases in the number ...
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