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- 621: A Better Idea of Attention Deficit Disorder
- ... normal lives with the proper help. Attention Deficit Disorder is hard to diagnose because no one is certain of what actually causes the disorder. Lawrence Weathers thinks that the behavior of an ADD or ADHD child might occur because of stress due to school, parents, or friends before the child is emotionally equipped to handle the situation. He calls ADD a neurological disorder that affects the motivational system (42, 20). Another theory of what causes ADD is the low amount of glucose metabolism in the ... damage, diet, and allergies cause ADD. Thomas Phelan argues that these things indeed do not cause ADD. People also believe that ADD can be hereditary. Better than one third of the parents of an ADD child had ADD when they were children (Phelan 43-44; 47). Patients usually have to take several tests in order to be properly diagnosed with ADD. These tests include intelligence, achievement, and fine motor tests ( ...
- 622: Migrant Labour
- ... force. This essay will focus on the crucial role the migrant labour system had in the development of the South African economy and its detrimental effects on the South African family and the South African child. To completely understand the impact that migrant labor has had on the African family and child. It must first be understood why the migrant labor force was created, who benefited from it and how it worked. To understand this we must go back to the beginning of colonialism in Africa. With ... families behind in order to financially provide for them. The manner in which the migrant labor force was created to function has had a devastated effect on the South African family and the South African child. This destruction was achieved for the preservation and advancement of the economic, political and position of power that whites held within South Africa (Unecso, 1972). This view has also been expressed by others such ...
- 623: Abortion Is Morally Wrong
- ... two percent of people who have abortions are unmarried or separated. Surprisingly, less than one percent of abortions are the result of rape. Many women regret having abortions and wish they wouldve let their child live. Still, others are relieved. Many people believe that abortion is not morally wrong. These people dont believe that a fetus is a human being. They also believe that a mother has a right ... pro-choicers believe that abortions are acceptable. One of these special cases is when the mothers life is in danger. There are many cases in which a doctor believes that going through a pregnancy and child birth could result in the mothers death. Another case in which pro-choicers believe abortions are permittable is when a baby, if born, will have severe birth defects. The mother feels that her child should not have to endure the constant physical and emotional pain that their child would be put through. Lastly, another argument of the pro-choicers is in the event of rape. Rape is a ...
- 624: Analysis of William Blake's Poetry
- ... depict caretakers in a bad light. The first poem I will discuss is from the Songs of Innocence, its title is "The Little Girl Lost." This poem tells the story of a seven-year old child who becomes separated from her parents and is lost in a wild kingdom. In the first stanza the author prophasizes the future, foretelling of a serious situation. William Blake then goes on in the poem ... roam about in search of food. Instead of food, to their surprise they find Lyca. To the reader this is the point of climax. The reader is scared for Lyca. She is just an innocent child. The reader begins to fear for Lyca's life, not realizing the beasts true intentions. The lion is the first beast to spot Lyca sleeping. He begins to circle her, not quite sure of the ... caretaker in what originally scared her. This poem relates to Blake's central theme of children and caretakers by showing that even normally vicious and dangerous animals can have compassion, and care for a young child who is battling for survival without the protection of a mother or a father. The lion becomes the child's caretaker, and softness seems to envelope her as she relates to the child. A ...
- 625: Abort
- ... and unique personalities. Abortion is very simply wrong. Everyone is raised knowing the difference between right and wrong. Murder is wrong, so why is not abortion? People argue that it is not murder if the child is unborn. Abortion is murder since the foetus being destroyed is living, breathing and moving. Why is it that if an infant is destroyed a month before the birth, there is no problem, but if ... us a world to regret." (Clark p3) With abortion, we humans give ourselves dominion over a large part of God's plans and our destiny. Abortion becomes especially evil when the bond between mother and child is broken and it is being used as an alternative birth control when humans cannot control their irresponsible sexual hungers. If beings are responsible enough to be sexually active, they should also be responsible enough to accept consequences, and if that means becoming pregnant and creating a life, then that life should have the opportunity to live. There should be a bond or relationship between a mother and child, whether born or unborn. Mothers and her children form a bond unlike any other felling of love; when a child is aborted, before given the right to grow in the bond, does the mother ...
- 626: The Joy Luck Club: Relationship Between Mother and Daughter
- ... remembers the story her mother always told, about her life in Kweilin, and each time the ending was different and made-up, except for one (Jing-mei Woo: The Joy Luck Club). June, as a child, had always assumed that her mother led a life of joy and happiness before coming to America, and her mother's past seemed to have a romantic and mystical air to it. However, when her ... this at age nine. Then, for June's thirtieth birthday, her mother gives her the old piano, kind of like a peace offering to forgive and forget the whole piano business when June was a child. When her mother gives her the piano, she also comments, "You have natural talent. You could have been genius is you want to." Then when June protests that she had never been a genius, her ... the best quality lifestyle, that didn't necessarily mean that she isn't the best quality on the inside. Main Themes/Psychological Aspect The main theme in this book is the gap between parent and child, mainly mother and daughter. In a family, there seems to be a gap between the parent and child because of the age difference and different times. How the parents grew up and learned what ...
- 627: Alex's Analysis of Any Abject Abuse
- Alex's Analysis of Any Abject Abuse The destruction of the grand style of the epic is just what Pope was after in his mock epic, "The Rape of the Lock." Pope had no such universal goal, or moral pronouncements to make ...
- 628: Reaching Up For Manhood
- ... worry about it since the schools were well equipped with buses and money was not a problem for any of the school districts in the area I call home. I could not imagine telling a child not to go to the playground and play after school because it wasn't safe. If put in this type of culture, I would feel like I'd have to shield my child from everything when the reality of it would be that I am not the educator. The "tough" boys on that playground are the educators in a younger boy's eyes and the older boys come ... was lying on the street with no movement whatsoever. At such a young age, Ronaldo had already learned from his culture and society around him that he was not allowed to cry for emotion. This child had already learned, at age 7, that there is always a chance for someone to get shot at any moment. It happens all the time and this boy has been trained to take it ...
- 629: The Theme of Coming of Age in Literature
- The Theme of Coming of Age in Literature There comes a time is each person's life when they reach the point where they are no longer children, but adults. The transition from a child into a young adult is often referred to as the "coming of age," or growing up. The time when this transition occurs is different in everyone, since everyone is an individual and no two people ... mothers. Such rites dramatize the power of older over younger males and state that "only women can make babies: but only men can make men." (1995, Grolier Encyclopedia) Such passage rites symbolize death of the child and rebirth as a man, as well as male envy of females. Versions in modern Western society includes religious, confirmation, fraternity initiation, and military training. In addition to the different ways that culture celebrates the ... story is Gary Paulsen's "Hatchet" which is a story about one boy who must survive in the wilderness, with only a hatchet as a weapon. This is a story of courage about how one child was forced to transform into an adult in order to endure the circumstances surrounding him. Brian Robeson was stranded on an island, after his plane crashed down while traveling to see his father. He ...
- 630: Alex's Analysis of Any Abject Abuse
- Alex's Analysis of Any Abject Abuse The destruction of the grand style of the epic is just what Pope was after in his mock epic, "The Rape of the Lock." Pope had no such universal goal, or moral pronouncements to make ...
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