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- 871: Teenagers and Sex
- Teenagers and Sex Teenage decisions about sexuality are influenced by complex factors such as love, substance abuse, poverty, family, sexual abuse, racism and religion. Every 26 seconds another adolescent becomes pregnant. Every 56 seconds another adolescent gives birth. Something must be done! However, I feel that the author of this article went about expressing his/her ... f*cking lazy to use birth control correctly and consistently, Id just like to bring up one point. Rape. Some studies of adolescent mothers and pregnant teens have documented a high level of sexual abuse, ranging from 43% to 62%. About 2/3 of teen mothers were impregnated by a man over 20 years old. If a teen is raped, but her religion strictly looks down on abortion, what ...
- 872: Jim Morrison
- Jim Morrison The bizarre and exotic lifestyle of James Douglas Morrison all began on 8 December 1943 in Melbourne, Florida. Jim was the child of Steve and Clara Morrison who went on to have two more children, a sister named Anne and a brother named Andy. Morrison's father, Steve, was an Admiral in the US Navy and due ... constantly moved from house to house and state to state. They resided in Melbourne, FL, Albuquerque, NM, Los Altos and Claremont, CA as well as Washington DC to name a few. Morrison was a rebellious child to an extent. He felt he was being pushed into a direction by his parents he did not want to go. Morrison struggled with this until he embraced an independent and live for myself philosophy ... created the writer as well as the topics of writing covered by Morrison. Morrison's parents used a type of punishment known as dress-them-down which involved no physical violence but instead used verbal abuse until tear followed. It was high school where Morrison's writing began its early course. In his spare time Morrison poured his racing mind into the pages of notebooks, stuffing them one by one. ...
- 873: Jerome David Salinger, Born In
- ... to purchase a record for his sister. After making this purchase, Holden notices a poor family walking in front of him. This unit is composed of a father, mother, and "little kid." Holden notices the child who is walking in a straight line in the street and humming a tune to himself. Holden approaches him to determine the tune he is singing. This tune is "If a Body Catch a Body Coming Through the Rye."Holden finds it amusing that the child is strutting quite literally on Broadway and is so care- free. He notices cars screeching and honking all over the place, and yet the child proceeds. The childs happy Pg 2 disposition seems to encourage Holdens on vitality. It gripped Holden that the child was singing with "a pretty little voice...just for the hell of it" ...
- 874: Appearance Versus Reality In T
- ... possessions and high social status. Individuals who have achieved the materialistic American Dream give the appearance of perfection. However, for many, their lives are not as ideal as what they seem. Issues such as sexual abuse, mental illness, alcoholism, adultery, greed and restlessness, affect the lives of even those who appear to live the American Dream. In F. Scott Fitzgerald s novels The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night, the ... childhood fits all the requirements of a perfect upbringing as well, however, like the American Dream, it too was imperfect. Nicole was born into an affluent family and she was a perfectly normal, bright, happy child (p.126). However, after the death of Nicole s mother, her father began to have an incestuous relationship with her. Nicole maintained the appearance of being normal , but she eventually began to suffer from mental illness because of her past abuse. She had a fit or something-the things she said got crazier and crazier (p.127). Almost always about men going to attack her, men she knew or men on the street anybody (p. ...
- 875: Adolescent Case Study
- ... 14 year old female, a freshman at Parkway High School, and resides at 789 Parkview Way, Bossier City, LA 70000. II. History of Family A. The subject lives with her biological mother and stepfather. The child's biological father resides in Bossier City as well, but he has not maintained a relationship with the child since he divorced her mother in 1981. The child also has a brother who lives out of state and has no relationship or contact with him either. B. The subject comes from an upper middle class family. Her stepfather is a high school ...
- 876: Catcher In The Rye
- ... to purchase a record for his sister. After making this purchase, Holden notices a poor family walking in front of him. This unit is composed of a father, mother, and "little kid." Holden notices the child who is walking in a straight line in the street and humming a tune to himself. Holden approaches him to determine the tune he is singing. This tune is "If a Body Catch a Body Coming Through the Rye." Holden finds it amusing that the child is strutting quite literally on Broadway and is so care-free. He notices cars screeching and honking all over the place, and yet the child proceeds. The child's happy disposition seems encourage Holden's on vitality. It gripped Holden that the child was singing with "a pretty little voice...just for the hell of it" and brightened him ...
- 877: Gangs
- ... make kids do things that are strongly against their morals. One of the ways that kids morals are bent so that gang violence becomes more acceptable is the influence of television and movies. The average child spends more time at a TV than she/he spends in a classroom. Since nobody can completely turn off their minds, kids must be learning something while watching the TV. Very few hours of television ... shows on television today are extremely violent and are often shown this from a gang's perspective. A normal adult can see that this is showing how foully that gangs are living. However, to a child this portrays a violent gang existance as acceptable. 'The Ends Justifies the Means' mentality is also taught through many shows where the "goody guy" captures the "bad guy" through violence and is then being commended. A young child sees this a perfectly acceptable because he knows that the "bad guy" was wrong but has no idea of what acceptable apprehension techniques are. Gore in television also takes a big part in influencing ...
- 878: Religion In Public Schools
- ... aloud a passage of the bible." Bu t that had to stop. People didn't have the same beliefs when it comes to religion, if a family absent even believe in god why should their child be forced to pray? On many different occasions questions similar to this one were brought up and complained about. That is what started it all real big. When complaining, arguing and fighting all started over ... because of growing impressions that affect their life. The silent moment supposedly "(forced) religion on children." I don't agree with that at all, if there has to be a moment of silence then any child can use that moment however he or she wants, it does not necessarily have to be used fro prayer. Usually "the chi ldren who have been brought up with prayer or some type of religion ... te god of te state (or) we do not believe that prayer should be publicly displayed in a public schoolhouse."This was all thought to be by mainly every one all wrong, therefore if a child wished not to participate in the pledge o allegiance or what ever it might be they did not have to leave the classroom, stand silently in the halls, or write a statement in stead ...
- 879: Catcher In The Rye
- ... to purchase a record for his sister. After making this purchase, Holden notices a poor family walking in front of him. This unit is composed of a father, mother, and "little kid." Holden notices the child who is walking in a straight line in the street and humming a tune to himself. Holden approaches him to determine the tune he is singing. This tune is "If a Body Catch a Body Coming Through the Rye."Holden finds it amusing that the child is strutting quite literally on Broadway and is so care-free. He notices cars screeching and honking all over the place, and yet the child proceeds. The child's happy disposition seems to encourage Holden's on vitality. It gripped Holden that the child was singing with "a pretty little voice...just for the hell of it" and brightened ...
- 880: Corcopare Day Care Centers
- Corporate Day-Care To humanize the work setting it would be appropriate to set up day-care facilities at working companies. This gives the working mothers the security that their child is being taken care of within the same premises. Not only will it benefit the mother but also the company, for it would make the company more prosperous. Such cases in which the mother would ... of the employees, and parents would be able to spend time with their children. Finding a babysitter can be a difficult task. A mother's worst fear is to find an abusive babysitter for her child. This is much of the case nowadays. TV specials point out cases in which children are often abused by the elders that take care of them and afterwards try to cover the situation. To find ... mother would be aware that the babysitters at the center are qualified for the job. In order for a company to be prosperous the employees must attend their daily task. If the mother takes her child to a babysitter, it makes it difficult because she has to wake up early and maybe travel to a certain extent. This can be very hard and frustrating after weeks pass by and it ...
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