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  • Child Rearing in the Us and Colombia

    Child Rearing in the Us and Colombia

    Early care-giving is a major factor for a child to feel secure to explore the world around them (Carbonell, Alzate, Bustamente & Quiceno , 2002). How different is this early care-giving between two cultures such as the United States and Colombia? This is a look at the differences and similiaries of raising girls, both born in 1988, in Colombia and the United States. Both girls were raised in nuclear families, with one older sibling, close

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    Essay Length: 611 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Grounded Theory Study of Unethical Labour Practices Associated with Global Brands in Developing Countries

    Grounded Theory Study of Unethical Labour Practices Associated with Global Brands in Developing Countries

    (2006, 2845 words, 80%) Abstract This is a grounded theory study about unethical labour practices associated with global brands’ operations in developing countries. The research paper develops a substantive theory or at least a set of propositions explaining the wider contextual underpinnings of unethical labour practices deriving from the operations of global brand companies. The grounded theory method chosen to undertake the research necessitates theoretical sampling of global brand companies that can substantiate the phenomenon

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    Essay Length: 585 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Vika
  • What Type Is Your Child

    What Type Is Your Child

    What Type is Your Child? Children come in all shapes and sizes. With that being said, one should not be surprised that they come with different personalities and character traits. These characteristics become more apparent around ages two thru ten. Based on their demeanors, children can be divided into three groups: easy going, devious and stubborn. The first group of children are the easy going. They are the children that most parents pray for, but

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    Essay Length: 864 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Yan
  • A Summary of a Two Year Old Child

    A Summary of a Two Year Old Child

    A Summary of A Two Year Old Louise Bates Ames, PH.D At age two your child is more comfortable, balanced and sure of himself. They enjoy exploring and investigating the environment where they dwell. More emphasis is placed on safety with regards to items that are hands reach. For example, it is vital that we kepp hazardous materials or chemicals out of sight and reach. Doors may need high hooks now that doorknobs are within

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    Essay Length: 279 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Monika
  • Child Birth

    Child Birth

    Birth of a child can be such a happy time, especially when the little one is very healthy. We all have seen the movies when a new child is born, some of us are lucky to see it first hand. Some of us do get goose bumps, me being one of them. It is just so exciting to see that little life come out of what has been in that big belly for nine months.

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    Essay Length: 741 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Child Labor

    Child Labor

    Although “child labor is a violation of human rights,” it is a necessary act in many countries. At least 250 million children between 5 and 14 are involved in child labor in the world today. And this is mainly found in developing countries since they don’t have enough people in the working age group to support the younger and older groups. A lot of the developing countries have an economy that is largely effected by

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    Essay Length: 431 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Way to Raise a Child in Today’s World, and Love Doing So Timing Is Everything

    The Way to Raise a Child in Today’s World, and Love Doing So Timing Is Everything

    Raising A Child Today 1 The Way to Raise a Child in today’s World, and Love doing so Timing is everything Nicole Moses 1. Email: Mniquee@aol.com University of Phoenix College Raising a child No one ever said it was going to be easy, no one ever said that becoming a parent came with a detailed book of instructions. But one thing is for sure it is not easy at all. When I became a mother

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    Essay Length: 536 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Janna
  • Child Abuse Is a Silent Epidemic That Strikes Millions of Homes in America

    Child Abuse Is a Silent Epidemic That Strikes Millions of Homes in America

    Issue Statement Abuse is occurring every day in an uncountable amount of homes all over the United States. The US Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect estimates that 2000 children under the age of eighteen are killed by parents and caretakers each year. It is estimated that one in five children are physical, emotionally or sexually abused in our country. The four types of child abuse include physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and

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    Essay Length: 532 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Vika
  • Child Depression

    Child Depression

    Depression in school-age children may be one of the most overlooked and undertreated psychological disorders of childhood, presenting a serious mental health problem. Depression in children has become an important issue in research due to its many emotional forms, and its relationship to self-destructive behaviors. Depressive disorders are of particular importance to school psychologists, who are often placed in the best position to identify, refer, and treat depressed children. Procedures need to be developed to

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    Essay Length: 3,018 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Nike’s Labour Troubles

    Nike’s Labour Troubles

    NIKE's labour troubles Nike publicizes itself as one of the leading industries in corporate responsibility. However, they do not comply with several human rights obligations overseas in countries like Thailand, Pakistan, China, Vietnam and Indonesia. In these countries, production facilities called sweatshops have been running for almost 35 years employing workers as young as 13 years of age. The conditions of these factories are adverse to say the least and deprive workers of the moral

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    Essay Length: 1,413 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: July
  • Child Abuse

    Child Abuse

    Child abuse is the “saddest and most tragic problem” in the United States today (Dolan IX). It is estimated that one to two million children is affected by child abuse each year. Victims range from ages of a few weeks to late teenage years. Child abuse has been around for hundreds and thousands of years. In the past twenty years, however, the number of cases has been multiplying. While most child abuse cases are

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    Essay Length: 2,652 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Sigmund Freud, Women and Child Abuse

    Sigmund Freud, Women and Child Abuse

    Sigmund Freud and His Views Sigmund Freud has been called the father of psychotherapy. His studies and views on how personality develops and is affected by different experiences or exposures to stimuli have been disputed and discussed for over 100 years. This paper will highlight Freud’s life and theories as well as answer two questions. These two questions are; did Freud sexually abuse children and did Freud have a personal vendetta against women? Life and

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    Essay Length: 1,702 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Vika
  • Journal Article: The Abused Child as Parent

    Journal Article: The Abused Child as Parent

    Journal Article: The Abused Child as Parent The Abused Child as Parent Perception of Self and Other Rita Baker 1. The Abused Child as Parent: Perception of Self and Other. By: Herzog, Elaine P.; Gara, Michael A.; Rosenberg, Seymour. Infant Mental Health Journal, Spring92, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p83-98, 16p; (AN 12051973) 2. Yes, I do believe this journal contains some articles that would be of interest to people who are entering in the medical

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    Essay Length: 1,282 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Jon
  • A Child Called It

    A Child Called It

    Written Response Ў§A Child called ItЎЁ is an unforgettable story of the author, Dave PelzerЎ¦s childhood. He was a survivor of the third worst case of child-abuse in CaliforniaЎ¦s history. He was brutally beaten and starved by his insane mother until he was rescued by the nurse in his school and some police officers. The book started by describing how he was rescued on the day, and then Pelzer started to describe how he was

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    Essay Length: 335 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: regina
  • Child Development

    Child Development

    Babies grow and develop at a very rapid rate during the first year of life. They grow physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. In this paper I will discuss the physical growth and development patterns of an infant all the way through adulthood. Development is the baby's increased skill in using various body parts. When dealing with a development of a child there are three basic development rules. First development rule: This rule says that babies

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    Essay Length: 1,589 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Jessica
  • A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer

    A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer

    Running Head: A CHILD CALLED IT One Child’s Courage to Survive: “ A Child Called It ” Dave Pelzer Angelia Mickels Palo Verde College Abstract This is one of the best, yet saddest books that I have ever read. There are so many bad things out there that are happening to good people. We just have no idea. You never know what is going on behind closed doors. I am so lucky not to

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    Essay Length: 2,111 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Stenly
  • A Child Called "it"

    A Child Called "it"

    This character reminds me of... I don’t know anyone who has been put through any amount of abuse that could even come close to comparing with Dave Pelzer’s mental and physical injuries. Although his character does remind me of a movie I saw when I was smaller, I think it was called Radio Flyer. It was about these two kids that lived on a farm-like setting. Their mother was nowhere to be found and

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    Essay Length: 368 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Stenly
  • The Cycle of Child Abuse

    The Cycle of Child Abuse

    Children depend on parents and caregivers to look after them through childhood. Being protective is considered natural and instinctive and most children are well cared for by their parents. However, there are some children for whom a parents instinctive desire to protect is unrealized and children are thereby exposed to the risk of child abuse. Thus begins the cycle of abuse, which, once started, cannot be stopped. Determining and moderating the causes of child abuse

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    Essay Length: 340 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Artur
  • Gender Roles - Not Just Child’s Play

    Gender Roles - Not Just Child’s Play

    Not Just Child’s Play Gender bias is a greatly debated topic in today’s society. Though people often focus on the roles of men and women in the working world, these biases begin in the home. From childhood, parents, even if unintentionally, instill certain gender roles in their children. As demonstrated in the articles “Why Boys Don’t Play With Dolls” by Pollitt, “Little Boy Pink” by Moore, and “The Gender Blur” by Blum, parental figures control

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    Essay Length: 980 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Jon
  • Nike and Child Labor

    Nike and Child Labor

    Nike has been accused of using child labor in the production of its soccer balls and shoes for Nike in Pakistan. While Pakistan has laws against child labor, the government has taken very little action to terminate it. It is said that only a boycott by the United States and other nations will have any impact on child-based industries. In addition, the U.S constitution states that child labor is an illegal and inhumane practice

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    Essay Length: 375 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Mother and Child

    Mother and Child

    Art and Visual Culture Assignment 3: Mother and Child 3/7/06 ASSIGNMENT 3: Mother and Child Throughout art history, artists have used the theme of mother and child for religious purposes, for cultural purposes, and for expressing the strong relationship between mother and child. You can find examples mother and child in the art of Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. Medieval art and art of the Reniassance often depicts Mary and the Christ child to communicate bible

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    Essay Length: 528 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer

    A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer

    The book I read is called A Child Called It. It is written by Dave Pelzer. The theme of this book is to keep hope alive. You should have faith and dreams to have something to look forward to in your future especially when you feel you can’t go on any more. Like Dave, he felt trapped as if he was never going to be free. He used his dreams and illusions every time he

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    Essay Length: 742 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Child Sexual Abuse

    Child Sexual Abuse

    There was a boy who was kidnapped from his yard at the age of 7. For 10 years her was kept as a sex slave and treated like an animal. He was told by his kidnapper, Pernell, that his parents didn't want him anymore and had given him to his kidnapper. He was also told that he had been legally adopted and his real parents had moved away. Being so young at his kidnapping, he

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    Essay Length: 494 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Child Abuse Casts a Shadow the Length of a Lifetime

    Child Abuse Casts a Shadow the Length of a Lifetime

    "Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime." - Herbert Ward - Child abuse is one of the most disturbing and controversial topics in the news today. The number of stories that cover the mistreatment of children seems to be growing by the day ranging from accusations of neglect to murder. Child abuse and neglect is something that is unacceptable and should not be tolerated. The health and well being of a child

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    Essay Length: 1,024 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Anna
  • Forrest Gump: The Vietnam War Through The Eyes of a Child

    Forrest Gump: The Vietnam War Through The Eyes of a Child

    Forrest Gump The Vietnam War Through the Eyes of a Child In Winston Groom's Forrest Gump, the main character, Forrest Gump is involved in the Vietnam War. In the novel, he is mentally challenged and he sees everything somewhat differently then another individual might. His point of view of the events of the Vietnam War are child-like and different then what most people would see. The Vietnam War was a very tragic war. The events

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    Essay Length: 2,699 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Anna

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