...CHAPTER ONE Topic: Why are there so many children living in single parent households? Rationale The community in which the research was done is one of a moderate size. It only has approximately five hundred and fifty (550) people living there. It is located in the Duhaney Park, St. Andrew. The investigator became aware of the situation by way of observations and investigations. The investigator has been living in the community for the past sixteen (16) years and had noticed that most of the children in the community were brought up in a single parent family. This may pose a problem as children could get accustomed to liking one parent more than the other or maybe they just simply don't know their other parents. Being aware of this, the investigator decided to do some research within his community on single parent families. He also investigated some of the possible reasons why the other parent was not around. Method of Investigation The method of investigation used by the investigator was questionnaires. Questionnaires are not only easy to use, but they allow the persons being investigated to remain anonymous as they are not required to write their names. Questionnaires are also efficient in the collection and analysis of data. 1 CHAPTER TWO Design of Study The research was conducted over a 2 week period which the respondents had a maximum of three days to complete the questionnaire and return them to...
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...about sex. These shows are giving the people the wrong impression about sex. It is crucial to teach sex education to prevent more teen moms in the future. Unfortunately, many parents aren’t comfortable about their child learning sex in school. But with the media encouraging irresponsible sexual behavior, it is more beneficial to teach sex in a classroom than watching it on TV. Some parents are against teaching sex education in schools because of their child’s age and what information is getting taught and as to what is getting exposed in school. “Parents do have some limited opportunity to opt-out of the public school curriculum (this is typically permitted by state statutes dealing with sex education) but I do not think this would support a more general right to opt-out (Myers).” Parents have little information on what their child is getting shown and how much of it is acceptable to teach their child. “Yet recent research shows that although the age of children affects the extent of sex-related communication from parents somewhat, other attributes – like parental knowledge and comfort levels about sexuality, and even attitudes towards comprehensive sex education – play a significant role in the amount of parent–child communication, regardless of children’s ages (Byers, Sears, and Weaver 2008) (Jerman).” Parents also think that they are too young to learn certain sex topics in their classes. To begin teaching students about sex, we should introduce the importance of self respect...
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...right marriage and to building a great family is adaptation, negotiation, and compromise. Unfortunately, arranged marriages are perceived by the media as an uncivilized tradition. Arranged marriages are not forced marriages. Outline i. Introduction A. As the church bell rang I looked through the big arched window and saw all the birds scared flying high. B. In the east, I hear women say “marriage is faith”. C. Arranged marriages lead to the reinforcement of family values, reduce the rate of divorce, and strengthen the bonding between the couple. ii. Lead to the reinforcement of family values A. Couples are dependent on their family 1. Parents arrange marriage 2. Society values marriage B. Family members have responsibilities 1. When fights take place 2. Parents could get the blame iii. Reduces divorce rate A. Similarities between spouses 1. Similar views on family and marriage 2. Couples will focus on each other B. Places more emphasis on the practical 1. Primary emphasis is not on love, sex, and physical beauty 2. Lets couples focus on building a great family...
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...of Andrew Nari, one of the crew for that unlucky flight. “Come home fast dad, it’s the only thing I want” “Daddy, Liverpool is winning the game. Come home, so you can watch the game! You never miss watching the game. It’s your very first time” Judging from all those tweets, we can see that her daughter’s strength, emotion and loves to him, as a credits and the results him being a good and example parent, where his lost felt deep by his daughter. This is what my speech will elaborates about, what does it takes to be a good parents. Yes, you can find hundreds of websites, thousands of books, and no shortage of magazines about parenting, but if you ask few people about the most important parenting quality, you will likely end up with just as many answers. Some would say love, attention, money, wealth, food. Some would say spending quality time with them while others would say discipline. But what is it actually? Which and how these factors would make parents, good? The truth is, it is hard to say because a parent is not intrinsically bad or good; they are just a parent who makes good or bad choices. Parenting actually is an ongoing process that has some trial and error, and requires you to accept and learn from your limitations. It is exactly like baking a cake. You put everything that you thought would make your cake tasty, but in the end, it is hardly...
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...meant by the term ‘loss of childhood’ The term loss of childhood means that childhood is disappearing which means that children and adults are becoming more and more similar. This is due to way that children now act. For example, in Britain, more children are having sex at a younger ages which is proved by the statistic that Britain has the most teenage pregnancies. Children also have a greater access to the adult world through things such as the internet and television which make it exceptionally easy for children to access adult content. This view is supported by Postman who said that ‘childhood is disappearing at a dazzling speed’ 3. Suggest two reasons why childhood is a relatively modern invention. One reasons that childhood is a relatively modern invention is that we know, through the research done by Philippe Aries, that childhood did not exist past physical dependency in the middle ages. This is a reason because in todays society, childhood is a stage of life that goes on far past this stage. Another reason is that Aries also says that we have moved from a world that didn’t view childhood as anything particularly to a world that is obsessed with childhood. 4. Suggest two ways in which the position of children could be said to have improved over the last fifty years. One way in which the position of children has...
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...Today's Modern Family - How it has Changed.... Shawn A. Gropper COM/172 - Elements of University Composition and Communication II August 11, 2014 Ms. Elaine Boyle Today's Modern Family - How it has Changed.... Traditional families of the past are nothing like what they are today; due in part to the continual pressure society places on the modern family. “The nuclear family (or traditional family) is a term used to define a family group consisting of a pair of adults and their children.” (Encyclopedia Britannica Online. 2011) Society is constantly trying to put a label on individuals, spouses, and families, like the nuclear family. Because of these labels and a competitiveness between relatives and the rest of humanity – families have found themselves trying to stay one step ahead in life. “Families are susceptible to mounting pressures from finances and work. Raising a family can be rewarding and demanding even in healthy social and economic climates, so stressful times can make things much more challenging.” (American Psychological Association, 2010, Paragraph 1) These stressors could include financial hardships, changes in the family; including divorce, additions to the family, or even death, and the continual changes with technology. Therefore; does the term “traditional family” still abide with society today? If not, how can society bring back the family values that once existed within our ancestors? Constant Stressors Often times a family is like a bank account...
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...in resistance. The threats continued as her mother told her she would take away Christmas and Hanukkah presents, birthday parties and meals; she told Lulu that she was being lazy, cowardly, self-indulgent, and pathetic. The fight continued, but Lulu kept playing. Finally, after a night of warfare, Lulu’s hands executed the perfect rhythms. She could play the piece. That night, Lulu and her mother snuggled, hugged, and laughed in celebration of her achievement. Lulu’s mother is Amy Chua, the author of the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Her story is a memoir of her experiences in Chinese parenting. In general, the tactics of Chinese parents are controversial to Americans, who feel that the parents are far too hostile and unreasonable. Chua defends her tactics by giving a Chinese parent’s point of view: “The Chinese believe that the best way to protect their children is by preparing...
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...PARENTING STYLES: EAST OR WEST? Name School Parenting Styles: East or West? Parenthood is a privilege but is also a great responsibility. Parents wish there was a manual that came along with children when they were born; however, that is not the case and parents can only do their best in different situations. How parents act in child rearing is called parenting styles, and geographically speaking there is a wide variety of styles practiced. The most controversial styles are the ones adopted by the eastern and the western cultures in the world. While eastern parents are stricter and demanding, western parents are more flexible, nurturing, and more tolerant. Amy Chua’s article “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” and Hanna Rosin’s counter-article “Mother Inferior” explore three basic concepts that make the difference between Chinese and Western parental approaches: children’s self-esteem, children’s appreciation, and children’s interest. Amy Chua states that the first difference she notices between these two parenting styles is that Western parents care a lot about their children’s self-esteem and psyches, while Chinese parents don’t. She explains that Western parents worry too much about their children’s feelings; hence they are always trying to comfort them. She also points that Chinese parents, on the other hand, demand perfection through criticism, punishment, and shaming the child, because they believe with this humiliation the child will be properly motivated to...
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...keeping to instil Kelly that she is the eldest daughter and she have to help her younger siblings. From the behavioral of her parents doing to brag about Kelly, it is pressuring Kelly indirectly. Since the parenting styles (Baumrind, 1991) of Kelly’s parent is authoritarian. They are keep demanding Kelly to do for the best and being a helpful daughter and do the best sister to take care her younger siblings. And they reject Kelly that not to go for further study. In Kelly’s family it is adult-centered, and her parents control the child’s welfare. Also, Kelly obey their parents invisible rule, careful not to do anything wrong in front of them. The typical Family Life Cycle (Olson & McCubbin, 1983), it mention that in stage 3, which a family with children in elementary or high school, just like Kelly’s family. In this stage, it is better for Kelly’s parents to establish the foundations of the children’s self-esteem, values, and lives. The parent-child relationships exert critical influences on children’s identities and self-concepts. But to Kelly’s parents, maybe because they have to work all day long, they just hope that Kelly can help to reduce their responsibility in their family. So they always use what they wants to apply in Kelly, and they become kind of ignoring Kelly’s feeling. Second, it the self-identification problem. According to Erikson’s (1963) 8 psychosocial stages, In Kelly’s age stage, which is aging 12 – 19, the development of personal identity, which means the...
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...ifieuhdwjhcjkidnc Student Needs Assessment Questionnaire nfwejkfnwejkfn,kwe School Name: __________________________________ Please take some time to complete this questionnaire. It will take approximately 45 - 60 minutes to complete. Your responses will provide important information to help your school plan ways to support your health and well-being. Thank you for helping your school become a healthier, safer, and more caring learning environment. Confidential Purpose of the Survey This survey provides an opportunity to share your thoughts on what you feel is needed to ensure that you and your school can be as safe, healthy and supportive as possible. You do not have to fill out this survey if you do not want to. However, everyone’s views are important. Please understand that this questionnaire is completely confidential. |Do not write your name on the questionnaire. | When you are finished, place your questionnaire in the envelope or box provided. All questionnaires will be compiled together so individual questionnaire will not be identified. The results of all questionnaires will be added together and reported back to the school without any individual student ever being identified. Instructions • Please read each question carefully and answer as accurately as you can. • There are two types of questions. One type requires...
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...Foulkes-Jamison, Ph.D., Private Practice, South Carolina When parents decide to divorce or separate, their child or children are faced with multiple stressors. Just knowing that things are going to be different after a divorce, but not knowing exactly how can be frightening for most children. Children from divorced families have to learn to cope with the many changes in their family. The amount of contact with one parent, often their father, will be reduced. Children may have to move from their family home or change schools. They may have a decreased standard of living. They may have to live in two homes. They may have more responsibility placed on them. The custodial parent may be physically and psychologically less available for children due to increased demands. Often, children initially focus on these immediate negative effects of the family breaking up, and do not find comfort in knowing that other families that have divorced eventually do okay. Adjustment to divorce can take up to two years or even longer. Many children will adjust to their parents' divorce, but some will continue to have significant problems into adulthood. Parents' sensitivity to their child's needs is one of the most important factors in facilitating adjustment. Other factors such as the child's age, gender and temperament will also influence how well the child adjusts. A preschooler's reaction to and ability to understand their parents' divorce will be very different from that of an adolescent. A...
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...Parents’ bias towards the child who has better educational performance over other siblings. Introduction “Your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life” (Palahniuk, n.d.). Parents love their children so much that they sometimes do not bother to sacrifice their lives for them. But the question is-can parents always play a fair role to all their children. We see many children who are weak in studies are neglected by parents in hearing their decisions or suggestions and often those children hear more scold from their parents than other siblings who are good in studies. This type of negative attitude towards the child who is weak in studies makes him/her weaker in future life. Obviously parents want to see their children at the highest pick of success and that’s why they are more concerned with the child who has better educational performance than other siblings. Parents show bias attitude towards better educational performing child over other siblings as he/she meets parents’ expectation and they feel proud to talk about him/her to others. They also consider him/her to be the last hope at their old days. This research paper considers whether parents really show bias attitude toward the child who has better educational performance by focusing on three aspects: ...
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...Carmen Chavez Mrs. Perry Essay#3: Narrative Essay 09/13/15 Life without parental support can be a disaster. My parents are one of the most amazing people you can find around the world for all the sacrifices they had made for me. They help with every step of my life, especially with my daughter, as well as supporting me with my career and encouraging to finish college. They love me and I thank God that gave me such a great gift. My parents came from Honduras. My father left me when I was only sixth months old, and my mom when I was one year old. I stayed with my grandmother until the age of eight, when my parents decided to bring me with them. I know my parents put a lot of effort and thinking to bringing me here, so that I could be reunited with them as soon as possible, yes it took a couple of years, but they brought me. Everytime I look at my parents or even think of them, pride overwhelms me. My life and world is all thanks to them. My father is the one I always had more communication and trust with, because he was easy going and trusted me. My dad is very smart, he didn’t have a chance to finish school, he only made it to middle school. "I had to work since I was twelve because your grandmother did not have enough to feed all of us, and you know we are 8," he said. I admire him because he had to work at such an early age and even though he did not come anywhere close to finishing school...
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...Arian Lucatero Ms. Casey English 1 1 February 2012 The Benefits of Accountability “Where are you? Who’s with you? What are you doing? What time are you going to be home?” Don’t you hate it when your parents or significant other always seem to ask these questions? Seems like your being grilled sometimes, doesn’t it? It can be quite irritating to many of us at times; however, it’s a perfect example of the point I will be trying to convey to you, accountability. Accountability, according to Webster’s definition is: “Being subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable.” Ultimately, it’s holding you liable for your decisions and actions. Accountability is not a quality that one innately desires to abide by, but it is something that is instilled and developed over a period of time through a variety of sources including parents, teachers, coaches and mentors. Accountability has become a value that my personal mentor has helped me to develop and I personally believe it is a value that everyone regardless of age, gender or social status should desire in order to improve their life and become a better person, someone of integrity. Due to family situations during my adolescence that were out of my control, I didn’t always have my parents, or anyone for that matter, in my life to answer to. I didn’t have the guidance or authorities to follow that most kids are subject to. I was free to do whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted and with whomever...
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...Divorce can be a difficult and traumatic experience for children. For the kids, they know that a lot of changes will take place. They come to terms with only one parent being around for the rest of their lives and often feel guilty, maybe even placing the blame on themselves for the end of their parent’s marriage. But it is certain that not all children behave the same way. As a child of divorced parents, I managed to stay a stable and understanding even in the absence of my father. I never had a problem staying focused on school and getting the things that I needed to have accomplished because my father wasn’t there. But again, not all children react in the same manner. Various statistics say Half of all American children will witness the breakup of a parent’s marriage. Of these, close to half will also see the breakup of a parent’s second marriage.” (Furstenberg, Peterson, Nord, and Zill, “Life Course”) . We will see how this applies to the “Student”. In the prescribed reading, it was tested to find out if these actions on the parent’s behalf could in fact affect the student life of a child. The main point of this was to observe the effects a program that a child would enter prior to the divorce of their parents, to prevent and reduce belligerent behavior of students who were experiencing behavioral difficulties due to the reaction of divorce or separation. In an example in the article, counselors had identified several students that were acting out as a cause of the dissolution...
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