...Through many generations, there’s always a group that is shunned upon and misunderstood, the children. I’m sure you’ve heard your parents say things about this generation being worse than the past and your grandparents saying your generation is even WORSE than your parent’s. This is a never-ending cycle due to technologic and commodity increase over the years. You’ve obviously heard your dad tell you in his days he had to read books or newspapers to get information, and brag about you having it so easy and how it makes you lazy. Sadly, this current generation will most certainly fall on the same path as the previous ones, yes you will tell your children that back in your days things were different, yes you will get mad at their behavior, and yes things will remain the same forever. Now, there are always people collectively saying these previous things are legitimate and that child behavior has been progressively worse(which would mean we should be demons by now), this same exaggeration is the one that makes it FEEL like children have gotten progressively worse. We as human beings notice things, and we are bound to pay more attention to the bad than to the good, reason being that we were made to solve problems. This also comes at a cost though, since we are very observant to problems this means there will undoubtedly be problems we just can’t or are hard to fix. If we can’t fix something we feel disgusted, we feel mad; these feelings are what makes us have to take those problems...
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... It all starts with the parents.Child behavior is out of control Children are acting out more and more these days. It seems that almost every child is being diagnosed with ADD of ADHD and is on medications. This is ridiculous and should be stopped. One of the reasons for this has to be parenting. Parents are letting their child act out more and more today. Child behavior is much worse than it was years ago.Neither of them There is no comparison between both of them. Years ago not many people focused on the statistics of child behavior. Suddenly, today people are now focused on child behavior. Of course, years ago it was slot better, but do we really know that. We can't trust the facts because possibly it was way worse back then. Having kids work in factories because they did not want to go to school.Turn UP FOR WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Parents are doing a bad job with their kids. Like what is the problem? Why are kids so disrespectful? In my school kids cuss at their teacher,stick up the middle finger, just reckless bad a%# kids. I'm just being honest! Do they have any home training, or is their dad not in their lives anymore? My PARENTS which are together have home trained me very well!Education is Great Education is by far better today than a hundred years ago! The fields of learning have been opened up to boys and girls equally to seek out far greater possibilities than were even imaginable a hundred years ago. The Education now is a better than before. We are not beaten and now...
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...It is evident that child behavior today is worse than ten years ago. There is a tendency for children today to be more aggressive than ever before. The media is extensive with reports of children doing drugs and exhibiting violent behavior. Girls are indulging in premarital and/or unprotected sex at an early age (The consequence has been increased rate in illegal abortions-some of which have resulted in deaths). At such an early age as 15 girls are sexually active. In essence children are less disciplined today than they were ten years ago. There are number of reasons for the decline in children’s discipline, but one of them stands out, and it might even be at the heart of all the others: laxity on the part of parents. Parental laxity has swung open the floodgates harmful factors which have in effect compromised children’s sense of morality and discipline. By reneging on their responsibilities, parents have denigrated the significance of the family as the source of primary socialization (Schultz, 2012). Sociologists profess that behavior is learnt through a process known as socialization (Schultz, 2012). Primary socialization, as differentiated from secondary socialization, occurs during the formative years of a child (Schultz, 2012). It takes place through the child observing and learning from those around him. Through this process a child is taught the type of behavior which elicits approval or disapproval from the people around them, usually the immediate family members...
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...friends. One time my parents were telling my brother and I about their childhood, saying that every weekend they would clean the house and on Sundays they would go to church. I’m pretty sure every parent has said something about their childhood to their children as a lesson for the child to learn. Child behavior today is worse than it was 20 years ago or back in the day. One reason supporting my opinion statement is new technology and social media. I feel like the new technologies today are devastating the new generation of children. 76% of students say that they use social media 2 hours a day (Hatch 26). In 1996, 70% of parents purchased educational software for children (NAEYC 3). All of the different computers and social medias today weren’t even thought of back in the day....
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...parents who cheat on income taxes or even taking supplies from their workplace and using them at home. This essay will cover examples on how parents cheat and what to do to prevent them from them thinking it is acceptable to cheat. Cheating has always been a problem since education started but the epidemic has just gotten worse over the years especially with technology advancing. Students do not even need their textbooks anymore they can simply look for it online. With the touch of a few buttons children can simply type in some words and find all the answers to their homework and instead of actually learning the material they copy it. Technology is not the only thing to blame it is also the parents or any mentor a child looks up to that can affect the way they learn....
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...teaching them negative behavior and language, making them insecure about their physical appearance and making sexuality more essential. Reality sitcoms have a greater impact on today’s youths then we would like to believe. The negative language and behavior of youths is mostly being learned from these reality shows. Six major professional societies in the United States- the American Psychological Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the American Psychiatric Association-… concluded [in 2000] that “the data point overwhelmingly to a casual connection between media violence and aggressive behavior in some children” (Anderson, Craig and Bushman, Brad 11-12). This comes from the fact that male and female equality has gotten much worse; most women are being viewed as something they are not when they are referred to as “bitches” or “sluts”. When this sort of name calling escalates it can lead to greater things such as a verbal or even physical fight, “Recent large-scale longitudinal studies provide converging evidence linking frequent exposure to violent media in childhood with aggression later in life, including physical assaults and spouse abuse” (Anderson, Craig, Berkowitz, Leonard, Donnerstein, Edward, Huesmann, Rowell, Johnson, James, Linz, Daniel, Malamuth, Neil, and Wartella, Ellen). On the show Jersey Shore, which has become very popular...
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...young man named Nic, Nic is a college student that has an addiction to methamphetamine. Nic came home from college and started a job at an Italian restaurant as a waiter. He begins to tell his parents he needs the car to go to his addiction class. Nic parents believes him and buys him the car. As months goes by, Nic parents starts to realize he’s coming home late every night. So, Nic parents questioned him and asked if he’s been using methamphetamine. Nic tried to lie but then he was forced to tell the truth when he’s parents requested a drug test. Nic was using drugs for the whole semester and he was afraid he’s father wouldn't find out. In the book it shows how Nic’s parents are in denial, they love their son but his addiction is breaking their family apart. Nic’s parents felt their divorce was the cause of Nic’s addiction. Nic’s father started using self-help guides to help his son addiction. He also received letter from other parents on how to cope with addiction. In many letters, Nic father received that most of the parents children died of overdoses....
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...in place that stop bullying from happening. Legislation needs to be updated or changed to accommodate to new bullying tactics such as cyber bullying and the consequences need to be more severe to stop bullying from happening ever again. Bullying is widespread and perhaps the most underreported safety problem on American school campuses. Contrary to popular belief, bullying occurs more often during school hours than on the way to and from school. But what is bullying? To me bullying can take the form of verbal such as name calling, physical like hitting and kicking or relational like not letting people talk to you or hang out with you or spreading rumors about someone. Recently bullying amongst young people has gotten worse in the press due to the extreme results it has had on certain young individuals. There have been cases where teens have gone to extremes such as...
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...and risky sexual behavior Jamileth Powell College of New Rochelle Fall 2013 Children at Risk Evelyn Philippe The present topic is to explore the depths of high risk teenagers and risky sexual behavior. My inspiration for this project comes from my cousin personal experience with becoming pregnant of an early age young age due to her promiscuous behavior. My topic relates to the course content in terms of children at risk throughout my life arts project work I will provide an overview of research pertaining to adolescent's decision making, early sexual activity, and other risky behaviors, as well as describing the roles of parent and school on what they need in assisting teens in avoiding life altering decisions. The method that I will use is "How open are you" questionnaire that will pertain to my peers of which many are parents on how open are they in talking to their teens about sexual activity as well, as literature review. In my oral presentation, I will present my findings. The term risky behavior is almost always used in a sexual sense, implying behaviors and actions that increase the chance of contracting or transmitting disease, and the increase the chance of the occurrence of unwanted pregnancy. In today's society, sexual activity has become more prevalent amongst teenagers. This social issue has been argued by many, of the contributing factors that would cause teens to engage in sexual behaviors. The factors that contribute to these behaviors vary. Skimming...
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...loss and tragic economy will be enough to drive anyone insane for some people. Instead of being part of the problem I decide to part of the solution, so I decided to become a dedicated fulltime student. Due to unforeseen circumstance God has a way to turn any event around. With the economy and unemployment rate on high the world is due for a current remodeling change. Learning to be humble became part of my new character to be a better all around individual. At that present time I realize that regardless of what has transpired, I must transformed some type of new change. There are many change in event that will help most me like myself a better person. Throughout my course of trial and tribulations I realize that there are pros and cons to any circumstances. I immediately began to brainstorm trying to come up with different strategies to help me and my family children survive. A month later, my 6 year old son school begin calling complaining about his behavior problem. I was already in process of getting him tested for ADHD. The teacher and principal wanted to schedule a conference with me to inform me of the concern about retaining my son in the kindergarten. My stress level was already extremely high. And now for me to hear that his behavior and classroom performance was drastically decline to below grade level. At that moment, I knew then that me being unemployed was a work of God for me and my son. There would have no way possible that I could be able to give him the...
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...Marie Brown January 1, 2002 "In the 1970s, divorce escalated like crazy. Women were entering the labor force in incredible numbers. Are those two things related," asks Alan Booth, "or aren't they? "And if divorce is not related to women working, what is it related to?" Booth, a Penn State sociologist, has been asking that question for 20 years. He himself has been divorced and remarried in the meantime, as has his co-investigator on the National Longitudinal Study of Marriage, Paul Amato. More to the point, they and their colleagues have amassed hours of survey data on 2,000 married men and women, interviewed by telephone, paper, or computer survey up to six times over the 20 years, "through a whole marital history, if you like," says Amato. "Some people in the study are on their third or fourth marriages. We've followed them through divorce, singlehood, and remarriage." They've also interviewed many of their children. Then in 2000, the research team interviewed a completely new random sample of 2,100 married individuals. "So we can look at two different kinds of change," Amato explains: "How individual marriages change over time, and how the population of married couples has changed between 1980 and 2000." Their results are changing the way people think about marriage and divorce, and particularly about the effects of divorce on children. "I think it's our study," says Booth, "that put the capstone on the idea that divorce can be bad for children. That's influenced a lot of...
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...“It’s never too late to expand the mind of a person on the autism spectrum” (“12 Inspiring Temple Grandin Quotes”). Dr. Temple Grandin is a miraculous person who has autism and helps to explain and showcase how autism does not have to drag an individual down butt can raise them up. Instead according to Oxford dictionaries autism is “A developmental disorder of variable severity that is characterized by difficulty in social interaction and communication and by restricted or repetitive patterns of thought and behavior” (“Autism”). Autism is not a disease, it is a developmental disability. That does not mean that the people that have autism are different in any way other than thinking in a different way. Everyone, no matter how they think, should...
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...Running head: ADMINISTRATIVE ETHICS PAPER Administrative Ethics Paper Ethics: Health Care and Social Responsibility Administrative Ethics Paper This particular case takes place in Kansas. A doctor Ann Kristin Neuhaus performs abortions on patients that are mentally ill. She tests the patients along with a colleague and diagnoses them. This case was brought to court from complaints filed against Dr. Neuhaus by the president of an anti- abortion group Operation Rescue, Troy Newman (AP). The doctor gave mental exams to patients ages ten to eighteen and if they had mental illness an abortion took place in her office. In her eyes she was helping these young women. And it did not matter if the pregnancy was in its latest trimester she would still perform the abortion. Many anti- abortion groups and legal officials disagreed with the medical decisions that where being made concerning this particular group of patients so they researched and found fault in the activities and the measures taken to find the patients adequate willing and accepted. The governor, judge and anti- abortion groups not wanting these types of procedures and mental health testing going on in their town of Topeka, Kansas, Dr. Neuhaus and Dr. George Tiller had no chance in court. In this article there are arguments of which Dr. Ann Kristin Neuhaus and Dr. George Tiller was simply using a computer program to diagnose the patients with mental health illnesses in order to perform abortions. An administrative...
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...stress: death of a loved one, loss of job, a break up, etc. Most people associate stress with bad situations, but not just bad things can cause stress. Getting a new job, getting a new house, a new relationship, or a new child are some “happy” things that can be stressors (UCLA, n.d). Maladaptive coping mechanisms are ineffective, counterproductive and are often used unconsciously (UCLA,n.d). Everyone has different coping mechanisms they use with the stress in their lives. Some of these coping mechanisms are: humor, seeking support, problem solving, relaxation, physical recreation, anticipating various outcomes, denial, self-blame, and venting (UCLA, n.d). Some of these mechanisms are healthy ones to use, while others are not. Denial, self-blame, and occasionally venting (if you vent too much, it can put a strain on relationships with other people) are maladaptive coping mechanisms. The first six coping mechanisms on the list, can be maladaptive if overused, but in moderation, can be efficient coping mechanisms. My coping mechanisms tend to be maladaptive. I have been trying to learn new, healthy coping mechanisms and it has been a slow, ongoing process. When I was younger, I had no idea how to cope with stress, so I resorted to unhealthy or maladaptive behaviors such as nail biting, seclusion, and hitting myself. I would and still do bite my nails when I get nervous and or stressed. When I was younger, my mom tried getting me to stop biting my nails by telling me about a parasite...
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...Video Games Effect on Behavior With games like Assassin’s Creed 3 and Halo 4 recently released, video game sales have been sky-rocketing. Children, teenagers, and adults alike have all been rushing to Game Stop to have the chance to slash victims with a hidden blade or shoot down enemies with AK-47s. This type of game rewards murders. In fact, the National Television Violence Study (1996) found that about 73 percent of violent video games reward violence as an acceptable way to handle conflict (Norcia). This is true for a variety of games ranging from Poke’mon to Mortal Kombat. Due to consumer’s demand, most of the video games sold are violent. Gamers learn to identify with the characters they are controlling. “This identification with characters in video games increases a player's ability to learn and retain aggressive thoughts and behaviors they see portrayed in violent games (Norcia).” Aggression is defined as an action It can be a verbal attack--insults, threats, sarcasm, or attributing nasty motives to them--or a physical punishment or restriction. Direct behavioral signs include being overly critical, fault finding, name-calling, accusing someone of having immoral or despicable traits or motives, nagging, whining, sarcasm, prejudice, and/or flashes of temper (Shin). Research on the subject has suggested that violent video games cause aggressive thoughts and actions. Assassin’s Creed 3, mentioned in the paragraph above, is an example of a classic violent video game...
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