part of every household‚ entertaining children of all ages with the various animated programs it offers. However‚ the amount of time a child spends fixed in front of a television screen is incredible. In fact‚ children under the age of 11 spend more than 28 hours a week fixed in front of their television screens (Boyse).It is important to consider the quality of television shows because no one can deny the fact that children have become addicted to them. Children are subject to a plethora of cartoons
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hildren face a higher risk than adults of the negative effects of secondhand smoke. Not only is a child’s body still developing physically‚ but their breathing rate is faster than that of adults. Adults breathe in and out approximately 14 to 18 times a minute‚ where newborns can breathe as many as 60 times a minute. Up until a child is about 5 years old‚ the respiratory rate is quite fast; usually between 20 and 60 breaths per minute. When the air is tainted with cigarette smoke‚ young‚ developing
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Effects of Divorce on Children Marriage is a special bond made between two people who‚ basically‚ pledge their lives to each other. When a couple gets married‚ they make a vow to stay together forever‚ or at least until parted by death. The vow of ’Forever ’ is broken in more than half of American marriages. A divorce is the untying of the knot of the promises made to each other in the wedding ceremony. Due to the way that Americans have developed this society‚ divorces are more common today than
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The Media and The Youth: How The Media Affect Children and Adolescents Have you ever compared your own childhood with the childhood of kids nowadays? What do you feel when looking at your children‚ little siblings or any young person in your family spending a whole day stuck in front of a computer or laying on a sofa watching television? Have you ever thought about the impact that the overexposure to the media produces over the youth? The truth is that‚ nowadays‚ the media influence the way we
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I believe that if I had a child‚ I would let them play football. Football is America’s favorite sport and I know the feeling of excitement on Sunday‚ Monday and Thursday night screaming at the TV for my team to win. Football teaches young children to never give up and to always get back up when they fall down. Additionally‚ football helps kids stay in shape. More than one third of America is overweight and being physically active at a young age correlates to being active as an adult. Football allows
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Pro: brutal‚ cruel‚ violent videogames‚ tv-shows‚ movies‚ magazines‚ news reports... it’s said there have already been incidents because of the media children are easily influenced Con: * personal background (e.g. family‚ friends‚ etc.) * prerequisites at work (such as frustration‚ etc.) * deficits in one Oes personal character * society Oes circumstances and prerequisites (e.g. social environment‚ media) * the easy access to firearms * a high level of urbanity * a high level of poverty
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TV’S EFFECTS ON CHILDREN Television is the cheapest and most popular form of entertainment nowadays. There is almost a TV set in every household. People of all ages can use it to entertain themselves at any time they like. It is clear that television is very useful in our life because it helps us not only to relax our minds but also to get knowledge of all areas of human life. However‚ nobody could deny its negative effects on its viewers especially children. Watching TV constantly might lead
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disturb visitation experience. These are all factors that can result in bad experiences and leaving a negative mark on children. Nonetheless‚ both scenarios place a burden on children because it deprives them from having a healthy and strong relationship with their mothers. Similarly distance weakens mother and child relationship. This separation disrupts the bond between mother and children. More precisely it disrupts parenting and child development. Of course‚ child’s age plays a crucial factor in
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How far do you agree with conservative claims that “the news media helped America lose the war in Vietnam”? The news media was very important during the Vietnam War because due to the advent of television news reporting‚ it was the first war in history where civilians at the home front got to witness the atrocities in the battlefield instead of reading or hearing about it from the newspapers and the radio. At a time where dissent had been legitimised by the Civil Rights Movement in America and
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The choice to divorce is an agonizing decision that many families face‚ but is divorce truly okay for children? There has been much research and studies done on both sides of this issue‚ but in the end‚ the children are the ones that are left with dealing with the change in their lives. It is a decision that shakes the environment that was supposed to be the source of their stability. It is the same as the death of a parent and in the end they are dealing with all the same stages of grief. No‚
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