The Effects of Divorce on Children The statistics for divorce in the 1990 ’s suggest that nearly sixty percent of marriages end in divorce. Given this startling figure‚ the presumption can be made that many children will experience some effects caused by the life-changing event called divorce. What is it exactly about divorce that causes negative consequences for these children? In what ways will these children be effected? Will these effects show outwardly? The unsettling fact is: young children
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Video Games: Creating Monsters or Not? “Stay alive at any cost! Find the key! Shoot the bad guys!” This is how one sixth-grader describes the way of playing video games. Such video games can seem like harmless fun‚ but what if the violence gets personal and addicts young teenagers‚ affecting their behavior and their view of reality? Some studies have shown that violent game players just do not leave it there on their game screens; they transfer the violent acts they get attached to‚ to the real
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EFFECTS OF OBESİTY ON CHİLDREN Nutrition has been an important and basic‚ natural necessity for humans for a very long time. However as the tastes and tendency to eat increased health problems emerged. One of the most fatal diseases is obesity. In ancient time obesity is from the Latin obesitas‚ which means "stout‚ fat‚ or plump." Ēsus is the past participle of edere (to eat)‚ with ob (over) added to it. (Harper‚31th December 2008 ) The Oxford English Dictionary documents its first usage in 1611
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The Actions of TV Characters and Their “Effect” on Teenagers If you walk into any psychiatrist’s or psychologist’s office today‚ you would find many teenagers waiting to see one. The teenagers are there for many reasons: to cope with the death of someone‚ bullying‚ abuse‚ an eating disorder‚ etc. However‚ the most common reason‚ as of late‚ is to get help dealing with an eating disorder or substance abuse as a minor. When asked how they even got started with these things in the first place‚ the
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------------------------------------------------- “Children watching too much television” Cartoon‚ drama‚ variety shows... are all attractive with children. That is why children are more and more addicted to television. We cannot deny the beneficial aspects of television which bring the whole world into a small box. However‚ children these days watch far too much television and the consequences of this are just overwhelming. The first reason why children should not watch too much television is because
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The Bad Effects of Video or Computer Gaming Submitted by: Kevin Richard G. Operiano Kevin Eric R. Siangco Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 1. Gaming Culture 4 2. Video Game Culture 5 3. Massive-multiplayer Online Gaming
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Effective Communication through TV Advertisements to Children A Term Paper Presented to Ms. Mylene Manalansan Department of English and Applied Linguistics De La Salle University – Manila In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for ENGLRES Second Term‚ SY 2009-2010 By Irene Pang Nicole Uytengsu December 16‚ 2009 Thesis Statement: Television advertisements communicate more effectively to children by overcoming the abstraction problem‚ memory problem‚ and
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Married couples make the decision to get divorced everyday‚ but what are the significant effects of this dramatic change? Divorce is when a married couple no longer want to be together and separate. It has become society’s most common practice. Being married is a beautiful‚ and joyful celebration and let’s say a couple has children‚ for them seeing the parents that they love so dearly come to the agreement of separating can be very upsetting to a child. In the U.S 42% of marriages end up getting
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Children of Divorce Lynda Loges DeVry University Children of Divorce “Mom‚ I’m not crying because you’re getting divorced. I’m crying because I don’t want to leave my house”. Children can surprise us at times; when we think they’ll not be able to cope with something like divorce‚ they amaze us with their visceral responses to life changing events. Children experience a lot of transition when living through parental divorce‚ but they are resilient to change. They have the ability to
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within five years. TV was also invented with positive thoughts in mind‚ there would be no national borders‚ education and communication would be worldwide‚ and etc. However‚ we are now trying to overcome its physiological and psychological adverse effects on human beings. One of the physiological effects of watching TV in excessive amounts is eye-strain. It is true that there are specifications for watching TV; TV should be 5 m away from the eye‚ the room should be adequately lit‚ TV should be placed
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