Discuss Dickens’ presentation of relationships between children and their parents/parental figures in ‘Great Expectations’. Dickens uses the relationships between children and their parental figures to explore the themes of belonging‚ as well as status and identity. Pip‚ the protagonist of the novel‚ has been identified as an orphan and never saw either of his parents. Instantly‚ this gives the reader an idea that Pip did not belong to a typical and perfect family and never had his actual
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Every child must have a parental figure or figures. To most‚ biological parents usually play these roles. That’s why it is always a tragedy when a child looses a mother at such a young age as Jem and Scout did. However‚ even harder is being left a single father balancing both work‚ and parental duties. Luckily for Atticus‚ Calpurnia is around to pick up some of the slack. Without Calpurnia‚ Jem and Scout would not be nearly as well behaved as they gradually become. Atticus’s career would also take
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Summary As majority of the parents find the need of a good foundation for their young ones‚ the author of the article aims to help the preschool learning center in positioning customer advantage by identifying the important preschool attributes that parents placed emphasis on in selecting preschools and whether the parents differ significantly from each other based on the given preference attributes. The author used conjoint analysis technique to identify the five important attributes and to segment
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If a family is “broken” sociologists say that this could lead to catastrophic impacts on the children’s childhood and one of the impacts I’m going to be exploring is the likelihood of a child becoming delinquent in a single parent household. There has been countless research done on this issue suggesting that a single parent household is more likely/will espouse to delinquency. The daily telegraph highlights this issue with shocking statistics that “Children from broken homes ’nine times more likely
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The Impact of Parental Substance Abuse Upon Children Leighsa Machus California State University‚ Bakersfield‚ Antelope Valley Abstract Children of substance abusers face tremendous disadvantages. They are exposed and vulnerable to situations that may affect their psychological development in damaging ways (Wolfe‚ 1999). These children are also at risk for a myriad of abuse such as physical‚ emotional‚ sexual abuse and neglect. Research has documented the ways that substance abusing parents
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The Effects of Parental Death and its causes On Their Children’s Behaviors. By Tameka L. Flynt A paper presented in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements of CST 5006 - Survey of Research Methodology Capella University May 2010 Address: P.O. Box 1987 Griffin‚ GA 30223 Phone: 678-588-9932 Email: Tameka_8402@yahoo.com Instructor: Trent Nguyen Abstract The purpose of this study is to review literature related to the effects of parental death on children. Children who experience
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Parental Responsibility and Childhood Obesity Submitted by: Cheryl C. Stevenson University Composition and Communication August 5‚ 2011 Parents are ultimately responsible for childhood obesity. Parents that ignore the countless warnings signs about the dangers surrounding childhood obesity are neglectful and this act should be considered a criminally‚ prosecutable offense. This type of neglect should be considered to be child abuse. Although a parent may not be physically abusing their
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Running Head: PARENTAL SOCIALIZATION AND SELF-REPORTED HEALTH Studying Parental Socialization and Its Effects on Conscientiousness and Physical Well-Being Briana Weems University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana Campus Abstract Through extensive research conducted by Takahashi‚ Roberts and Hoshino (2012)‚ they found that parental socialization relates to higher conscientiousness and having a healthier adult lifestyle later on in life. Using a US-based sample‚ this study aimed to replicate Takahashi
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Parental Responsibility and Smoking Perhaps one of the most explosive public issues‚ with distinct moral dimensions‚ is what parents are responsible for in their children’s behavior‚ including health-impeding ones such as smoking‚ drinking‚ and other matters. Although in some states it is illegal for those under 18 to smoke in public‚ never mind what the parents’ views are on the matter‚ we can consider the issue apart from this fact of the law. Once again the issue is one of context‚ not of categorical
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Broken Homes and Juvenile Delinquency I. Introduction Juveniles are thought to be mischievous‚ almost expected to be in trouble. Realizing and understand what is too far is a major factor. Any action has consequences‚ but the measure of recidivism is what determines a delinquent from simple mischief. Broken homes seem to have hardship written all over it. The link between a broken home and delinquency are strongly believed. Much controversy resides in what is thought to be a broken home
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