Olethia Curry Professor Benjamin English 112 November 10‚ 2013 Childhood Obesity: Is It A Form of Child Abuse? Childhood obesity is a huge problem in the United States. It is known as a serious medical condition that causes other medical problems. Obesity is generally caused by genetics‚ certain illnesses‚ and uncontrolled behavior or overeating. According to the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC)‚ “Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic in the United States. It affects more than 30 percent of
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2017‚ Bronx Child Abuse Squad was notified through an IRT of a (six) week old child with serious injuries‚ not likely who was being medically evaluated at Montefiore Hospital. Investigator’s responded and interviewed medical staff. Doctors indicated the complainant had two skull fractures‚ two broken ribs and possible medical condition. MRI was conducted showing no injuries to the child’s brain‚ no subdural hematoma and no sub arachnoid hemorrhaging. Ophthalmologist examined the child and did not
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Should drug abuse by pregnant women be considered child abuse? What is drug abuse? Drug abuse is a pattern of use of a substance that is not considered dependant‚ mean using a drug that is not prescribed to you. Abuse of drugs or alcohol by parents and other caregivers can have negative effects on the health‚ safety‚ and well-being of children. People tend to try drugs once and then again and that’s how they become addicted. People that are strained out on drugs usually need a lot of help. The
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Every year more than three million reports of child abuse are made in the United States involving more than six million children.Child abuse is found to be linking to emotional and physical troubles of the offender. Child abuse is a growing concern because the affected children are more likely to commit crimes because it causes long term emotional and physical damage. Most people have noticed that crime rates have seen a significant increase in the past few years; but would you believe that it
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rapid succession as for punishment.” In reality Spanking should not be considered as a child abuse. It should only be considered an abuse based on how it is issued. Parents are not supposed to beat their child on the head or in the face. If that happens‚ it will cause injury to the child‚ which will be termed as an abuse. First of all‚ it is not any parent will to develop hatred towards his or her own child‚ but it is the behavior of the kids that will lure their parents to beating them. There are
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Human Service Child abuse relates closely to human service due to the fact that this is a helping field which involves children and family. Human service works to improve the quality of life and well-being of individual. Human service offer services that works closely with counseling‚ therapy and social justice. As a human service profession you are told to put human being first and always address the most important concerns first. You are told to set aside your personal feeling and don’t place
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LITERATURE REVIEW Every child must be protected against all forms of exploitation‚ indecent or degrading treatment‚ including child labour‚ abduction and sale (UNICEF 2000). According to UNICEF‚ exploiting the labour of a child means employing a person below the age of 15 years and paying him/her less than the minimum standard wage. Olafsen‚ Corwin and Summit (1993) have argued that cycles of awareness followed by suppression have typified society’s response to child sexual abuse. Arguably‚ this has
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it that you need a license to drive a car‚ practice law‚ or even fish‚ but anyone with a healthy reproductive system can bring a child into this world? Parenting is a serious undertaking and anyone who has done raised a child can tell you that it’s not an easy task. Parents should be required to pass a minimum competency test and obtain a license before bringing a child into this world. On average there are 3 to 4 million babies born each year in the US. In 2014 264‚746 children entered into foster
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and is affected by different experiences or exposures to stimuli have been disputed and discussed for over 100 years. This paper will highlight Freud’s life and theories as well as answer two questions. These two questions are; did Freud sexually abuse children and did Freud have a personal vendetta against women? Life and Times Sigmund Freud was born in 1856 to a Jewish Family and grew up in Freiberg‚ Moravia which is now a part of the Czech Republic. Freud was the eldest of eight children from
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Alcohol & Child Abuse. Retrieved February 02‚ 2016‚ from http://www.livestrong.com/article/240851-alcohol-child-abuse/ Green‚ M. (2015). Alcohol & Child Abuse. Retrieved February 02‚ 2016‚ from http://www.livestrong.com/article/240851-alcohol-child-abuse/ I believe the stressor with the greatest effect on families is children who are living with someone who is abusing alcohol or other drugs. Currently more than 9 million children are living with people who abuse alcohol or
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