At-Risk Students: Latchkey Children Tiffany Tham AED 201 Linda Rosiak Axia College‚ University of Phoenix June 13‚ 2010 Children who go home to an empty house without parental supervision are called Latchkey Children. These children are usually left alone until one or both parents arrive home from work. Latchkey children are often told by parents not to open doors for strangers or step outside. A list of emergency contacts is usually left in a place where the children can see in case of an emergency
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and children also influence how language is used. Home and school contexts may represent different cultures‚ subcultures‚ or both and may influence language acquisition in noticeable ways. Nonverbal cues (e.g.‚ facial expression) and contextual cues (e.g.‚ shared experience) have different communicative roles in different cultures (Kaiser & Rasminsky‚ 2003). In some cultures‚ prelinguistic children (who are not yet verbalizing) are spoken about rather than spoken to (Heath‚ 1983). Children may
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learning from the pain of the consequences to not do it again. Sandy Banks Comments about her past‚ “Looking back now‚ I think spankins of my youth taught me things that lectures and time-outs couldn’t.” (Banks‚ 2012‚ Pg. 3) Mary McLachlin also writes‚ “Children who get punished would ask themselves what they did to deserve it and try to correct the problem‚ rather than calling police or labeling parents as abusive‚ Guey said. That’s what he did when he was punished or criticized‚ and he still believes in
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Obesity in Children 1.0 Introduction Article 1: Obesity among School Children – Causes and Treatment Writer: Prof. Dr. Nasoha Saabin Source: http://mthago.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/obesity-among-school-children-causes-and-treatment/ Obesity among school children in Malaysia is gradually growing until the Minister of Health has issued a rule to prohibit school canteen from selling Nasi Lemak to the school children as he believes that Nasi Lemak has provided too much carbohydrate
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presenting theatre to children is providing them with the opportunity to see live actors and receive educational materials in a way that is different from the normal classroom experience. Many children only see movies and television. Giving them the opportunity to visit a theatre or having an acting group visit their school is a way to introduce them to another form of visual entertainment. The modern world of technology sometimes allows us to forget that children need to be educated about
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There are many aspects that affect children’s education. Nowadays‚ more and more poor children cannot go to school because they do not have enough money. However‚ learning knowledge and receiving education for children are very important. Each state’s education is not the same. In some countries‚ there are children who are educated by their parents at home rather than being taught by teachers at school. If children do not have good educations‚ they cannot go to good university and their ideas cannot
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10‚ 2012 Children Today There are many factors which lead to the way children act today. The way a child is raised‚ is a reflection of the lack of respect which an adolescent embraces for their elders. Over time‚ generations of human beings have become more reliant on technology. This has made mankind lazy and uncultured‚ causing a reflection on our children. Also‚ there have been many laws which were set against structure in a child ’s life. Whether the child is at home‚ school‚ or with
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OF PROBLEM Street children in my community ❖ What are the factors that influence children to live on the streets? ❖ What are the measures that can be taken to get them into homes/places of safety? RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1. What are the factors that influence children to live on the streets? 2. What are the effects of living on the streets affects these children? 3. What are the measures
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show that it actually does effect ones adulthood. I have been through certain situations in my life which have effected my ability to grow completely. These experiences define childhood anxiety. Childhood anxiety is panic attacks experienced by children due to various reasons. Other symptoms may include heart burns‚ cold sweats‚ and nightmares. For example‚ since I did not know how to deal with stress as a child‚ I was not able to make decisions on my own because of certain fears. If these anxiety
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Obesity in Children After reading the material for this week‚ the student began to research obesity in middle childhood. The student discovered the causes of middle childhood obesity‚ the effect of obesity on a child’s health‚ psychosocial‚ and cognitive development‚ and ways to counteract obesity in middle childhood. The student has provided information on obesity solutions in her area‚ a national program to help stop childhood obesity‚ and has suggested other ways to help stop childhood obesity
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