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    Should parents worry about what television is doing to their children? Is it making them fatter‚ stupider‚ more violent? After all‚ TV has changed since today’s parents were children. It’s bigger‚ brasher and on all the time. There used to be something called the "toddlers’ truce" when TV went off air between six and seven o’clock so parents could put their children to bed; now kids’ cable networks broadcast 24 hours a day. In the old days‚ too‚ there was a kids’ slot called Watch with Mother; today

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    Patrick Ingram English 120-17 Obese but it’s not my fault Here is your brand new baby boy! You were born twenty inches long‚ about seven pounds; the doctors tell your parents everything is great with you. Life is good but that only lasts for so long; your parents are young always arguing eventually your father feels like he cannot take it anymore and becomes fed up‚ gets his stuff and disappears. You are young and naïve‚ you begin to think that you were the reason that your father leaves; that

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    In "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home‚" Craig Raine uses many metaphors to describe what a Martian would see if he came to earth. In the first stanza Raine uses metaphors to describe what a Martian may think a book looks like. Raine makes reference to William Caxton‚ who was the first to print books in England‚ in the first stanza; "Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wings / and some are treasured for their markings. A book would resemble a bird when opened‚ the wings being the many pages‚ and

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    For Law and Order I have finally reached old age and have seen others go before me. But‚ are these my golden years‚ my retirement years? No! I have paid my dues‚ but do I have peace and quiet that goes with old age? Not at all! I asked for help with my grandson before he was 16 years old. He needed counseling then and he still needs counseling. I visited the school psychologist here in Lindenhurst. Her answer to me was: ’’It’s your fault‚ he should have his own room‚ to think‚ to be alone if he

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    A big topic in today’s society is whether or not a child should have sex education in school. Almost everyday you hear about how the numbers of teens having sex and the rates of teenage pregnancy is skyrocketing. Can this somehow be prevented by encouraging that sex education be included in the curriculum in school? Don’t we send our children to school to learn and get an education? Than why should schools not educate our children about sex and help stress that abstinence is best? Sex education is

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    English 1010 Section 003 12 April 2012 Why Do Parents Kill Their Children? Even though many mothers and fathers are loving and figures that should be looked up too‚ they can also be deadly and dangerous. My question is: why would a mom and dad would want to kill their child? I am interested in this because our world depends on fathers and mothers and it is interesting how in many ways we can depend on them but in some ways we can’t. Parents all over the world have problems with their lives

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    are moving back in with their parents. Young people are getting married later now than they used to. The average age for a woman to get married is about twenty-four‚ and for a man twenty-six. Newly married couples often postpone having children while they are establishing careers. Once they have children‚ they face difficult decisions about whether the mother should continue working and‚ if so‚ who should care for the children. So‚ day care is a good choice for parents who both work‚ because they want

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    Should Australian parents be prohibited from legally smacking their children? For The short answer is yes‚ it should be illegal for parents to smack their children. Did you know that 90% of parents spank their toddlers at least three times a week; two-thirds spank them once a day? When a child misbehaves or acts in a disobedient‚ inappropriate‚ or even dangerous way‚ you want to show him/her that their behaviour is unacceptable and must change. Smacking may seem like a direct and effective way

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    Aggressive Parents Aggressive Children? Growing up‚ kids have a lot of influences in their life; from television to peers children will always absorb something. With this being said the biggest influence on a child would have to be the people there with the most- their family. Because this is unarguably true‚ it would then be fair to then assume that parental/ sibling aggression could have a big impact on future relationships caused by development. What is aggression one may ask? Aggression is a

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    Affecting Outcomes for the Invisible Casualties of War – The Children of Incarcerated Parents On December 31‚ 2005‚ 2‚320‚359 people were incarcerated in the United States. Of these inmates‚ 107‚518 were female. As of 2004‚ the most recent date for which statistics are available‚ it is estimated that there are approximately 2.8 million children of incarcerated parents. Of this number‚ approximately 320‚000 are children of incarcerated mothers. The problem with these estimates is

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