The following review is based on the book Your kids at risk: How teen sex threatens our sons and daughters (2007). The book is a comprehensive text regarding the effects of sexual promiscuity amongst today’s teens‚ the signs in which to look for‚ and ways in which to prevent the potentially detrimental outcomes. The book discusses a variety of issues threatening our teens today in the form of STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) and what Dr. Meeker describes as “emotional STDs”‚ which she defines as
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Justify the ways in which you gave children encouragement to express themselves. You will need to go into detail on how and why the activities were effective and give specific examples relating to individual children. This will cover the distinction criteria D2. Makes sure you do not identify any child in your report to maintain confidentiality. For confidentiality reasons I will name the children Clare‚ Molly and Mary‚ in my placement the children are allowed to express their feelings freely
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How to Prevent Obesity in Adults and Young Children Obesity is a growing concern in today’s society; however‚ it is a disease that can be prevented through simple changes in lifestyle. Obesity is defined as being grossly overweight. Benson‚ J. (2009‚ August) (p2) in his article states that obesity is a condition that affects individuals of all ages worldwide. There are many contributing factors to being obese‚ with the main ones being the consumption of junk food‚ lack of a proper diet and exercise
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1. a. Express your understanding of physical growth in children. My understanding of the physical growth of children is the growth of bones‚ muscles‚ tendons‚ nerves and organs of which occurs in a predictable pattern. Motor skills tend to develop in the same sequence across all cultures however‚ the mastering of these skills will depend on genetic predispositions and environment. The next is motor development which includes quantitative physiological change‚ and example of this would be increased
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Complexity and Story Comprehension of Young Children” Early Childhood Education Journal‚ Volume 32‚ 8 pages. B. Rebecca Isbell‚ Joseph Sobol‚ Liane Lindauer‚ April Lowrance C. The purpose of this study is to determine how storytelling and story reading influences the language development and story comprehension of young children from 3 to 5 years of age. They set up two different groups of children to see which group would benefit the most
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UNIT 4 1.1 Describe how you would establish respectful‚ professional‚ relationships with children and young people. It is important to establish respectful and professional relationships with children and young people as a role of a Teaching Assistant. A relationship in which a child trusts and respects their teaching assistant and feels comfortable in their company‚ will allow you to offer a supportive and caring environment in which the child can learn and develop. Listening is arguably
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safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety Children Act 1989 This Act identifies the responsibilities of parents and professionals who must work to ensure the safety of the child. This Act includes two important sections which focus specifically on child protection. The Education Act 2002 This sets out the responsibilities of Local Education Authorities (LEAs) governing bodies‚ head teachers and all those working in schools to ensure that children are safe and free from
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Our daycare consists of children from the age 1-4 years old and at this age physical development is really important because this is a big stage where they start developing muscles including fine motor skills‚ gross motor skills‚ sleeping and eating. With that broad area of skills a lot of challenges are faced while children spend this time in their life learning how to control their body. Muscle development is divided into two groups with fine motor skills and gross motor skills. Fine motor
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Is physical force a justifiable method of punishing children? strictly punish children for small faults — means to lose any of their trust and respect. Jean de La Bruyère was a French philosopher and moralist. serious risk for parents is that instead of becoming for the child force protecting‚ helping it to develop‚ realize the purposes in this life‚ parents can become a type of problems or sufferings which the person in this life faces. Physical discipline perpetuates aggressiveness
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due to mismanagement‚ wrong fiscal policies and corruption The issues of customer satisfaction and equity were studied first hand and when comparing with the UK system‚ one would only praise the NHS(National Health Service) for its equitable approach unlike many other countries were only those than can afford treatment get it. During my university years‚ I was a part of the committee through whom student members voiced their opinion in reviving the Osun State Student Association at Bowen
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