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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Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? Innocent‚ young‚ naïve; this is how Connie was at her age of fifteen. She liked the attention boys gave her and how it made her feel. A man named Arnold Friend‚ whose much older than her‚ has stalked Connie and wants to convince her to go for a ride in his car. Connie doesn’t notice the man’s older features and this causes her young mind to contemplate going with Arnold in his car. Connie is more conflicted with herself‚ she battles to make the right choices
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Nowadays‚ more and more children work for money. To some extent‚ paid work can help children to learn‚ to take responsibilities and have some extra money. However‚ it is also controversial to discuss whether or not children should get involved in money pursuit. To my mind‚ this really has some advantages and disadvantages. Paid work can bring children some income. Children are supposed to get money from their parents‚ which partly causes their parents some burden and make children annoyed when they
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family deaths‚ financial problems‚ depression‚ and self harm-self hate. These are just a few. The upseting truth is that hundreds of thousands of americans struggle with these everyday realities almost their entire lives. Self hate-self harm is a serious problem. Self harm can be traced back to many things; most common are bullying‚ jealousy‚ lack of self worth or self confidence. The main cause is feeling as if your not good enough. Self harm is expressed in many ways including cutting of the skin
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channel of communication. However‚ there is a price to pay for this easy access to such vast amounts of information. I. How come that the internet has a negative impact to the netizens? II. What effects it may do to the society? To our children? And to ourselves? III. How can you fight against its negative impacts? IV. What institutions are concerned of it? Are they helpful to our community? V. As an individual‚ how can you promote the internet as a safe ground for the
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- CYP 3.3 / 6.3 Explain why it is important to work with the child to ensure they have strategies to protect themselves and make decisions about safety It is important to ’equip’ (or empower) children to ensure they have strategies to protect themselves and make decisions because if they don’t they may be vulnerable to abuse (of any sort). From the outset we want to help children/young people gain confidence to speak up - either to say no‚ and keep safe and not putting themselves in vulnerable
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| Anti-Abortion | | | I have the right to live "It’s easier for me to kill you than to wave good-bye." Is this the logic and reasoning behind women who have abortions? Abortion has always been a very controversial topic that has been the subject of debate many times by the pro-life and pro-choice groups. The pro-life group is adamantly against abortion while the pro-choice group believes that it is the mother’s choice whether of not to abort a child. No matter
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Can fear actually have some positive effects on a situation? Can fear give an advantage to people in a situation? Fear is a really tricky emotion‚ it can even paralyze you‚ it can even keep you away from your dreams. But in some circumstances fear can actually keep you safe. Being a little scared is okay‚ but being really frightened can kill you. Fear tells us that we are in danger‚ but it is often imagined‚ making it not real. Fear can inform you if there is something wrong. Stress is based on fear
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The Rights of Immigrants to have an Education Since the founding of the United States‚ more than 55 million immigrants from every continent have settled here. Every wave of immigration has faced fear and hostility from both ordinary citizens and government especially during times of economic hardship‚ political turmoil or war. Coming to the United States‚ Immigrants do not receive the same amount of rights that actual citizens do. One of the many things immigrants lack in the United States
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be difficult to decide whether or not a person is a carer‚ and does it matter??? There are between six and seven million people in the u.k who provide extra help to family‚ friends or neighbours that are elderly or suffering from mental or physical illness. It is very important to recognise these carers‚ as they need support which could include financial help‚ mental support or even training. It can be difficult to decide if a person is a carer or not‚ there seems to be clear cut answers. However
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