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    provoked to grow up faster and act as though they’ve reached the teen status‚ and teens feel like they’re adults. It’s easier to catch on to these particular trends‚ because they’re instilled into children’s everyday routines. Stations like MTV and BET are now accepted for viewing at a younger age‚ and children involuntarily pick up these bad habits and thought mechanisms. Teen magazines are also more explicit and promote sexual relationships. For an example‚ I remember growing up and not having

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    Growing up in a Christian family who went to church every Sunday and Wednesday‚ and any day we could in between didn’t leave much time to act up. Being the oldest and having two younger sisters that looked up to me left a lot of responsibility that at times seemed like more than I could handle. I grew up in a very loving home with both my dad and mom in my life. My parents always made sure that I surrounded myself with good friends and they also made sure before I could ever hangout with them that

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    INTRODUCTION: Dental caries is one of the most common chronic childhood diseases worldwide. 1 It is initiated by the consumption of fermentable carbohydrates which are converted into organic acids by bacteria in dental plaque. These acids cause a fall in the salivary pH and result in demineralization by the loss of calcium and phosphate ions from the subsurface of enamel. 2 Prevalence of dental caries was seen to be 61% in children between 6 – 12 years 3 and those consuming sugar substances were

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    struggles is good or bad we learn from those experience and try to make our life the best we can. People judge others no matter what race or color that person is. The article “Growing up Asian American” written by C.N. Le and published on January 22‚ 2006 talks about how difficult it can be for Asian American to grow up in America. Asian American struggle to fit in with other ethnicity at a young age‚ and as they get older they find their roots to fit in. As Asian American got older they learn

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    Writing As a kid growing up in Haiti‚ dreams are rare and people are not as knowledgeable as some people in the United State because of financial reasons. I myself would not let that stop me because deep down in my heart I believe dreams‚ goals and desire are worth fighting for. I would not give up until my dreams and goals become reality but I will not stop there‚ I will keep on expending my knowledge on different subject and dreams that interest me in life. While growing up I have developing a

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    Growing up as a young girl is hard enough. For Anne Frank‚ the challenge was intensified by her captivity in the Secret Annex. She faces puberty within confined quarters and defines herself as a woman along the way. Anne goes from a young‚ immature girl to a growing woman despite the extremes conditions of the war outside waged by the Nazis. Before going into hiding‚ Anne is a normal young girl whose only concerns are of school‚ friends and boys. Her life suddenly changes when her sister‚ Margot

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    Growing up should be fun but learning about the cruel realities of your society can be difficult. In the novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by harper lee‚ as scout grows up she sees the changes in her society‚ but those that affect her the most are community‚ parenting‚ role of women‚ and courage. Scout learns more and more about the world as she grows up and she starts to see the war between the blacks and the whites. Scout hears a lot of rumours about Boo Radley but never sees him. She knows how her

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    Growing up in poverty has many negative effects on a person’s life‚ but it also has several positive effects. First‚ growing up in poverty helps people to be strong. For example‚ when a situation turns out badly‚ such as not having enough food‚ sleeping in their car for multiple days‚ and not having money when they are sick have various experiences that help them to develop strength to achieve better life or to face every circumstance even if it becomes worse. They are not frightened to take risks

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    The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden’s dream is to stop children from growing up. He would imagine thousands of children playing in a field and on one side‚ there is a cliff. He would hide somewhere until a child came close to the edge of a cliff and then he would come out and stop them from falling off and catch them if they fell. To Holden‚ growing up means becoming normal and joining the fake‚ phony world. He is afraid of growing up because he does not want to be responsible‚ does not like the idea

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    path‚ Atticus tries his best but in the end it is up to Jem and Scout how they end up. To Kill a Mockingbird is about children Jem and Scout Finch growing up in Maycomb‚ Alabama hanging out with their new best friend Dill‚ and trying to figure out the mystery of their neighbor Boo Radley‚ but their lives get turned upside down when their father‚ Atticus Finch‚ decides to defend a black man named Tom Robinson when a girl says that he raped her. Growing up is a major theme in To Kill a Mockingbird with

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