This week I watched a TED Talks video from Nadine Burke Harris‚ and the topic is how childhood trauma affects health throughout their whole lifetime. In this video‚ Dr. Harris talks about how childhood trauma can cause a numerous amount of health issues such as affecting brain development‚ hormonal systems‚ and immune system. She touches on the many different outlets that teens turn to or use to eliminate the pain they suffered as a child. Dr. Harris explains in the video that trauma like a parent
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don’t even ask me how I am or even where I’ve been‚ not even once. Jeez. I could be dead for all you care. I come back from work early and you ask me if I got fired. I sent you so many letters during that summer and you don’t bother to answer even one? I ask you why and you tell me that “I’m not one for the letters.” What a load of bullshit. When Lennie was at camp one summer working as a counsellor‚ you had written to him every week. Didn’t you even want to know if I was alright‚ how I was doing or
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How Fashion Trends Affect Our Budget Spending One trait a majority of Americans share is a compulsion to own the latest‚ greatest consumer good or to be part of a new trend‚ and in doing so they will rationalize the dollars they spend so that they become a status symbol themselves. Today younger and older adults spend their money foolishly because of circumstances and pressure from friends and family members. While the spending that occurs is supporting a person working toward a greater good‚ the
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HOW DRUGS AFFECT FAMILIES If someone feels really bad‚ they might try to make it better by abusing drugs. Unfortunately‚ that doesn’t usually work for very long. Instead they may become addicted to drugs‚ and then feel even worse than before. Drug abuse not only affects the abusers and their life‚ but also the lives of family members.Fathers‚ mothers‚ single parents‚ couples straight or gay‚ regardless of ethnicity or social group‚ rich or poor….drug abuse can destroy relationships. When a person
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an enormous amount of the population. Now think about how many people these individuals are close to‚ and how many people they interact with on a daily basis. Cancer does not only affect the patient‚ but also their families‚ friends‚ and acquaintances. Cancer causes emotional strain‚ uncertainty‚ and practical and financial problems. When one takes all of this into consideration‚ they realize what a huge number of people cancer truly affects. It is important that we understand not only what it feels
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The child should be constantly encouraged by rewarding his learning abilities and good responses to the teachings. Moreover‚ the child should be always kept in a relaxed mood‚ so that he feels safe and finds fun in his learning sessions. If the child becomes violent at times‚ the elders should try to find out the real cause of his tantrums from his body language. It is best if the parents constantly communicate with him
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grammar test and also asked them how often they sent text messages. "Overall‚ there is evidence of a decline in grammar scores based on the number of adaptations in sent text messages‚ controlling for age and grade‚" said Mr Cingel. Those who sent or recieved the most text performed the worst in the test. "In other words‚ if you send your kid a lot of texts with word adaptations‚ then he or she will probably imitate it‚" Sundar said. "These adaptations could affect their off-line language skills
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How Video Games Effect Children During the last decade‚ attention and accusations within the media have turned more to the meteoric rise in popularity of arcade-type home computer and console games. Considerable anecdotal evidence abounds about how teenagers are affected by shoot-em-up and beat-em-up games. Zimbardo (1982) remarked that video games are so addictive to young people that they may be socially isolating and may actually encourage violence between people. Another comment came from
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How Can The Digital Divide Affect Cyber Bullying? By Robert Foster EDU 218-602 Technology For Teachers Today’s Technology The Good and The Bad It is no secret that we live in a growing age of technology. Mailing letters and making phone calls on pay phones is a thing of the past. The use of computers‚ cell phones‚ mp3 players‚ and tablets‚ all with access to the World Wide Web‚ is the norm now. We are training our children as early as four and five years old about how to use many of these
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In a 1999 New York Times piece‚ “How Suburban Design Is Failing Teen-Agers‚” William L. Hamilton‚ a reporter‚ poses the question “are the parents attempts at a better life for their children failing their children?” Is the isolation that the parents sought from the inner-city really alienating the children once they become teen-agers? Mr. Hamilton goes on to say that urban planners and architects are beginning to rethink their designs. Suburban design is being criticized for lacking an outlet
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