To what extent does the modern media influence opinion on the abuse of children in art‚ photography and literature? Childhood is a multifaceted concept. Above all‚ most nobly‚ it is about innocence. The sexualisation of young people through a combination of razor sharp marketing‚ explicit lyrics‚ photo shoots and music videos together with a general coarsening of culture‚ must have an effect on the younger generation. Sex sells. And in a world where young girls who can barely walk are placed in
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THE RAILWAY CHILDREN SYNOPSIS Roberta ( Bobbie)‚ Peter and Phyllis lived in London with their loving parents. They were happy and contented. One day‚ two strangers came to their house and took their father away. After this sudden event‚ the children and their mother moved to a small house in the country. There was a railway line near their new house. The children became friends with the people who worked at the railway. They enjoyed waving to the passengers on the 9.15am train. An old gentleman
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Commercialization of Children Children have been an extremely common advertising target since the 1990s. Since children are easily persuaded and have vivid imaginations‚ it is easy for an advertiser to portray their product as the must-have toy for any child. Many concerned parents realized this‚ which lead to the formation of the CARU (Children’s Advertising Review Unit). The guidelines and principles outlined in the article talk about every aspect of marketing‚ from disclosure and disclaimers
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Eyewitnesses tend to have a tremendous impact when it comes to identifying and convicting a perpetrator. However‚ what happens when the only eyewitness is a child? Children are thought to be particularly unreliable‚ especially in the criminal justice system‚ and regardless of this‚ jurors still tend to place a lot of confidence in them (Lowenstein‚ Blank‚ & Sauer‚ 2010). Children’s abilities to be reliable eyewitnesses has been a subject of interest over the past few years‚ and whether or not they
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Children Act 1989 This Act identifi es the responsibilities of parents and professionals who must work to ensure the safety of the child. This Act includes two important sections which focus specifi cally on child protection. 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 harm. Children Act 2004 This provides the legal framework for Every
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political rights. Rights tend to be of two general types: those advocating for children as autonomous persons under the law and those placing a claim on society for protection from harms perpetrated on children because of their dependency. These have been labeled as the right of empowerment and as the right to protection.[13] One Canadian organization categorizes children’s rights into three categories: Provision: Children have the right to an adequate standard of living‚ health care‚ education and
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Children Censorship In their article An Exploratory Study of Children’s Views of Censorship‚ Isajlovic and McKechnie present the idea that instead of adults making decisions about censorship‚ children should have their voice heard on the matter. A study was performed with a focus group of six children ranging in age from nine to twelve‚ differing in home life and backgrounds. The group was then asked how they felt about censorship‚ whether they thought that certain books in the library should be
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Working mothers risk damaging their child’s prospects by STEVE DOUGHTY‚ Daily Mail Mothers who return to work after their baby is born risk causing serious damage to the child’s prospects in later life‚ researchers revealed yesterday. Such children are more likely to do worse at school‚ become unemployed and to suffer mental stress than youngsters whose mothers stay at home to bring them up. The findings from the Institute for Social and Economic Research are a severe blow to the Government‚
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family members in educating the children – especially grandparents? Although grandparents and grandchildren are not the same generation and grew up in different world‚ they do have a strong connection. That is why ‘a survey found that more than half of adults in the UK said they had learnt respect and manners from their grandparents’ (Netmums‚ 2009). This explains that not only parents‚ but especially grandparents‚ play an important role in socializing children. As grandparents or even great
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Nowadays‚ society had raised their concern towards children’s health status. Children nowadays are more likely to be obese‚ unhealthy and face problems on concentrating during class. Society belief that the major reason that affected children’s health status is them taking too much of junk food‚ sales of junk food in school canteens made children easily access to junk food as they can get them in school canteens. Sales of junk food in school canteens should be banned as these foods contain low nutrition
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