A disaster is a sudden‚ calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human‚ material‚ and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community’s or society’s ability to cope using its own resources. Though often caused by nature‚ disasters can have human origins. There can be two kinds of disasters Natural Disaster –naturally occurring physical phenomena caused either by onset events which can be geophysical (earthquakes‚ landslides‚ tsunamis
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Children and Divorce Should a couple with children be allowed to divorce in general just because it is convenient for them? Most people do not realize how a divorce affects the lives‚ mental stability‚ and emotional stability of a child. It is devastating to watch your childhood vanish in a puff of smoke. Things will never be the same for that child and their childhood will be depleted. Is it right to willingly put an innocent child through a divorce‚ knowing that it is most likely going to give
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will focus on the advantages and disadvantages of disciplining children. Firstly‚ it will evaluate the disadvantage side of disciplining children and it will include the bad relationship it can create between children and parents‚ lack of social interaction and then children can become verbally disrespectful. Secondly‚ it will argue on the advantages of disciplining children and it will include highly academic performances of children‚ develop respectful behaviours and then finally better self worth
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OF PROBLEM Street children in my community ❖ What are the factors that influence children to live on the streets? ❖ What are the measures that can be taken to get them into homes/places of safety? RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1. What are the factors that influence children to live on the streets? 2. What are the effects of living on the streets affects these children? 3. What are the measures
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what should elders learn from children WHAT SHOULD CHILDREN ELDERS LEARN FROM ELDERS CHILDREN Many people advice children to learn from children. But‚ do they ever wonder what they should learn from children? I am not criticizing the fact that children should respect elders.... but I suggest elders to have a good look at themselves before scolding the children. In many situations children prove to be more wise than elders. but people ignore that just because they are small. "there is no age
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Television and Children Michael Bertleff Com/156 November 18‚ 2012 Pamela Talley Television and Children The year is 2012 and the amount of violence children are exposed to has increased in many forms of media. Over 40 years ago‚ all society had to worry about was the violence on television and movies. Now society has to protect children from exposure to violence on the video games they play and from social networks on the Internet. Parents want to keep the children as innocent and pure
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Street Children HU 323: Cultural‚ Health & Society Issue paper Sunita Sultan Ratoo Dated: May 28‚ 2013 Aga Khan University School Of Nursing and Midwifery Word Count : 1000 Children are the innocent creature of God‚ needs support of their elders. When they don’t get support‚ they spend their lives with fear of physical‚ emotional and sexual abuse. Olusanya (2005) defines street children as: “the generic term used to refer to children who use the street for their daily survival.” Street
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The Importance of Class / History II There are some factors that has contributed to this development: -The increasing influence of the mass media has encouraged the creation of mass society‚ meaning‚ uniform customs and tastes. The British lifestyle has become less varied. -A new concept of social security was created by the foundation of the Welfare state and the extension of social‚ medical services which eased the gap between rich and poor -The preference of the comprehensive school over
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skunks‚ alligators‚ and monkeys. Many Japanese children tame mice and teach them to dance to music. Australian children sometimes make pets of kangaroos. Pets can make interesting‚ playful companion. People enjoy teaching them to do tricks to obey commands. They must see that their pets have food‚ exercise‚ and a proper place to live‚ so they will be happy and healthy. As for children‚ there are families that really love them‚ make sure that the children have sufficient food‚ a proper place to live
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affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Ans. There are many legislative acts that affect the safeguarding of children and young people. These are: • Children Act 1989 (England and Wales)/Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995: This act outlined the duties all who worked with children and they should coordinate in the event of allegations of child abuse. • Children Act 2004: This act came about with the realisation that services for children were not coordinating effectively
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