FACED BY TEENAGERS TODAY ARE SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER THAN THOSE FACED BY THE YOUTH OF THE PAST The generation of teenagers today are known to face challenges that are greatly different in comparison to those faced in the past. For example‚ Savannah Rivers‚ a girl who started using drugs and alcohol since she was 10‚ has been addicted since. As unusual and shocking this may seem‚ this is not the only story from the endless cases of underage drug and alcohol use. A number of teenagers today are
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among teenagers today. Unfortunately‚ binge drinking causes an increase of various risks among teenagers‚ which could inflict upon the health of the binge drinker under certain circumstances. Teenagers need to be informed of the dangers involved and the act should be taken seriously with the possible consequences known. Binge drinking is defined as males consuming 5 or more standard drinks and females consuming 4 or more drinks in one sitting. The CDC study has proven that teenagers are consuming
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Single Parent Home vs. Two Parent Home Kendria Threatt COM 170/ Elements of University Composition and Communication I December 7‚ 2011 Monique Derr Single Parent Home vs. Two Parent Home How do you feel about raising children in a single parent home or in a home where both parents are present? It is very shocking to know that most people do not think about these situations before starting a family. In today’s
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Mobile phones have become an essential part of our day today life. Teenagers are the majority of mobile phone users in the world. An empirical study about uses and misuses of the mobile phone has highlighted that teenagers are most affected among mobile phone users. Mobile phones offer an array of facilities and services. No doubt mobile phone is a need of the day‚ but teenagers get into various evils and difficulties at a very early age. The facilities offered by mobile phones like SMS‚ MMS‚
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PAROCHIAL SCHOOL NAGA CITY HAVING OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKER PARENTS In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement For the Degree Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Submitted by: Nebreja‚ Myra C. Orcine‚ Marian H. Rodriguez‚ Ramilla Kristel B. Vergara‚ Hazel C. Submitted to: Maria Teresa Javier‚ Ph.D. February 4‚ 2014 Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM Introduction Filipinos are typically family-oriented. Parents and children uphold the family tradition of strong family
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Introduction In today’s modern urbanized society‚ a heavy load of responsibility for child care is much needed‚ guiding them as they grow and especially focusing your attention towards them. When the family is good there is usually a stable emotional atmosphere in the home and a consistent method in bringing up the children. But in the other hand‚ based on observations‚ it have implied that when marital relations between the parents are poor (broken)‚ the child may be highly emotionally
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Effects of Cellular Phones and Teenagers Daniella D. Baca October 27‚ 2010 J.T. Humber Effect of Cellular Phones and Teenagers Technological advances have increased dramatically in the past 40 years. Martin Cooper invented the first cellular phone in 1973‚ which was called the Dyna Tec‚ while working for the famous company Motorola (“Want to Know It”).The first cellular phone did not sell well because it was as large as a brick (“Want to Know It”). So now knowing how technology has advanced
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SINGLE PARENTS Being a parent also means being faced with huge responsibilities. Having a family is one of the unevitable stage in life which comes to anybody’s life and bearing a child is a gift. But‚ not all of these stuffs comes with a happy ending. According to the National Statistics Coordination Board‚ there are approximately 14 million (out of 92.34 million as of May 2010) single parents in the Philippines and still counting. These figures are growing not only in the Philippines but also
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“Junk food and Teens of today” Teenagers today are becoming addicted to junk food without realizing the effects. As they have been surrounded by junk food all of their lives so it is really the only type of food that they have ever known. Junk foods are nothing but those which only have a high amount of salt‚ sugar‚ fat and refined flour. Any food that tickles your taste buds and the thought of which makes your mouth water is the one which actually has no vitamins‚ minerals or fibre and is extremely
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Topic : Technology Simplifies Modern life I cannot really imagine the modern life today without the use of Technology. We live in a society that depends entire on Technology‚ whether be writing letters to relatives that stay far‚ whether be paying our monthly bills‚ watching news‚ studying online‚ listening to good music and searching for information from the Internet. Our lives are basically controlled and managed by Technology. If you like you can call us technology based society. Like everything
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