The notion of childhood continues to undergo tremendous changes over time‚ place and culture. Some of the most influential factors responsible for this change among other things include economic‚ socio-cultural and political dynamics (Holland‚ 1996; James & Prout‚ 1997; Sorin & Galloway‚ 2005). The purpose of the following analysis is to examine nine images of children being depicted in today’s media and identify the different constructions of childhood that they promote. The three social constructions
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Childhood Obesity According to Burniat (2002‚ p.15)‚ obesity means an excessive amount of body fat; however‚ no general agreement as yet exists on the best definition of obesity in children. A number of factors contribute to a child becoming obese‚ and these include genetics‚ lifestyle habits‚ or a combination of both. Childhood obesity is an increasing problem all over the world that affects an estimated seventeen percent of all children in the United States‚ which is three times the rate it was
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Childhood Obesity Childhood Obesity: Major Epidemic Corina Alfaro‚ Veronica Carrillo‚ Eva Cavazos‚ Luis Closner University of Texas at Brownsville A Paper Submitted In Partial Fulfillment for the Course NURS 6322 Moral and Ethical Issues in Nursing Dr. Nora Montalvo-Liendo November‚ 30‚ 2012 Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child ’s health or wellbeing. As methods to determine body fat directly are difficult‚ the diagnosis of obesity is
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Childhood Obesity Chamberlain College of Nursing Dawn M. Greene NR448 Information Systems in Healthcare Professor Rebecca Burhenne Spring Session B – 2010 Introduction The research topic attempts to examine if socioeconomic status affects the prevalence of elevating obesity rates in adolescents. Obesity is a condition that is indicative of a” high proportion of body fat that causes a negative effect on your health” (Dahms‚ 2008). The most common causes is eating too much and moving around
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In the essay‚ Myth of Adolescence‚ Alex and Brett Harris incorporate their thoughts on what they feel about what teenagers actually go through during their period of `adolescence.` They go on to compare this phase to an elephant. They say that an elephant is a powerful beast that can be restrained even by a piece of twine. According to Alex and Brett‚ young teens are the elephant and our twine is the concept of adolescence. Unfortunately‚ these low expectations end up limiting teens for no reason
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The author intends to study trauma in childhood and how it influences internal and external behaviors. Internal factors are behaviors that result from negative emotions that are focused inward‚ such as social withdrawal‚ low- self- esteem‚ or self-harm on coping with the emotions. Conversely‚ external factors are behaviors that are displayed on the outside of oneself‚ such as physical aggression‚ refusing to follow the rules or impulsive behaviors. They direct their emotions outward onto others
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arly Childhood Development: Psychoanalytic Theory‚ Contextual Theory‚ & Cognitive Theory There are five main perspectives to human development; Psychoanalytic‚ Learning‚ Cognitive‚ Evolutionary/Sociobiological and Contextual. In this paper we will compare and contrast three of these developmental theories‚ the Psychoanalytic‚ Contextual and Cognitive. We will show how each theory has added to the knowledge we have of child development. We will also examines how‚ by using the knowledge that
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From a biological perspective‚ there are various changes that occur between toddlerhood and adolescence. Biological meaning physical‚ genetically‚ epigenetically‚ and evolutionary. Five examples that show physical development between these years are growth patterns‚ brain development‚ health and safety‚ physical growth and sensory development‚ and the physical changes of puberty. Referred to in chapter 4‚ growth patterns explains the ways a body changes throughout a certain amount of time. At
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Narrative Essay A Childhood injury It was a Saturday like any other Saturday. One afternoon I went outside to go play with a few friends. I was about 6 in the first grade and I was a normal kid. Actually I was a little dare devil. I was doing anything someone dared me to do. But‚ this day would change my mind about all of that. So‚ I found a few friends and we decided to go play at the park. At the park the monkey bars were for the big kid. My friends and I were all looking at the monkeys bars
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One of the most widely accepted timeframes for the Middle ages extends from the end of the Western Roman Empire in the year 476 A.D.‚ up until the beginning of the Renaissance in the 15th century. However‚ the Middle Ages can be broken into three different parts for the purpose of this expository paper: Early Middles Ages‚ The High Middle Ages‚ and the Late Middle Ages. Each of these periods are characterized by the historical events that shaped Europe‚ but Western Europe and more specifically‚
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