The effects of being a latchkey child differ with age. Loneliness‚ boredom and fear are most common for those younger than 10 years of age. In the early teens‚ there is a greater susceptibility to peer pressure‚ potentially resulting in such behaviors as alcohol abuse‚ drug abuse‚ sexual promiscuity and smoking.[4][5] The behaviors might stem from "unspent energy‚ peer pressure to misbehave‚ or hostility because of the lack of appropriate adult attention".[6]However‚ some children can exude other
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How Children are affected by the Media Michelle Krueger ENG/101 11/11/2012 Rosemary Cummings [The first sentence is very important—no matter how impressive the information or discoveries in the rest of
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How dose divorce effect on children Family is one of the most important things in everyone’s life since it’s the unit which builds up a person’s personality. How you behave and what you become in life depends a lot on your family life. Sometimes families face different kind of problems which causes them they fall apart. One of the biggest problems a family could face is Divorce. Divorce has its bad effects on family members and especially on children. there are three main steps to be follow which
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world we live in today‚ most couples choose not to divorce‚ whether it is because of the money‚ or because they do not want the children to have to go through the difficulties of a divorce. Though divorce has clear negative repercussions on children‚ including stunted cognitive and social abilities and stressed family ties‚ the complete dismissal of divorce could harm children even more severely‚ due to the constant conflict and possible abuse. In actuality‚ if parents properly guide their child through
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divorce rate in the United States is believed to be around fifty percent. Forty percent of the children in this country will experience parental divorce. Children who experience parental divorce are impacted in many different ways including emotionally‚ academically‚ and socially. The effects that divorce have on children can remain with them into adulthood. It is important to understand that children are affected just as much as‚ if not more than‚ their parents when going through a divorce. They
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Its all fun and games‚ untill someone gets hurt. coming from a seprated family myself‚ i was interested in how many other children were going thorugh not only similar experinces but different ones‚ some people i found to have truly extrodinary experiences‚ some so different to my own i feel bad for thinknig that. i was interested in finding out what other people went thourgh and how they managed or sturggeled with the event. as i was so young when i experenced my parents separation‚ i was interested
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Effects Of TV on Children "By the age of 18 a child will have watched 200‚000 acts of violence on TV‚ including 40‚000 murders" (Clark). What does this mean? Well‚ this means the television industry is showing an absurd amount of violence on TV. Television has been around for many years. In 1952‚ the first violent TV show aired on television and it was a hug success ("To much TV is harmful to kids"). Since then‚ the number of violent shows on television is increasing over the years. What makes
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Maltreatment in Children and Its Effects When the term maltreatment comes to mind‚ we often think of many things. Whether it is physical abuse‚ mental abuse‚ or neglect‚ one term that does not always come up is malnutrition. Malnutrition is defined as‚ "Faulty nutrition due to inadequate or unbalanced intake of nutrients or their impaired assimilation or utilization (Dictionary.com)." Malnutrition is usually associated with third world countries and the families who live there who are poor and
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In a Barbie World Since the beginning‚ boys and girls have been put into separate groups and as children they are very different‚ especially when it comes to the toys they play with. One of the first teachings of a child’s gender role can usually be found in their toy chest. Boys had race cars‚ building tools‚ guns and action figures all being apart of their preparation for manhood. Girls had makeup sets‚ kitchenware‚ stuffed animals‚ and dolls. Although boys get their share of subtle societal
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part of every household‚ entertaining children of all ages with the various animated programs it offers. However‚ the amount of time a child spends fixed in front of a television screen is incredible. In fact‚ children under the age of 11 spend more than 28 hours a week fixed in front of their television screens (Boyse).It is important to consider the quality of television shows because no one can deny the fact that children have become addicted to them. Children are subject to a plethora of cartoons
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