Influence of Parents on Academic Performance of Adolescents Authorities parenting‚ psychosocial maturity and academic success among adolescents‚ study of Steinberg et al. (1989) describes that when a parents treat their child warmly‚ democratically‚ and firmly‚ they will develop positive attitudes‚ they will achieve more and do better in school. Multidimensional conceptualization of parent involvement in children’s schooling according to Grolmck’s (1994)‚ it describes that
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Affecting Outcomes for the Invisible Casualties of War – The Children of Incarcerated Parents On December 31‚ 2005‚ 2‚320‚359 people were incarcerated in the United States. Of these inmates‚ 107‚518 were female. As of 2004‚ the most recent date for which statistics are available‚ it is estimated that there are approximately 2.8 million children of incarcerated parents. Of this number‚ approximately 320‚000 are children of incarcerated mothers. The problem with these estimates is
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Children Raised by Alcoholic Parents While reading “Who Are the Real Victims of Alcoholism” in my college textbook‚ I could not help but thinking of my own experiences as a child growing up with an alcoholic father. This essay was written by a student named Meredith Newmon Blanco. In her essay‚ she makes several strong claims on how children who are raised by alcoholic parents will grow up facing many troubling obstacles. Some of her examples are physical and emotional abuse‚ lack of structure
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injury. So‚ are parents actually teaching their children violence? When a parent spanks a child‚ whether they are aware of it or not‚ they are teaching that child violence. They are teaching them that hitting someone else is okay. In his article "The 13 Ways Spanking Harms Children‚" Michael J. Marshall‚ PhD‚ says that "children who are spanked engage in more hitting and fighting than those who are not physically punished by their parents." Relying on spanking when parents think its needed
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send our children to school to learn and get an education? Than why should schools not educate our children about sex and help stress that abstinence is best? Sex education is not helping to promote that a child go out and engage in sexual activity‚ it merely educates them on the consequences of having sex and makes them aware of ways to protect themselves if they do choose to engage in sexual activity. It is important to educate our children on sex and how to protect themselves. Many parents agree
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Do you remember being a child? Were your parents strict? Mostly of you would say: Yes‚ of course. And it had not changed even a little. Parents like and have to feel control of their offspring. You were always considering why parents do not agree you to drink or smoke. The answer is simple and prudent - it is unhealthy. This is right but are extreme sports also unhealthy? No‚ this is dangerous. What about meeting your friends lately? This is neither unhealthy nor dangerous so why is it forbidden
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are moving back in with their parents. Young people are getting married later now than they used to. The average age for a woman to get married is about twenty-four‚ and for a man twenty-six. Newly married couples often postpone having children while they are establishing careers. Once they have children‚ they face difficult decisions about whether the mother should continue working and‚ if so‚ who should care for the children. So‚ day care is a good choice for parents who both work‚ because they want
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out about parents being fearful to vaccinate their children due to vaccine safety. I find it difficult to understand how parents are fearful of the effects of the vaccine‚ but not from the disease itself. Fear of this harmful disease seems to have been switched to hypothetical effects that the vaccine could produce. The internet and the media along with some famous celebrities help fuel anti-vaccinations. This controversy over immunizations has cause much confusion and worry for parents. Even with
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Monoracial Parents with Biracial Children It’s very important that Monoracial parents know how to socialize their children in a biracial manner. Although‚ there are more children who are biracial in society‚ it is still not completely accepted in society today. Monoracial parents do not know what it feels like to be more than one race‚ so they may not understand what it is like to be a biracial child. Children need to be accepting of both of their racial identities. I feel as if many children who
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Effects on Children with Single Parent In society today‚ there are a lot of single women and men that are parents. Single parenting is not only hard for the parents‚ but also hard on the children. Some children to tend to react or respond in a negative way when it comes to living in a one-parent household instead of two. The three main effects on children living in single parent homes are mental and emotional problems‚ academic problems‚ and low social status. One effect on children is having
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