Why is it important to have a policy protecting children? This is a statement of intent that demonstrates a commitment to safeguard children involved with a charity from harm. The essential inclusions for a child protection policy are outlined below: the welfare of the child is paramount; all children without exception have the right to protection from abuse regardless of gender‚ ethnicity‚ disability‚ sexuality or beliefs; the policy is approved and endorsed by the board of trustees; who
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Review This first part of this assignment discusses about how non-parental care leads to behavioral problems in preschool children that continues on through their middle school years. The importance of the bond of a mother and child in molding a well-behaved child socially and emotionally‚ and how non-parental care and failure in attachment is associated with behavior problems. Also‚ the process of how different styles of attachments are formed with the important people in a child’s life-
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Child abuse is the brutal act of some adults on children. Each year‚ thousands of children are mistreated and harmed because of reasons such as psychological malfunctions of the abusers who choose to display their complexes on vulnerable children who are unable to defend themselves. Child abuse is a problem that includes many types‚ has many causes‚ and affects the innocent‚ abused children negatively and leaves deep emotional scars in them. The different types include physical violence‚ verbal abuse
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Child Favoritism Do parents really have a favorite child? According to “The Science of Favoritism” by Jeffrey Kluger‚ yes‚ parents do have a favorite child although they try very hard to hide it. This article is about parents having a favorite child and the science behind it. It also talks about how nature plays a role in child favoritism‚ how favoritism is influenced by gender‚ and what it feels like to be the second best. Not only does Jeffrey Kluger bring up great points throughout his
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Piaget ’s theory of cognitive development For more information‚ see Neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive development. Piaget ’s theory of cognitive development is a comprehensive theory about the nature and development of human intelligence first developed by Jean Piaget. It is primarily known as a developmental stage theory‚ but in fact‚ it deals with the nature of knowledge itself and how humans come gradually to acquire‚ construct‚ and use it. Moreover‚ Piaget claims the idea that cognitive development
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THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was brought into effect to recognise that Children needed their own set of specific human rights that should be protected and that these were a universal right not a privilege. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was drawn up and accepted by the UN in 1989. The UK government agreed to abide by the principles in 1991 and it was fully implemented in 1992. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most universally
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Center For disease Control and Prevention‚ concluded that child obesity is an important factor that is attributed to many diseases including diabetes‚ high blood pressure‚ high cholesterol‚ asthma‚ and insomnia just to mention a few. There are also many side effects to these diseases‚ for example if an obese child is having problems sleeping at night the child daytime activities aren’t as productive as a child that have a good night sleep. The child with insomnia has difficulties in concentrating at school
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What is child marriage? Child/Early marriage refers to any marriage of a child younger than 18 years old‚ in accordance to Article 1 of the Convention on the Right of the Child. While child marriage affects both sexes‚ girls are disproportionately affected as they are the majority of the victims. Their overall development is compromised‚ leaving them socially isolated with little education‚ skills and opportunities for employment and self-realisation. This leaves child brides more vulnerable to
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CHILD LABOUR Introduction According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) a new generation of children is being deprived of the chance to take their rightful place in the society and economy of the 21st Century. The ILO has proposed that ‘child labour’ will disappear in a decade. If this happens well and good. But in reality the situation is worsening. One in eight children in the world is exposed to the worst forms of child labour which endanger children’s physical‚ mental health
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Child labour is the practice of having children engage in economic activity‚ on part or full-time basis. The practice deprives children of their childhood‚ and is harmful to their physical and mental development. Poverty‚ lack of good schools and growth of informal economy are considered as the important causes of child labour in India. The 2001 national census of India estimated the total number of child labour‚ aged 5–14‚ to be at 12.6 million. The child labour problem is not unique to India;
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