January 16‚ 2012 Abstract Can combat experience foster organizational skills that engender political collective action? We use the arbitrary assignment of troops to frontline combat in World War 2 to identify the effect of combat experience on two channels that change local ethnic composition and future political control: ethnic cleansing and co-ethnic immigration. During the Partition of South Asia in 1947‚ an environment where national borders were themselves endogenous to ethnic composition
Premium Minority group World War II United States
Heterosexual-Parents and Homosexual-Parents Most people have an automatic belief that a child who is raised by heterosexual-parents is better off than a child who is raised by homosexual-parents. The belief held by most people may make the task seem more socially acceptable. However‚ there is no law against it‚ nor is it written in stone that a child should not be raised by homosexual-parents. Furthermore‚ with the same amount of love‚ structure‚ effort‚ and stability homosexual-parents can be equally
Premium Homosexuality Sexual orientation Bisexuality
child’s success in school than parents do”. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Excellent academic performance is the dream of almost every kid. There are many factors affecting children’s success in school‚ two of which are classmates and parents. The question that who has played more important role seems to be a controversial issue. Personally I think parents somehow contribute more due to the following reasons. Firstly it is often said that parents are who understand kids the
Premium Father Mother Controversy
Living with Parents vs. Living Alone Living with your family and living all by yourself is like living on two different planets. It will affect every detail of your life‚ right down to the way you talk‚ the foods youeat‚ and how much money you can spend. It will also determine how often your friends visitand how much freedom you have. Living with your parents is similar to living in a royal palace; you will enjoy the luxuries of an elegant house‚ clean laundry‚ and a slightly bigger
Premium English-language films Young Woodrow Wilson
Influence of Celebrities vs. Parents In today’s culture we can easily influence each other in our society because of the advance in knowledge and media. Celebrities and Parents play significant parts in influencing people. Discussing the similarities and differences of the influence from celebrities and influence of parents‚ it’s clear that they share similarities in choices of lifestyle‚ effectiveness through imitation‚ and qualities of influence. They contrast each other in that they differ
Premium Emotion Mother Psychology
The University of Queensland 28/03/2013 EDUC 3701: Assessment Task 1 Essay: Parent to child‚ child to parent influences Author: Nicole Castledine (s42590480) Tutor: Gregory Vass Introduction Students who are gifted and talented are recognized as those with an innate ability in any domain that places them within the top 10% of their age peers (Collins‚ 2011; Gifted and Talented Children‚ 2013). What constitutes giftedness varies in cultures and society‚ however gifts
Premium Intelligence quotient Intelligence
In the essay “Single Parent Struggle‚” Chris Polito talks about children growing up with only one parent‚ and how just because they might just have a father or mother raising them‚ it doesn’t mean they can’t grow up equal to a child with both parents. He argues that children should be taught more about values than structure of a family. Throughout the whole essay‚ Polito goes on to argue his point on how children can grow up with the emotional‚ social‚ and behavioral skills they need through just
Premium Parent Family Mother
age of 10 should have adult supervision. In the article “ A tale of two summers for parents” by Belinda Luscombe explains how a 35 year old Shanesha Taylor left two toddlers in a hot car in Arizona for more than an hour. Tylor left her kids in that hot car because she had a job interview and she had no one else to take care of her children. Daycares should be more affordable or maybe even free because it gives their parents more options and reduces the amounts of death caused by leaving their children
Premium Family Childhood Parent
would rather see an abusive parent in jail than wasting our judicial system to throw an interior designing criminal in the tank. After all‚ a terribly neglected set of drapery matched with green carpet sounds better then a neglected infant. There are far too many cases when it seems the decision to have a child was never planned. Having a baby should not be the result of unethical decision making or a lack of basic decision making skills. We must consider a first time parent licensing program that
Free Child abuse Neglect Parent
Are helicopter parents helping or being a hindrance? A Helicopter parent is a parent who takes an overprotective interest in their child’s life. These parents are overprotetive and don’t let the child gain independence. This type of parenting can be helpful for the child or can be a hindrance. Helicopter parents can be both helpful and a hindrance. Some people may think that Helicopter parents are a positive thing. In the article‚ “Letter from a “concerned mother” she thinks it’s a good thing to
Premium Education Teacher School