the United States. For most parents‚ living the American dream is being able to provide the basic human needs for their children such as food‚ clothing‚ and proper education. According to U.S Department of Agriculture (2014)‚ “49 million people in America lived in household struggling to find enough food to eat.” Unfortunately‚ millions of children struggle to sleep at night because they lack food. In addition‚ a person’s race‚ class and the environment where one lives often places restrictions on
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Since 1980‚ obese children in America have more than tripled in rate. Approximately one out of three American children is affected by obesity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2011). Many factors contribute to this epidemic outcome. The following paragraphs will explore these factors such as how the disease is caused and what causes the disease in American children. This research paper will also present how to prevent and control obesity in children‚ the rise of cost of medical bills‚
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Child Abuse Child abuse is an abominable problem in America. The reprehensible truth is that before today is over‚ more than four children will have died from abuse (11 facts about Child Abuse). Child Abuse kills more children in america than accidental falls‚ choking on food‚ suffocation or fires in the home. Once a child is abused it leaves a negative impact on that child‚ it doesn’t just affect them physically. There are other forms of abuse such as verbal abuse‚ psychological abuse‚ sexual
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most cases families that struggle to provide enough food cannot provide a vehicle for the child to get to a job and start on the path towards a career and poverty free life. Poverty is usually the main cause of hunger simply because people who live with an income below the national poverty line are extremely prone to running out of money for food. This will surely affect the ten percent of seniors in America who are living in poverty. That ten percent adds up to five million seniors that face a unique
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English 2A November 9‚ 2013 “Feed Me. I’m Starving!” Ending Childhood Hunger in the United States It is hard to imagine a child crying over school getting out early for a snow day; however‚ for children whose only meal is a school lunch‚ this is exactly what happens. Childhood hunger affects one in every five children in the United States (Felling). The children affected by childhood hunger could be found in neighborhoods‚ on sports teams‚ and even in the classroom. Childhood hunger is a
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unwillfully forced to being born into a detrimental lifestyle. Child poverty denies a child the basic needs to survive‚ whilst depriving children from having equal opportunities such as education‚ and the safe and security of a home. A child is brought into this world through its mother and father. Whose sole purpose is to provide financial a security means for one’s child. It is said that family structure has an impact on the financial status of a child. A study taken by childrenstrends.org states that 43
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Trafficking is a worldwide phenomenon affecting large numbers of children every day and it is a curse to our civil society. Child trafficking is about taking children out of their protective environment and preying on their vulnerability for the purpose of exploitation. Children and their families are often lured by the traffickers for employment‚ education‚ marriage and prosperous life far from their homes. Some others are kidnapped‚ abduct and buying and selling for unlawful gain. Trafficking
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Child Of The Americas In the poem‚ “Child of the Americas‚” Aurora Morales uses the literary element of repetition to illustrate how different cultures around the world can come together and become one as a whole. “I am a child of the Americas…I am a U.S. Puerto Rican Jew… I am not Africa. Africa is in me… I am not European. Europe lives in me… I am new. History made me… I am whole‚” (Morales). Morales’ use of repetition illustrates all of the different characteristics she feels in her life
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Marginality is the state of being excluded and being treated as an outsider based on cultural differences. The following works demonstrate both assimilation and marginality in a number of ways “Child of the Americas”‚ “Stephen Cruz”‚ “Mother bathing child”‚ “Four youths” In the poem “ Child of the Americas” marginality was being portrayed through the author‚ with her having a mixed background being Jewish and of Puerto Rican decent‚ and speaking spanglish. In the beginning of the poem‚ the author
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Amerícans‚ happy in their new home. "Child of the Americas"‚ a poem by Aurora Levins Morales describes the perspective of a Puerto Rican woman that has a very diverse ancestral background who has immigrated to the United States. "Amerícan"‚ on the other hand‚ is a more so broader depiction of a very similiar concept to that of "Child of the Americas". The poems seem to have many distinct similarities‚ including their common overall theme of the narrators love for who they are and where they live
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