“Junk food and Teens of today” Teenagers today are becoming addicted to junk food without realizing the effects. As they have been surrounded by junk food all of their lives so it is really the only type of food that they have ever known. Junk foods are nothing but those which only have a high amount of salt‚ sugar‚ fat and refined flour. Any food that tickles your taste buds and the thought of which makes your mouth water is the one which actually has no vitamins‚ minerals or fibre and is extremely
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I can hear the low rumble of the harley starting up in the garage. It’s late morning‚ almost afternoon‚ and I’m still in my oversized pajama bottoms and a wrinkled t-shirt. I’m gathering up supplies from the kitchen to take with me to the basement. I’ve got a roll of paper towels‚ the antiseptic wipes‚ and a couple of dry dish towels in one hand and my cell phone in the other. The older teen left the house hours earlier. I watched him shuffle out to the car – barefoot and in boxers – while I quietly
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single and double parent households. Sometimes it takes one strong parent and others it takes two strong parents. Whether it’s the birth parent(s)‚ family member(s)‚ or even a surrogate parent(s) to raise a child. Single and double parent households have a lot in common and differences. Many would agree that living in a double parent household would be better then living in a single parent household. I guess it all depends on the situation and what you make out of it. Single parent households can
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POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL Guidelines for Parents and Teachers The initial step in intervention for children not doing well in school is to determine the cause. The school psychologist may be the best source of information‚ and the either the school or the parents can request an evaluation to determine the causes of a child’s learning problems. The following general causes and suggested interventions are based on the gross distinctions suggested by Rabinovitch: 1. deficits in specific
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Single parent’s versus dual parents has always been an interesting discussion point to me. The argument on which family a child would benefit more from has supporters on both sides. In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting between the two different households and hopefully my audience will have a better understanding of some of the challenges and obstacles that each of these parents deal with on a day by day basis. One of the points I will discuss will be the guilt that both types of these
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Major Drugs of Abuse in ED Visits‚ 2002 update‚ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)‚ May 2004 Mueller‚ M.D.‚ NIDA Notes‚ 12 (1)‚ NIDA‚ January/February 1997 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)‚ "Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know"‚ Revised‚ 2002 University of California‚ Los Angeles School of Medicine‚ "Effects of Marijuana on the Lung and its immune Defenses"‚ 1997 All references accessed from an online article "Tips for Teens: The Truth About Marijuana" accessed
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Teenage Sex Sexually active teenagers‚ in America‚ are a significant problem we must look at. A question that rings in the minds of teenagers everywhere is when to have sex. Our Catholic teachings‚ instruct us to wait until one is in a loving marriage to have sex. Not only is the church preaching abstinence‚ but now public schools are also teaching students on the advantages of abstinence. Premarital sex is a growing‚ and important issue. Premarital sex is usually the cause of sexually transmitted
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Every person goes through the period of being a teenager which is 13-18 years. This period is often characterized by unstable emotional state and even psychological stresses. During this period young people are shifting from being a child to being an adult person. In addition‚ a lot of young people try to establish their roles in the society‚ to understand their feelings and attitudes. This investigation might be accompanied by the feelings of fear‚ nervousness and vagueness. It is a common knowledge
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them. When the family is good there is usually a stable emotional atmosphere in the home and a consistent method in bringing up the children. But in the other hand‚ based on observations‚ it have implied that when marital relations between the parents are poor (broken)‚ the child may be highly emotionally disturbed‚ and having that kind of state is what we all frequently called “broken family”. There are some effects of having a broken family to their children (students)‚ especially in their academic
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Single Parent Home vs. Two Parent Home Kendria Threatt COM 170/ Elements of University Composition and Communication I December 7‚ 2011 Monique Derr Single Parent Home vs. Two Parent Home How do you feel about raising children in a single parent home or in a home where both parents are present? It is very shocking to know that most people do not think about these situations before starting a family. In today’s
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