How a parent with a drug or alcohol problem affects the whole family It is well known that a parent with a drug or alcohol problem can have a negative effect on their family members. You could say that the person with the problem is like someone stuck in a bog. The other family members‚ in their efforts to help‚ often get pulled down into the bog too. The first step in putting things right is when the others start to get their own feet on solid ground. Only after they have done this will they be
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One explanation as to why spanking has these side effects is that the child is following the example of the parents hitting them. Another part of the explanation is that when parents spank‚ children miss out on instances of a conflict being resolved nonviolently and therefore have lower problem-solving skills. Another problem with spanking is that it undermines the relationship between parent and child. It’s part of American mythology that spanking is not a big deal and that kids take it in stride
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Homelessness and its Effects on Children Prepared for: Mr. F Prepared by: Ashley Y Early Childhood Education December 3‚ 2011 Did you know that the average age of a homeless person is a 9 year old boy? There are more homeless children then there are elderly and adults. In fact as of 2009 more than 1.5 million children are living without homes in the United States and 1.16 million children today will not graduate. A part of that makes up nearly 42 percent of children who are under the age
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Effects of Television Violence on Children Television is the mainstream of our culture. Violence on television has been a topic of conflict since before 1950. There have been repeated debates on how to protect children from the harmful effects of violence on television. Television is one form of modern media that influences the everyday lives of people. Televised violence has a major effect on how children perceive the world and how they behave. "American television has become the most violent
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* * Running head: EFFECTS OF CONFLICT IN MARRIAGE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Effects of Unresolved Conflict in Marriage * * Michael Alford * * Liberty University * * * * * * * * * ABSTRACT The debate about marriage is never ending and will never
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Date: March 1‚ 2011 Alcoholism and its Effects on the Family Alcoholism or alcohol dependence syndrome is a disease characterized by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcohol (Parsons). Alcoholism usually begins with the person binge drinking and abusing alcohol. Alcoholism can affect people of any age‚ background‚ social or ethnic group. Alcoholism is sometimes referred to as a “family disease” because it greatly affects the family‚ not just the one consuming the alcohol. The
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Effect of divorce on family life Nowadays‚ divorce cases become more and more. Moreover‚ most actress or actors who have married are getting divorce. They do not care about their status which has to be public figure for other people. They do not care about the effects that will be appeared when they do that for their family or people around them. Furthermore‚ there are several effects of divorce on family life. However‚ I would like to explain just three effects of divorce on family life. First
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Effects of television on the modern family You wake up and with a push of a button simply turn on the television set and the day of violence begins. When we need a moment we turn to television for our relaxation time‚ we also use the television as a way to amuse our children and entertain our spouses. It is such a simple and easy stimulant that it has become a necessary part of the culture and world we live in and pass time of every family. It is the only time‚ when we can forget about all the family
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Effects of Single Parenting on Children For as long as human families have existed‚ the core family group of a father‚ mother‚ and the children has been the ideal composition in what could be considered a balanced and fulfilling functional family. There had been many studies of the effects of having certain members of these groups on the family household present and absent. While there are many hypothesis of the effects of the children in the family in household with a missing parent‚ most of
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behavior in children. Recently focus has been placed on this issue‚ since the majority of violence occurs during prime time and in cartoons. "It’s not watching that’s bad for kids‚ it’s what they watch and how much." (Seplow 2) Parents must accept television into their home and explain the violence that is occurring. TV and TV violence are not new‚ we have been hearing about TV’s affects on children for quite some time. It is now the time to discover if TV violence does affect our children or not.
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