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    of homelessness on children can be crippling. Learning disabilities are another effect that homeless children face. In fact‚ “homeless children are twice as likely to have a learning disability‚ than children in stable homes.” (“Faces of Homelessness”) These disabilities begin at birth‚ primarily due to poor health conditions and lack of special care‚ during the mother’s pregnancy or their poor nutrition after birth and during their early years. While‚ homelessness puts children of every age range

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    texts. “The Arabian Nights” In Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children‚ the narrator repeatedly compares his own tales of his life to Scheherazade’s‚ and mentions that he can’t "count on having even a thousand nights and a night" (page 4) in which to tell them. The Arabian Nights‚ like Midnight’s Children is an example of what might be called a self-conscious text or a Metafiction: it is a story about telling a story. Midnight’s Children contains many metaphors about the process of writing and reading

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    Target Children? Have you ever been in an isle of a store and heard‚ but mom I really want this I saw it on television? This is a product of advertising. Since the late 1980’s children have emerged as a key demographic to marketers. Advertisements selling everything from the latest video game to the newest automobile are now targeted to the youth of our world. Children have buying power that sways their parents’ purchases‚ and they are the future consumer. Marketing to children is creating

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    The following legislation affects Safeguarding children and young people in the UK- The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the child 1989 this includes childrens rights to protection from abuse‚ the right to express their views and be listened to‚ and the right to care and services for diabled children or children living away from home. Although different british governments have said that it regards itself bound by the Convention and refers to it in child protection guidance‚it has not

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    Book Report On Midnight’s Children By Ashraf Zayed Midnight’s Children Salman Rushdie’s‚ "Midnight’s Children" begins with the birth of Saleem Sinai at Midnight on August 15‚ 1947. Interestingly enough it was the exact date of when India first gained its Independence. The Novel proceeds to explain the birth of Saleem Sinai. Saleem’s Grandfather‚ Aadam Aziz falls in love with Naseem. When they get married they bear five children. Nadir Khan‚ who is forced to live in Dr. Aziz’s cellar‚ marries

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    The Children of God’s Sexual Practices: Brainwashing? The Children of God is a controversial religious sect within the Jesus Movement‚ which originated as a counterreformation to the hippie movement in the late 1960’s. It is also known as COG‚ the Family of Love‚ and today as the Family International. Led by David Berg‚ who later became “Moses David” or “Dad”‚ the apocalyptic movement emphasized witnessing to outsiders and claimed that bringing them salvation could only be accomplished through

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    A great deal of advertising on television is aimed at children‚ promoting not only toys and sweets but also products such as food‚ drink‚ music‚ films and clothing to young consumers from toddlers to teenagers. Increasingly‚ this practice is coming under criticism from parents’ organisations‚ politicians and pressure groups in many countries. Many western countries have currently imposed national restrictions‚ and these have also been proposed in most other European Union countries and in the USA

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    advertisement is placed everywhere‚ children have no escape and are conforming to seeing all these ads‚ ads that are disrupting childrens ideology. Wouldn’t it be nice to see healthy children‚ Instead of overweight‚ morally declined kids. Our children is the world’s future‚ advertisement should not be aimed towards them because children are easily shaped. Television and the internet is bombarded with ads and commercials. Most of which are aimed for our young generation. Children look at commercial and think

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    can work together to make sure all children can enjoy their rights. Every single child has rights regardless of their gender‚ abilities or religion. Dependant on where in the Uk you are based the Safeguarding of children is ever so slightly different. The document †̃Working Together to Safeguard Childrenâ€TM shows how organisations‚ school and individuals should work together to safeguard promote the welfare of children and young people with regards to the Children Act 1989 and 2004. Itâ€TMs very

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    welfare and safety of all children and young people. There are forever changing and developing in response to current concerns and focuses - for example‚ the death of Victoria Climbié resulted in the Every Child Matters report being published and changes to legislation being made. In England there are a variety of legislations which affects the safe guarding of children and young people. The first being the Children Act 1989‚ which states that everyone that works with children (i.e. health and social

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