Childcare Services Questions
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This 24 page paper answers a range of question considering the safety and well being of children when in the care of any form of child services. The paper starts by looking at the way play and different play tools may help children come to terms with stressful events. The paper also looks at how stress of parting with a parent when first going to playgroup may be minimised, the dangers to children of the contents of a handbag, in bedrooms and in kitchens and dining rooms, the care needing to be taken for nappy changing faculties, space needed for children indoors and outdoors, where different types of supplies such be stored and the need to provide shade. Where regulations are quoted concerning pace and shade they are the regulations of New South Wales. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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Childhood Development and Aggression
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5 pages. This paper deals with childhood development as regards to aggression. This comparative essay reviews and critiques articles explaining different merits of childhood development theories as they pertain to aggression issues. The theories compared in this paper are those of biological-maturation and environmental-learning. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Children & Divorce
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A 5 page research report examining the detrimental effects that divorce often has on children and adolescents. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Children and Divorce: The Advantages of Group Therapy
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A 9 page overview of the many impacts divorces inflicts on children. Emphasizes that group therapy can go a long way toward resolving these impacts and in optimizing child welfare. Concludes, however, that group therapy, however, is just as dependent on outside factors as is any other type of behavioral therapy. The variation in effectiveness is largely dependent on a number of factors such as the degree of conflict which exists prior to and after the divorce, the custody arrangements, the degree to which the estranged parent stays involved with the children, and the age a child is when divorce occurs. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Children Of Broken Families: Contribution To Social Problems
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8 pages in length. Parents often do not comprehend the far-reaching effects their actions have upon their children; indeed, mothers and fathers may wrongly believe that some children are old enough to both understand and accept the concept of divorce, while the rest are too young to comprehend or be affected by its occurrence. One of the problems is that the parents all too often do not understand the myriad feelings that plague their children, not realizing that the divorce extends far beyond the boundaries of the mother and father. Whether it is because children hold back their feelings as a means by which to appear strong or that they are just not able to express them, the parents are not aware of the significant and negative impact a broken family has upon their children, often and unwittingly setting the stage for social problems later in life. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Children's Rights
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A 4 page research paper that examines the history and current direction of the children's rights movement. The writer looks at the effect of this movement on the family and parental rights, as well as the direction required for the future. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Chinese Family Systems
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A 7 page paper on Chinese families, comparing contemporary situations with traditional. The writer details Chinese wedding customs, gender power, patriarchy and the traditional family structure juxtaposed in modern life. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Chinafam.wps

Closeness in Marriage
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A 3 page research paper/essay that discusses closeness, intimacy, in marriage. The writer discusses things to do--and not do-- in order to foster intimacy in a marriage. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Cognitive Behavioral Intervention
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The individual builds a self concept based on the social evaluations he or she has received, especially those of perceived authority figures. Personality change is not only possible, it is necessary within the impetus for growth toward self worth. This 7 page paper explores the concept of cognitive behavioral intervention as it applies to a specific case example. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Community Activism/Homelessness
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A 3 page research paper that examines the problem of homelessness and suggests methods for community activism based on projects in San Francisco and New York City. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Community-Based Behavioral Intervention in Addressing Conduct Disorder
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A 4 page outline of Conduct Disorder and one means of addressing the problem. This paper recommends community-based behavioral interventional tactics which target positively impacting parent/child interaction. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Comparison of Parent-Daughter Relationships Complicated by Food in Hornbacher’s “Wasted” and Manheim’s “Wake Up, I’m Fat”
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This is a 5 page paper comparing the parental relationships found in Marya Hornbacher’s book “Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia” and Camryn Manheim’s book and one woman play “Wake Up, I’m Fat”. Marya Hornbacher’s book “Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia” and Camryn Manheim’s book and one woman play “Wake Up, I’m Fat” show two different perspectives in regards to parental reactions and complications to the weight gain or loss of their daughters. In Hornbacher’s “Wasted”, she explains how her mother remained reserved about her condition and claimed to be ignorant of her problem until well into her teens because of her daughter’s ability for “deceit”. Her father, who was much more emotional, became dependent on Hornbacher during his disputes with her mother. Neither parent seemed to focus on Hornbacher’s inner plea of “Look at me, look at me” and Hornbacher still feels vulnerable to her illness to this day. Manheim, on the other hand, has a positive fighting attitude and acceptance of her body weight and this is partially due to the support offered to her from her mother and her father. Her parents were hard on her and tried to bride her in order for her to lose weight in addition to taking her to numerous doctors and specialists at a young age. The difference however, lay in their concern and support of their daughter’s condition and attention to her weight gain became a cause of their own. In addition, her parents taught her the importance of fighting for others and the strength needed to do this which aided Manheim in fighting for herself. Manheim’s work remains humorous and positive in her overall acceptance of her weight and her appreciated support of her parents. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Comparison of Research Approaches / Family Psychology
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A 5 page paper discussing the method in which four researchers have approached the issue of family cohesiveness and its effect on the children of the family. Most of the studies reviewed revolve in some way around previously established models, and one was little more than a basic literature review of previously published work. Because the focus of each of the others was that of attitudes and feelings, the researchers were unable to employ definite measures of specific qualities. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Comparison of the Family and Gender Structures in the Yanomamo, the Aztec and the Modern American Families
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This is a 5 page paper comparing the gender and family structures of the Yanomamo, the Aztecs and modern Americans. The Yanomamo of the Brazilian rainforest, the Aztecs of Mexico and modern Americans all have traditionally different gender and family structures and roles but all also experienced shifts within their structures to adapt to new situations encountered by new generations. The males within the Yanomamo are considered as the warriors but are heavily influenced by the women who demand protection from raiding tribes. The men within the tribes also continuously create stronger alliances with other powerful men in order to increase their status and their marriage options. The families of the Aztecs of Mexico lived jointly and joint households consisted of complex kinship ties in addition to the genders enjoying a parallel level of roles and respect. After the Spanish conquests however, the gender roles and family structures shifted toward a more male oriented society consistent with the expectations of the Spanish. Finally, the traditional nuclear families of American society have also shifted within the last generation. As the incidence of divorce increases and more women are working outside of the home, American families have experienced a shift to households which may have traditional nuclear structures but more than likely have environments in which parents are divorced, or cohabitating or are single parent based. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Consequences of the Implementation of the McKinney Act Concerning Homelessness
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A 3 page overview of the problems associated with the implementation of the McKinney Act and dealing with the homeless. This paper reviews data for Santa Cruz County California to reveal that despite the implementation of various provisions to address the problems of homelessness, the problem only continues to grow. It is suggested that simply providing food and housing is not a solution but instead that individual needs assessments must be made which specifically address the problem of homeless not being able to find jobs which provide them with a livable wage. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Considerations in Emergency Management
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A 30 page overview of emergency management. Speaking largely from the perspective of the events that unfolded prior to, during, and after Hurricane Katrina, the author addresses such aspects of emergency management as preplanning, evacuation, fire fighting, health care, and housing. Bibliography lists 18 sources.
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Continued Social Problem: Violence Against Women
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(6 pp) Violence against women seems to be a 'in-your-face' item of our society. Media attention is not a solution, but at least it is not part of the problem either. Education, at the earliest levels seems to be the only way to positively address an issue that seems doomed to repeat itself. Bibliography lists 5 sources
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