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  • Genetic Advances
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    Genetics The world has evolved and changed so much that so many things we thought were impossible are now possible, or becoming possible. Certain advances in the field of genetics have sparked controversy. Genetics offers a wide range of opportunities for people. It offers such ideas as allowing parents to choose what kind of sex there child would be, and parents also have the option of enhancing there child's memory and IQ. Cloning is also a big issue. There are people that are all for the expe...
  • Appropriate Punishment With Their Children
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    Educational Psychology 9-13-99 Appropriate Punishment I thought it was very interesting when we discussed punishment and positive and negative reinforcement in class. I think it is very important to use positive reinforcement just as much as negative reinforcement. I also found it interesting that when you punish a child, you should do nine good things to make up for the one bad punishment. We discussed spanking in class also. I personally have never been spanked, but that is only because my fat...
  • Surrogate Mother Before The Birth
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    The Prevalent Issues of Surrogate Parenting Surrogate parenting refers to an arrangement between a married couple who is unable to have a child because of the wife's infertility and a fertile woman who agrees to conceive the husband's child through artificial insemination, carry it to term, then surrender all parental rights in the child. Often, the surrogate mother receives compensation for her services. The final step in the process is typically the father's acknowledgment of paternity and ado...
  • Play Therapy For Dibs
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    "Sometimes he sat mute and unmoving all morning or crawled about the schoolroom floor oblivious to the other children or to his teacher". The book Dibs is a testimony of a child who seemed to be mentally retarded because he has created his own world inside of him. In her book, Virginia Axline proves that the therapy by the play is a way of curing people such as Dibs. During her book, she gives lecture to the reader of a recording taken from the sessions with the little child. During this expose,...
  • Results Of The Experiment
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    Psychology experiments are usually long, painstaking surveys and tests that sometimes take years to complete. They do, however, give us some insight into how the human mind works and develops from the day we are born to the day we die. Deciphering the information these experiments generate is sometimes just as hard as performing them, and to a person with no background in psychology it is almost impossible. The following three experiments were found on the APA website and are good examples of mo...
  • Spanking To A Child
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    Spanking a child is a controversial issue. On one side of the debate are people who believe spanking is a necessary component of parenting. On the contrary are people who think spanking a child is destructive. Somewhere in the middle are people who believe spanking is legitimate only when used correctly. Part of the reason for the debate is that some parents and experts define spanking differently. To some, spanking means slapping a child on the rear-end, while others believe it is a form of cor...
  • Add And Ad Hd Children
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    Barstow College Randy Payne Essay Six 29 May 03 Research Paper How the Barstow Unified School District Deals with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) And Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (AD / HD) I believe that children are our future Teach them well and let them lead the way Show them all the beauty they possess inside Give them a sense of pride to make it easier Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be (Master, Creed, 1977) I don't know what other people would think but ...
  • Loss Of A Parent Through Death
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    A simple child That lightly draws its breath And feels its life in every limb What should it know of death. -Henry Wordsworth This question has been posed by many philosophers, religious leaders and psychologists for centuries, yet has been a potent taboo in society even today. As the field of psychology is gaining ground and knowledge in how behaviors affect the way in which we interact with others, we are discovering new ways to approach and view the mental processes of a human and apply them ...
  • Their Children Into Beauty Pageants
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    The Darker Side of Children's Beauty Pageants It's 7: OO A.M. on a Saturday, kids everywhere are just waking up ready to watch their favorite line up of Saturday morning cartoons. Marie, a four year old child, is preparing for her long weekend of make-up, hairspray, and gowns. Marie is one of many children who are forced by over-demanding parents who pressure their young and innocent children into many beauty pageants each year, and its wrong. Beauty pageants first originated in Atlantic City. I...
  • Couples With Infertility Problems
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    "Counseling the Infertile Couple" Being a pastor of family ministries with three healthy children, it is hard for me to counsel other couples on infertility. I have also been on the other side of the table facing these infertility choices in my first marriage. There was a choice we faced regarding selective termination if we did conceive after hormone therapy. In a way, I am glad we did not conceive because my ex-wife and I opposed each other on this procedure. I was opposed to the procedure whi...
  • Parent Of A Dying Child
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    Progeria, otherwise known as Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome is an extremely rare, generic childhood disorder with reported incidence of about one in a million. Hutchinson has reported the syndrome in 1886 when he found the first patient with Progeria. In 1904 Gilford described a second case of Progeria, thus creating the term to reflect the syndrome's senile features. There are only about a hundred reported cases since the disorder has been discovered over a century ago. Currently, there are about ...
  • Effect Of Birth Order On School Achievement
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    Birth order and School Achievement There has always been an attempt to figure out why some people do better in school than others. Is it due to financial stability? Is it attributed to parents' own success as students? Very importantly, one's birth order plays a role in one's school achievement. I. Theory Growing up with siblings or the absence of siblings can be a major factor in determining academic success. Being the oldest, middle or youngest child does not necessarily determine academic suc...
  • Positive Assumptions About Biracial Children
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    According to 2000 U.S. census, 2.4% of the US population which report themselves as people who have two or more races. (United States). The number of interracial couples has reached to 1.6 million, which account for almost 4% of U.S. marriages. (Fletcher, par. 3). In a melting pot country like the United States, where immigration and emigration rates are high, inter-cultural marriage has become an inevitable by- product of mobility. Interracial marriage refers to a marriage which consists of cou...
  • Child Rearing In The Victorian Times
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    Child Rearing in Victorian Times Childhood barely existed for most British children at the end of the eighteenth century, since they began a lifetime of hard labour as soon as they were capable of simple tasks. By contrast, the fortunate children of the wealthy generally were spoiled and enjoyed special provisions for the need of a lengthy childhood, yet who in a way may have endured the same pain of those who were not as fortunate. Child rearing in the Victorian times was not at all similar to ...
  • Of The Most Common Birth Defects
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    Birth Defects No one is immune to birth defects, yet not everyone is equally susceptible. Birth defects are not merely a medical problem. They have profound effects on the social and psychological well being of their family and friends. In the normal course of fetal development, cells migrate to their appropriate destination so that organs and limbs form where they should. Usually, the genes perform flawlessly, but mistakes can and do occur. Some of the most common birth defects results from the...
  • Ellens Grandmother
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    The outcome of a ravaging issue called child neglect is a disturbed eleven year old girl, with the mind of a thirty year old woman, and an insecure future. It is a worldwide curse that will plague our children forever if it persists to take over our family values. Ellen Foster, by Kaye Gibbons, is an emotionally moving novel of child neglect in the South. Ellen tells her story of a dreadful life, leading to another of self-acceptance and solace. Shes born into a life of child neglect from her fa...
  • Custodial Parent
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    The topic of this essay "The Family Court System - Is it time for change", is one I am personally familiar with. I have been at the family court building and in court on numerous occasions, and from a personal and social perspective, I am very aware of the injustice and inequality that occurs in our family court system every day. I feel that the psychological stability of both parents is extremely important to the well being of a child, parents should not be discriminated against in regards to f...
  • Patients With The Duplicated Pmp 22 Gene
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    Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disorder Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disorder (CMT) is the most common type of hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMS N), occurring in one of every 2500 births. The mean age of onset of clinical symptoms is 12.2 7.3 years. Severity of the disorder varies among the individual and among the subtypes of CMT. Subtypes are distinguishable by testing the nerve conduction velocity (NCV), muscle biopsies, and protein levels in cerebrospinal fluid. Three different subtypes have been ide...
  • First Physical Exchange Between Rachel And Wanda
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    The thirteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States asserts that it is unlawful for one human being to buy another. Yet in today's society an exorbitant amount of money fluctuates in and out of the adoption system. Couples looking to adopt face a scheme of excessive fees and disproportionate expenses. This makes adoption nearly impossible for those who cannot afford high travel expenses, legal fees, and medical bills, among an array of other costs. It also creates the mindset that ...
  • Fairytales To Children
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    A fairytale as we know it is meant to be an entertaining story of incredible and supernatural happenings. Its purpose is to stimulate the depths of a young mind in such a way as to make us a part of the environment, bound only by the limits of our own imaginations. However, it is this very wild fantasy land that yields a very real threat to its intended audience. Both traditional and contemporary fairytales experienced by children can have harmful effects on a child's psyche. This is especially ...

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