Children and the importance of a healthy diet
Essay - 7 pages - Psychology
The aim of this essay is to create a body of knowledge for a follow-on research on the subject of the nutritional health needs of children from 3 to 5. For this purpose, information was gathered through observations as well as through study and analysis of materials presented in books,...
Parent's responsibility: The moral development of their children
Thesis - 4 pages - Educational studies
In today's culture the deprivation of morality seems to pervade into every realm of society; the home, the school, the church, the government, the media, etc. Why has our country apparently become void of components that encompass the definition of a moral society or rather, a moral person? Who...
The impact of violence on the mental health of South African Children
Case study - 6 pages - Psychology
Violence as a national problem in South Africa needs little introduction. South African citizens are exposed to daily, sensationalised reports of violence in the media, emphasising this problem's national and international pervasiveness. However, little emphasis is laid on the negative...
Effects of television advertising on children
Thesis - 5 pages - Services marketing
In their article, The Commodity Flow of U.S. Children's Television, authors Matthew P. McAllister and J. Matt Giglio argue that commodity flow is one of the most prominent aspects of television programming for children, and that this commodity flow and corporate brand imaging builds...
Partnership and collaboration in education for children with Down syndrome
Thesis - 5 pages - Psychology
The purpose of this study is to critically evaluate the concept of partnership and collaboration in education. The study emphasizes on assessing the educational services for children with special needs, specifically those of Down syndrome (DS). The 1970 Education Act insures all...
Emotional and behavioural disorders in children
Essay - 8 pages - Psychology
Most early years practitioners, child carers and parents report have some behaviour related problems with children at some time or another. However, the "behaviour disorder" label may only be warranted if those behaviours are persistent and impinge on the basic rights of others, if major...
Ralph Waldo Emerson and the flower children
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
It is 1836 and a pioneering new essayist has just made his debut. His first work is entitled “Nature,” a simple and concise name for an elaborate and layered piece. It is a bizarre article, one which lionizes the natural earth and calls on the younger generations to break away from...
The role of play in children's learning and development
Essay - 5 pages - Psychology
"Learning for young children is a rewarding and enjoyable experience in which they explore, investigate, discover, create, practise, rehearse, repeat, revise and consolidate their developing knowledge, skills, understandings and attitudes. During the foundation stage, many of these aspects...
The problem of other minds: Empathy in the psychological development of children
Thesis - 5 pages - Psychology
Discerning other minds is an issue rooted in the philosophical tradition with implications for ethical morality, epistemology, phenomenology, cognitive studies, psychology, and childhood development. While this list is by no means exhaustive, it suggests the extent to which an agent's attempt to...
The squabbling children
Thesis - 4 pages - Psychology
Reasonable, brother-sister squabble, Just be reconciled, is a "busy" again. You can not avoid. But, why do they quarrel? How do I cope? "No! This is mine! "Sister cried while retake toys taken brother. But younger sister did not want to lose. He was behind the snatch toys. Be they rebut squall....
Obesity in children
Essay - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In the year 2002, America watched closely as Samuel Hirsch, a lawyer from the federal court of Manhattan, filed a lawsuit against McDonalds. Hirsch filed a complaint against the famous fast-food chain accusing the company of violating the state of New York consumer fraud statutes by intentionally...
Adopted Children's Personalities in Relation to Biological and Adopted Parents
Case study - 5 pages - Psychology
Adoption is a word that is thrown around all too much today in the English language. In 2004, we adopt a greyhound, adopt a soldier overseas, and adopt a tree. Needless to say, all of these uses for “adopt” has led the masses to be distracted as to what adoption truly is. The true...
African American Children's Literature and the Quilting Trope
Case study - 6 pages - Modern history
African American children's literature is rich with significant themes and tropes that educators can effectively use to teach about important events, figures, and historical facts in a culturally sensitive way to a diverse classroom of students. It is extremely important that teachers have...
Homosexuality and deceit within "The Children's Hour"
Book review - 5 pages - Literature
The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman is a cautionary play of how small lies can lead people into ruin and self-destruction. The central issue of homosexuality driven by deceit is the cause of turmoil on the lives of the people of Lancet. A whispered lie of a homosexual relationship...
Does Marketing threaten children's education at primary school?
Dissertation - 60 pages - Clients and users behaviour
This project aims to identify the ethical problem of marketing by aiming at children, and will focus on children in primary school. This area has interested people since the last decade and the likes of psychologists, doctors, marketers have always tried to understand the power of...
Cultural differences in corporal punishment in children, comparing different countries with the United States
Essay - 6 pages - Psychology
Committing wrongdoings is tantamount to punishment, in these cases; adults tend to do corporal punishment as their way of disciplining their children. As long as children are perceived of doing something unacceptable, adults has the liberty to do corporal punishment, also known as...
The pre-raphaelite children of Sir John Everett Millais (1840 ? 1896)
Essay - 25 pages - Literature
In 1855, John Everett Millais begins one of his most intriguing paintings, the painting that will mark his career as one of the founders of the PRB. His models are a group of young girls, all of them under 13, allegedly chosen for their youth and beauty. Between 1856 and 1868, John Everett...
Children and Internet: a revolution within the family
Essay - 8 pages - Design and digital creation
The Internet Revolution is not only a technological revolution, but also a revolution within a family, as it influences the development of children and relationships within the family. My cousin is 9 years old and I can see big differences in the use of Internet between her and me at the...
India: The state of the children in the world's most populous democracy
Essay - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In December 2001, a farrago of representatives of intergovernmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, and concerned members of the civil society around the world convened in Yokohama, Japan, at the 2nd World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of...
Understanding children with Asperger's Syndrome through visual art
Essay - 5 pages - Medical studies
It is believed by many that art is one of the most basic ways that people communicate their inner feelings, thoughts and values with the world outside themselves. This is particularly true of children, who are often times painfully honest in expressing how they see themselves and others by...
Citizenship education: are children coming from immigration well integrated or not in the host countries?
Essay - 9 pages - Educational studies
Migration is a world-wide phenomenon, and many people are constantly on the move. There are 130 million people of immigrating in the world. This topic is often in the news, particularly at the border Mexico-United States and at the border between Africa and European Union (Strait of Gibraltar)....
Providing Library Multimedia Services to Children and Young Adults
Essay - 4 pages - Educational studies
Introduction Recent studies on the development of multimedia services demonstrate that children and young adults are most likely to utilize these services (Kuhlthau, 1997). Because children from Kindergarten to high school typically find themselves in need of information, for both...
How Adult Children can manage care of their aging parents
Essay - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Aging is a natural and healthy part of the human life cycle. As the number of aged in the United States begins to rapidly increase—as the baby boomer generation begins to reach age 65—it is reasonable to assume that research and information on the process of aging will increase as well....
Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975
Essay - 3 pages - Constitutional law
Inclusion came by the way of Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 which gave the right of equal educational opportunity to children with disabilities. This was later reenacted in 1990 as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Supported by the Americans...
Teaching themes of empathy through children's literature
Essay - 4 pages - Literature
As Christians we are called to treat all individuals with understanding and compassion, extending to them the same unmerited favor that God has extended to those who follow Him. But how do we extend a sense of understanding to those whose personalities and experiences are quite different from our...
European cinema, the French Nouvelle Vague Cinema: Truffaut's representation of childhood/children in 400 Blows
Case study - 3 pages - Film studies
A French expression ?faire les Quatre Cents Coups' is a common idiom used to describe children who are very undisciplined and disorderly. If correctly reflected and cited, this idiom is an extension from the expression that derives the title of Truffaut's first real film Les Quatre...
Plasticity in face recognition during childhood: evidences from the reversibility of the 'other race' effect in adopted children
Essay - 11 pages - Psychology
People are better at recognizing faces of their own race than faces of another race. This so-called 'other-race' effect is present in adults but also in children as young as three years old. It can be reversed by subsequent experience with new types of faces, suggesting...
Is it ethical to market to children?
Essay - 2 pages - Services marketing
For-profit corporations increasingly tend to infiltrate (overtly and subliminally) our lives. One example of their interference is marketing strategies aimed at children. Adult consumers are like roaches: they tend to become “immune” to classical marketing strategies and...
What are the most efficient media and related strategies used by companies to target children?
Dissertation - 20 pages - Medias&communication marketing
This dissertation is about children and companies and as the title suggests it, we want to find out which the main media that companies use to target children are and what strategies they develop related to those media. The first part of this dissertation will be focused on a...
Children and conflict: Afghan children and post conflict processes
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
Historically, the processes of securing peace, reconciliation and reconstructing a country have neglected the specific needs and rights of children. However, the approach to the role of children in post conflict societies is slowly changing. To ensure the long-term peace, security...
