Children

Playing, learning, and socializing all day long – what could be better for a small child? The issue of whether or not kindergartens are advantageous young children remains arguable. Some believe that educational interaction among young children stimulates their critical thinking and social skills. However, others say kindergartens are too...

Self-efficacy is one’s beliefs in his or her ability to achieve a set target. Precisely, self-efficacy entails one’s confidence to take control over his or her desire to execute his or her activities to achieve his or her set goals. The concept of self-efficacy was first developed by a psychologist...

Anxiety disorder is one of the highly widespread and functionally damaging mental disorders to take place in toddlers. Childhood and adolescent are among the key stages that toddlers are at high risk of developing anxiety warning signs and syndromes varying from temporary soft syndrome to complex anxiety disorders (Schniering et.al...

The article “Nutrition and Physical Activity in Child Care: Results from an Environmental Intervention” by Ward et al. (2008) presented the report on a randomized trial to assess how successful a Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Childcare program (NAP SACC) is. The background for the program and assessment was...

Introduction Wooden’s 1976 book Weeping in the Playtime of Others provides an overview of his three year investigation of incarcerated children. Many children are incarcerated without having committed a crime. This system includes institutions that are intended for criminals, not children without anyone to care for them. Surprisingly, the system...

Mary Ellen McCormack was a young girl who was subjected to child abuse in New York City in the 1870’s. She had an important influence on the history of intervening on behalf of abused children. Prior to her case, interventions for abused children were unheard of, and there were no...

One of the most beautiful human relationships is between that of parent and a child. But it is also important to understand being a parent can be a full-time job and not everyone is capable of handling the responsibilities of raising a child. At the minimum, a child deserves love,...

Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree is a timeless classic about the parent child relationship. The tree is a metaphor for the parent, and the little boy symbolizes the child’s journey into adulthood and away from the parent as he makes his own identity. It is the story of the unconditional...

Introduction Legislative bodies draft and implement policies on different aspects of the society. The following project focuses on the child protection policy enacted in England under the UK Children Act 2004. The report evaluates how the policy directly affects children. Primarily, the evaluation process seeks to establish whether the child...

The first teacher is any child knows is their parent(s). Even though the formal education of a child is given over to a teacher, the involvement of parents should never waiver and is vital in the learning, comprehension, and mastery of education. As the University Middle School adopts the NJ...

Parenting is a unique and difficult process, despite the love shared for children. Diana Baumrind (1971) identified several different styles of parenting: authoritative, permissive/indulgent, neglectful, and authoritarian. Research has shown that genetics and environment play a large role and influence in the development of human traits. Parenting style is determined...

Baurmind introduces a theory of three parenting styles that signify the key behaviors and communication patterns characteristic of how parents approach the upbringing of their children. Authoritarian parenting style is characterized by strict rules, punishment, and high standards set for the child but also with little regard for the feelings...

Parents are the clear influencers in child development during the early years of children's lives, but they continue to have a lasting impact on development throughout early adulthood. Whether a grown person has adequate communication or leadership skills may be directly determined by how they were raised. In this respect,...

Еhe reason for selecting "Should Changes be made to the No Child Left behind Act" is because it is extremely relevant to people who are either interested in education or plan to pursue careers in that area. The audience for such a research topic would be students, educators, legislators, and...

According to Dan Quayle, the infamous Los Angeles riots can be attributed to a breakdown of traditional family structures: “I believe the lawless social anarchy which we saw is directly related to the breakdown of family structure, personal responsibility, and social order in too many areas of our society” (Quayle...

The parenting model discussed in “I Am A Helicopter Parent—And I Don’t Apologize” by Elisabeth Fairfield Stokes presents one of the newer forms of parenting styles today that has been at the core of much debate on parenting. While some may see helicoptering children as detrimental to the child in...

The development of children is influenced by very many things in their environment. This is the reason parents must always be careful to ensure that their children; both girls and boys, adopt the most appropriate morals as they grow up. Marni Jackson, in her article “Gals and Dolls”, argues that...

It is important for black kids to have access to black dolls so that they take pride in their racial origins. When most of the dolls sold are white, it sends the wrong message to the black kids that maybe white race is superior to theirs. There should also be...

Situation Analysis: Barbie’s sales have continued to decline and there is controversy regarding the impact that Barbie’s unrealistic body type can have on the young girls playing with them. Problem Statement: Mattel is struggling their unrealistic image that Barbie has continued to portray and if the doll is the right...

The current generation has several health issues that affect their children. Therefore, they have developed various responses to address the present and emerging health issues. Notably, many children suffer various medical conditions that sometimes require their parents to put them on constant medical interventions. In response to the numerous health...