...------------------------------------------------- Child Abandonment Law & Legal Definition Child abandonment is the practice of abandoning one's child outside of legal adoption. An abandoned child is called a foundling. Child abandonment is a criminal offense under state laws, which vary by state. In some states, a parent considering abandonment may be able to take the child to a safe place where they will not be prosecuted. Child abandonment may lead to murder, manslaughter or aggravated abuse charges. Poverty is the cause of many abandonment cases. The following is an example of a state law governing child abandonment: Child Abandonment. (a) A person commits the offense of child abandonment when he or she, as a parent, guardian, or other person having physical custody or control of a child, without regard for the mental or physical health, safety, or welfare of that child, knowingly leaves that child who is under the age of 13 without supervision by a responsible person over the age of 14 for a period of 24 hours or more, except that a person does not commit the offense of child abandonment when he or she relinquishes a child in accordance with the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. (b) For the purposes of determining whether the child was left without regard for the mental or physical health, safety, or welfare of that child, the trier of fact shall consider the following factors: 1. the age of the child; 2. the number of children left at the location; ...
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...Abandonment of babies Nowadays„ a disturbing social malady has surfaced. Due to unwanted pregnancies, the number of babies being abandoned has proliferated. This heinous act, as termed by many, must be looked into seriously and measures ought to be taken by all parties to curb this problem. As teenagers are impressionable, impulsive and immature, more often than not, they indulge in sexual activities without realizing its consequences. Therefore, to blame and punish them entirely of this dire situation may well seem too simplistic, as they might not have understood their own wrong doings. On the contrary, what we must do is to educate them about sex. The school, for instance has to play a more active role in educating the students about sex. Though it may seem rather embarrassing to discuss sex, especially to those who are conservative in thought, prevention is always better than cure. it might be too late to impart this knowledge on safe sex once they get pregnant. Therefore, student must be taught how to practice safe sex to avoid unwanted pregnancies and hence avoiding abandonment of babies as well. Apart from that, various social groups must play a more active role in society. For a start, these organizations must have qualified counselors who are able to give professional advice to young couples who have got themselves in trouble. This is imperative as one wrong spoken word could lead to mere harm than good. They should never despised them but on the other hand always...
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...Running Head: THE EFFECTS OF CHILD ABANDONMENT The Effects of Child Abandonment Shawna Upchurch Liberty University Abstract- This is about children being abandoned not only in Romania but also all over the world. Most of the time it is from birth but sometimes the child could be older. It gives you an idea about what happens to children when they are abandoned mostly in Romania. How they are places and what is being done to prevent this from happing worst then what it already is. Key Terms: Children abandonment, Romania, United States, Vilonia. Child abandonment is a major issue in the world not just in one country or in one year. It can happen at any time of any day in any country around the world. Some would just focus on one city or country like in the research by Rebeca Scorcia Popescu. Her article focuses on children between the ages of 0-3 years old in Romania from the years of 2003-2013. In this article she speaks about what cause abandonment and what is being done about it to decrease the numbers. In the introduction she stated that “in Romania children are abandoned usually by their own parents in different institutions.” (Popescu,(2016) pg. 1) This is true with any children that are abandoning. Most of the time it is by the parents because most are too young or they do not want children. If the parents leave the child after birth somewhere besides a place that can help them, then that child life could be at risk. In Vilonia, Arkansas that was a newborn...
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...July 7, 2014 | Death of a Salesman: Abandonment | | | Dr. Haim Ginott, a well-known child psychologist once said “Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.” An individual of young age is highly susceptible to their environment, especially to the first agent of socialization: family. Without the natural stimuli one gets at a young age from their parents, that allows growth and understanding of norms, people will have difficulty with many human functions that come normally to others. In particular children who have experienced the loss of a parent undergo such difficulties. They tend to feel abandoned and as a result carries this fear of abandonment throughout their lives; consequently affecting their ability to develop healthy relationships. Arthur Miller explores this theme of abandonment in his play Death of a Salesman through the life of William“Willy”Loman, using father-son relationships. The author demonstrates how an individual like Willy who was abandoned in the past has insecurities caused by such trauma, which can affect their future. At the tender age of 3, Willy and his older brother Ben were abandoned by their father, who had left for Alaska. Willy who was young at that time never had the chance to fully understand what a “father” actually was, as he didn’t know his own. In act 1, when Ben enters the scene the two brothers begin to reminisce about old times and Willy shows his curiosity and lack of knowledge about his...
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...Menagerie by Tennessee Williams written in 1941 is a timeless and universal place that defers the boundaries of time and space to explore a range of interesting ideas. Through a range of interesting techniques, this semi-biographical explores themes of escape, abandonment and responsibility to the family through the memory of the narrator Tom Wingfield. Tom States ‘ The Play is a memory’. This is shown through the dim lighting and the settings of the scenes. We can see this by noting the lack of realism; it's overblown and there is too-perfect symbolism, as well as its frequent use of music. The narrator, Tom, is not the only character haunted by his memories. Amanda also lives in constant pursuit of her disappeared youth, and old records from her childhood are almost as important to Laura as her glass animals. For these characters, memory is a hindering force that stops them from finding happiness in the present or potential of the future. But it is also the driving force for Tom, who eventually uses the memory of his father to get away from the trap of his family, to create a life of his own. The plot of this play is based around abandonment, which we see each member of the Wingfield family has experienced abandonment. Mr. Wingfield abandoned them all when he left the family because he “fell in love with long distances”, but this especially applies to Amanda. For her, being abandoned by her husband meant being abandoned by her childhood understanding of men and the world...
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...determinants. Seven practices that can help reduce escalation : (A) Don’t ignore negative feedback or external pressure. (B) Hire an external assessor to provide an independent view on progress. (C) Don’t be afraid to withhold further resources/funding; as well as limiting losses, it has symbolic value in that it is a fairly emphatic signal that there is concern with progress. (D) Look for opportunities to redefine the problem and thereby generate ideas for courses of action other than the one being abandoned. (E) Manage impressions. Frame the “de-escalation” in a way that saves face. (F) Prepare your stakeholders because if they shared the initial belief in the rationale for the change, their reaction or an announcement of the abandonment of the change may be resist. (G) Look for opportunities to deinstitutionalize the...
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...Research Paper (Everyman) 3-8-2013 Mikeal Anderson Everyman is a metaphorical play that illustrates the value of life and death. Everyman was written by an anonymous author, but many believe that it was a priest or monk who would normally write morality plays. Everyman is a character that is supposed to represent your everyday human. In the story God decides that Everyman has become obsessed with wealth and other materialistic things. Resulting in Him teaching Everyman a lesson which is death. Death can be treated and perceived differently in many societies due to religious and moral beliefs. In the story, the author sees death as just important as life. The message that can be taken from this story is that death does not care who you are. It is impossible for anyone to escape death. The author sees death as a man’s final stand, in which there is no return. No man knows when death will come aside from God, so no man can prepare for it. The characters that the author use are to represent realistic characteristics that a lot people have and lose throughout their lives. Good deeds, knowledge, discretion, strength, Everyman’s five wits and beauty. The story begins with Death approaching Everyman to let him know that his life is coming to an end. In response, Everyman tries to bribe Death by giving him a thousand pounds but he declines by saying if he wanted wealth all wealth could be his. Death also tells him to find someone to accompany him on his journey. Everyman...
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...Jack Paul The 60’s was an entirely separate decade consisting of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. The country had completely altered its ways of life, and young people everywhere were drastically changing. The drug craze of the 60’s was something that was never seen before in America, and it created a totally different culture of people. The United States experienced a time where people were out of control and not conforming to societies usual ways. The mentality of those in the country changed drastically. The Vietnam War created upheaval throughout college campuses and young people across the country. People appeared to be living in the moment, and not thinking about the next step in life. Joan Didion writes, “The center was not holding. It was a country of bankruptcy notices and public auctions announcements and commonplace reports of casual killings and misplaced children and abandoned homes…”(84) The economy was in a good state and it didn’t make much sense why the country was in this state of turmoil. Something was in the air; the culture changed. Teenagers were looking for a change in their lives and California was the place to go. California had this aura that portrayed both rebellion and excitement. Abandoned children and rebellious teenagers constantly flocked to different parts of California to experience some of this excitement everyone had been talking about. LSD and marijuana took over the scene; people were constantly living in an alternate state...
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...An Abandoned House It was a hot, summer's day as I walked on the dirt road with only silence along my side. As I continued on the road I discovered it led to an old abandoned house. I couldn't help but stop for a few minutes and look at the details of the huge, strange shaped house. I noticed that it had been a long time since anybody even took a look at the house. The old house was left to die, alone, with no one to care. The paint was peeling, the windows were broken and the shingles had been torn from the roof, probably by past storms. What caught my eye was that the unkempt yard, it looked like it hadn’t been cut since the house was abandoned, the grass was almost my height and there was nothing but weeds everywhere. I imagined this house would’ve probably been huge and gorgeous in its days. It had three full stories. The fourth floor had an attic where you could sit and see the sunset on the horizon. The house also had a huge porch with large white columns making a fence to support the balcony. The columns were full of dirt; they looked less white and more brownish-black. As I slowly continued to walk past the house, I could hear the wind whistling through the broken windows. I could see the leftovers of the curtains moving gently in the breeze and the grass swishing left and right in the wind. As I was giving the house a final look I thought I saw a silhouette of somebody beside the window gazing upon me so I started to walk a little bit faster. As I walked I wondered how...
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...INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust ~ Jesse Owens. 1)It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog − Archie Griffen. 2) Nothing lasts forever. Not even your troubles − Arnold H Glasgow 3) There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle − Albert Einstein 4) Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave – Mary Tyler Moore 5) Being strong means rejoicing in who you are, complete with imperfections − Margaret Woodhouse 6) If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place − Nora Roberts 7) I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed − Michael Jordan. 8) The only place you find success before work is in the dictionary − May V. Smith 9) Where hope grows, miracles blossom − Elna Rae 10) A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing − George Bernard Shaw 11) Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent − Eleanor Roosevelt 12) It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's...
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...Cierra Terry 10/9/15 Essay Have you ever heard the quote “rules are made to be broken”? I'm pretty sure we all have. Personally I feel whats so fun about rules if they can't be broken ? In my case I did way more than just breaking any ordinary rule. My friends and I threw a mini house party in an abandoned house and everyone knows that no one is suppose to trespass in another abandoned house. That was the dumbest thing we could have ever done and we sure did learn our lesson that night. I wouldn’t regret any moment of it but the consequences made me second think my answer. Trespassing can get an individual in so much trouble but trespassing and throwing a party in an abandoned house is way beyond extravagant. We broke the rule because we wanted to enter high school as the popular kids and we wanted to feel like movie stars because of it. When trespassing you can face so many different charges that it's almost ridiculous. Also there's two types of trespassing you have defiant trespassing which means that a person who commits a petty disorderly offense or even if he or she had been notified against trespassing but still chose enter or remain in a place can just get a brief warning could have been verbal or even via fencing so it could keep intruders out. Then in our case we have the unlicensed entry of structures which is by far more serious and it means that the person trespassing knowing that he or she is not privileged to do so and that person enters regardless. Breaking...
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...“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow” (Marden) Hope, is a word used too commonly but not defined very clearly. When people hope on something, they are simply wishing for it to happen. Think of a woman who has been diagnosed with cancer. Her husband has died and her children have moved away. She has no one to care for her so she hopes every day that she will become better, and by doing that it can give her peace of mind and relieve stress. It can let her see a positive outlook in her life, which leads her to eating the right foods, taking her medicine, and exercising more. To her, hope is the small spark when everything else in her world is dark. Hope is driving her to do things and get the best end results on her life. She plans for the worst, but hopes for the best. You will suffer, you will despair, you will cry and you will feel sorrow. It’s unavoidable. But guess what! There is good news, there is Hope. It means that life doesn’t have to be all gloom and doom. Every moment you live is a chance to turn things around, change your perspective, find your focus, achieve your goals, and continue on your mission. All you need is hope. Even if all things seem lost, as long as you have hope, things might just change for the better. Now, it takes more than hope to make a positive impact against your struggles, but hope is the start. “Hope never abandons you; you abandon...
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...Everyman, like other morality plays, seeks to present a religious lesson through allegorical figures representing abstract characteristics. The play centers on the life of everyman, a wealthy man, who is suddenly called by death to appear before God for judgment. On his journey to meet God, he seeks assistance from lifelong companions Fellowship (Friends), kindred and cousins (family), and Goods (material wealth), but all abandoned him. Because he has neglected her in life, good deed is too weak to accompany everyman on his journey. She advises him to call on knowledge (awareness of sin). Knowledge escorts everyman to confession, who directs him to do penance. In the process of everyman’s penance, good deed is strengthened and is finally able to accompany everyman to his final reckoning. Everyman, now wearing the garment of contrition, continues his journey. Until now it was a quest for spiritual health but increasingly it is showing the qualities of a pilgrimage to salvation. Everyman, knowledge, and good deeds are joined on the journey by beauty, strength, disgretion, and five wits. After donating his wealth to charity, Everyman follows the advice of knowledge and five wits and receives the sacraments of communion and extreme unction. Meanwhile, knowledge and five wits converse on the subject of corrupt priests in the church. Approaching his grave, Everyman is again deserted by all his companions except knowledge and good deeds. As the story closes, knowledge remains...
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...Honors English 10 1 December 2015 Frankenstein Essay Revenge follows abandonment. When one creates something, it is theirs; they are the “mother/father” of this creation. They are supposed to take care of it like it is theirs. Cherish it. Love it. But, what happens when one does not do those things? The creation takes revenge on them because they never gave it the time of day; never tried to help it. Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein explores the act of revenge driven by a sense of abandonment and neglect. Shelly shows, in the novel Frankenstein, that when one is abandoned or neglected, he/she will resort to revenge to find piece within him/her self. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelly shows that when one abandons something, it will come back and take revenge on them. Shelly had an interesting way of showing this throughout the chapter; she played on characters emotions, killing their close ones. She created acts of violence that we see in our daily lives, driven by the anger from abandonment or neglect. An example of this is when Victor receives a letter from his father stating that his brother, William, has been murdered. So, Victor goes to Geneva where his family is located, but its too late and the gates are closed. He spends the night plodding around and comes across the spot where his brother was killed. Victor sees the monster hiding behind trees and this brings Dr. Frankenstin to the conclusion that the Monster showed no clemency to William. The audience, know that the monster...
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...single parents, financial instability, and low income homes, absence of one of the parents, mothers prostituting, mental or drug abuse problems and parents whose work ethics rain supreme to their children. Understanding abandonment laws will also help differentiate between child abandonment and the act of a parent placing a child in a better environment that they were unable to provide what it takes to be a parent. Some women neglect their children because may have been raped or just experienced a bad relationship with a male. Because of those past issues the women do not want any memories from her experience and never want to address that part of life anymore. It is bad in most cases because the child is the one that will be affected the most. Let’s take a look at the abandonment laws set in the United States. This law not only focuses on the physical abandonment of a child, however it includes extreme emotional abandonment. The child abandonment law in the United States of Georgia states it is a misdemeanor to willfully and voluntarily abandon a child, and a felony to abandon one’s child and leave the state upheld by the United States Supreme Court. Many surveys have said anywhere from 7,000 to 15,000 children face abandonment a year. It is more than 500,000 children that live in...
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