...Looked After Children The local authority has a legal duty, when it comes to safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of children wherever possible in their home and community. However in some cases there are times when a child’s interests can be best met by being cared for away from their family home. ‘Looked after’ is a term used to define when an arrangement is made for a child to live away from their families, this can be done as part of voluntary arrangement that comes as a result from a care order or ranging from a short break to being kept away for a longer period of time. The length of time the child can be kept away for can ultimately depend on that of the needs of the child and the family’s circumstances. Parents have the ability to continue being responsible for their children while they are away from home, however the responsibility is shared with the local authority when the child has the care order. When thinking about children in care, people often come to the conclusion that this is due to abuse or neglect of the child, however that may not always be the case. Children can be placed into care due to the fact that their parents have become ill or unable to cope with them, however under certain circumstances they may be allowed to return to their family home once it is shown that their parents situation has improved enough in order for the parents to be fully able to look after their child, the length of time can vary depending on the circumstances....
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...protected by freedom of religion? Can the emotions traumatize the children? Is this health for the kids and should it be illegal? “Jesus Camp” is absolutely child abuse. Attending church and Sunday school for children is perfectly acceptable and normal; children have every right to love and worship the lord at any time. However, what I do have a problem with is extremism in any form. The fundamentalism on display in Jesus Camp is, simply put, dangerous extremism. Regardless of whether Jesus Camp is protected by freedom of religion, through a loophole in the system, it should not be. Brainwashing children at such a young age is morally unjust. The children are far too young to even fully comprehend what is happening. The woman repeatedly refers to the Muslims as an enemy that "turns children into soldiers, carrying guns and willing to die for their beliefs," but then identifies the children within her camp as "soldiers who are willing to die for God." There are many clips of the children dancing to music, carrying sticks, and marching around; are these not “soldiers who are willing to die for God”? It's indescribably hard to disagree that these children are not being brutally brainwashed. The surge of emotions felt within the camp will permanently scar the children for life. Nobody can go through such strong emotional events, so much crying and fear, and come out unscathed. It is hands down unhealthy for young growing minds to be exposed to such trauma and it should absolutely...
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...the way it can guide and structure society too the way it can damage and wreck it. From terrorists using religion as an excuse for their actions and Jehovah’s witnesses refusing medical blood transfusion for children not able to choose their religion. The way religions can manipulate and force people into citations they may be uncomfortable with. Yet can change the corrupt and lost into a good citizen that benefits society. However, is the role of religion too large in an easily influenced modern world? With whole countries ruled by one religion and wars breaking out based on ones belief. Children brainwashed and others left ignorant of a world that can, yet, cannot help. In the twenty-first century religion governs whole countries, towns, communities. From the Middle East to a small American town, religion is everywhere. It is argued that religions tight grasp on the Middle East stops it falling into anarchy giving laws to abide by that gives a repercussion to breaking them stronger than those of a prison cell. On the other hand however religion can force one into situation that one would not be comfortable with. Making children take up a religion without chose brainwashing them into a world of ignorance and stubbornness. Religion gives benefits to society feeding children with strong morals, normally, respected of the states rules. Religions such as Christianity gives people purpose those lost in drugs can find a new life that will help others. Buddhism also helps create the...
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...numerous fears of Marxists in his critically acclaimed book A Brave New World. Marxists believed in a totalitarian government somewhat like a dictatorship. The government in Huxley’s novel used tactics such as adolescent brainwashing, drug administration, and the use of technology to keep total control of the public population. Much like Marxist societies the society in Aldous Huxley’s A Brave New World chose to alienate their young instead of nurture them like a normal world. Children in this novel were alienated at an early age, they were also trained to hate nature and music or anything that promoted any type of free will. Children were not raised by a mother and father because in the World State there was no such thing as marriage or even love. In Marxist cultures children were separated from their parents and taught to formulate their view of the world based on only Marxist teachings rather than “outdated” views. In a Marxist society the upbringing of children was not handled by parents but rather by the entire community so there were such things as family bonds in Marxism. Marxist leaders and the leaders of the World State seem to be on the same page when it comes to how children are supposed to be raised. Instead of having a loving parental influence children in these societies were alienated and seemingly brainwashed by the head of their respected societies. All of the people in the World State had no recognizable emotion due to the drug soma. Soma would put people in...
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...A world where everyone is systematically equal. Where individualism and intelligence lead to unfair prosecution. Where children turn in their own parents for thinking out of line. Where intellectuals are beaten down for their intelligence. This is the dystopian setting of George Orwell's 1984, Ayn Rand's Anthem, and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, where the motif of collectivism and control works to convey the message that collectivism and control make totalitarian control second nature. Totalitarian control through collectivism plants its seeds through childhood brainwashing. In the book 1984, brainwashing is carried out through organizations such as the Junior Spies and the Junior Anti-Sex League. Winston says, "… by means of organizations...
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...parenthood, even young women. She ponders ideas like the reasons for the demand of beauty, why is Winnie so drawn to the color pink? It appears that young girls are becoming...
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...Benjamin Franklin once said that nothing is certain but death and taxes. However, this humorous statement is incorrect. In addition to the aforementioned ideas of death and taxes, there is also another absolute: crisis. No human can live, or even has to option to live, a life void of problems and difficulties. Misfortune is inevitable at one point or another. Even in the realm of fiction, a seemingly perfect world is often anything but. Every utopia has its flaws and cracks, and few novels make this point more clearly than Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. The futuristic setting of the story exposes the reader to a world dominated by technology and complacency. People are no longer born; they are made in laboratories all around the world, and have their destinies chosen for them before they even leave their test tube. Sexuality is treated in a very flippant manner, and self-gratification is the primary driving force for the actions of nearly every single person. History is no longer relevant, and people never question what they are told. The key question regarding the nature of this kind of world is a question to which the answer is yet unknown. The question is something any reader of this novel should ask himself or herself, and that is simply this: Is it worth it? There is no crime rate, and peoples’ desires are rarely left unfulfilled, but is it worth the giving up of free will and of choice? There is no clear answer to this question, and there will likely never be one. ...
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...perspectives and not just from the on the media gives you. Young people are in a stage of life where they want to be accepted by their peers, they want to be loved and be successful. The media creates the ideal image of a handsome men and beautiful women and tells you what the characteristics of a successful person are; you can see it in movies and TV. The modern society today people are told exactly what to do from how they should look to what they should drive. It is nearly impossible for one to avoid this media propaganda in day-to-day life. Every day that we wake up to go to work or school media and corporate advertisements become a part of our daily life. It has become a constant influence and brainwashing in daily life. As we look at our society and culture as a whole, we see that violence does exist in vast amounts. The problem of violence is compounded by the constant saturation that media coverage often provides. The media creates an almost artificial world for young people who do not have a single family member or extended family member to provide any small measure of love and kindness towards them. We need to create an environment in which parents and child can easily live and play together, so we can draw their attention away from the enticing entertainment. If we find that it is often the latch-key children whose parents work that more quickly turn to violence, then can we create programs to keep these children otherwise occupied?...
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...PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES Write a 400- to 700-word short essay about issues that could arise from each of the following areas: * Children and advertising * Health and advertising * Political advertising Many issues arise in advertising, and one common issue is ethics. Children and advertising, health and advertising, and political advertising are all area where ethics really come into play, and should be monitored on an ethical stand point. With advertising targeted towards children and health, ethics have seem to be forgotten. The advertising agencies and creators are only concerned with sales and how to generate more. They advertise McDonalds using a clown and playhouse which lure children in to eat and drink extremely unhealthily, which results in an increase of childhood type 2 diabetes, obesity, and a lifetime of other health issues. More than just being overweight and unhealthy, advertisements targeted towards children teach them to be entitled and greedy, promiscuous and push the limits of age appropriate clothing. This in itself has caused for more teen pregnancies and STDs to increase. It has also caused for mental self-esteem issues. Young people now want to look like the celebrities they admire in order to feel that they are worthy of love, affection, and attention from the peers. Advertising affects not only the health of children, but people of all ages. Advertisements promoting newly experimented drugs with dozens of other side effects are written in small...
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...Language and Behavior in a Clockwork Orange The novel, A Clockwork Orange, set in a dystopian future, tells a coming of age story about the world a sociopathic fifteen year old named Alex. Alex, “your humble narrator,” narrates using an argot language called Nadsat, a Russian translation for teen, and lives a life of crime doing whatever his twisted heart desires, he might say his life is “real horrorshow.” The first half of the novel is full of rape and malicious beatings by Alex and his droogs, Pete, Dim and Georgie, until Alex is arrested for murder and subsequently subjected to the "Ludovico technique,” a scientific method to "cure" criminals of their violent desires through brainwashing. Author, Anthony Burgess combines English, Russian and Cockney to create the made up language of Nadsat. Through the use of varied language, Burgess is able to represent the immature teenage mindset of Alex during his transformation into adulthood in the vicious world in which he lives. As with most adolescents growing up, there is a struggle to find one’s self, especially in a dystopian world where everyone is made to a mold. Alex expresses this search at the beginning of each section in the novel with the phrase, “What’s it going to be then eh?” and through his use of Nadsat. The special language of Nadsat helps create individuality from the world for Alex and his droogs. Alex explains his language to Dr. Branom, one of the doctors that gives him the “Ludovico technique,” “These grahzny...
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...Jeanine Ingalls Professor Linda Gross-O’ Neil English 099 3 December 2014 Beauty Pageants By wearing costumes, pretty shoes, and caking your face with makeup, a beauty pageant seems like a lot of fun for young girls. Dressing up like a Disney princess, winning an extravagant tiara, or lots of cash sounds perfect, right? Wrong. These girls are learning from a young age things that they shouldn't be taught. They are all dolled up in clothes and makeup and hair products that their parents spend thousands of dollars on that could be put towards important things, such as their children’s' futures. They are not developing any sort of personality or education; just what is taught through these competitions. Most importantly, they are learning to be comfortable with becoming a completely new girl that hides her sense of realness with fake eyelashes, and a pound of makeup. Beauty pageants are a way to exploit young women, and are killing the mockingbird within these children. The first American beauty pageant took place in 1854. It was quickly shut down by public protest. Another American pageant didn't come along for thirty more years, when one was held in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. This time it was not shut down to protests due to the strict rules and regulations. The women also wore modest clothing. Beauty pageants continued to grow in popularity, but the 1920s was when the idea of pageants completely changed. The 20's were a time of economic growth, and social...
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...trafficking. It is a growing problem because children, young women, and men are taken every day, and they are physically, emotionally, and sexually abused, sold for sex, and then used for profit. Society believes human trafficking only exists in foreign countries, but that is not true, it is happening in United State Cities every day. Human trafficking defined as transporting a person with the use of force or threat. Human trafficking entails recruiting, abduction and deception by a person for purchase. The purpose of human trafficking is subjecting a person to involuntary slave-like practices, or forced labor. Power and abuse is the primary foundation with this issue. The victim is brainwashed by the perpetrator in believing they will be killed, or their with the direction of the capturer. Eventually the victims begin to do what they are taught to do, and never want to return home. The victims will become accustom to the lifestyle, and believe that that is all will ever become of them. People hear stories about human trafficking in faraway places out of the United States. Human trafficking is happening in our neighborhoods. Even our farm workers who are picking strawberries here in California are the modern day slavery because they are held captured by their traffickers. The number one target for human traffickers is young girls. Young girls are forced into prostitution here in the United States. Human traffickers will buy young girls in South America and take them to Canada...
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...and trans feminine people are especially criticized by the binary expectations set forth by society. These expectations, I believe, are specifically valued, validated, and perpetrated by Disney. Although Disney is ridiculously cisgendered and heteronormative, their depictions of how women look, act, and what women desire apply to all feminine presenting and feminine aligned people. Princesses specifically are a major targets for gender binary and gender role brainwashing. As briefly discussed and outlined in Mickey Mouse Monopoly, one of the most fascinating truths is “how little the image of females really change.” There is “the same highly sexualized female body with the big breasts, the tiny waists, the fluttering eyelashes, the coy expressions, and the seductress.” These all influence young viewers when they are first learning about and understanding the world. Disney’s main audience of children are extremely impressionable. By introducing and constantly reinforcing these expectations of women, of course young children are going to be...
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...to fade away. Meaning that as the kidnapped kids are being forced to learn a culture, they get to a point where they eventually grow into the new culture and lose their previous culture. By using the three little girls as an example, you can see Mr. Neville was trying to take younger kids and while I think it was obviously wrong to do, I understand his reasoning for doing it. With the kids that are very young, no older than the age of ten, so when they are token to places like Moore River, their little knowledge of their home culture will be easier to replace with another culture as they get older, weather it’ll be etiquette, religion,...
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...“the fun you can have to-day"(Huxley 81). Lenina’s free will is affected by a type of conditioning called classical conditioning, which is when “two stimuli are linked together to produce a new learned response” (McLeod). In this case, the word “impulse” triggers her memory of that phrase which she recites immediately. The tendency to repeat phrases that have been taught through sleep further solidifies in people’s minds that they are true, and ensures that they stay within the control of the world leaders. Bernard also makes it clear that he does not fully agree with the conditioning that people are subjected to. He is often heard reciting the exact number of times a hypnopaedic phrase is repeated to a young child, implying that he does not approve of brainwashing children for “two hundred repetitions, twice a week from fourteen to sixteen and a half” (Huxley 81). Even throughout the novel, he is compared to a rhinoceros because he “doesn't respond properly to conditioning” (Huxley )ch 6. Fanny proposes that his blood-surrogate could have had alcohol added to it, but no full explanation is given. His biological conditioning as an alpha could perhaps be allowing him to think more freely than others and that’s why he sees hypnopaedia in a negative way. Biological conditioning is another way that world leaders maintain control over their people. Before those predestined to work in hot climates are decanted, or born, their eggs are put through a process to ensure that “Coolness...
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