...Effects of Divorce for Children Linda G. Chelette Riverside City College Ear 20 Tuesday (6:00pm-9:10pm) Tanya Gonzalez September 30, 2014 Research has shown effects on divorce for children have many pros and cons. Some cons are psychological problems, anxiety, lower self-esteem, and depression. Academic performance is also an aspect that affects a child as well as having a healthy relationship. Children from divorced parents also develop conduct problems as well as conflict in sexual activity. Pros would be controlling hostile conflict, improving child and parent relationship as well as improving the quality of parenting. Many experts may agree to disagree on the effects of divorce for children. Studies have shown children with divorce parents have higher anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. This effect’s more females with divorced parents compared to females with intact families. As for male’s it affects them in different ways they become hopeless and discouraged. The depression carries on to adulthood effecting children with low self-esteem, this effect’s personal relationships with friendship as well as the opposite sex. (Portnoy, 2008) Academic performance also affects children with divorced parents; lower test scores will also exhibit lower educational aspirations. Children are likely to drop out of school and achieve lower levels of education. Which eventually effects lower adult occupational status in the long run can lead to school dropouts. Children of divorced...
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...The effect of divorce on children and adolescents psychologically: An annotated bibliography Fagan, Patrick. ":::THC-WCF:::." :::THC-WCF:::. The World Congress of Families II, 08 Nov. 1999. Web. 06 June 2013. The author, Patrick Fagan, Ph.D., uses data from, The World Congress of Families II, to show that each year over a million children suffer the divorce of their parents since now the American culture embraces divorce in law and in behavior. The devastating effects of divorce on children have risen as time has passed. Divorces are effecting children all over the nation, some more than others. Divorce permanently weakens the relationship between children and parents. It leads to destructive ways of handling conflict, diminishes social competence, leads to early loss of virginity, and it diminishes young adults’ sense of masculinity or femininity. It leads to more trouble in dating, to more cohabitation, to higher divorce rates later in life, to higher expectations of divorce, and to less desire for children, states Patrick Fagan in his article. Senior Fellow and Director of the MRRI, Family Research Council, Patrick Fagan, in his article goes well in detail on the topic of the effect that divorce has on children and adolescents psychologically. As an experienced person in the field he expecifically tells you all of what is likely to go through a child mind when facing the reality of their parents’ divorce. Since he is well rounded on the topic he has also expressed...
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...The Impact of a Counselor to Children of Divorce According to the American Psychological Association (2014), by the age of 50 more than 90 % of people will be married in Western cultures. Marriages that are healthy have a positive effect on a person’s health, mental stability, and foster happy children. Children of healthy marriages are supported mentally, physically, emotionally, and socially. However, according to the CDC (2014), about half of all marriages in the United States will result in divorce; therefore, effecting the well-being of children as well as impacting their education. A majority of divorces occur in families with children under the age of 18. Divorce impacts children’s life in vast ways. No matter the age, divorce initiates...
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... her mother's first response was to say, "don't tell too many people at home. That wouldn’t be a good idea.” "…she now had to face a terrible choice: of returning to China and the stigmatized status of the “leftover woman,” or of staying in the U.S, distanced from close family and friends, and without any guarantee of professional stability.” In China, once a women turns the age 27 they are seen as too accomplished to make desirable wives and too old to bear healthy children. In the Article, World Report 2015: Saudi Arabia, It lists many of the rules concerning what women can and can't do. In it, it's said that women were forbidden to obtaining a passport 2 traveling, or accessing higher education without the approval of a male guardian, usually a husband, father, brother, or even a son. "Saudi Arabia's discriminatory male guardianship system remains intact despite government pledges to abolish it." On a more specific note, In some middle eastern countries, women have less of a right to divorce their...
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...Week Nine Assignment: Final Michael McIntyre HUM/176 Week Nine Assignment Part 1 Final If I were a news director of a local television station I would decide to make the story about the city parks being closed three days a week my lead story over the celebrity’s death. The reason behind why I would choose this one instead of the death of a celebrity. The city parks being closed three days each week will impact the locals that live near those parks. A celebrity’s death will be in the news for days to come and could become tomorrow’s lead story, but today a local story that is important to its community does not need to be over looked because of a continuing story that will be there for days to come. Local news stations have obligations to the communities that they reach. These communities look to them for what is going on and more importantly, what is happening locally. With all of the different ways to deliver local news to people, it is possible to make the lead story the celebrity’s death on the news’ website. Then possibly later in the day change it to follow the television’s schedule of delivering the news, such as changing the lead story to the city parks being closed three days a week. With technology, and the several ways of delivering the news, it is very possible to have more than one leading story across the board. In the past...
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...In any relationship where two people are a romantic couple, there will be conflict at some point. There are certain topics that couples usually fight over. These topics change depending on what type of couple it is, how long they've been together. Many studies show that the topics that cause conflict tend to be money, relatives, jobs, dividing household chores, social activities, how each person handles anger, alcohol use, moodiness and children if the couple has any. There's also topics that are unique to relationships that cause conflict. Some conflicts that can increase the odds of divorce in married couples are over sexual infidelity, jealousy, money, no communicating, drinking, and anger. Sexual infidelity is a very powerful topic when it comes to conflicts that can lead to divorce. Homosexual couples and heterosexual couples seem to have a few differences. For instance, homosexual couples are more likely to have conflict over previous lovers and distrust. The conflicts fall into 6 clusters which are social issues, personal flaws, power, distrust, personal distance and intimacy. It's been found that heterosexual couples argue over social issues more than homosexual couples. Lawrence Kurdek, who studied these areas of conflict, also found that in heterosexual couples the man's marital satisfaction sometimes affected how the woman resolve conflicts. More research done about conflict in couples has shown that there's an increase in levels of stress hormones that is greater...
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...The idea of suicide contagion is similar to the social multiplier theory; however, instead of it effecting only a few individuals, it can having a tidal wave effect and cause a significant rise in suicides (Becker et al., 2004). Newspaper and television reporting have caused the risk of the suicide contagion effect to increase dramatically. Stack (2003) “showed that studies measuring the effect of a suicide story involving an entertainment or political celebrity were 14.3 times more likely to find a copycat effect. (pp.111-112)” Research suggests that the inadvertent romanticizing of suicide may be encouraging others to identify with the victim and in turn commit the act themselves (Becker et al., 2004). The World Wide Web has also been shown...
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...components for the project: Systems Theory Model, human diversity, some aspect of family or consumer resource management. After you have developed the connections, delineate the problem/issue by highlighting statistics and facts that make this an important problem or issue for which the class should be concerned/interested. You should go outside the two articles that you have read to find this information. An example might be citing such things as “1 of every 2 marriages ends in divorce” to focus attention on how frequently the marital system breaks down to introduce why you are focusing on how to make a marriage last. Note: this assignment is to total approximately 400 words. (Make sure to identify a source for your statistics/facts that is other than the two articles read.) Title: Parental Behaviors Effecting Children Introduction: From the time that a child is born to their adulthood, they are being influenced by their parents, from participation in physical activity to stress responses. Children respond to their parent’s influences because they model their behavior based on their parent’s behaviors. Children’s response to stress is often not noticed until much later, while children’s likelihood to participate in physical activity seems to have a correlation with the parental education. The goal is to have a child that has a positive stress response, which promotes a...
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...EQUAL RIGHTS IN LAWS RELATING TO DIVORCE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DIFFERENT PERSONAL LAWS IN BANGLADESH A Research Monograph Submitted as Partial Fulfillment of Master of Laws (LLM) Degree Submitted By: Examination Roll No. 08239085 Registration NO.3347 Examination: 2012 Session: 2007-2008 DEPATMENT OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI BANGLADESH DECEMBER 2012 DECLARATION The researcher, as a candidate for the degree of Master of Laws (LLM), is fully aware of the rules and regulations of the University of Rajshahi relating to the preparation, submission, retention and use of a research monograph. She acknowledges that the University requires the research monograph to be retained in the library for record purposes and that within Copyright privileges of the author it should be accessible for consultation and copying at the discretion of the library authority and in accordance with the Copyright Act 2000. I authorise the University of Rajshahi to publish an abstract of this research. The researcher also declares that this research monograph entitled ‘Equal Rights in Laws relating to Divorce: A Comparative Study of Different Personal Laws of Bangladesh’ is solely the outcome of her own efforts and research for the partial fulfillment of the degree of LLM. No part of this research monograph in any form has been submitted to any other department or institution for the award of any degree or diploma or to any journal for the purposes of publication. Researcher ...
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...psychological theories of why children get attached to inanimate object versus an adult, how and when they do, the object they prefer to get attached to, the signs of attachment and the similarities among Adults and Children, perhaps there is a deeper meaning as to why Adults and Children get attached in the first place. In psychology, there are many reason why a child get attached to an inanimate object. The attachment stems from early childhood, such...
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...Gender and Sexuality: Each of us has a biological sex, whether we are female, male, or intersex. Our gender is our social and legal status as men or women. And sexual orientation is the term used to describe whether a person feels sexual desire for people of the other gender, same gender, or both genders. Each of us has a gender and gender identity. Our gender identity is our deepest feelings about our gender. We express our gender identity in the way that we act masculine, feminine, neither, or both. Gender and sexuality is major component of society and something which can’t be ignored. I was born and raised in country where we follow very strict and conservative norms and values. Brought up in such a country it interests me to see the freedom of sexual orientation being practiced because I have always seen and taught there is only one sexual orientation which is being attracted to other gender. There is certainly no chance or explanation that justices anyone sexual orientation and sexual fascination for same gender. Somewhat being the strictness of our religion and strict teachings we follow from our Holy Book. It is based on a vulgar action that even goes against evolution providing religious ground to state it wrong. • Gay marriage is anti-evolution and completely against nature. • All major religions of the world are opposed to it. • Gay sex is a form of idolatry where people worship each other. The mankind should not be endorsing these actions. • Gay marriage exposes...
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...dirt, but if the child is a girl, life will be filled with pink, ponies and princesses. The traits of young children are not a new trend; they have been exemplified for the past twenty years on television and in all homes across the world. Being the mother of a small girl, Peggy Orenstein’s life is constantly bombarded with talk of being a princess. Orenstein wrote an article in the Contemporary Reader complaining that Disney Princesses are taking over culture and sending young girls the wrong messages about her femininity. Orenstein writes, “Its 2006, not 1950. This is Berkley, California. Does every little girl really have to be a princess?”(Orenstein, Peggy 101). I feel that Orenstein is wrong and selfish for not letting her daughter enjoy the princesses like every other little girl. Disney princesses are innocent and will do no harm in the long run. Through out this essay, I’ll show a positive side to the negatively perceived Disney princess. In an interview with Pamela Paul from Parents.com, Orenstein said this about her child, “My daughter went to preschool, and suddenly life was 24/7 princess. Before that, play had been about blocks and trains and other things, but that came to a screeching halt.” (Paul). I do not understand why this parent is so against her daughter coming home from preschool and loving princesses. Preschool is a scary time for all children. Any common ground a child can find with the other kids will help them to enjoy school and help them to gain...
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...of the disorder. ADHD has been termed to be “minimal brain damage”, “minimal brain dysfunction”, ”learning/behavioral disabilities”, a “hyperactivity”. It first appeared in the DSM-II in 1968 as ”Hyperkinetic Reaction of Childhood” (Hartmann, 2003). The DSM III referred to the condition as “ADD with or without hyperactivity” (Hartmann, 2003). Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a neurobehavioral developmental condition effecting both children and adults marked by the presence of inattention and/or increased activity (VanCleave & Leslie, 2008). Delays in impulse control are also present. The condition appears to impact brain areas involved in problem solving, planning, and comprehension. The condition is thought to impact 3-5% of school age children (Greenhill, Posner, Vaughan, & Kratochvil, 2008). This condition was previously thought to be a psychiatric condition limited to childhood, but neurological evidence has been found for the condition being present in adults. It is a chronic disorder with a majority of those diagnosed as children continuing to demonstrate the signs and symptoms of ADHD throughout adulthood (VanCleave & Leslie, 2008). Studies of the causes of ADHD have produced varied answers. One study showed delay in the development of the frontal cortex and temporal lobe thought to be involved in the ability to exercise control and focus...
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...Technology’s Effect on Social Values and Communication Skills Introduction The three main stakeholders in this issue are the youth, middle generation (my age), and the middle-aged people that are involved in social networking and texting. I feel that the issue can be narrowed down to a past, present, and future where the middle-age is the past, my generation is the present, and the youth is the future. Each of these age groups have a different stake in the issue, but are all connected together within our society through the extended use of technology. As our society evolves, so does our technology. These technologies are made to make our lives easier and more enjoyable, but are they really just making us socially inept? While the advance in technology has been proven to be a benefit in communication, medicines, law, and education, maybe it is a curse within itself. Social media and texting offer ways for people to communicate globally, practically simultaneously, but our society is becoming completely dependent on these technologies, struggling to communicate outside of them, and it is ruining the social capabilities of the youth. Younger Generations The youth may have the most to gain or lose with the advance in technology. Their lives are beginning much different than those of their parents or older siblings. Kids are getting cell phones, social media websites such as Facebook, and video game consoles with internet capability at a much younger age. When used...
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...Important Reminders Your appointment is on Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 11:30 am. Please be at DFA- NCR Central (Robinsons Galleria) by 11:30 am. Please make sure you have prepared all the requirements. You can view the list at www.galleria.passport.com.ph Please make sure to photocopy all of your requirements. Applicants without a complete set of photocopies will not be entertained. For your NSO certificate requirements, you may call (02) 737-1111. Nationwide delivery within 3-4 days. You may have your passport delivered for extra convenience. Please prepare extra P120 for the delivery fee. Please print this page and the application form on LONG BOND PAPER. Applicants without the printed application form will not be allowed entry at the DFA. Please complete the application form before going to the DFA. For questions or concerns, you may email info@passport.com.ph. Thank you for using the DFA Passport Appointment System. Wed, Nov 19, 2014 11:30 am ABDULLA BOSHRA ANIEVAS MUNTINLUPA CITY 15/APR/2000 X ...
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