...Single Parenting According to Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2007, released by the U.S. Census Bureau in November, 2009, there are approximately 13.7 million single parents in the United States today, and those parents are responsible for raising 21.8 million children (approximately 26% of children under 21 in the U.S. today). Today in America, one out of two marriages fail, which means there are many single parents out there who are struggling with raising their children alone! A single mother might want to be unattached to devote all of her time to her children. Single mothers often feel an obligation to protect their children from the possibility of trauma and confusion. Especially if they have already been exposed to a relationship that had once failed. Single parents face several different challenges because they are solely responsible for their children. The cause of becoming a single parent may be due to an unexpected baby, death of a spouse, or custody after divorce is final. Fighting for custody and child support, erasing the negative connotation of the "broken home" and struggling with job and money problems are among other issues that single parents have to deal with. Mary Ellen Gornick, a social worker with Corporate Parenting Associates of Skokie, a family-counseling firm, says children who grow up in such families can become more self-sufficient and independent as adults. The effects to being a single parent can be difficult...
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...recommended by Write Point and by my feedback on last week’s rough draft. After reading both feedbacks, I saw where I made many common mistakes. for example missing words ,I used the words like you and you’re a whole lot, I also saw where I had a lot of spelling words .but when it comes to Making sure that I follow APA formatting for this paper’s i have to remember to always review the APA formatting guidelines. For example, my paper should have a title page and be double-spaced. I also have to remember not to use caps in the middle of a sentence. One tip that I was given with the write point is that when it comes to academic writing I must avoid starting a sentence with a conjunction. When it comes to punctuation, I have to try my best to leaving a space before a comma. The feedback is very important for the outcome of my paper. It helps me to see the mistakes that I made and what direction I need go in to correct it. Write a second paragraph of 150- to 300- words that summarizes the next steps to be taken in the revision process, according to my feedback from last week as well as the Plagiarism Checker (Turn It In) report. Be sure to consider the following revision questions and provide examples to support each response: Each of the topic sentence directly address the thesis as well as the state of topic. When it comes to each of the paragraph, I have really added an effective closing that I believe really reinforces my main point. I feel that my essay does flow from beginning...
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...served briefly in the Navy), and proceeded to drive to the home of his wife’s parents house. His wife had very recently left him because he was abusive not only to her and their young daughter, but also heavily abused alcohol. He entered the home by breaking into a sliding glass door. While his wife begged him to stop, he pointed his rifle at her mother; shooting and killing her in front of his wife and 3 year old daughter. He proceeded to then shoot her father, again, in front of her and her child. Blood spattered onto their 3 year old daughter. He shot his parents-in-law at extremely close range. After killing Amanda and Joe Alvarado, he took his wife and daughter to the place he had been living and held them captive through the night. The next morning he let them go without any harm. Several hours after releasing them he put on a dress suit and drove to the Giuseppe police station where he turned himself in for the murders. While at the station he explained to the police that an auditory hallucination named Sarge was in control during the murders. He also referenced his act was of divine intervention, therefore his victims did not suffer during their deaths. Scott Panetti had a long history of mental illness. There was a report filed when he served in the Navy in regards to his mental health dating back to 1975. The prior 6 years before the shooting of his parents-in-law he was institutionalized over twelve times. He repeatedly was diagnosed as having schizophrenia, delusions...
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...Facebook’s meteoric rise in popularity suggests that it offers us something we’ve always wanted. It allows us to simultaneously keep in touch with long-lost cousin Annabelle in Baton Rouge, best friend Percival from the first grade at St. Mary’s School, as well as 491 other assorted friends, relatives, and acquaintances—all at once, instantaneously, no trips to the post office necessary. With the click of a button we can see what Percival’s cute little daughter had for breakfast this morning, or what Annabelle’s pet dog wore to last year’s Halloween party. But like all benefits in life, Facebook comes with its psychological costs—many of them invisible. Indeed, a recent study found that heavy Facebook users experience decreases in subjective well-being over time (Kross et al., 2013). Below we review some research suggesting 7 ways that Facebook may be hurting you. It can make you feel like your life isn’t as cool as everyone else’s. Social psychologist Leon Festinger observed that people are naturally inclined to engage in social comparison. To answer a question like “Am I doing better or worse than average?” you need to check out other people like you. Facebook is a quick, effortless way to engage in social comparison, but with even one glance through your News Feed you might see pictures of your friends enjoying a mouth-watering dinner at Chez Panisse, or perhaps winning the Professor of the Year award at Yale University. Indeed, a study by Chou and Edge (2012) found that...
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...For this assignment, you will choose a topic, narrow it, research different points of view about it, and identify your audience in order to develop your angle on the topic. After looking at the list of topics below, which was shared in Week 1’s lecture, choose a topic in which you have more than just a passing interest. The best topic to choose is one which impacts you in some way. Having personal experience with the topic will probably lend some perspective on it and may get you closer to an angle on it. Also, sometimes research can be daunting, but if you have personal experience with the topic, or are even passionate about it, you will probably be more motivated to keep working when the “going gets tough.” Thus, while “interest” in a topic is important, mere interest will probably not sustain you through this project. You might ask yourself, “What is it about this topic that sparks my interest enough to write a ten page paper about it?” Once you choose the topic, please respond to the five questions below. Each of your responses should be approximately two paragraphs in length. This assignment will be graded using the Week 1 Assignment Rubric available in Doc Sharing. Education | Technology | Family | Health and Wellness | School Bullies | Multitasking and Technology | Sexualization of Girls | College Students and Weight Issues | No Child Left Behind Act/Race to the Top | Technology and Social Isolation | Gender Discrimination | Childhood Obesity...
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...Report My New Experience with the Catholic Religion I am not a religious person and never really classified myself to be any religion. Growing up however, I did attend a Christian Church with my father every so often. I also attended vacation bible school every summer at Christian Churches so if I had to pick a religion I guess it would be Christianity. I believe in Heaven and Hell and I believe in Jesus Christ and God but I never attend church anymore. It is not that I would not like to but my fiancée and her family is Catholic and that is who I live by and who I am mostly with. Also, and not making excuses it is hard for me to attend church with two young children. My intentions for this assignment were to interview my half-brother who is very religious in the Christian religion but they live too far away and both our schedules are way too hectic. So I had to hurry and change my plans for this assignment. I knew that my fiancées side of the family is all Catholic so I asked the most religious of the family, which is my fiancées Aunt Carole. To research this paper, I interviewed my fiancés Aunt Carole. I do not often see her with both of our conflicting work schedules, but took advantage of a recent visit by asking her to attend a Catholic Sunday Mass with me. We stayed on after the Mass had concluded and I was able to interview regarding her views on the Catholic religion while we sat in at St. Andrews Catholic Church, which also happens to be where my fiancés...
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...teaching young people about sex, parents ideally hold the prominent position of influence in adolescent’s lives. Debate rages over whether sex education should be an all encompassing component of U.S. public education and if discussed, which topics are appropriate for the classroom. While most parents support Comprehensive Sex Education, there are many who believe sexual matters are to be discussed at the sole discretion of the parent. With the focus of debate centering on whether or not sex education is best left to the parents, it is important to examine what exactly parents are teaching their children. Upon a review of the literature I found that the research regarding parents and children’s conversations about sex was lacking. Many of the studies were outdated or used questionable research methods. The purpose of this research project is to examine the experience of parent to child communication about sex. Literature Review The idea that knowledge has a direct impact on behavior faces a serious challenge when presented in the context of sex education. Much debate has centered on the efficacy of sex education programs in the U.S. as teen pregnancy, abortion, and STD rates continue to soar in spite of efforts to curb these negative trends. This debate is fueled by a societal shift in expectation relative to the purpose of sex education. Before the AIDS crisis and skyrocketing pregnancy rates of the 1980’s, sex education’s main goal was to facilitate open and honest discussion...
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...Siegel, Lee. “The Kids Aren’t Alright.” When regulators at the Federal Trade Commission take steps within the coming weeks to strengthen the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, they could well be acting with Vicki Turner in mind. Along with raising her three kids, ages 16, 13, and 7, and working a job with handicapped children and adults, the 43-year-old resident of Fullerton, Calif., also spends a big part of her life monitoring her oldest kids' online activities: steering them away from inappropriate content, preventing them from uploading photos of themselves onto commercial sites that invite them to do so, and occasionally making them unfriend a person on Facebook whom Turner considers undesirable. When told about Mark Zuckerberg's declared ambition to open Facebook to children under the age of 13, she sighs. "He just cares about what will profit him," she says. In fact, Facebook, which hit a billion users last week, has sent a 20-page letter to the FTC imploring the agency to reconsider its planned revision of the 1998 act, which would prohibit the collection of information from children online, a lucrative practice that the social-networking behemoth clearly would not like to give up. Yet the FTC, though sharply criticized by an advertising industry unhappy with the proposed changes, says that current laws meant to shield children on the Internet have fallen way behind advancing technology. Entities, ranging from large corporations to obscure apps to...
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...Belonging This essay discusses defines belonging. It identifies some elements of belonging, and focuses on selected few. It discussed concept of belonging from my perspective and looks at the significant of that from Aboriginals perspective based on research. It gives a brief history of the cruel nature of colonisation, its impact on Aboriginals and how this colonial mentality is perpetuated through discrimination to the Indigenous Australian disadvantage. It states why the policy introduced by the government does not sound promising, what the Aboriginals wants and human rights implications in the issues facing the Aboriginals. Definition of belonging Belonging is the connection and relationship of individual with the world around him/her. (Jacques Dufresne….) Even though belonging has physical components, it can be felt individually, and develops to diverse stages with time and circumstances. This means that human state of belonging is not permanent. The status of belonging can be explicated by the choices that people make. The concept of belonging Analysing and reviewing sense of belonging I approached it by applying to my own being-that I belong to a family, my mother and fatherland, an ethnic/cultural group, a religious, professional and community groups. Within these groups I have forged good relations. The thrives that keep this profound affiliation going for me is the values we share, that include honesty, caring, sharing, participation, inclusion and respect...
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...authority. A single intrinsic case study was used to explore one woman’s battle with promiscuity. The data obtained formed a narrative generated by the triangulation of psychoanalytical therapy sessions, a client intake form and the woman’s journal. A case analysis was performed and later reviewed by an attending mental health clinician. The results indicated the woman manifests the self-destructive behavior of promiscuity at the expense of poor self-esteem which directly correlates with a lack of paternal authority. The disruption of the woman’s psychosexual development in childhood negatively altered her self-image. The woman uses transference in her intimate relationships as a desperate attempt to gain control of her life. Further research and use of psychometric testing with a large number of women suffering with promiscuity as a self-destructive behavior in correlation to a lack of paternal authority was suggested. Table of Contents Chapter Page I Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………5 Background of the Study Problem Statement Professional Significance...
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...subcategory of documentary photography, often pushes the lines of presenting a point of view or cause and ‘othering’. I first became interested in activist photography when we studied Shelby Adams. I believe his activist intents are clouded, maybe even completely discounted, by his personal motivations as an artist and the cultural stereo-types documented in his subject matter of the Appalachian people he claims to be a member of. Adams stated in his book, Appalachian Legacy, that his “Photographs do not constitute a documentary overview…but represent a personal, subjective view of the spirit of the people” (Adams 18). Adams also relays how his father, a doctor, would visit the members of the isolated communities in the region and “Although my father had prejudiced views, I came to know those people” (Cummins 3). Again, Adams demonstrates his own disconnect from ‘his community’ by asserting class: he refers to the...
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...Biography of Bill Wilson Co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous Alcohol has been abused and been problematic in the history of the world. Before Alcoholics Anonymous it was believed that alcoholism and addiction was a mental illness and failure of willpower (Cheever 253). There was never any real hope for alcoholics till Bill Wilson discovered that one alcoholic simply talking to another alcoholic could help them both stay sober. This soon became a self help program that now has over a hundred thousand groups and over two million members worldwide. Bill Wilson’s program became what we know today as Alcoholics Anonymous or simply A.A.. Bill Wilson wrote the book, Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered From Alcoholism, and co-founded the 12 step program with Dr. Bob Smith. In 1999 Time Magazine listed him as “Bill W.: The Healer” in the Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century (Time Magazine 153). Bill Griffith Wilson was born November 26th, 1895 in East Dorset Vermont, to Gilman and Emily Wilson. He was born the night before Thanksgiving behind the bar at his parents home and business Mount Aeolus Inn and Tavern. He had a sister, Dorothy Wilson who was four years younger than him. In the spring of 1906 his mother took both children on a picnic to Emerald Lake in Vermont to tell them that their father was not coming home from a business trip and that they were going to get divorced. After the divorce Emily Wilson left her...
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...History - 17 - Present condition - 18 - Maryam Zamani Mosque - 19 - History - 19 - Present condition - 19 - Anarkali’s Tomb - 21 - History - 21 - Present condition - 21 - Zebunnisa’s Tomb and Garden - 23 - History - 23 - Present condition - 23 - Nadira Begum’s Tomb and Garden - 25 - History - 25 - Present condition - 26 - Kamran’s Baradari - 27 - History - 27 - Present condition - 27 - Government Efforts - 28 - Conclusion - 31 - Acknowledgements I would like to extend my thanks to all those people how have help me supported me during the field work and course work of this project .I would specially like to thank my fellow student for helping me out with the project furnishing there ideas correcting my mistakes and shearing there knowledge in the subject. Specially Amad Rasool, Fahima khan and Zeeshan Ahmad. Big thank you to my sister and mother who had to bear with me during the field work of this project .Special thanks to my brother with out who’s support ant expertise this project would not have taken a present able shape. Further more I would like to thank following people for giving me their valuable time and sharing their knowledge with me MR.Fiaz Ahmad and MR.Ali Raza....
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...ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS All praises due to Almighty Allah who enabled me to complete the research work. I am pleased to avail myself of the opportunity to express my deepest sense of respect, sincere appreciation and heartfelt gratefulness to my Anthropology department, to honorable supervisor & teachers who helped me for increasing anthropological insights by their guidance in planning and execution of present research work, suggestions, inspirations, affectionate feelings and constructive criticism through the work. I am very grateful for the support that our seminar librarian has shown by allowing me to take books in case of necessity and within short notice. The support will always be remembered. I am indebted to my parents and my friends for their immense mental support and courage to perceive through all sorts of difficulties until this research work was completed. I really feel proud of my honorable respondents who helped me to collect data in regard of my research title. Their helping mind really impressed me. So, I show my deepest sense of respect to them. My supervisor, I thank you for your guidance that brought me to the end of this work. Your politeness & cordial behavior added encouragement to my work. December, 2014 | Roll No:09203219Registration no: 3552Session: 2008-2009MSS, Department of Anthropology | ABSTRACT Being the main force conditioning human relationship, sex is essentially political. In any social context, the construction of...
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...company CompuServe was one of the first major commercial Internet providers in the US, this was the year 1969. They used the technology known as dial-up to connect to the web. (Jennifer, 2011) The first email was sent in 1971and though email is becoming passe and overun by texting, instagram, skype and instant message. Email was the established way to communicate for many years and is still very viable in corporate America. In 1985, America Online (AOL) was founded and it became one of the most popular early providers of internet connections. This was the early beginings of Social Media with chat rooms. I can rember going over different friends homes and waiting 5 to 15 minutes just to dial up on AOL. This was the early beginnings of online dating and blogs. Lets take a leap forward to more recent popular Social media sites like Myspace. Myspace was founded in 2003 and was acquired...
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