...How Children Are Impacted By Marital Infidelity Abstract This research will show how a parent’s infidelity can impact their children’s perspective of marriage, love and intimate relationships. The study was conducted in April 2014 and explored the impact of a parent’s infidelity on adults through a review of literature and critical analysis of the information in an ethnographic, qualitative manner. Table of Contents TITLE …………………………………………………………………..…1 ABSTRACT ……………………………………………………….….…..2 Introduction ……………………………………….………………………4 Research on infidelity …...………………………………………..……….5 Social media as a source to increase cheating………………….………….6 Adult children of parental infidelity…………………………………….....6 Results of children with cheating parents …………………………………7 Assumptions and Limitations ………………………………………….…..9 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………11 Work cited …………………………………………………………………12 Infidelity A business owner has been married to his wife for only 25 years. This couple has 3 children. The couple appears to be happily married, and they have a nice home. A late Friday night after he leaves his company he decides to go to a bar with his cousin and leaves the wife to take care of his and his cousins kids. At the bar the man and his cousin go to the bar to order a beverage. Not after ordering his drink, a woman goes up to him. She asks the men if she can join them. The three of them seem to enjoy...
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...The Sex Talk: What Parents are Saying to their Children about Sex by Jessica Hausauer The attitudes an individual holds toward a particular topic are meaningful in that those attitudes are used to construct one’s social reality. Attitudes about sex are often centered around one’s political and personal belief systems, and when it comes to 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...
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...parent and the individual dating the single parent. Deal addresses every stage of the dating process in throughout the text. Although the text places a huge focus on dating and the single parent the author recognizes the challenges a single parents paramour may be facing during this transition. For a single parenting dating can be extremely nerve working and challenging at times as well. Making the decision to date as a single parent is a major decision. Single parents should take in account their readiness to their children before they start to date. The author also explains the vast difference between "coupleness" and "familyness" and that often blended families will fail because the two adults involved made a great couple, but with the kids involved they do not make a great family. This book helps you to look past the "coupleness" of your relationship and evaluate whether or not you and your love interest also have good "familyness" together with the children involved. Deal discusses the importance of patience. "Wise adults patiently let time be their friend as coupleness and familyness develop" (Deal, pg. 105). Deal encourages adults to make wide decision in regards to marriage and take their times in dating relationships. This book also stresses the faulty logic behind finding "the one", and that rather you should be focusing your efforts on being "the one". "Marry someone, not as a replacement parent, but because you love them and believe they will help you raise your...
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...Page 1 Stanley H. King Counseling Recommended Reading A COLLECTION OF TITLES RELATED TO THIS WORK: Many of these titles have been suggested by past Institute participants. Please let us know if there are resources that you have found useful in your life and work, and we will add to the list. Apter, Terri E. MYTH OF MATURITY: WHAT TEENAGERS NEED FROM PARENTS TO BECOME ADULTS. 2002 Brown, Lyn Mikel. GIRLFIGHTING: BETRAYAL AND REJECTION AMONG GIRLS. 2005 Cloke, Kenneth. MEDIATING DANGEROUSLY. 2001 Clydesdale, Tim. THE FIRST YEAR OUT: UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN TEENS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. 2007 Crawford, Susan H. BEYOND DOLLS & GUNS: 101 WAYS TO HELP CHILDREN AVOID GENDER BIAS. 1995 Deak, JoAnn and Barker, Teresa. GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS: RAISING CONFIDENT AND COURAGEOUS DAUGHTERS. 2003 Deak, JoAnn. HOW GIRLS THRIVE: AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS (AND PARENTS). 2010 Dovidio, John F. and Gaertner, S. PREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION, AND RACISM. 1986 Dweck, Carol. MINDSET: THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY OF SUCCESS. 2007 Elkind, David. ALL GROWN UP AND NO PLACE TO GO: TEENAGERS IN CRISIS. 1998 Elkind, David. HURRIED CHILD: GROWING UP TOO FAST TOO SOON. 2006 Germer, Christopher K. THE MINDFUL PATH TO SELF-COMPASSION: FREEING YOURSELF FROM DESTRUCTIVE THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS. 2009 Gilligan, Carol. IN A DIFFERENT VOICE: PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY AND WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT. 1993 Gilligan, Carol, Nona P. Lyons, Trudy J. Hanmer (ed). MAKING CONNECTIONS: THE RELATIONAL WORLDS OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS AT...
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...Gender And Its Social Unstoppable Construction Abstract This paper provides information about the social construction of gender. Research from seven different journal articles organized into the categories of children, men, women, and the culture of Bugistribe, Indonesia.The understanding of gender roles is evident in children, even at the age of three years old. Studies show that parent’s set unclear norms regarding gender roles, which confuses kids. Moreover, there is historical background on social construction and women. The importance of the role of beauty in the female gender role showing how young women are being more sexualized. Also, the role of eating disorders in men and women’s genders is addressed. Men’s struggle with masculinity in present society as well as fear of feminism is talked about. Finally, the Bugis tribe, located in South Sulawesi, Indonesia is studied. Their five separate genders show a fascinating look at social construction. Gender And Its Social Unstoppable Construction Gender is an extremely captivating concept. The social construction of gender is an extensive and complicated subject. Looking at the views children have of gender roles shows social construction. Studying how women’s gender roles are socially constructed with feminine behavior is very interesting. Also is fascinating how men attempt to balance and uphold masculinity. Finally, gender in other cultures, specifically the Bugis tribe of Indonesia, have extremely different takes...
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...Abstract This paper will discuss the overly sexual explicit material on television and the effects that it has on children and families. Children watch hours of television a day and are influenced by its programming and advertising. Many children and teenagers are persuaded to initiate sexual acts that they see on television. They are also being educated by the programming on television versus their teachers and parents. The Influence of Sex on Televsion Introduction Even in the beginning of the life of television, certain individuals had dreams of making the television an entertainment phenomenon. Today, with more than 1 billion television sets spread throughout the world, and an average of 2.86 television sets in each household we rely more on television than any other communication device (Bleakley, Hennessy, & Fishbein, 2011). We use it for entertainment, communication, education, and recreation with entertainment being the main source for many people. With the television being the main focal point of so many households many individuals believe this common item is actually detrimental to our society. With its overwhelming depiction of sex, and how sex is portrayed in our society, it is enough to make one think that our world is being transformed into an entertainment reality. Although many individuals realize that television is not real, and they understand how to comprehend the difference between reality and fiction in our society...
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...psychoanalysis, “a form of psychotherapy, or ‘talk therapy’.” (Psychology, 11). He practiced almost 100 years ago and although some of his ideas are outdated, a lot of his findings are still relevant today. One idea of his that is widely disputed is that of the five psychosexual stages of development. Freud initially proposed the five stages of development; he used these stages to explain the development of one’s personality from birth to adulthood relating to an erogenous zone of the body. It is based on the idea that libido is an organic energy in one’s body, flowing freely throughout. The stages are oral, anal, phallic, latent, and genital. Getting fixated or regressing at any point in the five stages supposedly explains certain personality traits in the future. The first stage is the oral stage, where the baby’s libido is focused on its mouth. It is experienced anywhere from birth to 18 months. In this stage, babies are often becoming aware of their own bodies, especially the mouth. In this phase of life, babies are also either breastfeeding or drinking from a bottle. When eating they are prone to swallow things that they find pleasant, and spit out things that they don’t. According to Freud, if babies are spoiled at this point, they will most likely become naïve, passive, and needy in their adult lives. However, babies that are under indulged have more of a chance to become angry, cruel, or hostile. Freud also claimed that people who talk too much, or are alcoholics or chain-smokers...
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...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 a "sexual universe" is fundamentally linked to the structures of power. The construction of sexual meanings, is an instrument by which social institutions (religion, marketing, the educational system, psychiatry, etc.) control and shape human relationships. People define “sexuality” in different ways. Some people define it as sexually motivated behavior. But people all have their own...
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...Gender determines whether or not we will dress as a male or female. Gender determines who we will have as friends. Also which role models we choose. While visiting my family in Louisiana my daughter and her male cousin were playing with toys. My daughter had dolls, and stuffed animals. Both children played with the toys and thought nothing of it. When my cousin noticed her son was playing with a doll she quickly took it from him. My cousin said “boys don’t play with dolls”. She then left went to the store and bought a toy truck and an action figure for her son to play with. What my cousin did was teach her son that playing with dolls is feminine. What she did was reinforce masculinity toward her son. There are four approaches to gender development: biological, interpersonal, cultural, and critical. We will also discuss which theory, I believe to be the most important when determining gender. Our textbook describes gender as something defined by society and expressed by individuals as they interact with other and media in their society (23). The first theory we will examine is biological. Biological theories of gender argue that gender is determined by sex. Accordign to the author X and Y chromosones, horomonal activities, and brain specialization influence a ranage of individual qualities from...
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...Task 1 As social workers we live and work in very large complex and ever changing society therefore it may be very important as a social worker to know what social class her client, family or community belongs to, as this gives the social worker insight into how to intervene. Social class can be defined in a number of ways but the one that’s widely adapted by social workers is that social class is a large group of people whose economic circumstances, usually measured by their incomes, wealth and occupation, are broadly similar. There are three major social classes in the United Kingdom which include; the working class, middle class and the upper class. Socialists emphasize that social class is essentially an economic concept and they determine individual’s class on the basis of wealth income and occupation. However it is also important to say that there are other factors to consider when determining a person’s social class such as; their family social background, standard of living, home ownership, leisure pursuits, circle of friends and social connections and education. Broadly speaking most of the factors listed above are closely connected with one’s wealth, income and occupation. One may define Identity as who or what a person or thing is. Identity also helps to define who a person is; it is a self representation of a person’s interests, relationships and leisure activities. On the other hand belonging can mean to feel a sense of welcome and acceptance to someone or some...
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...self-censorship”). The freedom to read should never be taken for granted. Books of all kinds are an essential part of children’s development. The more books we expose and enjoy with our children the more they develop, learn and grow. Taking away or banning a book goes directly against our right to read and our right to choose. What children are exposed to should be the decision of the individual families. Monitoring books for violent and offensive material should be the job of the parents or care givers. Censorship should be the responsibility of no one. Determining whether material is offensive or not is very subjective. What may be considered offensive to one family may not be offensive to another family due to their different life experiences. Starting to label and categorize books as appropriate or not directly affects our rights as Canadians to choose, and the dangerous thing about that is where will it stop. "Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society … It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff.” (Prime Minister Stephen Harper ^ BC Report Newsmagazine, January 11, 1999) What motivates people to ban books is not clear; however, it is almost always to protect children from frightening or controversial ideas, or non-age appropriate material. Although censoring books is motivated by good intentions the challenging part is that not everyone agrees on which...
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...Kendall Hoyt ENGL 202-13 Research Paper Sex Education: Truth or Taboo? Each and every year the government spends over forty million dollars to support families that have resulted from teenage pregnancies (“Statistics on Teen Pregnancy” Question 1). However, the government chooses to only fund abstinence programs in schools. If a school chooses to have an abstinence plus birth control program, the government will not present them with any federal funds to help cover the costs of the program (Lindberg, Laura, Duberstein, and Isaac Maddow-Zimet 332). Not only will the government refuse to fund the program, but the parents are also scared such courses will negatively influence their children and churches say it goes against moral conduct. The church argument should be invalid if our country wants to live up to the separation of church and state. The church should not be able to dictate what students learn. However, that is beside the point. Until schools have the backing of the community and parents, this will not be changed. The media also plays a big role in negative influences on teen pregnancy. In my opinion, this is something that classes could change. Deciding on who should receive this education is another debate. Everyone should receive this education. The information is very helpful and useful. When asked about sex education, Helen B. Shaffer had this to say, “while sex education in the schools has become fairly prevalent, much of it still skirts around the very questions...
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... The present study included observational and self-report measures to examine associations among parental stress, parental behaviour, child behaviour, and children’s theory of mind and emotion understanding. Eighty-three parents and their 3- to 5-year-old children participated. Parents completed measures of parental stress, parenting (laxness, overreactivity), and child behaviour (internalizing, externalizing); children completed language, theory of mind, and emotion understanding measures. Parent–child interactions also were observed (N 5 47). Laxness and parenting stress predicted children’s theory of mind performance and parental usage of imitative gestures and vocalizations accounted for unique variance in emotion understanding. Associations also were found between child behaviour and emotion understanding. Results provide support for direct and indirect associations between parent–child interactions and early social-cognitive development. Copyright r 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Key words: parenting; theory of mind; emotion; parental stress INTRODUCTION Two important aspects of early social-cognitive development are theory of mind and emotion understanding. By 4–5 years of age children typically understand the representational nature of thoughts and beliefs (Wellman,...
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...for brain development. TV and other electronic media can get in the way of exploring, playing, and interacting with parents and others, which encourages learning and healthy physical and social development. As kids get older, too much screen time can interfere with activities such as being physically active, reading, doing homework, playing with friends, and spending time with family. Of course, TV in moderation can be a good thing: Preschoolers can get help learning the alphabet on public television, grade schoolers can learn about wildlife on nature shows, and parents can keep up with current events on the evening news. No doubt about it — TV can be an excellent educator and entertainer. Still, too much TV can be a bad thing: * Children who consistently spend more than 4 hours per day watching TV are more likely to be overweight. * Kids who view violent acts on TV are more likely to show aggressive behavior, and to fear that the world is scary and that something bad will happen to them. * TV characters often depict risky behaviors, such as smoking and drinking, and also reinforce...
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...first person with whom the baby comes in contact” (Schultz & Schultz, 1994, p. 113). Mothers have the greatest influence on the way the child understands social interest. Social interest is another factor that Adler believes is important. Adler defined social interest “as the individual's innate potential to cooperate with other people to achieve personal and societal goals” (Schultz & Schultz, 1994, p. 113). This means that the child’s relationship with their mother will either push them towards a healthy sense of social interest, or with obstruct its development. On the other hand, the father “teaches the child about power and its selfish or socially responsible expression” (Cloninger, 1993, p. 107). These role’s fall along the traditional sex roles, which Adler did not accept, yet it can be seen that the society he lived in did still shape his views. Correspondingly, family constellation plays a significant role in the development of the personality. Birth order is an important factor because “being older or younger than one's siblings and being exposed to differing parental attitudes create different childhood conditions that help determine personality" (Schultz & Schultz, 1994, p. 114). Adler...
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