...significant signs with their children. Society has become so caught up with everyday living, ex: work, chores, lifestyles, and their own worlds. Some parents do not intentionally over look things because of a busy schedule, and some parents intentionally do. Did you know that over in year 2000 that brewers spent over $770 million on tv advertising and another $15 million on radio and commercials? The forms of advertising is targeted towards youth and drinking. The choice of the beverage is formed on the image. (Current Health 2 29.1) This is not only affecting the United States, it is throughout the country. In German adolescents,” Multi-level logistic regressions revealed that compared with quartile one alcohol ad exposure, the adjusted odds ratios for quartile four were 2.4 (95% confidence interval 1.7–3.4) for trying drinking, 2.7 (1.8–3.9) for current drinking and 2.3 (1.6–3.5) for ever binge drinking”. (Preventive Medicine) Youth’s and alcohol can have a very negative affect. Not only for the youth, but for family, and the community. Knowing information about this dangerous situation can help save a child’s life. The first thing is to know why a child may start to drink. It may be because of peer pressure, experimental, or it could be genetics. Ask yourself this question. Am I in my kid’s world? Some may answer yes, and some will say no. Even on the yeses, I’m sure there are some things that are missed. So I ask the question again, are you in your kid’s world? Being...
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...Teeange Pregnancy 3 What Are The Risks And Causes Of Teenage Pregnancy? There are many reasons as to why Teenage Pregnancy remains to be. Sexual activity beginning at a young age is thought to be caused by drug and alcohol abuse, lack of knowledge and parental guidance, as well as peer pressure. Television plays a role in what our children come to believe that how things should and shouldn't be. Some shows and movies portray life to be something other than that of being realistic. There was a time when HIV was a scare, but now that folk are seeing victims living with this disease longer due to the medication at hand, the use of condoms have decreased. Since the ninety's, teen pregnancy have decreased but remain to be at a high level. Some believe that pregnancy among teens are okay in that they are permitted to marry young. We the people in America don't see this as being normal. Americans see teen pregnancy as being a deficit, a henderance to life. Not only does teen pregnancy cause a delay in life for some, the health risks can be life threatening. Research shows that 85% of these pregnancies are unplanned, which in any population can increase the risk for problems. The biggest risk for teen mothers is delaying prenatal care or worse, 7.2% received no care at all. (Weiss, August 2013.) Some teens are ashamed of their situation and refrain from telling their parents or someone who would be able to guide them to the help needed. They are afraid of what would be...
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...First off the article was about the history of racial injustice, and prosecuting children on the equal justice initiative. The article was giving great information about The Court’s ban on juvenile executions. Which allowed EJI to focus on nearly 3000 children who had been sentenced to death row that were 17 and younger, or been sentenced to imprisonment until death. One thing in the article that I think is really nice of them is when the article says “EJI believes that such a harsh sentence imposed on children is cruel and unusual in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In 2006, we launched a litigation campaign to challenge death-in-prison sentences imposed on children.” No matter the crime I believe all children...
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...26, 2013 Michelle Gardner Athletes as Role Models The effect of professional athletes has always played a big role in society. Talented, young, charming, women and men smashing world records on the field or court seem to be natural role models for our youth. These athletes and their behaviors and actions are so closely observed and mimicked by the youth it makes you ask the question should they really be considered role models? Athletes throughout history have always been considered role models for young children with a gift for sports. There have been many misdeeds that have occurred that makes us question whether athletes deserve to be considered role models. Conversely, athletes make good role models for several reasons such as promoting physical fitness, educational success, self-confidence, and a strong work ethic. The role of being an athlete is a good goal to reach in itself especially with the obesity epidemic that we are currently having in America. Athletes must have a strong work ethic and devote a large portion of their personal time to training in order to become a professional. Athletes also need to display a high degree of self confidence in order to be successful. With the exception of a very small few most athletes do go to college, and are expected to be successful, which promotes children to seek further education (Williams, 2011 ). A current example of an athlete who makes a good role model is Olympic...
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...Remember talking with your parents’ about the ‘birds and the bees?” Maybe that discussion never occurred because your parents’ vaguely skimmed over the sex education topic or they were too uncomfortable discussing “sex” with you at all. What parents don’t realize is that talks about sex education with their children can significantly affect sexual behavior in a positive way. Unfortunately, most parents do not talk to their children about sex because parents feel it’s a very awkward discussion to have with a child. ”In a study, published in Pediatrics by Dr. Mark Schuster (author & chief of general), researchers found that more than 40% of adolescents had intercourse before talking to their parents about safe sex, birth control or sexually transmitted diseases.” (Park, Time Health) Though it may not be apparent, kids would prefer to learn about sex from their parents. This study was done as a wake-up call to parents, who are not discussing important issues with their children, before unwise sexual choices are made. “The “Qualitative Study” involved 141 family’s who enrolled in the Talking Parents, Healthy Teens Program, organized by the University of California Los Angeles/Rand Center for Adolescent Health Promotion and overseen by Dr. Mark Schuster.” (Park, Time Health) Separate groups were conducted for mothers and fathers, and for black, white and hispanic parents. Content analysis was used to identify core themes and patterns. “Children ages 13-17 and...
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...or an instrument. It is the most well liked art form. The music industry is a bit different though, it is run by these big companies and people who try to make money off creating catchy songs and concerts. It is often seen as either something that just about everyone wants to be involved in or something negative due to the large amount of child stars going in a downward spiral adults. Many people overlook the bad messages the music industry, specifically rap music gives to the adolescents and children, it influences them to have sex at an early age, become drug addicts, and engage in violence. Music is apart of life, it brings people together and brings people apart, in a sense that they get so lost in a tone of a song that they mentally escape reality, thus bringing people apart in a way. Even though this is a fact not many people listen to the lyrics of the song they love so much. Adolescents, are usually those who do not think about the message about their favorite song. Teenagers in today’s generation would say that the music they hear does not effect them in any way shape or form. On the contrary it affects them without them without noticing with subliminal messages. Rap music in particular has the greatest impact on young people to this day....
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...something can be easily done about it. Parents need to be more involved in their children’s lives and make them aware of what marijuana does to their body and the consequences of having/smoking it. In this paper I’m going to explain why teenagers use drugs and what the major consequences for using it are and also how it can affects a person life. What is marijuana? Marijuana is a green, brown or gray mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). You may hear some people call it by street names such as Mary Jane, pot, weed, gangster, or chronic. Marijuana is used in many ways. The most common method is smoking it rolled into a cigarette called a “joint” or “nail”. It also can be use in a water pipe called a bong. One can even use it in tea or mix it with food. It was stated in a 2009 survey called Monitoring the Future, about 7 percent of 8th graders, 16 percent of 10th graders, and 21 percent 12th graders had used marijuana in the month before the survey. Marijuana use declined from the late 1990s through 2007, with a decrease in past-year use of more than 20 percent in all three grades combined from 2000 to 2007. I never knew how many teenagers are using these drugs and they and most are just entering high school. I feel that most teens lack confidence and give into peer pressure easily especially when it come to being accepted into certain groups or clicks in high school. Some teenagers feel if they use drugs it would make the look...
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...as radio and television, newspapers, and magazines that reach or influence people widely.” The majority of households spend the majority of their time watching television shows. Our young children look up to the young actors or individuals that they watch on television through TV shows or music videos or even ones they read about in magazines. And there are a lot of women that look up to the women that play some of the parts on screen. The popular media plays a significant part of the problems that a lot of regular households go through. Everyone wants to be like who they watch on television. Is it wrong to allow our children to watch these shows? Are people losing the ability to raise decent, responsible and respectful children today? Are the adult’s that allow this decent and responsible people? This paper will raise issues about popular media today and display the effects of it on our generation. You will see how the popular media that kids are watching today influence them to have low self-esteem, a lack of discipline and consequences, ability to make grown up decisions, have no or little respect for adults and basically raise themselves. You have TV shows that alter the way that we raise our children. Kids learn a lot of what they see on the T.V. screen. They learn about sex, drugs, how to be disrespectful and disobedient. You cannot turn on the television without seeing half naked women washing their hair or rubbing lotion on their bodies. Indecency is the one...
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...I am so glad I am not in middle school anymore. I would hate to be 13 years old again. Today I was doing my homework in a Starbucks when I was suddenly surrounded by giggles and gossip by 13 year old girls. Soon a couple of boys joined them. Instantly I was transported back in time seven years ago when I was their age. Thinking of girls whispering to one another and boys being obnoxious gave me a pit in my stomach. Reminding me how miserable I was as a young teenager. From what I was experiencing at the café the personalities haven’t changed much since then. The loudest girl and most confident girl was taking charge of the conversation with her overly excessive body language. Then there was the best friend forever by her side, ready to say “I know” and “Totally!” and the rest of the gang who was fairly quite. The boys seemed normal until they decided to speak too. The way middle school students flirted with each other has not changed much over the years. Except that now they use text messages instead of paper notes we used to pass back and forth. The main girl said “Siri, does Brendan like me?” When a boy I assume was Brendan said, “I’m sitting right next to you, you know” The other girls and guys were scrolling through their phones pretending not to hear anything. Finally, one of the girls spoke up and said, “This conversation is awkward.” I felt sick to my stomach remembering painful conversations like those. Back when I was 13 years old I remember saying the dumbest things...
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...legally an adult! What are you going to do first? Maybe buy a pack of cigarettes, or a lotto ticket, or porn; because you're an adult you can do anything you want... except buy alcohol. By current law, to buy and drink alcohol legally one must be at least 21 years of age. But why is this magical number 21? As a legal adult, I do not understand the reason behind not allowing me to drink. President Ronald Reagan passed the national minimum drink age law in 1984. The act stipulates a minimum legal age of 21 for the purchase or public possession of any alcoholic beverage, and incorporates sanctions against states whose laws are not in compliance (Daniloff). Many argue that the age was changed to 21 because that is the approximate age that brain development levels off. This seems fairly logical, but is it really? And is it fair? Many feel that 21 years of age is when someone truly becomes an “adult” and that is a fitting age to legalize the use of alcohol, I disagree. When one turns 18, in this country, they are legally an adult no ifs, ands, or buts and should have all the rights as any other citizen of this great country. As an adult, one can legally vote, serve in the military, get married, get a credit card, buy cigarettes, gamble, etc. the list goes on. So, in all aspects of life, when someone turns 18 they are an adult and responsible for themselves, except alcohol; so the government should not limit this right until another age greater then that of an adult for adults...
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...sensitive topic for Rockdale County because we're talking about sex and white teenagers being sexually active. There was a taboo that has not disappeared regarding sexual activity between African American men and white women. Here we're talking about white adolescents. So in many ways what was happening here was that the girls not only were challenging community norms by being sexually active, but were challenging those even further by engaging, at least part of the time, in sexual activity with African American males. Personally, I don’t believe there was any discrimination that took place anywhere in the documentary amongst the teenagers. Normally in middle and high schools there is some sort of segregation such as, athletes and cheerleaders, band members, honor students, and gothic kids. Because there was no segregation it made it much easier for the outbreak of syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases to spread like wildfire. Segregation wasn’t the problem in this town though; it was the lack of knowledge about safe sex and the repercussions of not practicing it. As far as the juvenile delinquency I don’t see the sex and sexually transmitted diseases as a delinquency problem, but the actions that were taken place before and after their sexual encounters is a different story. The consumption of illegal narcotics and underage drinking was indeed a very big delinquency issue. I know in a lot of cities in the United States they do not allow...
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...Juvenile Crime Paper CJS/200 When speaking about the similarities and differences between adult and juvenile court there are many of both. The same process applies between the two of them but the main difference are ways the person can be sentenced, constitutional rights, and the things that they will talk about while in the court room. Another difference between the two is when talking about juvenile court and the precautions that come from that. Youth jails are more for rehabilitating the youth and making them see what they did wrong rather than forcing harsh punishment on them. Adults have the right to be tried by a judge or a jury of peers, in juvenile court it would be the judge making the decision on what the punishment would be. When talking about juvenile court there are a lot of times where the parent must get involved because the child is underage. The guardians might be questioned wanting to know whether they had any idea of what was going on with their child. The judge might want a youth’s parent to do something like monitor what is going on with their child and making sure there following what they are supposed to be doing. Juveniles also do not have an option to post bail unlike adults. When a child is in a detention center they are in there for how long they are appointed for, they are not able to post bail in order to get out before that date. Adults have the right to post bail if they are eligible for it. There...
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...like to use or buy. Consumers play a vital role in our economy. The more people spend, the greater success of the company, the more jobs created and the more tax revenue for our government. (Consumer Dictionary.com). This consumer can be persuaded by advertisements of products. Advertising is about selling a product and the how this is done is by using by bright colors, sentimental values, sex appeal, brand name, jingle tunes, slogans, low involvement, high involvement, celebrity endorsements and humor, in commercials. Humor is a common method used by advertisers to create an interest in their product. This method seems to be wonderful for getting consumers attention, it works really well. People like funny situations they tend to relax and pay attention when something can invoke their sense of humor. This puts them in a good mood, creates a more comfortable atmosphere and a more positive image for the company or product. This makes the product easier to remember. Advertising humor also needs to be well suited for its target audience. If your customers don’t get the joke, then the joke will be on you. A sophisticated audience will understand your irony, satire, and puns, but a young audience may only understand slapstick comedy or a silly cartoon caricature. (Barns & Nobles. (1990). encyclopedia .Volume 4). Good advertising grabs people almost...
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...Why is the American Crime Rate So High? When compared with other Western-industrialized nations, the United States has the highest crime rate. It is a daunting question as to why, especially in the age we live in now. One might just boil it down to being a consequence of an ongoing population boom, the idea being that when there are more people, there is going to be more criminal activity. While this is obviously true, it is not even coming close to touching on the big picture. There are many societal factors that can influence a person to commit crime, from the hardened street thug to the typical law-abiding citizen. As for what they are doing differently in other western industrialized nations that is resulting in less crime than the United States, it is very hard to come up with a concrete idea as to why. Regardless of the country, the recession (which may be an indicator of criminal behavior) is being felt globally. The mistrust and harsh feelings toward police is just as strong, if not stronger, in other western industrialized nations. The make-up of towns and cities are pretty similar. There are ghettos in every country. There are violent street gangs in every country. Rioting against authority is far more prevalent in other countries, namely England, and they have been known to get quite hostile and violent at times, with deaths occurring in extreme cases. Laws may vary, but the main ideas remain the same in other western industrialized nations. In fact, certain...
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...Lowering the Voting Age This election year was very intense, many kids in my generation was interested in politics and was eager to vote. The excitement and anticipation of finding out the next president was one of those on the edge of the chair, biting your finger nail moments. I guess what I’m trying to say is that the voting age should be lowered. The voting age should be lowed to at least the age 16 or older. If you let a 16 year old teenager behind the wheel of the car then we should definitely be able to vote! Just like any other American, us young Americans would like for our voice to be heard too. "No right is more precious in a free country than that of having a choice in the election of those who make the laws under which ...we must live. Other rights, even the most basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined.” - Wesberry v. Saunders. So In this paper, I’ll answer the question WHY? Why should the voting age be lower? There are many pros and cons to this argument. Okay, adults consider us to young “responsible” adults. What they consider us to be and what they say we our which are “irresponsible kids” are totally different. There is research that shows that “young “responsible” adults” or “irresponsible kids” can make reasoned decisions, our voting age remains two years above most age restrictions. Sixteen year olds are mature enough to make important decisions such as voting. Our bodies are fully develop to be an adult, we have been educated for at least...
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