...the two main culprits are eating too much and exercising too little but there can be solutions to these causes. Organizational Pattern: Topical Introduction I. Take a look around you the next time you go to the mall. A. Take a look around you the next time you go to the stores. B. What you will see is what has seemingly become the new trend among children. C. What you will see has become a big problem- literally, and is growing each year. II. The topic I am speaking about is childhood obesity. A. Today, about one in three American kids and teens is overweight or obese. B. According to the article “America, 100 Percent Fat” by Martica Hearner, the current generation of children is the first ever to be predicted to die younger than their parents. (Heaner, Martica. “America, 100 Percent Fat.” MSN Health and Fitness.) III. Today, I will discuss the two main causes of childhood obesity: eating too much and exercising too little, as well as solutions that could be made to reduce these causes. Transition: We’ll start off by looking at how eating too much contributes to childhood obesity. Body I. Eating too much has commonly been recognized as a major culprit in regards to childhood obesity. A. The Center for Disease Control states that energy imbalance is a key factor. 1. Energy imbalance is defined as “when the number of calories consumed is not equal to the number of calories used.” 2. Many children are eating excessively and not burning...
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...How Too Much Television Can Harm a Child’s Development For the past 20 years, studies have linked excessive TV viewing to childhood obesity, poor brain development, lagging educational performance, sleep disturbances and diminished physical activity (Is Television Harmful For Children?, 2010). Children are very impressionable, so sitting in front of a television for long periods of time can have a negative outcome. While a child’s brain is being molded, they are more susceptible to act out learned behaviors from their favorite television shows. Parents have the responsibility to mold their child’s brain and not have it rot out from too much exposure to television. Children's television viewing should be limited to less than 2 hours a day in order to avoid too many negative effects. Violence is something that is hard for children to avoid on television today. Children are at risk of viewing this violence because they are watching more than the suggested amount of television. When children see this violence, they think it is cool and fun, so they want to try it out. They are taught that the images of violence are amusing. Many children who view too much violence can end up committing crimes. According to How TV Affects Your Child (2011), “TV violence sometimes begs for imitation because violence is often promoted as a fun and effective way to get what you want.” (Violence) When children see their favorite character bopping someone on the head to get what they want, it sends...
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...overweight and also that they do not exercise enough, kids eat too much unhealthy food and their parents simply just buy them medication because they’re too busy to make them exercise. This visual affectively shows that the food intake by America’s youth is out of control, not to mention the amount of hours spent in front of the television and parents are too busy to take care of this problem so they just buy medication for their kids in hopes that it will help. In the past, particularly in the late ninety’s to the present the number of overweight children has highly increased. When a person first looks at this visual they can easily see the point that is being portrayed. The reader can tell right off the bat that all children in America are being targeted by this because it states very boldly at the top “America’s Youth”. As stated in the Article titled Fast Food, Fat Children, “The Centers for Disease Control estimate that 23 percent, roughly one in four American children are overweight”. This quote contributes to the visual by saying that a very high number of kids today are overweight in America. One part of the visual that is not effective it the parents hand that is being shown holding a pill as the parent states that they will give their child the remote back if the kid just takes his meds. The reason it is ineffective is because it doesn’t show if the parent is also overweight and lazy or if they are maybe just too busy with work and don’t have time to make a good healthy...
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...American children will witness the breakup of a parent’s marriage. Of these, close to half will also see the breakup of a parent’s second marriage, and forty percent of children growing up in America today are being raised without their fathers. You may not believe this but for some kids divorce has more of an impact on children than death. Parents are going through divorces when children are too young to even understand what is going on, what will these kids be thinking when they're sixteen, and they do not have a dad. Children get affected by so many things at a young age, but what people don’t understand, is that children are smarter than you think. Diane McSweeney, a marriage, family, and child counselor for the San Diego Unified...
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...Affect The Minds of Young Children? ENG 122 English Composition II Larissa Purvis April 7, 2013 How Does Reality Television Affect The Minds of Young Children? Reality television affects the minds of all who watch it, but has a big effect on children because it inhibits social interaction and it is not always intellectually stimulating. In my research paper, I will explain the lack of activities reality television has on young children, and how reality television causes too much drama. I also will explain how reality television affects the minds of young children. “All children in industrialized parts of the world are exposed to television from birth onward, and they begin paying attention to it quite early. When they are between 2 and 5 years old, they form some basic conceptions about the representational nature of the television medium and begin to understand how the content shown on television is related to events in the real world.” (Wright, Huston, Reitz, & Piemyat 1994) “On average, children watch at least four hours of television a day. By the time they graduate from High School they will have spent more time in front of the television than they have in a classroom. If television is used right it can have an educational value, but too much television portraying improper values can harm children.” (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2001) Watching reality television is like being addictive to drugs. Once a children starts to watch one episode...
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.... childhood is considered to be the time in which a person is a child or too young to be considered an adult, this time in most cultures is 0-12 years old. Many sociologists believe that childhood is rapidly disappearing, for example Phillip Aries was a historian who argued that in the middle ages childhood didn’t exist. In the middle ages things were a lot different, children were a lot different and besides from size there was little defining children from adults. There is many sources such as paintings which show children to not only be dressed as adults, but engaging in adult behaviour such as drinking and attending brothels. Aries discovered that children were sent to work, just like adults as soon as they were capable of doing so. Law also made very little distinction between children and adults, with children being allowed to participate in adult activities because they were just seen as ‘mini’ and then sharing the same burden as adults when it came to punishments. At this time Phillip Aries believe that childhood didn’t exist. In 1880 the compulsory education act came into procedure in England and Wales, this created a big turn over in the history of childhood. It became compulsory for children to go to school, meaning they couldn’t work. Before this law came into action children were seen to be ‘economical assets’ to families as the more children they had the more money they had, but when this law came underway, families had less money. As a consequence, family...
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...Competitive children reality shows are harmful for their future ASIFUL ISLAM BRAC UNIVERSITY This paper was prepared for English-102, Section-2, taught by Evita Umama Amin A few days ago I was reading a newspaper and, suddenly I saw a headline that said” children become senseless in reality shows” and, reading the detail I came to know that due to aggressive comment from judges, the children became nervous and became senseless. Reading this news I was going through some article about competitive children reality shows and I came to know about a research where they found that “in India about 48% children who are studying in 3rd standard or under it are taking preparation for going to various reality shows and some already are preparing for their second time ” (Simon,2009). Studying about other country I also found that the ratio in the other countries is not that much different and, even in Bangladesh this tradition of attending reality shows in such an early age is increasing. Nowadays parents are preparing their children for various reality shows for example dancing, singing etc even if their children’s are not that much capable of competing but, the dream of watching their children becoming famous in their early age and also those taglines of the TV commercials of reality shows always keep pushing them to take an attempt to make their...
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...Children and Moral Values Why children today do not have the same moral values as older people? The reason this question is being asked. Because there should be concerns about all this access to information that children have today; is it too much for them? Is there more we should do as the older generations to show our kids better moral values and how to interpret all this information that they’re receiving? With the advent of the Internet and all its resources our children can find out things so much easier than before Google has become an easy do search engine it is making our children lazy at the same time informing them of things that they should not know. Facebook is another one of these things that is misguiding our children. They socialize with adults’, teenagers, and strangers. They're reading the problems that all these people are going through and foresee some of the same thing happening to them. That's why I have asked these questions. How important are moral roles for our children to follow? Good role models are hard to come by these days. Yes there are a lot of people out there that like to guide our children but not all these people are good people; so choose wisely who your children hang out with. This was said in the study I found by Carson. “Children have an innate desire to please their parents and behave well, according to Linda C. Mayes, M.D., and Donald J. Cohen, M.D, authors of "The Yale Child Study Center: Guide to Understanding Your Child." However...
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...Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens * Does your child go through intense mood changes? * What is bipolar disorder? * Who develops bipolar disorder? * How is bipolar disorder different in children and teens than it is in adults? * What causes bipolar disorder? * What are the symptoms of bipolar disorder? * Do children and teens with bipolar disorder have other problems? * How is bipolar disorder diagnosed? * How is bipolar disorder treated? * Medication * Therapy * What can children and teens expect from treatment? * How can I help my child or teen? * How does bipolar disorder affect parents and family? * Where do I go for help? * I know a child or teen who is in crisis. What do I do? * Contact us to find out more about bipolar disorder Does your child go through intense mood changes? Does your child have extreme behavior changes too? Does your child get too excited or silly sometimes? Do you notice he or she is very sad at other times? Do these changes affect how your child acts at school or at home? Some children and teens with these symptoms may have bipolar disorder, a serious mental illness. Read this brochure to find out more. What is bipolar disorder? Bipolar disorder is a serious brain illness. It is also called manic-depressive illness. Children with bipolar disorder go through unusual mood changes. Sometimes they feel very happy or "up," and are much more active than usual...
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...Rapids 1. Roger and his wife see a lot of cars heading towards their house, and therefore they drive back to their house. They soon find out that there is a party going on. They discuss whether or not to go in and stop the party. They want to trust their daughters but they also want to stop the party. They decide to go have a look. Roger sees the children drinking beer and one of the daughters smoking a cigarette. He struggles with the situation. As a parent he would like his daughter to toss the cigarette and be his little girl again. This party gets them both thinking about their youth, and therefore they decide to leave. Unfortunately their car is stuck and they have to go back for help. They are confronting their daughters without any problems, and the girls help them collect money to get the car free. 2. Roger Hedlund is a farmer and lives with his wife and two teenage daughters. He has a good relationship to his wife and he loves her very much. You see that clearly on page 12; line 149-150 where he kisses her neck and goes to sleep full of love. He seems like a parent struggling with the fact that his daughters are growing up. He goes through a process in his life. In the beginning he is being a father with clear principals, for example this shows on page 1, line 3 where he had laid down the law, animals stay outdoors. But throughout the story he simply gives up. He thinks the role of being a good father figure is too much to handle, when his daughters are throwing a...
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...“Cartoons on Children” As for the beginning, I would like to recall your childhood memories. When you were a kid, do you like to watch cartoons? Is anyone in this room interested in Dragon Ball or Sailor Moon? I still remember, when I was in primary school, the Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon will be on air every Saturday and Sunday, at 9 am. So today, I'm not going to talk further about dragon ball or Sailor Moon, but I want to share about the adverse effects of cartoons on children. Typically, children begin watching cartoons on television at an early age of six months, and by the age two or three years, children become excited viewers. This has become an acute problem because too many children are watching too much television and the shows that they are watching, even if they are cartoons, have become violent and addictive. Unfortunately, children watch the cartoons on television and they see material that is not appropriate for their age of group. The Children who watch too much cartoons on television are more likely to have behavioral problems, along with brain and eye injuries and increase risks in child safety. The first effect is behavioral problems. Some cartoons, even the main character in the cartoon show shows a bad behavior. They always watch the cartoons characters and trying to act like the cartoons. Not only the actions, but the children will also follow the behavior showed by the cartoons. Why am I saying this? It is because it has happened to my little cousin, which...
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...“Cartoons on Children” As for the beginning, I would like to recall your childhood memories. When you were a kid, do you like to watch cartoons? Is anyone in this room interested in Dragon Ball or Sailor Moon? I still remember, when I was in primary school, the Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon will be on air every Saturday and Sunday, at 9 am. So today, I'm not going to talk further about dragon ball or Sailor Moon, but I want to share about the adverse effects of cartoons on children. Typically, children begin watching cartoons on television at an early age of six months, and by the age two or three years, children become excited viewers. This has become an acute problem because too many children are watching too much television and the shows that they are watching, even if they are cartoons, have become violent and addictive. Unfortunately, children watch the cartoons on television and they see material that is not appropriate for their age of group. The Children who watch too much cartoons on television are more likely to have behavioral problems, along with brain and eye injuries and increase risks in child safety. The first effect is behavioral problems. Some cartoons, even the main character in the cartoon show shows a bad behavior. They always watch the cartoons characters and trying to act like the cartoons. Not only the actions, but the children will also follow the behavior showed by the cartoons. Why am I saying this? It is because it has happened to my little cousin, which...
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...trends are making these kids grow up way too fast. To begin with, the Internet has a big effect on the kids now days which cause them to grow up too early. In an article Kids ARE growing up faster today - and it's all down to technology: Facebook and mobile phones causing children to mature more quickly, poll reveals stated that, “70 per cent of their children, aged 12 or under, now search the web unsupervised.” Parents...
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...youths can affect their minds because they can pick up bad habits from seeing something on television that they are too young to see. We are too familiar with the saying “TV Can Rot a Child’s Mind.” But as long as we as parents do our jobs as monitors of what our children are watching this wouldn’t have to be an issue. Before us as responsible parents decide to sit our children in front of a television set we should ask ourselves this very important question, which is how much t.v is too much t.v for our children? The reason why this question should be given some thought is because television can affect a child’s mind in a way that could be negative or positive. What we most definitely do not want is a negative affect which results in long lasting to damage to your child or children’s development. For the most part in the early stages of a child’s development they are primarily visually stimulated and will be learning pretty much everything from what they see. So to be aware of what and how much your child or children are taking in is a number one priority. Another thing that I would suggest, being a parent of two is setting time limits like an hour or two a day of television daily. Nowadays there are so many different kinds of t.v programs for your children to watch that are suitable for them, for example “My Little Pony” and “Friendship is Magic.” When you child watch these kind of t.v shows they will be learning the importance of friendship and loyalty to one another...
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...past, there weren’t any television. Therefore, children could spend their time to do a lot of things. Also, they had healthy life because they always ran, played football and walked outside which means they did sports. Nowadays, all families have TV. Therefore, children don’t give up television, so it means they are always sitting in front of TV. Children shouldn’t be allowed to watch TV because there are two primary negative effects of watching TV on kids, which are social problems and health problems. The first reason why children shouldn’t be allowed to watch TV is social problems. To begin with, children who watch too much TV can suffer from identity crisis. When children are watching TV, they see bad people on TV. Therefore, if they try to be like these people, they will take all negative side of this arts. According to Park (2013) illustrate that children and teens who can get to be extremely cliché and mentality of the performing artists on-screen characters which they see on TV. Therefore, it is hard for kids to be their own particular individuals. It means, when children watch TV a lot, they lose their own personality. Moreover, they have communication problems. A child who watches TV for a long time His brain will develop less than other Children. Also, if kids watch TV, they get addicted to it, so they won’t have friends and they won’t learn how they can communicate with people. For example, before five decades children was playing with their friends and they meet...
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