However, a large number of academic studies suggested that no significant differences in psychological adjustment, academic achievement, and social function could be found among children reared by homosexual parents and heterosexual parents (Pappas, 2012, p.1). ... One possible reason is that homosexual parents are more likely to equally share child-care tasks than heterosexual parents do (Farr & Patterson, 2014, p.1233) Therefore, both of homosexual fathers dedicate more time in child care than heterosexual fathers do. ... They asked these parents to rate their skills in 14 child care tasks. ...

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In 1977, there was a criminal indictment brought against Ford stating that the Pinto had been considered a fire hazard, because of where the gas tank was located in the rear of the vehicle. Allegations were brought up that after detailed rear-end crash tests; the actual design of the gas tank, and the placement of the gas tank was a safety hazard, and considered dangerous to the driver, as well as to any passengers in the vehicle. ... The controversy surrounding the fuel tank was that it was located behind the rear axle, instead of above it. ... The problem with this design, which later became...

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A non-abusive spanking is one or two swats to the rear end of child with a hand, not with the intention of inflicting pain but with the intention of correcting and getting a clear message across to the child (Penkava 3). ... Studies done by Diana Baumrind PHD, who has published a series of studies on the relation between parental child rearing styles and the social competence in the children, has shown that under most circumstances, spanking a child younger than 18 months or past puberty is counterproductive. ... According to a child sociologist, Dr. ... This knowledge of the parent will be...

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What is it about family dynamics that plays such a pivotal role in not only the development of the child, but also the development of the parental function? ... Can divorce be the primary cause for the downfall of a child's mental health? Can depression in a spouse be the source of marital discord or is it that two opposing child-rearing techniques lead parent who normally cooperate well with one another to state of incompatibility and conflict? ... In the course of my adolescent years, I became immune to my parents' marital struggles caused by cultural disparities and conflicting ch...

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Researchers at the University of Minnesota conducted a large-scale longitudinal study of twins who were reared apart. The study found that even when identical twins were reared apart, they had similar characteristics in terms of hyperactivity and inattention (Lowenthal 207). ... These students often challenge parents' child-rearing skills (Aust, 1994), having more difficulty with bedwetting, sleep problems, stubbornness, and temper tantrums than children with the inattentive type or those with out AD/HD. ... The child acts as if he/she is "on the go- or as if they are "driven by a mot...

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The residential school system acted as a method to reshape the future of the Aboriginal culture. " Since the earliest contact between Canada's Aboriginal people and European settlers there has been conflicting values concerning family relationships and child-rearing practices. ... Each child taken from their home has been robbed of their own identity and their ill effects of their experience of abuse and neglect will affect future generations to come. ... As well as the regulations, if the parents wanted to see their children they needed to obtain a pass from their local Indian agen...

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Humanity has evolved in a male-centered, patriarchal society. Historically, men were always the main suppliers of food and money. Women were the ones who had a duty to look after the home and raise the children. Women were financially dependent on men and lost their financial support as a consequenc...

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The couple here learns their role of a parent at the birth of the child and the child learns its role. ... Mead said that the child's inner I becomes the social me. ... The child moves to the next stage after socialisation at home which Mead names as the game stage. The child chooses from the roles of the generalised other, by doing this the self becomes fully social. ... Many great opportunities are available for the child to learn identities. ...

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Schizophrenia. This portmanteau term is used to describe a mental illness that unfortunately has been riddled with misconceptions and fallacies throughout history, giving it an extremely and perhaps undeservingly negative connotation. The origin of the word schizophrenia lends itself to the compilation of two Greek words. The first word, schizo, means "splitting". The second word, phrenia, means "of the mind". ...

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Introduction A common contemporary feature across many affluent countries with highly developed economies is the persistence of urban underclass neighborhoods. This phenomenon presents many national and local characteristics, nonetheless a number of common salient features can be pointed out: high u...

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Few psychoanalytic concepts have been used as widely as the concept of instinct for explaining abnormal development. Under this orientation, obesity and other eating disorders are conceived of as resulting from disturbances during the oral phase. Yet the concept of instinct has been widely debated. Freud himself proposed many theoretical formulations and remained critical of all his efforts to formulate a fixed theory of instinct. A definite progression can be recognized in his concept of the instinctual drives, represented in the id, from the reflex arc scheme of a self-contained closed syst...

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Other emotional problems make it hard to recognize depression in a child, but usually overlap with depression. A depressed child may also have a conduct disorder, in which the child consistently violates rules that may be inappropriate for his or her age. ... The disorder may stop a child from participating in daily activities, and leave them feeling worried, withdrawn, and even restless. ...

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They were asked to rate their first and second born child on all of the multiple intelligences postulated by Gardner's (1983) theory of multiple intelligences. ... Parental beliefs concerning children intelligence emanate from a myriad of factors, the primary ones being gender, age, ethnicity and education of both the parent and child (ibid.). ... Thus, the expectations of the male and female child are differentiated and they are then socialised along these perceptions of cognitive abilities. ... Participants were asked to estimate their own overall and multiple intelligences, followed b...

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They were asked to rate their first and second born child on all of the multiple intelligences postulated by Gardner's (1983) theory of multiple intelligences. ... Parental beliefs concerning children intelligence emanate from a myriad of factors, the primary ones being gender, age, ethnicity and education of both the parent and child (ibid.). ... Thus, the expectations of the male and female child are differentiated and they are then socialised along these perceptions of cognitive abilities. ... Participants were asked to estimate their own overall and multiple intelligences, followed b...

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In his apartment there are pictures of naked women, he even objectifies artistic figures (eyeing a naked statue of woman while walking by, staring at a women's breast in a religious book, drawing naked women in class as a child). One can constantly spot his eyes wandering to a woman's breasts or rear, he spends a whole scene staring at scantily clad women by a pool and talking about their bodies, and he even perverts the baptism of his attractive maid into a romantic sexual fantasy. ...

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"The fact is that the automobile has become hypnotic...the opium of the American people." - Fortune Magazine Table of Contents Introduction The Rise of the Automobile The Styling Redesign The Role of Attainable Pricing for the Masses The Emerging American Obsession The Impact on the Nuclear Family Redefining the American Teenager The Rise of the Hot Rod Culture The Rise of the Excess Culture Baby Boomers and Redesign Converting from Chrome to Muscle The Automobile as Identity Downfall and Decline Conclusion Bibliography Introduction With the end of World War II, the United State...

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America's Revolutionary War is a subject that engenders perpetual curiosity. By any sensible reckoning, Britain should have won the war. England's army was the strongest professional fighting force in the world, supremely confident, and led by experienced, gifted commanders with a long and storied history of military success. She had the largest, most nimble navy the world had ever seen, spread throughout the globe. Britain's economy was strong, prominent among nations in all areas of commerce, banking, and agriculture. ...

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