Psychologists, who have further investigated the topic, taking into account the extraneous variables such as gender, age differences, socio-economic situation and cultural setting, serve as the replicated illustrations to Sulloway's notes. ... Sulloway (1996) notes this as the need to secure parental favour and respect when it is perceived the unconditional love has been given to the new sibling. ...

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Tadmor notes that the author of the Dictionary published in 1755, Samuel Johnson, defined the term family as, "those who live in the same house." ... Tadmor notes that many people experienced orphan-hood, early widowhood and remarriage. She also notes that there were prevailing rates of mortality and life expectancy, as well as a high rate of remarriage. ...

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Another survey about clinicians' attitudes and practices at the time of death showed that less than 10% provided contact following death.[9] Billings and Koltun[10] found that a note was the most common form of contact (44%). ... The following guidelines, taken from a source devoted to condolences,[11] are offered to assist the clinician in crafting a meaningful correspondence to grieving families: - Identify the deceased by name and acknowledge his/her death - Express sympathy to the family - Note special qualities of the deceased, recall a memory, or identify a legacy left by the de...

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Thomas notes in his theory of "Definition of the Situation" that, "the child is always born into a group of people among whom all the general types of situation which may arise have already been defined and corresponding rules of conduct developed, and where he has not the slightest chance of making his definitions and following his wishes without interference. ... As Lerner notes "the family is the major Microsystem for infant development in our society, it involves interactions between the child, his or her parents and any other siblings that are present in the home (Lerner,1995,p.26). ...

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In Melissa's Farley's article, "Prostitution in Vancouver: Violence and the Colonization of First Nations Women, "she notes that "for women, prostitution is intimately associated with poverty.... Campbell finished her memoir on a positive note by making reference to Cheechum when she told Maria that she would eventually find herself, her brothers and sisters. ...

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First, they note, that making pre-school attendance strictly mandatory is one way to benefit both native born and immigrant children, with provided statistics as supporting evidence. ... Karoly and Gonzalez note "immigrant children are disproportionately from families with low income, with low parental education, with two parents" and ask "To what extent can those and other demographic or socioeconomic characteristics explain the immigrant-native gap in regards to non parental care?...

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Dante Alighieri, one of the most respected poets of all time, accomplished many things during his life; with his crowning achievement being the invention of the fourfold analysis method. The allegory of the literal, political, moral, and spiritual aspects of a work of literature can be quickly and e...

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Agnew (2001:326) notes that strains are most likely to result in crime when they (1) are seen as unjust, (2) are seen as high in magnitude, (3) are associated with low social control, and (4) create some pressure or incentive to engage in criminal coping. ...

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Why ghost stories repeatedly shows us that the family is a site of trauma and conflict. Discussing how and why the ghost story genre focuses on dysfunctional families. The Victorian ghost story usually focuses and reflects on the role of family life in Britain, highlighting the key issues in which s...

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School Policy: In this case, the school policy stated that a child is never to leave the school grounds with anyone except those specified on the enrollment papers unless there is a handwritten permission note brought by the child to school and signed by the parent(s). ...

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The messenger notes, "[Haemon] has won his bride at last, poor boy/not here but in the houses of the dead", which further illustrates how Haemon finally, but belatedly, expresses his feelings of love for Antigone (lines 1370-1371). ...

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Changing perspectives is an on going process throughout everyone's live. People's perspectives may change due to an event they experienced gradually over time such as maturity, or an event they experienced suddenly such as migrating to a new country. A person's perspective is based upon their backgr...

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Han Nolan in my view is a wonderful author, she has written books that reflect on the harsh problems people face in their lives. Nolan is the author of "Born Blue" which tells the story of a child growing up and making her life a mess. Janie was four years old when she had almost drowned. As she was swimming in the Gulf of Mexico and her mother was paying her no attention, she had managed to wander out too far and a current had took her under. Due to that incident and the fact that her mother was heavily into heroin she was placed into a foster home that she had considered to be the "sti...

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Alzheimer's Disease is relentlessly destroying the brains and lives of our nation's older adults, robbing them of memory, the ability to reason, and affecting their emotions and behavior. Alzheimer's Disease is a degenerative disorder of the brain. The longer we live the greater the risk; "nearly 10 percent of all people over age 65 and up to half of those over age 85 are thought to have Alzheimer's Disease or another form of dementia" (Anonymous, 2002). The devastation of Alzheimer's Disease affects millions of families in the United States. Alzheimer's Disease c...

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Also worth noting is that when the interviewed the final time many participants claimed that they had lacked the emotional maturity to realise the implications of their parent's divorce in the previous interviews. ...

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He did not make distinctions among his students based on anything more than levels of educations as he notes that, heaven did not make us higher or lower at birth, but instead we make ourselves higher or lowing depending on the education we receive. ...

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Young people are often told, "teenage years are the best years of your life - treasure it". In town, happy groups of secondary and college students roam the streets, appearing energetic and radiant. However, this is only part of the picture. In Singapore, many problems arise among teenagers. Yearly, figures of depression rates among teenagers escalate and we cannot help but wonder what is becoming of this new generation of young people. ...

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Myth As a CPS worker, I'll be saving or rescuing children from parents who don't care about them or don't love them. Reality You will certainly be providing much needed services to vulnerable families and you will be working with families whose children cannot safely remain in the home. However,...

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