One group had routine contact with their mothers during regular feeding sessions whereas the other group had extended contact both over the first three days of life. One month later the mothers returned to the hospital and it was found that more bonding had occurred with the extended contact group than the routine contact group. ... At the age of nine two sisters fostered them and by the age of fourteen their behaviour could be deemed as "normal" thus showing that although they suffered strong negative effects due to neglect and poor care they are reversible. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The divorce rate in the year 2010 was 10.2% and I just so happen to have been included in that 10.2%. My parents were together for 13 years before coming to an uneasy end. Being an 11-year-old while all of this is happening was rather confusing, to say the least. I would hear my mom on the phone ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Have you ever felt through out life people go through so many hardships? Either it's good or bad there's always an outcome of the situation. It can be one of the most exciting events ever but yet scariest event would be the day you graduate. For me, graduation was the biggest goal in high school, an...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Go for your dreams, my little princess. Nothing is too big that you cannot achieve because Po Po believes in you." These were one of those last words from my late Po Po (which means grandmother in Mandarin) to me. Po Po was very dear to me and she had truly left a deep impression on me until today....

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• Grade Level: High School

Shoplifting became a routine to feed and clothe herself and her children and later, when she was a drug addict, to sell the stolen goods in the street in order to get money for drugs. ... They lead a "normal- life and both have jobs that let them earn enogh money to have a house and feed a family. ...

• Word Count: 2335
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School