In 2001, a 4 year old went missing from her foster home. ... In the best cases, the child gets removed from that particular home whether it be biological or their foster home. ... In group homes some are better funded than others a food supply is adequate while other times group homes are often working to make things stretch. ... Day 1, the other 2 students and myself were on different time schedules so I was woke up rather early and could not go back to sleep. ... In my opinion sleeping was horrible, I was away from any outlets in the room so I had to decide if I wanted my phone by me or to l...

• Word Count: 2077
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• Grade Level: High School

The effects of living in a violent home may create problems for a child throughout his or her life. Approximately 75% of all abusive men watched their fathers battering their mothers ("Open Arms Home"). ... Infants and toddlers who witness violence in their homes show extreme irritability, immature behavior, sleeping disorders, emotional suffering, fears of being alone, and decline in toileting and language skills. ... As with preschoolers, school-age children exposed to domestic violence are more prone to show an increase in sleep disturbances, and less likely to investigate and play free...

• Word Count: 2241
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Domestic Violence often occurs more frequently in homes with children. ... Children witness about two thirds of the abusive incidents, in the homes where domestic violence is present. ... Other repercussions of domestic violence for younger children are; difficulty sleeping, temper tantrums and acting immaturely (Volpe, Joseph 1). ... Sometimes they start to use violence to try to solve problems, as if the acts displayed at home has become a foundation for this behavior. ... If an injunction is taken out, then the abuser has to stay away from the victims, allowing the mother and her children...

• Word Count: 1299
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• Grade Level: High School

The violence can involve physical abuse, sexual assault and threats, but sometimes it's more subtle, such as making someone feel worthless, not letting them have any money, or not allowing them to leave the home. ... Social abuse can be defined as the deliberate isolation, preventing the victim from leaving the home, disconnecting or controlling the victim's use of the phone, making the victim constantly account for their whereabouts. ... Common effects of domestic violence include: Guilt, grief, distrust of others, low self-esteem, fear, shame and sometimes sleep disturbances and...

• Word Count: 1475
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On May 1, 2011, Hall killed his father with his own gun whilst he was sleeping. ... Parental abuse and neglect was persistent in Hall's home as the judge noted, 'He was abused, and he was neglected from the womb forward' (Wallace, 2013). ... Hall was expelled from many schools, and then finally home-schooled by his parents (Wallace, 2013). Hall had inadequate or no conventional support, as he was not only neglected by his father, but also lacked peers or teachers he could turn to, being home-schooled and distanced from society. ... The murder took place after Hall woke up in th...

• Word Count: 2185
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Although the vast majority of elder abuse occurs in the home, it also takes place in extended care facilities and assisted living facilities. ... Abuse not only happen in nursing homes, it happens in the home. ... It is the experience of authorship of one's own standards of behavior and knowing that one can make up one's own rules: "I may decide to get up early one day and sleep in the next. ... How many staff resources can be devoted to a single disruptive nursing home patient when other patients also have needs? ... Examples of preventive ethics include regular visits to the home ...

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In the basement, he would sleep eat and stay there until he is called for his chores. ... Every day, we see kids getting slapped in Wal-Mart or the grocery store and parents threatening, "Just wait till I get you home!" ... Students are killing one another in our schools, and the media is quick to report on every detail of their home lives. ...

• Word Count: 1454
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• Grade Level: High School

That was a week or so before he had a sleep over only to be told his mother was dead the next day. ... Never again would I ever have to flee my own home or loose possessions because I shared them. ... Many victims flee their homes and belongings just to get away. ...

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The physical and sexual abuse and neglect, children must endure in their own homes is detrimental. Victims of child abuse need a voice, at the rate in which society is speaking for them children will never escape their violent home life. ... "These include: Inadequate nutrition, clothing, or hygiene, inadequate medical, dental, or mental health care, unsafe environments, and inadequate supervision, including use of inadequate caretakers, abandonment or expulsion from the home." ... "Sexually abused children may develop the following: unusual interest in or avoidance of all things of sexual nat...

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The children, usually leaving home at the age of four years, were usually unaware of where they were being taken. ... The students were not allowed in the dormitory except to sleep at bedtime. ... There are stories about girls running away from the schools bleeding from being sexually assaulted and showing up at homes in the closest town they could find. ... The students themselves felt rejected by their parents and friends when they returned to their home. ...

• Word Count: 2031
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: High School