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The Simpsons is one of Americas most popular television shows. It ranks as the number one television program for viewers under eighteen years of age. However, the ideals that The Simpsons conveys are not always wholesome, sometimes not even in good taste. It is inevitable that The Simpsons is affecting children. Matt Groening took up…

Television Violence and ChildrenThanks to the miracle of television the average American child watches 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of violence before finishing elementary school (Early Concerns 113). Television violence is responsible for the increase in childhood violence. Watching violence is a popular form of entertainment, and watching it on television is the number one…

” a peace is a wretched offspring, a peace that condemns us to live under a dark cloud of perpetual anxiety, a peace that codifies mankind’s most murderous instincts. . . . The beast (nuclear weapons) must be chained, its soul expunged, its lair laid waste. ” This Winston Churchill quote summed up his feelings…

On March 23rd 1994 the Child Sex Tourism bill was introduced into the Houseof Representatives. This act, which amended the Crimes Act of 1914, enabling theAustralian government to prosecute Australian child sex offenders overseas. Before the introduction of this new legislation, if an offence was committedoverseas and not punished whilst in the country, Australian law…

A Child Called It was about the struggles of a young boy named Dave Pelzer. Dave was put through hard times and at some point lost hope in his dreams and doubted the humanity of mankind, but in the end because of his strong will he was able to overcome his problems and make a…

Dear Diary,It has been a long time since I have written in this diary. Currently, the rest of the nation is fighting for independence from theBritish, and Mr. Ames is trying to teach me to be a good nigger becauseFiddler didn’t. In a few hours there will be a dance. When the dance isgoing on,…

nts, but they all are treated the same in terms of their gender. In society today, baby boys are wrapped with blue clothing, and baby girls are wrapped with pink clothing. Boys play with trucks, and girls play with dolls. These are some examples of how our society has carried on a tradition of putting…

The discipline of a child must always come from the parents, as society says. Power corrupts, however, and absolute power over another person can corrupt absolutely. Taking advantage of the thinness of the line between discipline and abuse, a parent often doesn’t have to answer to anyone if and when they cross that line. In…

The articles The Amazing Power of Baby Love and A Year to Cheer (written by Dr. Stanley Greenspan and Emily Abedon, respectively) advocate intense coexistencebetween the child and the caregiver. These articles (taken from parentingmagazine) are, in essence, guidelines to be used by the parents or caregiver toensure proper development of their child up to…

There is a question that I have been thinking of: “Do I owe something to my mom and dad”? – Who knows Sometimes we might think that we owe them a lot, but then other times we might think “Why should I do something for them? I have my own life. I have lots of…