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What, then, should play encompass for children? Most psychologist believe it should be a combination of activities that offer children the physical (running, jumping, etc.), intellectual (social skills, norms, ethics, knowledge), and emotional (compassion, empathy, friendships) tools to become successful (Dixon, 2010). Structured play, team sports and organized events, allows children to engage with other children……
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Barthlow, J. (September 30, 2009). "Pros and Cons of Competitive Youth
Football." AssociatedContent. Cited in:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2225177/pros_and_cons_of_competitive_youth.html
Bronfenbrenner, Y. (1981). On Making Human Beings Human. Sage.
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Parenting Efforts and Genetics
Some believe that parenting efforts have nothing to do with predation, since genetic propensities of the child may interfere with or not respond to parenting efforts. However, that does not mean that parenting does not matter, or that it cannot be combined with genetics to affect the child and his or her nature.……
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Maccoby, E.E. (2001). Parenting and its effects on children: On reading and misreading behavior genetics. The Science of Mental Health: Personality and personality disorder, 51, 201.
Sheese, B.E., Voelker, P.M., Rothbart, M.K., & Posner, M.I. (2007). Parenting quality interacts with genetic variation in dopamine receptor D4 to influence temperament in early childhood. Development and psychopathology, 19(04), 1039-1046.
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Being a parent isn't easy, offer a helping hand so parents can rest or spend time together. 3) Help yourself. When things pile up take time out so you don't get to the point of feeling overwhelmed or out of control. 4) Don't get frustrated if your baby cries. 5) Get involved, assist in community efforts to develop services to……
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Levi, B.H. & Portwood, S.G. (2011, Spring). Reasonable suspicion of child abuse: Finding a common language. Journal of law, medicine & ethics. Vol. 39, Issue 1, 62-69. Retrieved April 2, 2011 from http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=cf7e5f19-4670-42ea-b115-83ef3ac5d27b%40sessionmgr115&vid=4&hid=112
Patton, W.W. (2011). Child protective services -- Histirical overview. State University.com. Retrieved April 2, 2011 from http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/1828/Child-Protective-Services.html
Ten Ways to Help Prevent Child Abuse. (NDI). Prevent child abuse America. Retrieved April 2, 2011 from http://www.preventchildabuse.org/publications/parents/downloads/ten_ways_to_prevent.pdf
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2010). Child maltreatment 2009. U.S. department of health and human services. Retrieved April 2, 2011 from http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm09/cm09.pdf
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There are many of these individuals, and it is time that this is changed.
Parents often look away from these kinds of problems, or they spend their time in denial of the issue because they feel that their child will not be harmed by parental involvement with drugs or alcohol. Some parents have parents that were/are addicts……
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Aleman-Padilla, L. 2002. Babies First gets last word on infant care Hundreds recognize groups contribution at fourth annual event. The Fresno Bee.
Anderson, D. 2004. Funding cuts impact health services. Precinct Reporter.
Anderson, S.A. (2000). How parental involvement makes a difference in reading achievement. Reading Improvement.
Baker, P.L. (2000). I didn't know: discoveries and identity transformation of women addicts in treatment. Journal of Drug Issues, 30, 863-881.
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Child Abuse: Child Abuse eporting
Describe some questions or observations you might make to determine if a child abuse report is in order
The California Child Abuse eporting Law imposes upon mandated reporters a duty to make immediate reports to the relevant agencies in case they suspect or are aware of a neglectful or……
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Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2013). Making and Screening Reports of Child Abuse and Neglect. The Child Welfare Information Gateway. Retrieved 20 June, 2015 from https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/repproc.pdf
Corby, B., Shemmings, D. & Wilkins, D. (2012). Child Abuse: An Evidence Base for Confident Practice. (4th ed.). Berkshire, UK: McGraw Hill
DCFS. (2015). Resources for Parents. The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services. Retrieved June 22, 2015 from http://lacdcfs.org/forparents/index.html
McCulloch, L. (2012). The California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Law: Issues and Answers for Mandated Reporters. Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego. Retrieved June 21, 2015 from http://mandatedreporterca.com/images/pub132.pdf
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Children and the Media
Whether or not children should be allowed to watch television or movies is one that elicits great controversy among parents, educators, and child development experts. Some have no problem with exposing children to media, others have distinct criteria to fulfill before allowing children to watch any form of media, and still others strongly……
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According to Smoll and Smith, there are two basic attitudes toward competition; an ego attitude and a mastery attitude. Parents who have an ego attitude toward their own competition -that is, they compete to win and to be better than others - are especially likely to be competitive with other parents about their child's achievements. Essentially, the parent goes from……
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Smoll, F.L., & Smith, R.E. (2002) Children and Youth in Sport: a Biopsychosocial Perspective 2nd ed. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co.
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" Through their study of La Familia, the authors present a strategic plan for other Latino families to get organized and help their children succeed later in school and in life. La Familia -- parents of middle school children that had not been performing well in school -- began with small meetings in the homes of parents (conducted entirely in……
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Garcia, Carolyn, Skay, Carol, Sieving, Renee, Naughton, Sandy, and Bearinger, Linda H. (2008).
Family and racial factors associated with suicide and emotional distress among Latino students. Journal of School Health, 78(9), 487-496.
Gilliam, Brenda, Gerla, Jacqueline Parten, and Wright, Gary. (2004). Providing Minority Parents
With Relevant Literacy Activities for Their Children. Reading Improvement, 41(4), 226-234.
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Both are needed in order to create the right balance of concern and caring that is required in raising well-adjusted and happy children. When love and discipline are mixed together correctly, a child will be mentally healthy, self-assured, responsible, self-controlled, and prepared for their own parenting experience (Child Abuse, 2010).
Since the mistreatment of a child is……
References
Campbell, Eleanor T. (2005). Child Abuse Recognition, Reporting and Prevention: A Culturally
Congruent Approach. Retrieved May 16, 2010, from bNet Web site:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3919/is_200507/ai_n14825657/
Child Abuse. (2010). Retrieved May 16, 2010, from e-Medicine Health Web site:
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If the child reaches this state it cannot develop its own personality and may lose the trust in people. A normal assumption on the part of the child would be that love is followed by loss. If this becomes the child's mind set then it will be unable to make friends and to function properly in society.
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American Academy of Pediatrics. (2000, November 5). Developmental Issues for Young Children in Foster Care. Retrieved April 26, 2010, from Committee on Early Childhood, Adoption and Dependent Care: http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;106/5/1145
Wear Simmons, C. (2000, March). Children of Incarcerated Parents. Sacramento, CA.
Weldon, C. (2001). Forster Care: A Psychological War. Retrieved April 26, 2010, from Forster Care: A Psychological War: http://www4.samford.edu/schools/artsci/scs/weldon.html
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