Category: Children

I believe that mobile phones are not in the best interests of a child and ruin his life. Phones do more harm than good causing sleep deprivation, low self-esteem and anxiety and they cause accidents. Mobile phones are like a time bomb waiting to destroy children’s lives and in some cases they already have. One…

Sally Lieber, the California assemblywoman who proposed a ban on spanking last week, must be sorry she ever opened her mouth. Before Lieber could introduce her bill, a poll showed that only 23 percent of respondents supported it. Some pediatricians disparaged the idea of outlawing spanking, and her fellow politicians called her crazy. Anyone with…

Introduction For many years children have been playing a large variety of different video games. The potential influence of violence in video games has remained a concern for many parents. Today video games of all age classifications are available and simply accessible in many forms to minors of all ages; video games can now be…

Jack groaned as his dad rushed him to basketball practice. He did not enjoy playing basketball and was constantly forced to go to practice by his parents. Competitive sports were just not fun anymore, and coaches were often unfair to his team. Before we get into detail about why he disliked basketball, let’s get into…

From as early as our time spent in the womb, our ears are already adjusting to the sounds of the exterior world. This marks the beginning of a life full of language acquisition and development. Going from a child aged 0-6 months of age, turning their heads to listen to sounds (Cox, 2011) to a…

“The cell phone has become the adult’s transitional object, replacing the toddler’s teddy bear for comfort and a sense of belonging”, – Margaret Heffernan. As mobile phones are widely used by people all over the world, there is an opinion arise, that parents should let their children have their own mobile phones. Mobile phones or…

90% of liquor addictions begin in the high school years. Rarely do young people live alone, implying that practically all adolescents return home sooner or later in the day to their folks. Anybody younger than 21 that devours liquor is viewed as an underage consumer. Teenagers frequently don’t understand the harming impacts drinking can have…

There is clear evidence that parental presence can and does influence children as they grow up. Sigmund Freud, a renowned psychologist, once said that there is nothing as good in childhood as a father’s protection. Growing up without a parent, particularly a father, in United States society is extremely difficult. Children who do not have…

The Utopian white-picket-fence family has had a major influence on the way in which we now visualize the nuclear family. A traditional family consists of a dominant, breadwinning father, and a submissive, caretaking mother who holds the preponderance regarding the well-being of the children. Women were considered secondary to men and treated as dependents. As…

Oral language is one of the key components of literacy, it is intertwined closely with reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar. Children learn language competency through repeated exposure to increasingly complex words via conversations they have with the adults around them as well as through specific language instruction provided by the teacher. Picture books provide the…