Child Essays

“True freedom can only be attained if a person is independent. Hence, fostering self-reliance should be the first step for a child towards personal liberty.” – This viewpoint is powerfully echoed in Chapter 5 of The Montessori Method (Pg. 118). The educational environments utilized by the Montessori approach are formulated to foster both mental and […]

Louis MacNiece’s poem, The Cyclist, is split into three stanzas, each of which has its own ideas/themes. The poem speaks of a cyclist biking on a hot summer’s day and it looks at the characteristics of a typical summer’s day. The poet looks at the theme of freedom as well as the swiftness and short-lived […]

The television has been around for more than 70 years since its first publication on January 1926 by John Logie Baird who first demonstrated how a television works (Christakis and Zimmerman, 2006). This small invention turned to be something that needed to be studied on 20 years later it was first publicized. It was also […]

Child abuse is the physical, or emotional mistreatment of children. Child neglect is where the responsible adult fails to provide adequately for various needs, including physical (failure to provide adequate food, clothing, or hygiene), emotional (failure to provide nurturing or affection), educational (failure to enroll a child in school), or medical (failure to medicate the […]

There are many reasons why parents and teenagers don’t always understand one another, but I think the main reason is because there is poor communication between them. I’m sure parents wound understand teenagers more, if only teenagers had the strength of telling their parents what they thing and how they feel. This way parents would […]

Though there has been much development in the pre-natal period, the development of a child during the first 3 years after birth is unequalled in intensity and importance than any period that preceeds or follows the rest of the child’s life. The natural development of children proceeds through several distinct planes of development, each one […]

The surroundings are brimming with the revitalizing scent of recent rainfall, which has thoroughly saturated and nourished the earth. A mild breeze wafts through, its chill not too harsh, signifying an ideal day lying in wait. The sun radiates its brilliant illumination from the east, flawlessly piercing through sporadic bare tree branches. An expanse of […]

The recognized experienced journalist, Clare Forrester, wrote the article. In 2006, she was distinguished with an award from the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) for her adept leadership skills and was praised for her effectiveness in journalism. The article was showcased by The Daily Gleaner on September 22, 2010, with the title “Is the Milk […]

There are numerous cases globally where young naive kids are caught up in commercial exploitation by adults, both males and females. These children generally end up in such situations after being traded by a relative due to severe poverty. Some minors may even be pushed into prostitution due to parental pressure or deceptive contracts, according […]

Nowadays, making friends on internet has been popular throughout the world. People search for new friends, soul mates, or confidants. The internet has become an important tool to connect people with each other. Since the internet is so convenient, making friends may no longer be a problem. On the other hand, Internet Friendship may lead […]

All people have a specific period in their lives that is very important to them. Personally I consider the childhood the most important one. This period ha a strong impact on the entire life of each of us. This impact can be positive or negative. It depends relatively on the childhood. Firstly, the childhood is […]

Positive guidance and Challenging behaviour come hand in hand within early childhood sector . Throughout this essay, I will both describe and identify three challenging behaviours that we commonly see children exhibiting in the early childhood settings: Biting, Hitting, and Clinging. For each of these three behaviours, I will explain some possible causes as well […]

I. Introduction In the recent years, there has been a considerable increase in the influence of alternative family structures on children’s lives in America. Although numerous investigations have extensively covered these changes, more research is necessary to understand their effects on children fully. Thankfully, current studies provide statistics that follow children and their familial circumstances […]

The aspect of parenting is indeed an important aspect in the society as this serves as the foundation of the personality and values of each individual in their early ages. As each person biologically originates from their parents, so as their traits, values and other personal characteristics through the guidance and counseling involve in the […]

Sharon Begley starts her article “The Parent Trap” by naming several common “nurture assumptions” that most educated people have come to take for granted, such as “reading and talking to children fosters a love of reading,” and “physical abuse makes them aggressive. ” She then introduces Judith Rich Harris in a quick overview of her […]

Human tendencies are predispositions to think, acts, behave, or proceed in a particular way. (Oxford English Dictionary) Stephen J. Gislason says that human tendencies are constant features, buried deeply in the human psyche. ( www. personadigital. net) Maria Montessori believed that human tendencies are key points in understanding human behaviour. No matter where we live, […]

Our bodies could well be described as our own worst enemies, capable of surrounding the greatest aspirations through earthly physical brittleness; cutting short great lives prematurely. Some causes of death are particularly common and constant efforts are being maintained to fight their destructive effects. However, other deaths occur unexpectedly and are frequently being questioned in […]

Synopsis. One of the more interesting essays in Rereading America by Colombo, Cullen, and Lisle was “Looking for Work” by Gary Soto. “Looking for Work” is a narrative of a nine year old Mexican American boy who really desires his family to be the perfect family. His assertion is that he is looking back on […]

The movie On Golden Pond represents three stages of development: adolescence, middle-adulthood, and late-adulthood. In the movie, Billy, Chelsea and Norman, three of the main characters symbolize the three stages of development by specific behaviors related to biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial developments. It was necessary for the three characters to break down during hard situations […]

It is within human nature to feel as though one can label a person as good or bad without fully knowing that person. Serial killers are a type of species presumed to be inherently evil and more flawed then the devil himself. This definition of serial killers is widely accepted among different nations because as […]

The objective of this study is to show the relationship between experiencing separation from parents and having learning disabilities or difficulties in children in a community based sample. In this study the children who were studied were separated from parents for varying reasons. These reasons ranged from divorce, parental illness, adversities, and child welfare issues […]

Children in families with absent fathers are more vulnerable compared to the children in families, where two parents are present. Self-appraisal in children with absent fathers is quite low, as these children suffer from their mother’s emotional crisis, as well as her attempts to replace the role that the father is supposed to play, as […]