Children Youth and Environments Journal

Children are very sensitive to second-hand smoke and it can cause premature death, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, various other respiratory problems, as well as fatal diseases such as lung cancer, and heart disease. Also, children exposed to second-hand smoke at home are seven times more likely to smoke. Since it is very difficult to prevent cigarette smoking in public areas, non-smokers should either choose a different area that is strictly non-smoking or try to stay as far away from the…

(2005). Influencing Health Care Policy with Our Children In Mind. Medsurg Nursing, 14(5), 277-278. Gridel (2005) focuses on the differences in coverage of children with private versus public health insurance and those children who do not have coverage or gaps in their coverage and how it affects their overall health. Full year coverage is the key for high access to care but public health coverage does better overall then private coverage. Children with breaks in coverage or no coverage tend…

article begins with a case study regarding a 16-year-old girl who is suffering from depression. The article continues by explaining the different causes of depression, the symptoms of depression, and the methods to relieve/resolve depression amongst youth. This source is effective in providing a variety of general facts and statistics of depression; such as such depression remains the most common mental illness in adolescents with 1 in 10 teens experiencing symptoms…

“Increased Risk of Alcohol and Drug use Among Children From Deployed Military Families”, and is from the journal Addiction. The article was authored by Laura Acion, Marizen R. Ramirez, Ricardo E. Jorge, and Stephan Arndt. The research discussed in this article examines the relationship between the deployment of a military parent and the alcohol and drug usage among the children of these deployed military parents (Acion, Ramirez, Jorge, & Arndt, 2013). Children of deployed military parents make…

How are children affected by parental death? 4. What are the needs of children who experience parental death? The Statement of the Problem This research proposes to identify the different effects parental death has on children and the factors (cause of death, age of child, gender of child, gender of surviving parent, etc) that relates to the adjustment of the child to the death of a parent. Review of Literature Qualitative Research Hope and Hate (2006) performed a qualitative study…

their administrators have a legal obligation to provide a safe learning environment for their students. Administrators develop policies within their organizations to address bullying, but there is research that shows educating in the name of prevention should be implemented. Just as the internet is a world-wide institution, so is cyberbullying. Researchers in Taiwan conducted a study that supports the notion that educating youth on what cyberbullying is and the effects it can have could help to…

This morality is how they will come to view aggression and violence. The early childhood years are when children begin to demonstrate their levels of aggression as well as violence. Aggression and violence are both very common during the preschool years. Many children display aggression but it is not always displayed in a violent way. There are two forms of aggression which are instrumental aggression and relational aggression. Feldman defines instrumental aggression as “aggression…

comments can be applied to America. The public school system was once the pride of our country, but now fails to prepare children for a life after school. The public school system is underfunded for the children without money, understaffed for the children who need special attention and under appreciated by families who need it most. Not only has it failed to educate children, thus not preparing them for their…

This theory similar to building blocks since each new stage is build on the previous ones, and a strong foundation in childhood is needed for a healthy adult (Hutchison 2013). Maisie different from most children her age because these essential building blocks that she needs are missing. And since the foundation is not there, her current behavior is abnormal. Her current adoptive mother tries to compensate for this in various ways, in an attempt to make up…

meaning in Japan is far wider and more complex. In addition to exploring the extent of the kawaii phenomenon, my research revealed multiple questions or ideas for me to potentially address in my paper. These include the topic of kawaii on Japanese youth, specifically the effect on the identity and self-image of girls and young women in Japan. In reaction to this, the idea of kawaii concerning young males also came up, especially as a reaction to kawaii concerning females. Additionally, the…