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Harry Potter and His Magic

In 5 pages this paper examines J.K. Rowling's series of children's books in terms of the magical appeal they hold for children and...

Personality Characteristics, Cognitive Skill Development, and Birth Order Importance

This paper examines the significance of birth order in child personality and cognitive development in 5 pages. Seven sources are ...

Development of Children and the Impact of Having a Stay at Home Parent

In five pages this paper discusses the positive effects children receive when they have a parent or parents stay at home during th...

Athletes and Sports

In twelve pages this paper discusses child development and achieving an identity through sports in a consideration of pressures, r...

Childhood's Toddler Stage of Development

to remain into adulthood" (Hall, 1998, p. 88). Even within the toddler stage, there are several individual periods of growth wher...

Child Development and the Effects of the Internet

In seven pages this paper examines the possible effects of the WWW on child development. Ten sources are cited in the bibliograph...

'The Candy Man' Dean Corll

In seven pages children serial killer Dean Corll of Pasadena, Texas is discussed in terms of his life, his children's party plann...

Parental Perceptions Journal Article Reviewed

In four pages a review of a journal article that evaluates the social development of children and the impacts of interaction with ...

Humor Throughout One's Life Span

In four pages this essay ponders 'applied' humor development in children and throughout life when trials and tribulations begin to...

Moral Development Theorioes and Childhood

In twelve pages childhood and child development are examined in terms of a journal review of relevant literature featuring expert ...

Development and Morality Theories of Lawrence Kohlberg

In eleven pages this paper examines child development in a consideration of Jean Piaget's concepts and how they were elaborated up...

Child Development and the Importance of First Relationship

which he thought to be quite vague (Garelli, 1997). The behavioral system incorporated a number of behaviors were both observable ...

Preschool and Kindergarten Best Practice Curriculum

to Schweinhart and Weikart (1990), effective and developmentally appropriate programs for children (they are discussing Head Start...

Life Spans Theories of Sigmund Freud

the time when an infant gains most of his or her pleasure from sucking and eating, as he/she cant do much else (Childhood and Sexu...

Raising Children in America Today

200,000 violent acts on television alone" (Chatfield, 2002; p. 735). The study indicated that "Between the ages of two and 18, an ...

Jean Piaget, John Dewey, and Constructivism

way will these children be able to discriminate, to make distinctions that penetrate below the surface" (Campbell, 1995, p. 216). ...

Girls v. Boys and Different Socialization Expectations in an Academic Setting

male and female children. They contend that these differences are the result of differences in socialization. Observation of chi...

Child Development and the Theories of Jean Piaget and Sigmund Freud

identified the various stages of childrens mental development and what the childs most important "task" and learning processes wer...

Ethnocentrism v. Cultural Relativism

are utilizing an ethnocentric approach or a prejudiced approach. When we are more open to facts rather than our own expectations ...

Children Ages 7 to 11 and Positive Environmental Influences

(Kwon & Yawkey, 2000). Freudian theory would spark interest in terms of how the environment would affect emotional impulses as wel...

Gender Differences In Development/Maturation

Toole, 1993). On the other hand, girls were found to develop the ability to hop and skip earlier and more effectively than boys (K...

The Vicious Circle of Child Abuse, Juvenile Delinquency, and Future Abuse

windows. Those windows include the children themselves but they also include society as a whole. Child abuse can be either...

Junior Kindergarten To Kindergarten

will move on to whichever grade level is developmentally appropriate for them (Hawaii DOE, 2006). This suggests some children coul...

Literacy Development in Young Children

any other surrounding circumstances. The difference between a clause and a sentence is subtle, but the meaning and the approach ca...

Plan for the Development and Operation of a Center to Provide Healthcare and Educational Services for Mentally Disabled Children

the vast majority; 83.2% are not attending school (El-Hazmi et al, 2003). It is generally accepted that education is a key elem...

Computers Enhance Social Skills

isolate the children from each other but since few classrooms have one computer per child, the opposite has happened. Children clu...

Life Saving Cosmetic Surgery

not apply only to agencies and services that help the children directly, but also to businesses whose donations can better assure ...

Developmental Obsrvation of Three Children

which had been a post office in the early 1900s. There were several minors in the restaurant but only three were six years old or ...

An Explanation and Possible Solutions Regarding a Seven Year Old Child's Antisocial and Aggressive Behavior

(Papert, 1999, p. 104+) - believed that children are not merely a collection of empty vessels waiting for information to fill the ...

Children and Divorce

Bennetts, 2001). The debate seems to focus on how long the effects of divorce impact children (Jeynes, 2001). In addition, there a...