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Ben R

Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect - 1 views

  • Difficulties during adolescence. Studies have found abused and neglected children to be at least 25 percent more likely to experience problems such as delinquency, teen pregnancy, low academic achievement, drug use, and mental health problems (Kelley, Thornberry, & Smith, 1997). Other studies suggest that abused or neglected children are more likely to engage in sexual risk-taking as they reach adolescence, thereby increasing their chances of contracting a sexually transmitted disease (Johnson, Rew, & Sternglanz, 2006). Juvenile delinquency and adult criminality. According to a National Institute of Justice study, abused and neglected children were 11 times more likely to be arrested for criminal behavior as a juvenile, 2.7 times more likely to be arrested for violent and criminal behavior as an adult, and 3.1 times more likely to be arrested for one of many forms of violent crime (juvenile or adult) (English, Widom, & Brandford, 2004). Alcohol and other drug abuse. Research consistently reflects an increased likelihood that abused and neglected children will smoke cigarettes, abuse alcohol, or take illicit drugs during their lifetime (Dube et al., 2001). According to a report from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, as many as two-thirds of people in drug treatment programs reported being abused as children (Swan, 1998). Abusive behavior. Abusive parents often have experienced abuse during their own childhoods. It is estimated approximately one-third of abused and neglected children will eventually victimize their own children (Prevent Child Abuse New York, 2003).
  • These include costs associated with juvenile and adult criminal activity, mental illness, substance abuse, and domestic violence.
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    This source discusses the harmful physical, mental, and psychological effects of child abuse upon kids. Abused kids are much more likely to turn into criminals, turn to violence, or become pyschopaths than other children. Just like Perry, no matter how soft and feminine kids appear, the worse treatment they receive at home, the more anger they bottle up inside.
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    Mentions some of the physical and mental detriments of being raised in a neglectful home, and considering perry thought of himself as his fathers slave, it would be fair to say he was in some way shape or form neglected, and that even if the effects dont seem obvious they can effect social behavior...
Ellen L

Talking to Children about Death - 0 views

  • Some children may still think the dead person will return. Guilt may make a child feel responsible for the death through her own wishful thinking (I wish he would die!), harsh words (You'll be the death of me yet.) or not doing something (I didn't help Grandpa mow the lawn. Now he died.). Fears related to death may arise.
  • How to help: Be a good listener. Correct any confusing ideas the child may have. Provide play opportunities and routine. Reassure the child the death was not her fault. Provide opportunities to open discussion with a quiet child by reading stories related to death.
  • Some children in this age range may appear to be unaffected by death on the surface. They may see death as a punishment for bad deeds.
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  • Talk about the ways in which things are different and how they are the same. Reassure the child he did not cause the death.
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    This site talks primarily about younger children s understanding of death, and what parents should do to help their young ones cope with the phenomenon. The thought processes spoken of on this site reflect those thought by Vardaman
David D

Is mother's love unconditional? - 0 views

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    "Most of humanity rests comfortably on the idea that even if no one else loves us, our mothers still will. But a new study casts some uncomfortable doubt on that assertion. It suggests women may be biologically programmed to love children who are healthy and most likely to live."
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    This LA Times article talks about the nature of unconditional parental love and a new study that contradicts it. Addie Bundren's hate of her children, excluding Jewel, does not parallel the way that most parents feel about their children. However, a new study has shown that unhealthy or imperfect children may not attract the same love as healthy children. Perhaps Addies imperfect view of her children, and their father, led to her complete lack of love for them.
Sarah Sch

(4) Feral Children - 0 views

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    "A 17-year-old with the mentality of a child of three, Hauser was reeducated over the next five years, regaining many of the faculties that had been stunted by extreme social and sensory deprivation, to the point where he could communicate verbally although his speech was substandard."
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    Feral children are, "Lost or abandoned human children raised in extreme social isolation, either surviving in the wild through their own efforts or "adopted" by animals"
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    This article demonstrates the ability for a parentless individual to be rehabilitated. Feral children are children who have raised themselves or animals raise. They have no or little connection to humans. Likewise, Victor abandons the monster and leaves the monster to raise itself. This shows that if Victor tried to teach the monster compassion that the monster would never have resorted to extremes. The article would support an essay including the irresponsibility of Victor towards the monster
Sarah Sch

(5) neglect - 0 views

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    "In considering the race and ethnicity of neglected children, the highest percentage of children who experienced neglect only (and not other forms of child maltreatment) in 2003 were American Indian or Alaska Native (67.8%), followed by children of multiple races (55.9%)."
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    "There are other common types of neglect, such as medical neglect, safety neglect, abandonment and educational neglect."
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    This article examines the neglect of children. Neglect can be perceived in several ways and is seen in several acts such as the neglect of education or safety. Neglect is an important theme in all the novels of this segment. During In Cold Blood, the reader witnesses how Perry was neglected as a child by his father which resulted in severe inhibitions in his development. Parental neglect was a leading contributor to the end result of Perry murdering the Clutters.
Ellen L

In a Chinese Orphanage - 96.04 - 0 views

  • Some of the children grab their bottles and eat lustily, and some--often the same ones--demand attention, crying, spreading their arms to be held. Their eyes beg for human warmth and affection. Others are already passive and withdrawn. Their bottles lie untouched, as though they are too weak, too indifferent, or still too young to make the effort.
  • She feels that such human contact would be cruel to children who have never known warmth or affection or holding, and would perhaps prolong their dying. Instead she gives all her energy and unconditional love to the little ones who respond to it energetically.
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    This article discusses conditions of Chinese orphanages and the case of certain children who die due to a lack of attention and human contact. This shows how crucial a role social contact plays in child development, making the monster's violent reaction to Victor's abuse understandable. 
Ellen L

Importance of Parental Supervision | Parenting | Disney Family.com - 0 views

  • The survey indicates that parents misunderstand what's important to their kids, underestimate their maturity, overlook problematic behavior and withdraw themselves from their children's daily lives.
  • "Clearly, there's a connection gap if half the people in a conversation think they don't get a chance to explain themselves," says Kutner. "If one person tends to dominate most conversations at the expense of another, it can create an environment filled with misunderstanding, anger and resentment."
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    Following the shooting at Columbine High School, several surveys were conducted to understand how the parents were unaware of their children s violent nature. What they found was a huge communication gap between parents and their children that  led to misunderstanding and anger. This is exactly what happens between Victor and the monster, as Victor is unwilling to communicate, thus creating a barrier between the two. 
Evan G

Darl in Faulkner's As I Lay Dying - 0 views

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    This source compares Anse and Addie to Adam and Eve, and also explores the ideas that poor parenting leads to poor children behavior. Like Victor, Anse and Addie really don't fulfill the roles of decent father/mother figures. As a result, most of the children go astray (Vardaman is clueless and baffled, Darl starts to lose his grip, Dewey Dell is left pregnant and alone)
Ellen L

What We Learn from Our Parents | Psychology Today - 1 views

  • The natural process of growing up and becoming socialized is typically so full of disappointments and confusion that it's essential to have parents who can reliably offer us solace and calm us down when we've depleted our limited coping resources.
  • e're actually psychologically "enslaved" to our caretakers. And our home can't possibly be a sanctuary for us--a safe harbor where we can dependably feel supported and understood. Rather, it's a place where we're constantly struggling to secure the enduring parental connection that so frustratingly eludes us.
  • owever unintentionally, such parents can make us feel responsible for their happiness, such that we're prompted to take on the burden of their dependencies
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    This article talks about how while children are suppose to feel bonded to their parents, they are not suppose to feel in bondage to them. This switch results in a change of position of parent in child within a family unit, resulting in stress and abnormal feelings. This is seen in the Bundren household, especially with Anse, as he sees his children as objects to take care of him.
Ellen L

http://www.na.org/admin/include/spaw2/uploads/pdf/litfiles/us_english/IP/EN3112.pdf - 0 views

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    "When we are born we are conscious only of ourselves, we are the universe. We perceive little  other than our basic needs, and if these needs are met we are content. As our consciousness  expands we become aware of a world outside ourselves. We discover that there are people,  places, and things around us, and that they fulfill our needs" "Most children, through experiences over a period of time, come to realize that the outside  world cannot provide all their wants and needs. They begin to supplement what is given to  them with their own efforts." This article discusses how children grow to self sufficiency when they realize their is more to the world than their own selfish needs. We see, however, that in AILD almost none of the characters grow out of this childish ideology.
Evan G

What Makes Serial Killers Tick? - Childhood Abuse - Crime Library on truTV.com - 0 views

  • In some cases, the abuse of children by their parents is barbaric, and it seems little wonder that anything but a fledgling serial killer would come from such horrible squalor.
  • Childhood abuse may not be the sole excuse for serial killers, but it is an undeniable factor in many of their backgrounds.
  • In looking to the parents for explanations, we see both horrifying mothers and fathers. The blame usually falls on the mother, who has been described as too domineering or too distant, too sexually active or too repressed. Perhaps the mother is blamed more because the father has often disappeared, therefore "unaccountable." When the father is implicated, it is usually for sadistic disciplinarian tactics, alcoholic rants, and overt anger toward women.
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  • . Instead, it often creates a lack of love between parent and child that can have disastrous results. If the child doesn't bond with its primary caretakers, there is no foundation for trusting others later in life. This can lead to isolation, where intense violent fantasies become the primary source of gratification
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    Like many other sites, this site defends childhood abuse, saying that it does not ALWAYS create pyschotic monsters. However, often, childhood abuse is a lead cause. In addition, the site discusses the roles of father and mother in raising careless killers rather than children
Sarah Sch

(6) mental child abuse and neglect - 0 views

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    "In addition, parents who psychologically abuse their children are often narcissistic (self-absorbed) and feel that raising children gets in the way of their own lives and the things they would rather be doing."
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    "Families in which psychological maltreatment occurs are usually dysfunctional in some way and lack good communication skills. "
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    This article further examines the effect of parental neglect on children and the potential causes of parental neglect. One leading cause of parental neglect is the resentment a parent feels due to the restrictions having a child places on their life. Another cause is the self-absorbedness of the parent. These two causes are seen with Perry's mother and father. Perry's father neglects Perry's needs as a child when he drags Perry from town to town on his own whim.
Ben R

Mommy, why do you look different? - 0 views

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    The article discusses the hypocritical nature that surrounds people telling their children that plastic surgery is bad after having it done themselves. The one uniform agreement is that children can tell when somebody looks different, and because of how society portrays the importance of beauty children at a very young age develop very vain perceptions of people based off of their physical appearance, as seen through the monsters struggles to find human companionship
Ellen L

A safe place for kids to grieve ~ Kidsaid.com - 0 views

  • It is important to remember that a young child's perception is oriented in the five basic senses. It is concrete, short-range and based on what is felt in the moment. A young child does not comprehend the concept of death. A person is gone; then a person is there. When a person is gone and then still gone and then still gone, a child may grieve at each moment when he or she feels the person's goneness.
  • Children may ask questions repetitively. The answers often do not resolve their searching. The searching itself is part of their grief work.  Their questions are indicative of their feelings of confusion and uncertainty. Listen and support their searching. Answer repetitively. You may have to tell the story over and over and over again.
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    This site discusses the grief process of young children. In a normal situation, kids are typically suppose to do a lot of questioning to somehow rationalize the situation. In AILD, however, we see that Vardaman is unable to ask these questions, which is detrimental to his growing process. 
Sarah Sch

(4) Children and Grief - 0 views

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    "Adding to a child's shock and confusion at the death of a brother, sister, or parent is the unavailability of other family members, who may be so shaken by grief that they are not able to cope with the normal responsibility of childcare."
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    "Parents should be aware of normal childhood responses to a death in the family, as well as signs when a child is having difficulty coping with grief. It is normal during the weeks following the death for some children to feel immediate grief or persist in the belief that the family member is still alive. However, long-term denial of the death or avoidance of grief can be emotionally unhealthy and can later lead to more severe problems."
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    This article explains how children react and deal with grief over the loss of a loved one. This article relates to the confusion and angst Vardaman experiences after the death of Addie. Vardaman experiences shock and confusion over the substantial matter of death and how it applies to his newly deceased mother. No one in the family bothers to explain to him the finality and irreversibility of death. Without guidance, the Bundren family leaves Vardaman to stumble around and form false conclusion such as the belief Peabody killed Addie.
David D

Child Abuse & Neglect - 2 views

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    "More than 750,000 children each year in America are abused or neglected, one every 42 seconds."
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    This article, published by the Children's Defense Fund, describes child abuse and neglect in America and the effects it has. The child welfare system does everything it can in helping neglected children, but it is common for them to turn to crime and end up in prison as adults.
Evan G

Horrific life experiences helped shape Malcolm X | Share News - Local Canadian, Caribbe... - 0 views

  • Recognizing that the name he was given at birth was forced on his ancestors by the White people who at some point had owned his ancestors
  • Louise Little, traumatized by the horrific murder of her husband, cheated of the insurance money she should have received at his death and unable to find work to support her children was further victimized when the government imprisoned her in a mental institution, seized and scattered her children into various foster homes.
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    Source discusses the name trouble: the blacks are given names by their white slaveholders. Links to IM---blacks cannot find their own identity if they are being named and depersonified by the whites! Also discusses Malcolm's mom, who suffers, like IM, to the point of losing her mind and sanity, all at the hands of the white oppressors. 
Connor P

Gale Power Search - Document - 1 views

  • He had eight children with his wife, Sister Clara Muhammad, but also fathered a number of illegitimate children with his secretaries, a circumstance that was one of the reasons for Malcolm X's final break with the Nation of Islam in 1964.
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    This again shows the deception which changes Malcolm X's life forever. He understands that the Nation of Islam is not for him just as IM learns the Brotherhood is not for him. This leads to both of their discoveries about themselves.
Ben R

Bonding and Attachment in Maltreated Children: Consqeuences of Emotional Neglect in Chi... - 0 views

  • These relationships are absolutely necessary for any of us to survive, learn, work, love, and procreate.
  • Some people seem "naturally" capable of loving. They form numerous intimate and caring relationships and, in doing so, get pleasure. Others are not so lucky. They feel no "pull" to form intimate relationships, find little pleasure in being with or close to others. They have few, if any, friends, and more distant, less emotional glue with family. In extreme cases an individual may have no intact emotional bond to any other person. They are self-absorbed, aloof, or may even present with classic neuropsychiatric signs of being schizoid or autistic.
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    This article discusses the importance of care in a child's infancy in order for them to be able to develop close attachments with others. It talks about two types of people, those who like to make relationships, and those who would prefer to be alone. The monster is one who would like to make relationships, while Victor would prefer to be alone, thus contrasting in nature. 
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    "The acts of holding, rocking, singing, feeding, gazing, kissing, and other nurturing behaviors involved in caring for infants and young children are bonding experiences. Factors crucial to bonding include time together" based off evidence like this, it is impossible to have foreshadowed a positive outcome for the monster, the closest he got to a bond was victors obsession with creating him, his entire conscious life he was neglected and mistreated
Evan G

Addie Bundren in As I Lay Dying - 0 views

  • She worked as a schoolteacher and enjoyed whipping her students, whom she secretly hated. Oddly enough, what appealed to Addie most about this corporal punishment was the fact that it made her a part of the students’ lives. "Now you are aware of me!"
  • She wants to be noticed; she wants to be a real person. Having kids doesn’t solve the problem; it just presents a new one.
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    Good source which discusses Addie Bunds and the entire theme of isolation; as a mother back in the day, childbirth is really her only appreciable quality. Her entire life, Addie just wants some recognition and companionship; Anse certainly neglects to fulfill the part of a decent husband, so she is left alone to die. Good site for the theme of isolation/alienation, especially by her own children.
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