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Child labor has enduring negative effects on children. Child labor results in the lack of cognitive ability, depression, poor health and lack of social development. Child labor retards a child's overall development in nearly every aspect of life.

I also did an article about child labor and it is very heartbreaking to see what these children go through. It doesn't just keep them from going to school, but it also affects them mentally in the long run. They don't even have a childhood, just skip straight to adult responsibilities with very little knowledge of life.

This article discusses how the United States is behind when it comes to providing paid maternity leave. The United States does not guarantee paid maternity leave.

I feel like every women should be guaranteed paid maternity leave. The government constantly wants us to re produce to keep the world going, so they should encourage women that they'll be fine with money and won't have to worry about missing work.

Maternity leave should be a MUST. Pregnancy is tough and the delivery is life changing. Mother's go through all different kinds of changes. It is unfair for a mother to have to go through these changes all while worrying about having to go to work and missing and wondering how her child might be doing.

Caroline Miller explains the effects of trauma in children presents itself in the class room. The various ways in which a child might have socialization issues as well as difficulty asking for help from adults in a school setting after the neglect and abuse they are facing at home. The website also offers alternative teaching styles teachers could use in the classroom to help students facing trauma at home begin to from attachment styles in healthy ways.

The author reviews the purpose of Residential Schools for the Deaf and how they influence the social life and wellbeing of the children who are sent there for the better. The article shows a bias leaning towards the schools although there are many hearing families who find themselves troubled by the idea of sending their Deaf children away from K-12 but the article brings forward the positive aspects of how a residential school is uniquely capable of helping deaf children develop confidence and capable social skills that would allow them to experience a proper education unlike a mainstream public school in which they would most definitely be out-casted by their lack of resources, culture, language, and role models. It shows both the pros and cons of the residential schools for the Deaf in America but with a clear bias, however this is not unreasonable. Despite the clear bias towards residential schools from the author the article offers a point of view of hearing parents finding issue with sending their child away from home for long periods of time as they would experience with a residential school.

A follow up on the findings of The Fair Labor Association in regards to Nestle chocolate farms and child slave labor. The group has found that there is still a large child slave labor issue and the chocolate industry can not be counted on to fix it.

Psychologist found that girls who were sexualized while little, had a negative view of themselves when they got older. They developed all kind of self esteem issues. Many parents and grandparents were outraged at the way some mothers dressed their child up in the pageants.

Literacy can affect how much a child can grow in their education. Many can't develop their literacy because they lack the resources

This article delves into the issue of parental rights. Rick Santorum explains how new government policies and beliefs deny parents the right to raise their children.

Wow great info on this article. I really enjoy reading articles that agree with my beliefs. While growing up our parents didn't worry about the law stepping in on their parenting skills, as long as it was not abuse. But now its hard to even parent our children, without becoming afraid of the government. Who's child is it?

New research has found that early development and heredity increase the risk of autism more than vaccinations. Anti-vaccination activist are scaring away parents with false information.

One third of children in the U. S. is overweight or obese, and this number is continuing to rise. Children have fewer weight-related health and medical problems than adults. However, overweight children are at high risk of becoming overweight adolescents and adults, placing them at risk of developing chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes later in life.

Obesity in children is often sad to see but it is becoming very prevalent in American society. In my opinion, a mixture of an extremely sedentary lifestyle as well as poor nutritional choices at school and at home contribute largely to this issue. Because children now have a multitude of indoor activities that don't necessarily get them on their feet and a lack of overall knowledge on what is a decent, balanced diet I'm not really surprised to see this issue skyrocketing.

Obesity is still rising especially because of the pandemic that we are going through which made families quarantine for a long time. It is very sad that the obesity rates only have increased.

This article describes 5 examples of children harmed by the Zero Tolerance Policies adopted by many schools. The author is a current teacher and a writer for about.com