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Gabi Martorana

New FDA anti-smoking campaign eyes teens at risk of becoming 'replacement customers' - ... - 0 views

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shared by Gabi Martorana on 26 Feb 14 - No Cached
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  • published literature about cigarette use, dissected previous public education campaigns and even conducted quantitative testing with 1,600 youths before settling on the group of ads.
  • The graphic TV ad is part of a first-of-its-kind national anti-smoking campaign spearheaded by the Food and Drug Administration and targeted at young people ages 12 to 17.
  • Gabi Martorana on 26 Feb 14
     
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Billy Gerchick

Gloria Steinem on Female Empowerment And Fashion: Industry Insider: teenvogue.com - 9 views

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  • Billy Gerchick on 28 Sep 12
     
    The feminist icon talks to Teen Vogue about her HBO documentary, growing up and her work with the women's movement.
Billy Gerchick

The Best Teen Writing of 2012 - 0 views

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shared by Billy Gerchick on 09 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Billy Gerchick on 09 Nov 12
     
    .PDF publication from the Scholastic Writing Awards.
  • Billy Gerchick on 09 Nov 12
     
    Including Haley Lee's poem "They are the Patriots," this free anthology encompasses great writing and dynamic ideas across various writing strands.
Maelani Parker

John W. Whitehead: The Breakdown of the Traditional Family - 0 views

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shared by Maelani Parker on 25 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the number of unmarried-couple households with children has risen to more than 1.7 million -- up from under 200,000 in 1970. Moreover, there are 9.8 million single mothers versus 1.8 million single fathers.
  • nearly 40 percent of all U.S. children are now born out of wedlock.
  • Thus, it stands to reason that without stable families, we can have no hope of producing self-reliant, responsible citizens.
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  • Since 1974, about 1 million children per year have seen their parents divorce -- and children who are exposed to divorce are two to three times more likely than their peers in intact marriages to suffer from serious social or psychological pathologies. In their book Growing Up with a Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps, sociologists Sara McLanahan and Gary Sandefur found that 31% of adolescents with divorced parents dropped out of high school, compared to 13% of children from intact families. They also concluded that 33% of adolescent girls whose parents divorced became teen mothers, compared to 11% of girls from continuously married families. And McLanahan and her colleagues have found that 11% of boys who come from divorced families end up spending time in prison before the age of 32, compared to 5% of boys who come from intact homes. ... Sociologist Paul Amato estimates that if the United States enjoyed the same level of family stability today as it did in 1960, the nation would have 750,000 fewer children repeating grades, 1.2 million fewer school suspensions, approximately 500,000 fewer acts of teenage delinquency, about 600,000 fewer kids receiving therapy, and approximately 70,000 fewer suicides every year.
  • The solution, if there is one, is to be found where the problems start: with each man, woman and child taking responsibility for keeping their family together
  • look around at what's left of our neighborhoods, our communities and our families, and put our children first.
  • Maelani Parker on 25 Aug 12
     
    In this article I am focusing only on the things I have highlighted. I am simply exploring different areas in which the decline of the traditional family structure is having an effect on us as a whole, us as individuals, and us as a future nation.
Maelani Parker

When parents fight, their children suffer - 0 views

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shared by Maelani Parker on 09 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • When parents argue in front of children, it is one of the most stressful events of childhood
  • Frequent, intense and poorly resolved conflict is related to higher levels of children’s problems
  • Negative emotions spill over to relationships with children. Anger in one relationship will be a stimulus for anger and irritability in other close relationships. When parents argue with each other, they are more likely to become angry, irritating or controlling toward their children
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  • Marital fights often lead to distraction and depression in the parents. They become less effective in dealing with their children. Parents become absorbed in their marital problems and are unable to concentrate as much on their parenting practices. They have less energy, focus and patience with their children and their issues
  • Teens feel less secure and more anxious when they are aware that their parents aren’t getting along. They fear that one parent will leave the family to avoid the repetitive arguments. They also think friction with their parents is more personally threatening when they see their parents constantly fighting
  • In homes with little strife, children are optimistic about getting along. They are more flexible, adaptive, and more open-minded and constructive in their approaches to problem solving. They are more open in their communications.
  • Children from high conflict homes have a harder time learning to control their emotions. They are more prone to anger and violence. They may use a high conflict style to resolve problems with their peers, siblings or later in life when they become parents themselves
  • Loyalties become confused
  • parents set the stage for manipulation and divided loyalties within the family.
  • They may avoid being home, spend more time with their friends or even try using alcohol or drugs to keep from thinking about their quarreling parents. School performance also suffers
  • Does all of this suggest that fighting parents should divorce for the sake of the children? No. The evidence is that divorce itself – independent of parental conflict, style of parenting or even earlier problems by children – has a negative impact in children’s lives.
  • Maelani Parker on 09 Sep 12
     
    This article shows how children suffer when their parents argue. Relationships and loyalties within the family suffer. This falls under divorce and home environment.
Maelani Parker

Parental Depression Affects 15 Million Kids - 0 views

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shared by Maelani Parker on 09 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Depressed pregnant women may be less likely to get prenatal care
  • Depressed moms may be less attentive or less able to respond in a healthy way to their babies' needs.
  • Parental depression has been linked to children's early signs of, or vulnerability to, having a more "difficult" temperament, including more negativity, less happiness, poorer social skills, more vulnerability to depression, more self blame, less self-worth, and a less effective response system to stress.
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  • Older children and teens may experience stress from a depressed parent
  • "Early in life, we worry most that somehow the fundamental bond between the mother and father and the infant may be weakened because of depression
  • "A little later on, when children are older, parents are vitally important in providing structure, order, encouragement, support, helping with school, helping with friendships, and those processes tend to be disrupted when a parent is depressed,"
  • depression in fathers also has an impact on their children
  • Maelani Parker on 09 Sep 12
     
    This article focuses on depression. Mothers who are depressed when they are pregnant have a hard time bonding with their children. This falls under the category of home environment and exposure.
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