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Title: Face Bullying With Confidence 8 Kidpower Skills We Can Use Right Away Author: Irene van der Zande Date: n.d. Why relevant and summary: This article was an extract from a book called "Bullying - What Adults Need to Know and Do to Keep Kids Safe", which gives advice on how to handle bullying and how to help young children who are subject to it. It gives 8 tips that anyone who works with children can find useful. It stresses the idea that this is a phenomena that unfortunately exists in our schools, but it is preventable. We should educate ourselves and our kids and empower them to face challenges with confidence. How has this influenced my thinking: I am a mother of two young boys, and even though we have not experienced any bullying, is good to know as much as possible that in any event I can help my boys deal with this challenge. Credibility of source: This article was published on Kid-power.com by its founder who is a published author. Kidpower is a non profit organization which advocates and helps kids against abuse, kidnapping, bullying etc nation wide and internationally.

Title: Early friendships profoundly affects child's development Author: Paul Schwartz Date Published: N.D. Why relevant and summary: This article discusses the importance of friendship during early childhood and middlechildhood. It discusses some of the factors that allows a child to keep a friend and the possible outcomes when a child is rejected. This article also discussed that it is imperative that a parent understand when a child is lonely or just simply wants to be alone. How this influenced my thinking: I found it interesting that like adults children need their alone time. I never realized the importance of them being able to play by themself and if a parent is too pushy that it could cause them to withdraw. Credibility of Source: Article was published by a Dr.

Title: Middle-School Friends Are Critical For Future Success Author: Rick Nauert Date Published: January 13, 2011 Why Relevant and Summary: It talks about how boys and girls whose friends are socially active in ways where rules are respected do better in their classroom work. How This Influenced My Thinking: On how it is important to have friendships when you are growing up Credibility of Source: Good

Title: Middle Childhood (6-8 years of age) Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Date Published: August 12, 2012 Why Relevant and Summary: Well this is relevant because it talks about middle childhood and what it is that can and will most likely affect children. It is actually useful information that I found to be interesting because there are things that even I did not know. How this Influenced My Thinking: It influenced my thinking by making me realize that middle childhood was perhaps the most important time in a child's life that mattered the most to them. looking back now at y middle childhood I can see why it was so important. that's the period in time where things changed for me and I know changed for every other kid around me. Credibility: It is from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, which is a Government Website.

Title:Middle Childhood to Middle Adolescence: Development from Ages 8 to 18 Author:Blume & Zembar Date Published:2009 Why Relevant and Summary: This source is all about middle childhood and adolescence and gives you a good sense how the progression from childhood into adolescence including social interactions How This Influenced My Thinking:This source gave me a good understanding about peer relationships in particular in what makes middle age children socially acceptable and popular Credibility of Source:high

Title: Children and divorce Author: No Author Date Published: Updated March 2011 Why Relevant and summary: It is relevant because it talks about divorce and how it affects children. It also discusses what the best approach is when dealing with children and divorce. How this influenced my thinking: I am now more conscious and aware that everything that parents do will affect their children.

Title: Shelley Hymel Heads Bullying Research Network Author: Erin Anderson Date Published: June 15, 2011 Why Relevant and Summary: Website had good overview of event for bullying with link to full article. How This Influenced My Thinking: Gave an overview of bullying that confirmed things I saw with my own children while they were in elementary school. Credibility of Source: Very Good.

Title: Peer Relations in Middle Childhood Author: Blume & Zembar Date: n.d. Why Relevant and Summary: This article explains how friendship is important in middle childhood. Whether or not someone likes you or dislikes you can really make or break a person. Friends provide all the needs the one self can use at that time and in the future. For one of them being a need for survival because in middle childhood friendship is based on people liking you which then determines their popularity status. Also discussed in this article is the individual need for success, power, status, approval, autonomy, and etc. It also expresses the concerns of rejection in children at this age and it affects them. How this influenced my thinking: This helped my understanding of why it is important for us to connect with others and increase our social skills. I have found a new understanding of the word friendship from this article. Credibility: Seems credible because they cited quotes.

Title: Peer Relations in Middle Childhood Author: By L.B. Blume|M.J. Zembar Date Published: 2007 Why relevant and summary: great information on research and finding of socialization patterns- shows a strong correlation between playground play and future choices in adult relationships. The habit forming patters of socialization developed at an early age impact how we relate to people as we become older. How this influenced my thinking: I was not aware how big of an impact peer relations/friendships in middle childhood had on adults. Credibility of source: seems very credible. On bottom of article states reference: Excerpt from Middle Childhood to Middle Adolescence: Development from Ages 8 to 18, by L.B. Blume, M.J. Zembar, 2007 edition, p. 178-183.

Title: Promoting Resilience in Children: What Parents Can Do Authors: Christine A. Christle, M.Ed., Debra A. Harley, Ph.D., C. Michael, Nelson, Ed.D., Karen Jones Date Published: n.d. Why Relevant and Summary: I thought this article was pertinent to friendships in middle childhood, and in particular, it seemed useful in terms of dealing with negative social interactions. How This Influenced My Thinking: It identified a significant factor that explains why some kids succeed. That factor is resilience. Credibility of Source: High

Title: Co-Parenting After Divorce - Sixteen Arguments in Support of Co-Parenting Author: Edward Kruk, Ph.D. Date published: April 16, 2012 Why relevant and summary: In the absence of violence, abuse, etc., the best thing for children in the midst of divorce is to have time with both parents. Shared parenting or Co-Parenting encourages children to maintain meaningful relationships with both parents after a divorce. Although in practice, this can be difficult and the reality is that in many divorces, kids will live primarily with one parent, the point is to set aside our anger and conflicts with the ex spouse and really put the children's needs first. How this influenced my thinking: I recently went through a divorce, and my ex spouse lives on the opposite coast. Co-parenting is quite tricky, but the bottom line is that we both agree that the kids need their father in the picture as much as possible. We have agreed to never, ever use the children as a weapon against each other. We always consult each other in terms of the children's needs, education, etc. Although the kids live 100% of the time with me, I encourage daily contact with their father via Skype/FaceTime, and when they are a bit older, they will be able to travel and spend some school vacations with their dad. Credibility: Psychology Today blog is credible.

Title: Tips for Divorced Parents Author: Block, J. & Smith, M. Date published: 2013 Summary and Relevance: This article explains how important it is to co parent after a divorce and the beneficial effects that has on the child. How this changed my thinking: I saw that even with how destructive divorce can be on a child this can help them to cope. Credibility: Seems credible.

Title-Tips of Divorced Parents Author-Jocelyn Block, M.A. and Melinda Smith Date-2013 Why Relevant and summary- This is relevant because it gives tips on how to be with your children when divorce occurs. How this influenced my thinking- I learned a lot of different things because I have never experience how it is. Credibility- Seems credible because of how recent it is, also the information comes from resources.

Title: Children & Divorce Author: GSYMC Date Published: 2009 Why Relevant and Summary: It helps to understand the behavior of children at different stages depending on when divorce takes place. How this influenced my thinking:It helped me to understand what I was going through when my parents got divorced. Also helps me to understand what other children might go through and how to be a supportive friend or family member. Credibility: This site seems to be credible.

Title: The Do's and Don'ts of Divorce for Parents Author: James Lehman, MSW Date Published: n.d. Why Relevant and Summary: This goes over how to handle discussing divorce with children, what might be expected. and how to react to children's behaviour. Gives a list of what to try to do, and what to avoid. How this Influenced my Thinking: This showed me that there are multiple reasons for divorce, and how children usually feel fear when they dont know what will be happening to their family. this also showed me that family divorce counseling might not always be favorable. Credibility: Empowering Parents website that won an iParenting media award. ideas, not straight facts.

Title: Eating Disorder Organizations Join Forces to Urge Focus on Health and Lifestyle Rather Than Weight Author: n.a. Date Published: 2009 Summary and Relevance: The fight against obesity should not be focused on weight, but rather healthy living. Focusing on weight creates weight prejudice. this is relevant because people who are obese are more likely to be bullied about their weight (even if they are living healthy). How this Changed my Thinking: There are different ways to view fighting obesity, and focusing on lifestyle is healthier for self-esteem. Credibility: National Eating Disorder Association. links to other sources for information.

Title:Obesity Makes Children a Target for Bullying Author: Pam Harrison Date Published: May 04, 2010 Summary And Relevance: It talks about obesity and how it affects children. How this changed my thinking: I knew obesity was a problem but i didn't realize the affect it had on bullying. Credibility: it seems credible

Title-Obesity Makes Children A Target for Bullying Author-Pam Harrison Date Published- May 4 2010 Summary and why relevant- It talks about how obesity plays a key role in bullying. How this influenced my thinking- I never considered weight as a problem in bullying. Credibility - It seems credible it has a lot of key information

Title: Top 10 Reasons Why The BMI Is Bogus Author: Keith Devlin Date Published: July 4, 2009 Why Relevant and Summary: This article exposes the facts behind the BMI and its accuracy, or lack of, in determining body fatness. How This Influenced My Thinking: This article showed when, how, and why the BMI method was established, and its shortcomings for accurately assesing body fatness. Credibility of Source: 6- Published by a credible source, but references not cited at end of text.

Title:Childhood Obesity Facts Author:No Author Date Published:2013 Why Relevant and Summary: How This Influenced My Thinking:I didn't realize that being an obese child could lead to so many different risks Credibility of Source:VERY! Its the center for disease control.

Title: Childhood Obesity Facts Author: None Date Published: Feb. 19, 2013 Why Relevant and Summary: Includes facts on childhood and adolescent obesity. Also includes health effects and prevention. How This Influenced My Thinking: After our class discussion on BMI, it made me wonder if perhaps the statistics listed regarding overweight children are based off of BMI. Even though BMI is a good place to start, it is certainly not an accurate indicator of our children's body composition. Credibility of Source: High.

Title: Childhood Obesity Facts Author: unknown Date Published: Feb, 19 2013 Why Relevant and Summary: This is a short and sweet overview of some of the health problems that can be faced by children who are obese. How This Changed My Thinking: I never realized the short term versus long term challenges faced by these children Credibility of Source: Very credible, CDC with lots of references

Title: Obesity in Children and Adolescents Author: Robert Ferry Jr., Md Date Published: No date Why Relevant and Summary: This article describes causes of obesity and preventions of raising an obese child. It gives facts about child obesity and lays out the complications or repercussions of being obese as a child or adolescents. How This Influenced My Thinking: This article has influenced my thinking by discussing so many factors that influence a child's weight and doesn't blame the parent as being a careless or lazy parent rather it points to specific factors, such as socioeconomic status and genetics. Credibility of Source: This source is credible. It was written by a doctor and is on emedicine.com