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Title:The Impact of Divorce on Young Children and  adolescents Author:Carl Pickhardt Date Published:12/19/2012 Why Relevant and Summary:This article gives a child's perspective on divorce and how it may affect them directly and all of the ways it affects them How This Influenced My Thinking:It gave me a better detailed account to what specifically a child may feel and need.  Credibility of Source:Very

Author: Carl Pickhardt Phd Title: Raising child with divorce Date: Dec 19 2011 Why Relevent and Summary: Gives exensive overview of how to deal with a child who has to deal with divorced parents. Also discusses how adolescents deal with divorce versus small children How This Changed My Thinking: I did not know there were certain ways you can approach your children regarding this matter that can maybe help through this harsh process Credibility of Source: i thought it was a credible source. psychology website and written by a Phd author

Title: Effects of Divorce on Children Author: Lesley Foulkes-Jamison Date Published: 2001 Why Relevant and Summary:This article focused on children and their behaviors and reactions after divorce. It also gave some good insight on what parents could do to make their child feel less confused about the divorce. How This Influenced My Thinking: I learned about statistics of how likely children are to behave in negative ways after divorce and also gave me good advice on how to help your child cope. Credibility of Source: Lesley is a psychologist and has a Ph.D and all of her information seemed to be very accurate.

Title: The Effects of Divorce on Children Author: Foulkes-Jamison, L. & Carolina, S. Date Published: 2001 Why Relevant and Summary: Discusses the many stressors on children as their parents go through a divorce, and how they are affected differently depending on their age and level of development. Also gives many tips on ways to make the divorce easier on your children. How This Influenced My Thinking: Opened my eyes up to the many challenges present in this type of situation - when a couple is not happy together nor getting along but still need to work really hard to keep a good enough relationship to support their children. Credibility of Source: Clinical Psychology Associates - very credible

Title:The Benefits from Marriage and Religion in the United States: A Comparative Analysis Author:Linda J. Waite and Evelyn L. Lehrer Date Published: 2003 Why Relevant and Summary: includes information about how growing up with a religious background affects children. How This Influenced My Thinking: It gave me some really interesting things to think about. I hadn't really thought before about how this can effect you Credibility of Source: pretty good, it is a government website

Title: Puberty 101 for parents Author: no author Date Published: 2013 Why Relevant and Summary: this whole website is really good. You can find all sorts of information about different topics that you need to talk to your children about, and good ways to approach them How This Influenced My Thinking: Give me some good ideas for my paper about how to talk to kids Credibility of Source: pretty good, planned parenthood gives a fair view

Title: Teh Effect of Divorce on Children: What makes a difference Author: Nithyakala Karuppaswamy Date Published: no date Why Relevant and Summary: gives some really good information about how divorce effects children and what can be done to make a divorce easier for them. How This Influenced My Thinking: It gave me some really good information about what to do and what not to do during a divorce. Credibility of Source: Very good

Title: Tips for Parents - Ideas to Help Children Maintain a Healthy Weight Author: none Date Published: n.d. Why Relevant and Summary: Considers the following questions: Why is childhood obesity considered a health problem?, What can I do as a parent or guardian to help prevent childhood overweight and obesity? Balancing Calories: Help Kids Develop Healthy Eating Habits, and Balancing Calories: Help Kids Stay Active. All of these apply to how parents can work with their children to improve their health, and why childhood obesity is a problem. How This Influenced My Thinking: Gave me ideas of how to effectively write about ways to reduce childhood obesity. Credibility of Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention - great source

Title: 10 Tips on How to Communicate with Autistic People Author: Steve Summers Date Published: n.d. Why Relevant and Summary: Written by a highly functioning autistic man, this brief article explains really well how to communicate with autistic people. Relevant for this paper as we are writing to explain how business partners can work together effectively. How This Influenced My Thinking: Explained to me how those with autism can be highly functioning and very intelligent, yet it is important that we recognize when they might not be able to meet our expectations when it comes to social norms. Credibility of Source: Very credible

Title: Talking to Your Child About Puberty Author: no author Date Published: n.d Why Relevant and Summary: The article discusses when boys and girls start going through puberty and how to talk to your child and when you should start talking to your child about puberty. How This Influenced My Thinking: It helps by giving some good examples on how to make this talk easier Credibility of Source: Its seems very credible

Title: Talking to your Child About Puberty Author: Steven Dowshen Date Published: October 2012 Why Relevant and Summary: This is relevant because the article talks about what changes with boys and girls as they enter puberty, and it helps the parents by guiding them on how to discuss these topics with their children. How This Influenced My Thinking: This article was a helpful guide. although I do not have children yet or younger siblings, I do have nieces and nephews so incase I ever need to have a talk to them about puberty and sex I will know how to approach them about the topic. Credibility of Source: It seems credible.

Title: Kantian Ethics Author: none Date Published: n.d. Why Relevant and Summary: Relevant to Kolhberg's final sixth stage of moral reasoning: Universal Ethical Principals. Kant believed that moral reasoning is not based on the idea that humans are a means to an end, but that were an end in ourselves. How This Influenced My Thinking: I have studied Kant in Philosophy classes in the past, and enjoyed having the chance here to cross previous learning into what I am learning now. It also helped me to understand Kohlberg's sixth stage more thoroughly. Credibility of Source: Great - Wikipedia is credible

Title: Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Author: n/a Date Published: May 25, 2010 Why Relevant and Summary: The article discusses causes of ADHD, the different types, as well as the symptoms. This was useful to better understand this disorder. How This Influenced My Thinking: It helped me gain a better understanding. Credibility of Source: It seems credible.

Title:Parenting Styles and Its Correlates Author: Nancy Darling, PhD, MS Date Published: March 1999 Why Relevant and Summary: This article gives you and understanding and a clear picture of the different parenting styles. As well, the different parenting styles can predict the behavior of the child and even the potential parenting skills. How This Influenced My Thinking: This article furthered my understanding of the four different types of parenting styles and how the different styles can effect the outcome of the child's behavior. Credibility of Source: Very credible, author has a PhD and MS. Also the author cites credible sources.

Title:Parenting Styles and Its Correlates Author: Nancy Darling, PhD, MS Date Published: March 1999 Why Relevant and Summary: This article gives you and understanding and a clear picture of the different parenting styles. As well, the different parenting styles can predict the behavior of the child and even the potential parenting skills. How This Influenced My Thinking: It helped to look more into depth of which type of parenting style I need to be for my children. It helps to go into the outcomes of the child. Credibility of Source: Very credible, author has a PhD and MS. Also the author cites credible sources.

Title: Kohlberg Author: Saul McLeod Date Published: 2011 Why Relevant and Summary: This article found on simplypsychology.org gives a descriptive over view of each of the 6 moral stages theory by Lawrence Kohlberg. It also discusses the criticism of his theory by Gilligan. Gilligan claimed that women and men were determined using the same standard because original studies were solely based on men. Gilligan says women approach situations from an "ethics of care" rather than from and "ethics of justice" ..changing the stage that women and men most often ended up in. How This Influenced My Thinking: It gave me a better understanding of the way that Kohlberg approached this study and how Gilligan opposed the findings. The article was very clear and presented the information to be easily understood. Credibility of Source:Somewhat -Credible citations were used in the writing of this article.

Author: W.C. Crain Date Published: 1985 Why Relevant: Very in depth information on Kohlberg's theory of moral development and how he built on the theories of Piaget How This Influenced My Thinking: I was extremely rusty in my knowledge of growth and development stages. This article brought back all of my Kohlberg training from nursing school, and then some. Credibility of Source: Retreived from Cambridge Journals

Title: Theories of Development Author: W.C Crain Date Published:1985 Why Relevant and Summary: This gives us a great breakdown of Kohlbergs six stages giving great historical examples of moral behavior. How This Influenced My Thinking: It gave me a great understanding of post conventional reasoning and made the difference between stage 5 and 6 very clear Credibility of Source: old source but still a goody

Title: When Parents and Teens Clash over Religion Author: Victoria Clayton Date Published: April 4, 2005 Why Relevant and Summary: This is an article regarding parents problems with their children when there is debate about the beliefs of their religion and when the child doesn't believe the same as the parents. There is some advice given to those parents as well as some facts regarding benefits and drawbacks of growing up with a religion. How This Influenced My Thinking: I have always believed growing up with a religion is important and that it does make a person more likely to associate their lives with positive things, but it is interesting to read and learn about some of the drawbacks Credibility of Source: this is an article from ABC news and it involves a person's actual experience.

Title: Kohlberg's Three Levels and Six Stages of Moral Reasoning Author:T. M McDevitt| & J. E. Ormrod Date Published: n.d. Why Relevant and Summary: It discuss the three and six stages of Moral reasoning. How this influenced my thinking: it taught me more about morality and what influences and what stages an individual will go through. Credibility of source: seems credible it sources information and has two different authors.

Title: Kohlberg Author: Saul McLeod Date Published: 2011 Why relevant/summary: This goes over the different levels and stages of kohlberg's moral reasoning theory. Explains an exaple he used for determining moral reasoning (Heinz question). How this influenced my thinking: This further explained what each stage resembles morally. this showed me one of the examples from his research, and how each group resoinded to it. this gave me firther depth into the stages. (at least from another perspective) Credibility: Saul McLeod has written quite a bit of information around psychology and development. Simply Psychology website. has citations and references.

Title: Can Our Capacity for Moral Reasoning Be Strengthened? Author: Daniel Jacobson Date Published: August 21, 2012 Why relevant/ summary: Looks at arguments about moral reasoning and acting solely on self interests.  How this influenced my thinking: It gave me a lot to think about in regards to how we go about in processing moral reasoning.  Credibility of source: Opinionated but credible resources used to formulate ideas

Title: World Views and Religion Date Published: April 9, 2009 Author: Newton Fortuin Summary and Why Relevant: The reason as to why this is relevant is because it talks about religion and the world view on religion. I myself am fascinated with religion, I am fascinated at the different types of religions that exist and the different faiths that people have and put into their religion, creator, and God. It still amazes me that the world is still spinning with so many conflicts with each religion. How This Influenced My Thinking: it made me realize that I am not the only one that is fascinated with religion and that is intrigued with the fact that people go crazy over who's religion is "right" or "better" Credibility: From Open Salon a viewed Blog that users from around the world post and comment.

Title: World Views and Religion Author: M. Scott Pecks Date: APRIL 9, 2009 Why Relevant and Summary: It talks about how everyone has a religion and what determines a persons particular worldview How This Influenced My Thinking: It didn't influence my thinking Credibility of Source: Somewhat credible

Title: Gay Male and Lesbian Youth Suicide Author: Paul Gibson Why Relevant and Summary: Talks about the causes and incidence of suicide in gay youth as well as ways to prevent it. How This Influenced My Thinking: I had no idea that the rates were so much higher than in heterosexuality. Credibility of Source: High. Therapist in San Francisco

Title: Kohlberg Author: Saul McLeod Date Published: 2011 Why Relevant and Summary: Talks about Kohlberg's theory and research, and explains each level and stage of his moral development theory. How This Influenced My Thinking: I know understand each stage of the moral development theory Credibility of Source: The website seems pretty credible