ktmeng/mec huggingface dataset:
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It is evident that drug usage in pregnant mothers can have damaging effects on an infant. Speech and language are major effects a child can inherit from a mothers choice to abuse drugs. A longitudinal study was maintained by the Miami prenatal cocaine study that produced evaluations for potential influences that evaluated fetal growth within each gestational stage and suggests that it can be altered. Prenatal cocaine exposure was studied on children ranging from the ages of four months to three years of age. Research showed that children exposed to cocaine performed 15 percent on the measures of global language ability as compared to non-cocaine exposed children (Morrow, C. E., Bandstra, E. S., Anthony, J. C., Ofir, A. Y., Xue, L., & Reyes, M. B. (2003). Children requiring special education services racked up more than 180 million dollars. Unfortunately, children from cocaine mothers couldn’t make the cut off to receive such services because of their eligibility as opposed to non-cocaine children with disabilities. Many of the kids were predominantly male infants, which exhibited delayed language abilities.
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Within the first three years of life, there can be many deficits that can add to premature language development due to cocaine usage. Impaired neurobehavioral patterns and attention processes were significantly difficult for these children within the study. In conclusion, postnatal childrearing environments where children were raised in has a significant factor in how children language was developed. Although linguistic cues are not picked up on and fully developed, the full understanding of language development won’t be established until years into their academic success to see the full effects and damage of cocaine usage from their biological parent.
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In order to accelerate the topic forward, I have conducted research that analyzes an individual’s responses to their views on prenatal exposure to drugs. In my survey findings, I found that question A which lists the answer of definitely as a response to the question of prenatal drug usage in country state and family came to be at 100 percent mean out of all of the questions. There were large differences in the mean in regards to question four which came in as 60 percent out of the five questions answered. What I can concur from my research findings was that when I worked at a pain clinic, a pregnant patient came in wanting to continue her opioid therapy. I suggested at the time to her provider that because of the high dosing of the medication subscribed, it would be best if she were titrated off of the medication to keep the health of the fetus optimal. Quitting the medication would lead to the fetus having a lower risk of heart defects, addictions issues, spina bifida, gastroschisis, and hydrocephaly. In these situations, I believe that this topic is a problem area because many mothers that are drug pushers only think of their needs and fixes. Many don’t want to think about the effects of withdrawals. They would rather continue to take illicit drugs even at the cost of their unborn child’s life. The fetus should have rights to not be exposed to the carcinogenic effect that can have life-altering effects.
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I can conclude that the majority of the surveyors believed that prenatal drug use was not only a problem nationally, but statewide as well. There needs to be more funding available locally and federally in order to help assists in this public crisis with drug usage in general. I believe Bowlby’s theory of attachment is correct in this situation because it can alter a child’s behavioral and emotional attachment completely where the child won’t be able to grow up with the security needed to thrive with a parent. Some flaws and inconsistencies that were found in my earlier research were that it was severely difficult to pinpoint an emerging pattern of cocaine usage because of prenatal substances that were implemented at the time. There was some help using the research from child’s meconium to see the onset of cocaine use during the pregnancy but the results were inconclusive. My research, however, was broad; it allowed me to ascertain individual views on exposure, usage, and close relatives. Researchers on the other hand which I believed to overachieve on their part, by using multiple studies to follow individuals which sometimes moved away, or simply don’t get the opportunity to raise their children because they were taken away due to their instability to raise their own children. There are many factors, which arise that make it difficult to obtain data and assess it.
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In order to create programs that are effective, the research articles can be used substantially as the basis to create a functioning program that can benefit all women despite their socioeconomic status. All in all my research articles and survey findings have validated my understanding of how human development can be impeded because of the use of foreign substances. Bowlby’s theory shows us how bonding can be hindered between mother and child and be further translated into relationship formation in adulthood. Due to society continuously advancing, I have faith that the research complied within the years would continue to grow because of the amount of public attention that is highlighted on to this topic. It is becoming a national epidemic within the United States and continuous study and research can help treat mothers in the best opportune way.
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Deborah Kartin, PhD, PT, Therese M. Grant, PhD, Ann P. Streissguth, PhD, Paul D. Sampson, PhD, and Cara C. Ernst, MA Department of Rehabilitation Medicine (D.K.), Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (T.M.G., A.P.S., C.C.E.), School of Medicine, and Department of Statistics (P.D.S.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
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The whole work told about his relationship and his complicated feelings around the relationship in family. In the story, the main character is a five-year-old boy. The narrator claimed to be “I”. Under the eyes of the boy, everything was getting more interesting. Through that, Larry’s character was clearly described. His complex psychological developments made the readers funny were that he loved the person take care him and he fight against the person take place him in his mother’s love and attention.
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Living in war conditions, only the boy and his mother lived at home, Larry became his mother’s companion in daily life. “What mother and I should be during the day” and “what steps should be taken to brighten the home”. This boy was also an imaginative child when naming both his left and right legs, called “Mrs. Right” and “Mrs. Left”. Children always have very difficult actions, Larry is no exception. If girls like to talk to dolls, Harry saw his left leg, his right leg as the friends. Larry knew how to create conversations between Mrs. Right and Mrs. Left is very smart and interesting, that made him different from normal children.
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My ears are filled to the brim with the sounds of slot machines firing on and on. The croupier shuffles the cards in her hand, creating a gentle breeze that dries my eyes. She packs the deck against the table, and begins to throw the cards like knives towards me. The cards are a double edged sword, both the deadliest and the greatest concern in my life. My arid eyes seem to crack as I peer down at the hand I was dealt.
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When I was a fraile ten year old boy, my mother came to me at the kitchen table, pulled her chair out and sat down. A blue sadness seemed to be creeping into her eyes, her face seemed to be drooping until I laid on the floor. We sat silent for what seemed like hours· “Larry· if you come home to find men moving furniture out of our house, don’t question them.” “Why are men going to take our furniture mom?” I said, my brain a one thousand piece puzzle scrambling to shove pieces together, hoping for a connection. “Well Larry, I owe the bank a lot of money, so to compensate the bank will be taking possessions from us.” I sat still and silent, thinking my mother could only be pulling some sort of practical joke on me, but then I realized, the great blue sadness had taken her perfect hazel eyes hostage and she face became wet with tears streaming down her pretty face. “I’m so sorry Larry· So, so sorry.” I couldn’t stand to see anything but a smile across my mother’s golden face. I wrapped my arms around her and squeezed her tight until her river of tears had dried up. “Don’t fret mother, we’ll make sure no one steals our stuff· I just know it.”
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I knew that my mom needed money for than anything, but I had trouble finding a way of making any. My best friend Billy and I were walking through the halls of our school when we heard a commotion coming from the boys washroom. I looked Billy in the eyes and we nodded simultaneously. As I pushed the door open, it let out a creek that could be heard across the country, and the noise had died in the washroom. I peered my head through the doorway, and saw boys from our class sitting on the floor. They all turned to meet my gaze. “What the heck are you guys doing in here?” I questioned them. Jeff, the tallest of the boys stood up and began to walk towards me, Jeff wasn’t a mean guy but boy could he throw me around if he wanted to. Jeff towered over me, sweat beginning to form on my brow. “We’re playing Pokemon of course, do you want to play Larry?” I bit my tongue because I had never heard of Pokemon before. “Come on man we’ll show you!” Jeff seemed ecstatic at the thought of me playing Pokemon with him and his buddies. We sat on the cold, hard bathroom floor and Jeff showed me all sorts of wacky and mysterious animals pictured on the cards the boys had in front of them. “I’m sorry Jeff I don’t have any Pokemon cards so I’m afraid me and Billy can’t play with you fellas.” “That’s alright Larry, here I’ll give you my Electrode for free, and Billy you can have my Eevee.” The rest of the boys stood up and showered us with dozens of Pokemon cards. “We play everyday at lunch Larry, and when you think you got the hang of playing, bring some cash, alright?” “Alright Jeff.”
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The following week me and Billy came to the bathroom during lunch with our pockets overflowing with our most prized possessions. We sat down and each of use put down a five dollar bill. “We’re ready Jeff.” Billy smirked. “Alright let’s do this!” Me and Billy had been practicing all weekend long and might I say we were masters already. We shredded through everyone. Jeff, Tony, Mark, Anthony, David, no one could stand a chance against me and Billy. After just one week of wiping the floor with all the boys in my class I had made thirty two dollars and twenty five cents. I came home from school on Friday and greeted my mother by jumping into her waiting arms. Without her knowing I slipped the money into her back pocket and the next week I was determined to bring home more money for my mom.
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Each week I would bring home more and more money for my mother. I continued to gain profit while beating everyone that I knew in Pokemon. After a while it seemed I had waxed everyone in the school. That’s when I noticed a new kid. A year younger than me, he had thick curly hair and freckles all over his face. Everyday he wore a backpack in the shape of a Pokeball. I finally believed I had some competition. I asked him if he’d like to play me in Pokemon during lunch, he agreed. The kid said his name was Spencer and he had moved here from Wisconsin. He seemed pretty naive so I knew I could take him down. Spencer and I met at lunch, he reached into his Pokeball backpack and fished out only three cards. “You only have three cards?” “No, I just liked these three.” He said with a stupid little grin on his face. I shrugged it off and went about my business. We began our game and I realized that Spencer’s card’s outweighed my cards in terms of strength, but I had the advantage in numbers. We fought on and on, until I was down to one card, and Spencer hadn’t lost a single member of his fleet. My pride had been shattered, some stupid little kid with a Pokeball backpack just beat me at my own game· No it wasn’t acceptable. My head began to spin and it seemed like my brain was chanting “You can’t lose your money· You can’t lose your money”. Time after time again I dueled Spencer but every time I was bested. He would mercilessly destroy my Pokemon and take my money, and all he would ever do after he trampled me was flash me his odd little grin with his two front teeth missing. Every lose I tolerated seemed to fill me and the voices in my head became more tormenting and cruel until I had lost all of my money, then they ridiculed me with no end in sight.
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I went for a walk to the local park in Ely. I sat silent on the monkey bars, staring at the small, fragmented chips of wood surrounding the park. I needed to muster courage in order to lock up the voices in my head. I jumped off the monkey bars and walked from the wood chips to the smoldering black pavement. I pulled the margarine container from my back pocket, all my Pokemon cards bottled up inside. I slowly drew back the lid and threw it to the ground with a small rattling sound. As I reached towards the cards the voices piped up “more· more money· more”. I held the cards with an iron tight grip and gently released them to the ground. The voices turned into yells “Stop, Stop, more money!” My hand crept into my opposite pocket, revealing a box of matches. “I know what we need· More money!” The yells were rising in my head. I knew I needed to act quickly before they influenced my otherwise. I ripped the match out of the box and struck it against the ground in one swift motion, as I released the match and it hurtled the towards the pile of cards lying innocently on the ground, the yells turned into desperate, agonizing screams. “No, no, no, we need money!” I turned my head away as the pile went up in flames, and the screams turned to whispers and soon there was no sound but the crackling of paper.
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The moment the words “I’m all in” came out of my mouth. I began to hear a faint whispering in the back of my head. I couldn’t be sure but it sounded as if the voice was reciting the word· money. As the final card was drawn from the pile the voice got louder and more pronounced. “Money, more money.” I attempted to block the voice out but it was to no prevail. I directed my attention back towards the card being flipped, my eyes glimmered with hope, as I saw diamonds. The card fully rotated and the fire in my eyes was extinguished by a seven on the top corners of the perfectly crafted card. The moment my eyes were drawn to the seven was when a blood curdling scream echoed throughout my skull. I fell back on my chair and madly scrambled towards the bathroom. I stumbled through the doorway with the tormenting scream still chilling my blood and washed my face with cool water to numb the pain. I slowly lifted my head as the screaming faded and when I locked eyes with the mirror the only thing I could see was an odd smile· with two front teeth missing.
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“Te Whare Tapa Wha- The Health As A Whare”. This was developed by researcher professor sir mason Durie in 1984 for Maori philosophy is health and their anticipation of well-being connected with the dimensions of health is physical, mental, social, emotional and spiritual. It is consisting of tinana, whenua, whanau, Wairau and hinengaro. The whare has four partition and separately partition express diverse dimension of healthiness.
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Whenua: This is based on their deep relationship with the place, land, placenta. Maori people believe they came from land, so they wentgo back toform land, and this is built on their bottomless connection through their whenua. As they consider shielding the earth mother(papatuanuku) is also most important and give more respect for their land, river and soil by protecting, keeping clean and keeping them well because they are giving basic sources for keeping whenua.
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Tinana:(physical health) according the Maori dictionary meaning of Tinana is the physical appearance and physical wellbeing of a person and how it keeps for good well-being. A good health is giving positive response to person’s daily routine activities. Because if our physical body is not good so it might could be increased our worry and it indirectly affected on hinengaro. In maori they consider their body as Tapu (special) so they always prefer it should be always clean. Moreover, they have some beliefs such as, their hair brush not put on dining table, their head is considered as tapu, they not pass food over someone’s head and tea towels they always wash by hands not included with all clothes.
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Tane go for breadwinner because they are caring our whanua and wahine is staying home, caring tamariki and handle housework. Whanua: according this principle whauna is important for every people’s life providing support as physically, mentally and emotionally by living each other, spend and share quality time and helping each other in any situation, problems so a kind of relationship between tane and wahine creating house of humanity. Whanaungatanga: is this based on relationship. A tane and wahine are live each other so It’s also affected on their living style and compromised some influances. Meanwhile they feel safe and secure via sharing feelings and difficulties, emotion to whanua.
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Tamariki (children) A connection between the matua and tamariki is most important for life because in whole life they try to provide love, healthy life style, affection and self-possession by sharing their knowledge and experiences about their culture, beliefs and values as their responsibility. Whanua: all parents want to become best for their tamariki. When a tamariki was born they also become hinengaro for them. According this role a tamariki and matua have unpredictable or untied connection which indirectly impacted on their feelings and emotions. A matua play different role in whole life such as, when they are toddler (Kohungahunga), youth (rangatahi/tiaohi), adults (pakeke) etc. Kaitiakitanga: According this key concept parents and family members is first person who provide safety and protection by sharing time with them and support them become success and caring by examples for motivation and learn their culture, moral ethics and beliefs because in future their children look after their parents in all conditions.
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Kaumatua (Elder people)/ pakeke (adult) According this interconnection a kaumatua play essential role for their pakeke by living to gather and kaumatua is role model and they monitor or look after them by absence of parents and protecting them by physically, emotionally and economically. Tinana: tinana meaning look after physical body and wellbeing. A grandparent teaches us how to be living with healthy life style. In the past they are eating good food, regular exercise (walking), people go for meditation and them tinana for land by keep cleaning and maintaining with new plants. Manakitanaga: in this case kaumatua play their which is responsibilities for them by being playmates and sharing their stories with examples, meanwhile their pakeke also need to treat with them and their culture, beliefs, rituals by going to temple, marie and church etc.
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Taukana (older sibling) In mention to, a tuakana have important role in their life with teina because after parents they can take decision for teina and in their connection maintain by caring, supporting, good understanding, assessing them well etc. Whenua: according this term, a tuakana is a role model, caregiver or parents, and teacher for their teina because they live to gather, sharing things to each other in absence of parents. Tuakana also being hinengaro for teina by giving advice, examples and instructions for quality of life, what us good and bad for them so teina follow their good steps. Whanangatanaga: as per concept they have all are living to gather with teina, celebrate occasion to gather, maintaining Relationship and they become expecting. A more expert tuakana guide a teina by supporting in study and guide in personal and professional life by sharing feelings, expression and thoughts.
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This relationship is about my pepeha (who I am). According this connection the pepeha and one more person for identify them self such as, who I am and where I came from (place of birth). Whenua: according this key concept whenua means their land, awa (water) moana (ocean) and soil so they have faith in its significant gift for them and they respect and protect them by caring well because wheuna describe their identity and they give to food (seafood, Yums etc.) Whakapapa: is one of the connections with maori they think connect with awa, maunga, moana, and marae, iwi and hapu. maori people believe this all are valuable thing for them and always they creation and maintain their connection with them.
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The brief: a story of our group is based on arrange marriage. a one young girl she did won’t to marriage. She has own dream and she wants to get more study, become independent achieve the success, but her matua wants to get her marriage because she was younger and her matua getting old. Later, she was ready for hui with tama whose son of her father’s best friend and time on they start to spend time with to gather and outing for long drive, dinner etc so matua seems they both happy and think live to gather for whole life. after six month they both get engaged and a kotiri went abroad for further study and after one year she came back, and their family arrange hui for fix their marriage. A day before marriage they both go for party which is held by their bachelor friends so at the movement tama drink over and share his own feelings and about his past with kotiri and beside her matua also received some proof against tama. She was upset and feel ambarish for face to society So, they go with kaumatua and kaumatua arrange their hui at marie on second day on 9:00am. On the day people involved are both family with their kotiri and tama for as a psychological support, security officer for maintaining peaceful environment, kaumatua is knowledgeable and having more experience for solving this kind of conflict, after listening both sided story the kaumatua make fair decision for them.
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I have five beautiful kids that are very special to me, I wouldn’t trade them for the world. I have two boys and three girls ages 26,25,20,18 and 14. I was 14 when I had my first born, he was named after his daddy, his daddy, my fianc? was very excited that his first born was a boy. It was tough being a mom, my younger childhood was over now I had to focus on what was right before me and that was my son, I had to learn how to be a mom because there weren’t any instructions that came along with my son.
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After having her I was still learning to be a mom as you can see I had two precious kids and it got harder because I had to deal with a toddler and a newborn and with me being a mom and all I was still going to school for my education and it’s not like anyone was there to help me my husband would work all the time which was understood he was the one that put the food on the table and paid the bill at the time, my in laws we had to pay to babysit as well as my mom but I continue to push through till one day I was at school and my sis in law came to the school to come and get me because my son wasn’t doing good so from that day forward I dropped out of school and dedicated myself 100% to my children.
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As the months went by, I decided to get a job. I went through Knickerbocker filling out some applications and I got a response from one of the stores I applied called Momo’s it was a sneaker store my duties were to attend to customers and help them with their needs. I attended to work when needed, but it wasn’t enough hours so one day I was talking to my brother in law and he was telling me where his niece works they hiring I asked him to get me the information so he got a hold of his niece and got the information I needed in order for me to apply. I decided to go down to apply, but I was only 16 a few months to be 17, in order to get the job I said I was 17 and they hired me on the spot I was extremely happy I called the other job and thank them for the opportunity but I got something with more hours and more pay. Now I was working for a car and limo service started a great opportunity to strive with any obstacles that came down my way. I am determined to do great not only for me but as well for my kids.
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March 6th of 1998 we got married and bought a house in Connecticut it was a great joy to start new in a new place but sadden that I was giving my notice to let go my job after several years with them. When my notice was given, they were saddened, but understood that we wanted better for our children. It was scary after so many years in New York to move to a place, but was nothing like New York, but it was worth it to raise my family. My kids ages 6 and 4 were thrilled at having a backyard to play in the joy of seeing your kids happy.
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My third pregnancy, I took it easy, wasn’t working for part of my pregnancy had fibroids and it was very painful as my baby became bigger in my belly. I would go to all my appointments it was hard cause I wanted to continue to go to my doctor I started off with in New York so I would drive to New York for my checkups till my last trimester I decided to stay with my brother till my due date. I gave birth a week before my due date. I decided to go do the little laundry I did have with me around the corner from where my brother lived and as I was going down the stairs from the building he lived I tripped and fell but the belly didn’t get hurt but that night I started getting contractions but I thought nothing of it till they started to get stronger my little brother asked me if I was ok I responded I think Ima have the baby today he got up all nervous I told him calm down I will let you know when I’m ready and gave a smirk but they were coming stronger he tried to wake up my big brother but for being out all night he was in his deep sleep that not even the building falling would have not woken him up I told Moochie just go downstairs to anna and let her know I’m going need her to take me to the hospital and call your brother in law and let him know. He ran downstairs and woke up Anna, but no one could have gotten a hold of my husband, he was sleeping after having a long night at work, but finally they got a hold of him after I already had her and he came to New York to meet his blue eye baby girl. But before they got a hold of him Anna my good friend soon to be the godmother of my baby and my brother Moochie took me to the hospital and they stood with me till they brought me up and ask me some questions my baby made an entrance when the nursed walk away I yelled her head is out they rushed me to the delivery room and my baby came so fast I couldn’t believe how fast. She was my biggest baby 7lbs she is beautiful I was blessed for the third time. I learned to become better at this my two oldest were so happy to have a baby sister. Once we were let out the hospital, we returned to our home in Connecticut. As I thought I was getting better at this I was wrong I was overwhelmed I was going crazy, but not once allowed my children to see. I would cry, my baby didn’t let me sleep, I caught postpartum depression. I got better in time.
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2001 I had my fourth child that wasn’t planned man with this pregnancy boy did I eat I had a huge belly people thought I was having twins, but I wasn’t there was just one baby in my belly. I remember when I was having her it was hilarious; I was due for April 11th instead I had her for my birthday that was the greatest gift. The night before I gave birth to one of my princess I was on the computer talking with my nephew, my husband was at work my kids were playing around and everything was pretty much normal as I’m talking with my nephew and joking all of the sudden my water bag broke so I told my nephew, he was like what titi and I repeated myself and told him this never happened so I let him go and called my doctor she told me Mrs. Torres I would need you to come in I told her the soonest I can be In is when my husband gets here from work she replied I see you soon. My husband got home after midnight as soon as he came in I looked at him and told him it’s time my water broke we got the kids ready and off we went to the hospital so when I got there they put me on the baby monitor were monitoring my contractions after had me walking around while my husband and my children were in the waiting room finally at 5 something in the morning she decided enter the world I couldn’t believe another little girl she was beautiful she looked like a little witch with them long fingers but beautiful after she was cleaned up and myself they allowed my family to come in and between my family and the nurses sung us happy birthday with my favorite cake coconut yummy. When we were let out the hospital, we moved to Pennsylvania do to my husband getting another job, but it didn’t last long so he found something different and moved upstate New York. I stood in Pennsylvania for a while.
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We then decided to move to Rochester, NY started fresh then after a few years there I came out pregnant for my last kid boy was I shocked that was not at all planned, but no regrets for this one I found out I was having a boy I was blessed and I thank god for all 5 of my children now they are all grown and they have all made me so proud. I’m a grandmother of two the greatest feelings ever. It was a journey, but I grew up with my five children and I must say I did a great job raising them.
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To pursue a career in Child Nursing, it is prominent to have plenty of patience, knowledge, commitment and a resilient mind-set. All of which I believe I fulfil, considering I was an active participant in both the rounders and football team where I pursued the role as captain, enabling my team to become victorious in our matches; I volunteered in a pre-school and nursery for a couple of months as well as helped care for my little sister when she was born with seizures.
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After her birth in September 2015, my little sister was hospitalized for three months as she suffered from ongoing seizures caused by what they described as ‘birth trauma’, where factors such as oxygen deprivation may have contributed to her ongoing seizures. The nurses gave her the required care she needed whilst also supporting my mother through this frightening experience. This helped maximise my aspiration to become a nurse as although they have specific tasks to complete, they also showed respect, empathy and sensitivity when providing my mother with insight to what my sister was going through.
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The results you gain from expanding knowledge into the world of nursing is extremely significant as it allows individuals like me to gain an insight to how and why the healthcare system is organised and run in a specific manner. Commencing from when I was younger, I aspired to become a nurse as I enjoyed the thought of helping people, regardless of background and/or culture. The art of Nursing is beautiful in terms of the kindness, understanding and generosity expressed through the healthcare of each and every individual.
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From completing a Nursing Introductory online course, I have taken into consideration that nurses abide by the ‘six Cs’: care, compassion, competence, communication, commitment and courage. Learning Psychology in A Levels allows me to understand the idea in which some ‘abnormalities’- both physical and psychological- can be congenital yet some can be acquired. Therefore, requires a large amount of knowledge, commitment and courage in order to gain understanding of different behaviours, especially in children. Whilst photography has allowed me to broaden my creativity and my imagination in order to achieve intriguing images; English Literature has allowed me to deepen my understanding of historical events and figures along with their significance to society, which could help me understand different situations in different perspectives. In Christie Watsons ‘Language of Kindness-A Nurse’s Story’, she opens doors to the idea that “. . . we are all nursed at some point in our lives. We are all nurses”, emphasising the importance of Nurses in society.
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Whilst participating in the National Citizen Service, I developed a variety of skills, such as: team-work, confidence, leadership, responsibility, problem solving, and organisation, all whilst having fun and developing interests in physical and mental well-being of those surrounding me. I volunteered for a charity known as ‘Friends of Boston Manor’ where I arranged a variety of activities for children and was able to raise money as well as awareness for the charity. This produced a unity of all children regardless of abilities.
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Now children have become young people and their demands( phones, laptops, car, expensive dresses) are also bigger and anyhow these demands are also fulfilled by their parents and these young people have a firm thinking that whatever their demands are always fulfilled by their parents. Moving further, when children are in school and their teachers treat them like precious gems and they are served with all stuff they have to learn in their exams and there is less homework on daily basis and in this way they learn that stuff only and give their exams and succeed with very good marks( 80% – 90% or above) and their parents are also happy and give them rewards.
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Now, when these children get younger and are transferred to colleges or universities and there are professors not their teachers who used to fed them with little stuff to get succeed in their exams or finals. Now these children feels burden as they have to do a lot of stuff like assignments, quizzes, midterms and then finals and they also need to da a lot of research work which these children are not in a habit of doing so. And their progress level decreases and they get less marks( 60%) in their finals and they do not tolerate this and get angry because they were not given the whole stuff to study and the efforts were needed to succeed which they didn’t. In this way, parents and teachers do a disservice to young people and make them always spoon-fed children that ruin their future also. Moreover, children expect from professors that they should not impose late penalty on them as stated in the article and their marks shouldn’t be deducted for this because they are in habit of not scolded by parents and teachers at school for not completing their homework sometimes. So, parents and teachers are responsible for this type of young generation who is not ready to any kind of efforts.
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It is also stated in the article that many students openly admit their goal is to succeed with the least amount of effort. And many universities make this easy for them. Like if student is not good grades in any subject he/she can drop that course in that semester and can pick it up in next semester and this way it becomes for students and they don’t make efforts to study hard and clear all the subjects. Moving onto next, many students believe that their professors’ expectations are downright unreasonable. “They think their lecture is the only way to get their information. But there are so many new ways to learn,” one University of Alberta student told the CBC. There is lot of research part also to do apart from the lectures.
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Kids are more entitled than ever today, doing less around the home, being padded from failure, and given awards for just showing up. How children think they somehow deserve a free college education (paid for by mom and dad or the State), to get paid $15/hr. to take someone’s food order, and to have the latest gadgets and toys free of limitations and monitoring. When children don’t get what they think they deserve, they cry it’s unfair, unjust, and plain
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In 1868, Ann Reeves Jarvis organized Mother’s Friendship Day to help reunite families that had been divided by the Civil War. Ann wanted to expand her work to have an annual memorial for mothers, but she passed in 1905. In 1870, Julia Ward Howe (author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic) organized a “Mother’s Day” in New York on June 2nd, which was to promote world peace. (She wanted to have July 4th changed to Mother’s Day for world peace).
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The legend behind the carnation goes back to the Passion of Christ. Seeing Christ’s sufferings, his mother Mary sheds tears that fell to the ground. These tears turned into fragrant and beautiful carnations. Did you know that more phone calls are made on Mother’s Day than any other day of the year? More than122 million calls are made in the US. In the nation formerly known as Yugoslavia, children would tie up their mothers on Mother’s Day. The only way she could get free would be to pay her children with treats. Now back to the day at hand, Mother’s Day.
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My Mother, what can I say? But thank you! I am who I am today, because of her. She pushed me to do and be my best. I know at times I have disappointed her, but she stood by me. Pushing, nagging and loving me. I was the good kid, but I had a voice and boy did I use it! I do not know how she nor I survived my teenage years? I was amazed how much she learned between my ages of 14 and 22. She made life interesting, funny and scary. Not scary bad. I have to say she was not like the other Mothers, and I thank God for that. Some of my friends Mothers’ were so strict and controlling. Yes, she set boundaries, but she allowed me to make mistakes and yes she made me take responsibility for those mistakes. She let me be me. Thank you Mom.
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I remember all the trips we took as kids. They were fun because of her. I have to say that when my brother and I would act up in the car my mom never hesitated to pull over and let us have it or reach back at smack us. We truly believed she had eyes in the back of her head. She sure could multi-task. My brother and I were so happy when we got the suburban and mom could no longer smack us, because we were in the third row seat·wrong·that woman had a yard stick with her. I remember the way she drove a car. I counted once, that in my mom and dad’s 14 year marriage we had about 23 cars. We had cars that she needed a large rock to use as a parking brake, fire trucks to beat the carburetor and an umbrella if it rained. The car I remember the most is the Vega. When she drove that car and took corners, my brother and I would slide across the back seat, and if we had our cousins with us, they would be in the back rolling all around. She would put the pedal to the metal and away we went. Now she will deny this·but remember she is old and her memory is failing. So Mom, when you complain about my driving·all I can say is KARMA.
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My Mom has many little sayings that she has said to me over the years, and a few of these I have used on my own children. The first one was what she called the Mothers curse. Her saying was “I hope you have a daughter just like you”. Well, I did a son and a daughter. They are just like me. I have now passed this saying down to my children. When I started to drive, she would say “make sure you are wearing clean underwear in case you are in an accident”. Really Mom, when you have an accident, no clean underwear. This one I have not used. Mom also used to say “if you keep crying and I will give you something to cry about” after she punished me. I stopped just trying to wrap my head around what she said. I have used this one several times on my children and they have stopped and given me that same look of confusion.
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I would like to leave you a passage from the book Broken Wings by Kahil Gibran page 76. “The sweetest thing human lips can say is the word “Mother”, and the most beautiful of calls is “O Mother.” It is a word both small and large, filled with hope and love and emotion, and all the delicacy and sweetness that exists in the human breast. A mother is everything in this life: She consoles in grief; she gives hope in sorrow and power in weakness. She is a fountain of compassion, mercy, and forgiveness”.
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For years, my dad has trained me in the literacy of the stock market by crafting “mock drafts” with newly released IPOs, using Monopoly money to understand what different companies do, and how they interact with each other in the market. It was a fun opportunity to learn while also spending time with my dad when he wasn’t busy. And in the back of my mind, even though I knew I was wasn’t making real money, even the fantasy of picking successfully excited me.
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The analogy doesn’t stop there. Diversification the cardinal rule for investing is a lot like drafting a balanced team. In fantasy football, this is a somehow forgotten factor during the draft that could make or break a season. For example, some NFL offenses feature many fantasy weapons, and while drafting multiple teammates (especially at similar positions) may work out, a bye week or poor team performance could leave you with a loss, and a key injury could derail the season·
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This literature review focuses on how loved ones could influence ex-convicts to stay away from breaking the law. Being released from prison allows ex-convicts to have a new phase of life. However, challenges and obstacles such as immediate housing, employment and welfare privileges (Wright, Hoffmann, & Cohen, 2018) were considered a luxury to them due to the lack of resources that they have. This meant they were left to rely on friends and family to help them get back on their feet (Wright et al, 2018).
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To furher my research on young offenders, the study by McNeill, Farrall, Lightowler, & Maruna’s (2012) on understanding desistance from crime mentioned that offending behavior peaks for people during their teenage years. Certain form of behavior such as association with convicted parents (Besemer, Farrington, & Bijleveld, 2017) and labelling by society have played a part in amplifying criminal behaviors in youths.
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How individuals could secure and retaining their jobs could be determined by their progress in reintegration. Especially those who have were already parents themselves, the financial pressure (Harding, Wyse, Dobson, & Morenoff. 2014) of being the main provider increases. Those who were fortunate enough to have support and connections (Paat et al. 2018) from their own family members would be blessed with fewer burdens. However, for those left them, as described by Paat et al.’s article (2018), would resort to “coping mechanism” such as alcohol and substance abuse to deal with stress. This contributed to the possible desire to reoffend.
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With regards to variables on the difficulties of reintegration, it was noted that parents of convicted individuals took the opportunity to sign up for community supervision programs that shared about successfully reformed convicts (Harding e al. 2018). Article by Wright. (2018) shows the teachings of “self-development, advancing careers, getting educated” done by rehabilitation programs. Families who decided to educate themselves could learn to be more responsible in facilitating their reintegration (Harding e al. 2018). On a parent’s perspective, not everyone will be equipped with tools and skills to facilitate their convicted child’s reintegration. Hence, it was important that I display research on parents who try their best to associate and be a role for their child as individuals tend to view parents as their main source of support (Paat et al. 2018)
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Another form of negative influence would be Dominguez Alvarez, & Loureiro’s, (2012) study on ex-convicts dealing with social stigma. Their research discussed about how consequences and effects of prison life could affect their employment status and their income in the workforce. Not only could this bring low self-esteem and confidence in these individuals, which could lead them to turn their backs on society. Studies that supported how employers show dismay in hiring ex-convicts could be seen in Graffam, Shinkfield, & Hardcastle’s, (2008) article on the percentage of employers hiring the services of former convicts:
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This information provided a brief description that having a criminal record could deny them job and career opportunities. Without a steady source of income to look forward to, they would have little choice but to solely depend on friends and family for support. The case of disapproval from employers (Paat et al., 2018) could make it worse for convicted parents as they would adopt a negative attitude towards society. Hence, it is possible that a weak family structure could be due to a lack of understanding between both child and parent.
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With the background in mind, the goal of this review is to find out if strong family ties with support from peers could reduce the percentages of individuals reoffending and influence their desire to accept treatment from rehabilitation facilities. This work also analyzes offender’s social and economic upbringing. In return, our understanding on how they were being influenced to commit criminal behavior will be better. In doing so, I have sourced articles and employment data which focused on the characteristics and personalities of youth and repeated offenders in corrective rehabilitation facilities. Using those sources, I can know whether discrimination or labelling by the society could contribute to individuals turning their backs on society. I plan to look for quantitative (numerical) data, to determine if reoffending rates could be reduced based solely on to positive family relationships.
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Some conventional behavior in broken family ties will be domestic violence, lack of role models, adverse childhood experiences and peers engaging in criminal activity (Paat et al. 2018). When it comes to growing up, these individual’s may not have the privilege of having a family member they could look up to. Parents engaging in criminal activities (Besemer et al., 2017) could also attribute to their poor upbringing, leaving them with little choice to surround themselves with peers who do not exert a positive influence. A study by Paat et al. (2018) indicated, “if any type of parental control was in place for these participants, it was frequently depicted as overly tax, too strict, irregular or ineffective” (p. 90). These youths will be left alone to deal with fear and social problems as they do not want to face their abusive family members. Without proper training to socialize, some of their solution to separate their ties from abusive or weakened family bonds would be to find new people to associate with. This increases their chances of mixing with peers who exhibit negative influences.
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To link with my research question on ex-convict relationships with family members, I felt that the best way to review on ex-convicts would be conducting the experiment in Singapore. Experienced interviewers with fluent English should be brought in to allow smooth communication. Participants that included youth offenders and ex-convicts will be analyzed based on their status of their relationships between family members. In order to find the correct participants for the experiment, the method of purposive sampling should be used as advised by Lilienfeld’s, (2017) article. When it comes to the research of ex-convicts, participant’s selected should not initiate any sort of subtle racism (Lilienfeld’s, 2017) towards other participants. To prevent any forms of miscommunication, all participants should literate in the English language (Picco, Lau, Pang, Abdin, Vaingankar, Chong, & Subramaniam’s 2017).