ktmeng/mec huggingface dataset:
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We as practitioners have to recognise and respond to concerns with a child’s development. If they are not fitting their age category of development then this is a concern as we need to find out why and what can be done to correct it. Early help is important as children can work towards Smart Targets and can develop with the encouragement, support and guidance from practitioners. Also we can see if the child has any learning difficulties, Speech and Language difficulties (SAL) and if they have Special Educational needs (SEN) then we can formulate plans to help support them.
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Transitions can affect children and their behaviours because they are unexpected and only some children and adults will face them so they can come as a shock. If a child has gone through bereavement if they have lost someone close to them a parent/carer then this could lead them to depression and become withdrawn as they are very upset and may not want to talk to anyone as they are going through a very hard thing at such a young age. They could also become angry and aggressive.
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“Look at Mexico. We need to make the government better and end the corruption. If people have a better life in their country, they won’t come over here”(Garza,Tony). It’s needless to say that the government needs to change. People are going to be looking for asylum because it isn’t safe for them in their own country or they are trying to make a better life for themselves and their families. In a recent tweet, President Donald Trump attempts to portray migrants as criminals, Mexico should move the flag waving Migrants, many of whom are stone cold criminals, back to their countries.
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“We have a problem in our country, but it’s not because of us. We are not causing the problems. We are looking for a better life, especially for our kids”, she told ABC News. “In our country, when (our kids) go to study, they can be kidnapped or killed. We are not bad people. We just want a better life for our families” (Moore, Burton, and Hutchinson). Immigrants dream and hear tales of amazing and wonderful things the United States can provide and want nothing but for that dream to be their reality as well.
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I come from a family who crossed the border, to give their family a better life. My grandparents had been living in Tijuana, Mexico at the time, my grandfather worked for the company 7UP and my grandmother was a housewife and mother of 4. My grandfather wasn’t making enough money to provide food or basic care necessities so he made the decision to leave towards the United States. Hoping and praying that there would be a better future waiting for his family on the other side. He had a travelers visa so he would leave to the United States and returned to Tijuana whenever it was possible. My grandfather worked in a Convalescent home in the kitchen for a few years during the day and worked at a Holiday Inn Hotel at night until he made enough money to bring his family over to the United States. If it wasn’ t for my grandfather’s decision, my cousins and I wouldn’t have the opportunities we have today and for that I am forever grateful.
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In addition, when my family had crossed over, there were some hardships they had to go through. One of the hardships they had to go through was packing up all their belongings and leaving the only place they knew as home. The United States was their home now. They had to start from scratch, their world around them had changed completely. They had to become acquainted to different environments around them which included learning to speak English and learning to be accustomed the new culture. Nonetheless, the family was excited. The United States was the land of endless opportunities and they couldn’t wait until the day they were able to step on U.S. soil.
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Since his election, President Donald Trump has cracked down hard on immigration. “His executive orders expanded the authority of immigration officers and are expected to increase the detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants” (Rahimi). ICE has made it very clear, that while, agents are looking for criminals, they will also rounding up any undocumented immigrants along the way. The agency even sent a series of tweets two weeks ago reminding young undocumented immigrants granted deportation protections under Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that they also could face deportation. As a result of this, innocent people from grandmas, teenagers, to fathers and mothers with no violent crimes in their background are being deported and separated from their loved ones. This is something they fear everyday of their lives. They have to go out into the real world and pray that they or that their loved ones won’t be gone when they get back. Children are getting separated from parents without even being able to say goodbye. “In April of last year, when her mother dropped by federal immigration headquarters in Manhattan to complete some paperwork, 8-year-old Virginia Feliz became part of a growing tribe of American children who have lost a parent to deportation. Her mother, Berly, 47, who migrated to the United States illegally a decade ago, went to the immigration office on a routine visit to renew her work authorization. But because an old deportation order had resurfaced, she was quickly clapped into handcuffs, and within hours placed on a plane to her native Honduras, unable to say goodbye to her husband and little girl”(Bernstein). As the Federal Government continues to separate families as part of the program, authorities state that parents are not supposed to deported without their children. Being separated from your family can be traumatic for the parents and children because they don’t know when they will ever be able to see each other again. Often times, undocumented parents who get deported don’t explain to their children what happened and why they aren’t with them anymore, to keep them from knowing the harsh reality of deportation. This increases the feeling of abandonment, loneliness and anger as the children try to find reasons as to why they were left behind. Virginia Feliz’s mother had done exactly that, and had told her daughter she had gone to Honduras to take care of a sick relative. Her daughter was angered and wanted answers as to why her mother left her. Still to this day, ICE is cold-heartedly ripping families apart without thinking about how this affects the children or the family.
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With this being said, the U.S. can take a cheaper and better way of handling immigration. Such as the Family Case Management Program, started in January 2016, it allowed families seeking asylum to be released together and monitored by caseworkers while their immigration court case proceeded. The case managers would provide them with referrals for education, legal services and housing. They would also help them sort out court orders about when to show up for immigration court and ICE check-ins . Also emphasized the importance of showing up to all court hearings. The program was a success in the five metropolitan areas and cut government spending as well, “The pilot was implemented with around 700 families in five metropolitan areas, including New York and Los Angeles, and it was a huge success. About 99 percent of immigrants showed up for their hearings. It also did something Republicans love: It cut government spending. The program cost $36 per day per family, compared with the more than $900 a day it costs to lock up an immigrant parent with two children, said Katharina Obser, a policy adviser at the Women’s Refugee Commission” ( Nazario). Unfortunately, the program, that was supposed to last for five years; was canceled by the Trump Administration almost a year ago. Instead of separating families and spending thousands of dollars to keep undocumented immigrants in family detentions, bring back the program that was clearly a success and keeping families together.
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In conclusion, if you take one thing from this essay, I hope it is that not all undocumented immigrants are criminals and rapists. They are innocent people looking for a better life for themselves and their loved ones. Now that doesn’t come to say that law and order doesn’t go hand and hand with humanity. There are laws that need to be followed but there are more humane, effective alternatives as opposed to Donald Trump’s policies. No human being should be treated less than just because they are from another country because the cold-hearted truth is, our graves will always be the same size.
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Children are like roses in the hands of those barbaric, savage, wicked animals, children bear the scars forever. It is high time to do something about it, it is high time to rebel against the people in power who instead of taking a stand to make this life a beautiful adventure, a life that is free, and peaceful, a life that is worth to live in; preferred to not involve themselves in a mess they have created. These people are living demons who need to be exorcised, their souls are possessed by demonic spirits which have stolen their sense of humanity.
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Not everything is sunshine and rainbows it took many a long time to find that out, maybe it was the same for yourself. People from Places such as Syria, Yemen, Colombia, Nepal suffer in tremendous ways, whether it’s natural disasters or racist police forces or bankruptcy. These are harmful to majors and other political personnel, but the adults and parents get the worst end of the billet. Telling kids the troubles that are happening in the world can cause improved communication, and appreciation of what you have and inspiration to come up with ideas to help fix the struggles people are going through.
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Art inspectors claimed it “conveys a sense of an absence , missing body and evoke a collective sense of loss”. When kids looked at this and knew what it meant, they felt sad and uncomfortable with “weird feelings” and didn’t know what to do with those emotions ne of the kids stated that “ignorance is protective” which is true in some sorts, so why should we have our children leave their protection to know the demon of misery and sadness so that humans can collect and reciprocate the feelings that some people might have.
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It’s not that easy all the time to feel the bond between two other beings experiences that’s why’re own selves must teach the future generations so they can exceed us favorable ways to learn this is by documentaries on the horrible events that are and have occurred. Paul Zak author of the Moral Molecule: The Source of Love and Prosperity, discovered that “even the simplest narrative can elicit powerful empathic response by triggering the release of neurochemicals like cortisol and oxytocin” but other research has found that being exposed to others problem can have an opposite outcome were one would feel so distressed that one would wish to find confinement in evasion or denial people turn look away at the TV when they have been shown a starving child, quit reading the testimony of a tortured prisoner, or close a horror novel when it has gruesome detail of a rotten molding corpse lying in someone’s bed. At this moment comforting is one of the best options when someone has felt uncomfort.
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One must not only tell descendants what’s wrong in life, as well as one themselves must improve. One should set aside a time to do exciting activities with their kids and do not nag on kids when they do something if one does it as well it’s hypocritical and a bad example for ones kids. Discipline is not to be argued in front of the children it gives them broad and iliideas of actions they can get away with also keeping a strict set of rules in place is key don’t make them too strict but do not make them easy on the child. Keep track of what the child is doing 60/100 kids are influenced by the internet, adults, teachers, friends, and there own parents just keep track of who kids are talking to and what they are exposed to but it is not always bad to let children interact with these influential beings because they can still improve one’s oversight on certain topics. Watch your kids keep and keep them safe, but still let them be free and have choices.
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One should not tell their kids too much and cause them to feel constant pressure and distress, but appropriately in a sensible way encourage kids to consider the reason these kinds of catastrophic events occur and how society responds, find out what’s wrong and what needs to be adjusted. One can help another through troubles they’ve experienced and can connect with extra people our communities can be filled with friends and all can know the pain of others. All one must do is gather the family together and watch the news.
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The second topic that James and I discussed was about his extended family. His only sibling is his brother Jacob who is 43 years old. Jacob is single with no children and is also living in Wilmington, Delaware. His parents on the other hand are a little bit more spread out. His father, Herb (68 years old), lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and his mother, Barb (67 years old), lives in Wilmington, Delaware but not in the same house at James immediate family. His father and mother are divorced but his father is married to Janice (65 years old) and they have 2 daughters, Sarah (30 years old) and Grace (27 years old). His father has one sister and one brother, Hannah and Steve.
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His mother has 2 brothers, Derek and Tom. All of James’s uncles and aunts live in Wilmington, Delaware. His aunt Hannah is married and has 4 boys, Joe, Randy, Julian, and Drew. His uncle Steve is also married and has a boy and a girl, Bill and Mary. On his mother’s side, his uncle Derek is married and has 2 girls and 1 boy, Taylor, Beth, and Rob. His uncle Tom is married as well and has 2 boys, Kirk and Sam. In regard to his grandparents, they have all since passed but James remembers visiting his grandmother’s sister, great-aunt Libby, as they used to call her. He was unable to remember how many siblings they had, but he did know that his grandmother on his mom’s side had 4 sisters and 1 brother. The other 3 grandparents definitely came from fairly large families, the smallest being 1 of 4 other siblings. When they were alive they all lived in Wilmington, Delaware. His grandparent’s generation was a far as he could remember.
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The third topic we discussed was James family relationships. James said that in a typical year, the list of people he would see the most often is his daughter Sophia, his brother Jacob, his mother Barb, and finally his father Herb. He sees Sophia the most often mainly because she goes to college fairly close to where they live and James brother, Jacob, works for him. After that, he often sees his parents since they visit him quite frequently. There is no specific time of the year where he sees them. Since they live in such close proximity, James sees these family members very often. When I asked if his family did tend to gather for any special celebrations, James chuckled saying that his family’s special celebrations were just trying to avoid everyone else’s big celebrations. I decided to shift the conversation to more about James childhood by asking him what side of the family he felt closer to growing up. He explained that while growing up there was not one side of the family he saw more than the other. Since the family generally only gathered during holidays, he would see both sides of the family for the same amount of time, and therefore he didn’t feel closer to one side than the other.
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The final topic we touched on was James family culture and values. In terms of cultural and religious identity, his family is predominantly catholic, but they differ culturally. James father’s side of the family is Puerto Rican, while his mother’s side of the family is American. While he believes that that Hispanic identity once was something really important to his family, now that the family is a bit more culturally mixed, its significance is no longer what it was before. Not only that but he believes that the elder matriarchs of the family were the ones that pushed the importance of that culture, but since their passing, no one has stepped into that role. I thought that now would be good to look at James family from a more holistic approach, so I asked James about any common careers in his family.
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He said that while there was no common career, the aptitude for artwork was strong throughout his family. This creative side was shown more throughout their careers as opposed to family history as James explained that the only family story they liked to share was that his family was the first Puerto Rican family to settle in Wilmington, Delaware in the 40’s. As a closing I asked James to describe his family using only 2 words. The first one, which I expected, was creative which can be seen through his family’s emphasis and knack for all things art. The second word he chose was diligent. The reasoning for this was because neither side came from a position of “convenience” as he put it. For his family, everything they did was very “D.I.Y” (Do it yourself) in that they had to work very hard to carve out careers. Interestingly enough, Sophia was the first person in her family to attend college. When I asked about the important values in his family, James when straight back to that idea of “D.I.Y” as it was his family’s work ethic and perseverance that got them in the comfortable position that they are in today.
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As a closing to my genealogy essay, I wanted to analyze some of the points that James and I talked about. One thing that I thought was very interesting was how the space that they were in kept the family close. Since a majority of the family lived in the same town, I gathered that having big families and having family members nearby had become a hegemonic ideology in James family. Continuing on that point, the couple that had the least number of children, excluding those that didn’t have children, was 2 with the average being 3.7 per couple. This only further demonstrated that the hegemonic ideology in James family was to have a large number of children. While the family is fairly close to other another both in relationships and physical location, they are very nonchalant about seeing each other. I believe this to be the reason why James family doesn’t have any explicit family traditions and activities and general negative views towards the big holidays. My overall impression of James family was that while they are a close family, they tend to co-exist rather than spend quality time as one big family. This is probably due to the fact that they live in such close proximity to each other, having one time a year to all get together seems unnecessary as they are essentially gathered together year-round.
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As the youngest, it was mostly problem to find a pal to play with because most the time elder siblings won’t play with you saying that you are too young to play such game. Often it is said this stuff is not meant for babies you should go and play by yourself.Or even it is said go and play with mother, and mothers are all time busy with some work so even it sis tough to find a single playmate in thr house. yes, it was hard.
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Everyone feels like they are out of place at some point but sometimes you have to make do with what you got. Whenever you’re outside you usually feel a sense of selfishness with the wind blowing in your face and the trees dancing in harmony of everything in nature. We take it for granted most of the time. In the short story “The Lame Shall Enter First” uses selfishness, sadness and the connection between Rufus and others. You shouldn’t put so mouch time in others
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Norton is Sheppards ten year old son who he tries to raise alone because his wife is dead. While using the wisdom of fatherhood but he spends more time with Rufus than with his own son. Sheppard is extremely selfish when he says “Don’t you think I miss her at all? I do, but I’m not sitting around moping. I’m busy helping other people. When do you see me just sitting around thinking about my troubles?” this makes Norton so much worse than before.
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The Reason why Rufus is so bad is because he has a mother in prison and his father he never knew. Rufus also was raised terribly by his crazy grandfather who is an advocate for his religion and is very abusive. Sheppard is very selfish because he spends more time with Rufus than the others in the reformatory. He does this because he has a high IQ and believes he has a brighter future than his own. Sheppard thought that by giving Rufus shelter, food, clothing and new shoes it would make him a better person and may change his perspective on life. Rufus has always been against Sheppard because he is an Atheist. Rufus believes that he can be as bad as he wants and be forgiven for his sinful acts in the end just before he dies.
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Instead that very own purpose of the telescope became the probe that caused and brought sorrow to Sheppard’s life. Rufus persuaded Norton that when he finds his mother in the heavens then he could join her when he dies. Blinded by his self righteousness, Sheppard realized that he was misdirected and that Rufus was never going to change no matter how hard he tried and how many gifts he sheltered him with. Once he tried to intervene and make it right with his son unfortunately, it was too late. Norton had committed suicide by hanging himself trying to get to his mother. In conclusion you should never lose focus on what’s most important because you could end up losing them in the end.
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There are roughly five types of bullying and harassment. The first is physical, including unprovoked beatings, shoves, kicks and slaps. The second is Verbal, which includes phone calls, verbal threats, rumors, insults and ridicules of other people’s looks. The third is Social, which includes hurting others’ self-esteem in public, destroying others’ reputation, deliberately excluding someone from participating in collective activities. The fourth is Cyber, which includes sending abusive rumors, dirty words and lies through e-mail and instant messaging, or spreading unfavorable comments on the Internet.
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I advised my companions on dietary health, and I told my companions about my four-day diet plan. They all praised me for doing well. This is what they want to do but haven’t done yet. They took a positive attitude towards the proposal. So, with my help, I also made his diet plan. His diet plan is not as detailed as I am. It just says what to eat and what not to eat in a day. He can accept my suggestion that he also hopes to have a healthy life.
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The contents of TV plays on TV media will greatly affect children’s mental health. If a child’s long-term television drama is about ghosts and gods, violence and inappropriate circumstances for children, then the child’s mental health will certainly be affected. Also, movies and songs often praise positive energy, so children’s hearts will be very healthy. So the media can affect children’s mental health positively and negatively. whether the piece of media helps removing stigma surrounding mental health.
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Good evening my names Charli Paine and welcome to Media Watch, tonight we will be discussing the issue of dumb dads in the media. Have you noticed an increase in ads featuring dads?  While some ads kindly show the real bond and father figure they are, for example the Nissan’s 2015 Super Bowl commercial, many others cast dads as fumbling idiots who desperately need to be saved from their stupidity by their children, spouses, or anyone else with an ounce of common sense.
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One such ad is “Doritos Princess” commercial. In the ad, the dad is eagerly about to leave the house to go to a footy game with the guys.  As he walks past the daughter’s bedroom she insists that “daddy” plays princess with her but obviously the guys are outside waiting for him and he just doesn’t have the time until the daughter whips out a bag of Dorito’s and instantly he’s dressed head to toe in a princess outfit with makeup and all, the rest of the 30 second plot shows the dad making mistake after mistake for instance completely forgetting he was going out with the guys, making them wait outside, dressing up in the wife’s wedding dress and chomping down on the Dorito’s making mess everywhere but being completely clueless about anything.
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The wife comes home to her largely inept spouse shopping in her hand once again showing that the dad is not responsible enough to do such thing and asks if that’s her “wedding dress” he replies with “It could be”. Some are probably thinking ” It’s just one add, so what?” There’s lots of other advertisements and mass media that continuously uncover the flaws of all sorts of people, not just dads.  Plus, you might be just saying this because, “I bet you’re a dad,”.Well I can tell you I’m defiantly not a dad just viewer of the media who notices a problem spiralling out of control and making a bad reputation for all dads out there when sure there are dads out in the world like this, but this does not depict who a dad truly is.
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This tendency to depict dads as dumb is a movement that many have recognized, in advertising as well as in mass media in general.  It’s hard to think of other people groups who are as consistently ridiculed even when it comes to handling their own kids. Now Huggies diapers came out with an add that completely made fools out of the dads made them look clueless to handling their own children and as if they are not capable of “The toughest test imaginable” in their words. This commercial simply left a bunch of dads all in the same house to “The toughest test imaginable” of caring and looking after their own kids, now I am no parent but I would assume that as a new parent you quickly adapt to the tasks and responsibilities that come along with having that child and one of those tasks is simply learning how to put a diaper on but no some of these kids in the add look almost as if they are a year old but the fathers are yet still fumbling around, looking as if they don’t know what to do and in desperate need of the mums help. Still, some people are probably thinking, “What’s the big deal?”  Lots of television advertisements and tv shows are just simply meant to be funny.  It’s hard to have humour if everyone in an advertisement or tv show is switched on and sensible.  While yes there’s truth to this side of the story, depictions start to become detrimental when the same group of people, dads in this situation are always made to play the fool.  Such consistency of negative portrayals rise to the kingdom of stereotyping.
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Most of us recognize the great harm that stereotypes have had on specific people groups over the years, as well as on our society as a whole, there is a very real reason to be concerned about what the time to come might hold if the next generation grows up assuming that dads are inherently incompetent. When it comes to cleaning a lot of the older generations have been raised to think that cleaning is the women’s job and going to work and earning money is the man’s job and this idea of ideology takes presidency in the Libman Mop Power Washing advertisement. Now of course it’s such a simple product to use you’d think that anyone would be able to pick it up and use it but this is defiantly not the case, again the male is depicted as the idiot using a power water tool inside the house which would normally be used on a car or on a driveway externally but the adds inferring again that the male does not understand the simplicity of a simple mop, application of use and poses the women as the saviour. From a marketing perspective the product is again being pitched at the women because she is the only one that can show the male how to use it and the assumption is the male just does not get the simplicity of the product and aligning with gender roles.
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Unfortunately dad-bashing ads seem to be very successful marketing.  They have clearly performed at quite an extreme level for the organisations that have used them otherwise it’s unlikely that this tactic would be so common. It seems advisable to put forth to them a chapter of reprieve in succession for the pendulum to swing the other way and allow the dads out there to reclaim the respect they are worthy of. I believe that such repairing is not just important for them but for the well-being of our complete society.
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Mrs A had smoked since she was a teenager, around fourteen years old, both her parents had also smoked as she was growing up. Parental influence could have played a role on Mrs A lifestyle choices due to observing and watching her parents as she grew up. “Parent cigarette smoking has been identified as a significant risk factor for adolescent cigarette smoking” (Bauman, Carver & Gleiter, 2001 as cited by Ashley et al, 2008).
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At this point, fourteen was the age in which people normally left school and began to get jobs and work. Smoking was also a huge part of socialising and social interaction. McRobbie, H. & Myers, K. (2011), states that social pressure can be a huge influential factors on lifestyle choices, as people conform to their peers. Also smoking was viewed as a choice not a dependency by society. Karelina, K. & DeVries, A.C., (2011), states that the “social environment” an individual is based in can have a crucial impact and influence on their health.
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Mrs A felt very isolated when she was an impatient in hospital.The visiting hours in which friends and family could attend were only for two hours a day in the evening. Mrs A had also been married and lived with her husband for over fifty years and she felt lost and lonely without her husband being with her. They did everything together from cooking and cleaning, to days out and socialising. Mrs A adhered to a very strict routine throughout her week and did not like to be inside or in one specific place. This had a negative effect on Mrs A’s health as she felt trapped and state that she felt like she was “in a prison”. Age UK (2017), state that an individual feeling lonely can be linked to a decline or worsening of a person’s health. Mushtaq, R. (2014), also states again that “loneliness” can have a massive effect on the deterioration of an individual’s health and this issue must be tackled in order to prevent further deterioration on a individual’s wellbeing both physically and mentally.
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There are also many factors that affect an individuals lifestyle choices on a community level. These revolve around things such as the support available, the media and policies and procedures that may affect an individuals choices. Throughout the decades, the media has played a huge role in the health of individuals. This is included from advertisements, campaigns and television shows. Lifestyle choices that can have a huge negative impact on health, have been made to be seen as fashionable or promoted. Action on Smoking and Health (2018), states that are still issues surrounding the way smoking is portrayed by the media which causes worry. However, over the years this has become less prominent and advertisements have been banned promoting certain products and campaigns release to support people to make the healthier choice. This also includes smoking, drinking, exercise and healthy eating. Examples of these include campaigns such as Stoptober, Health Harms and Change4Life.
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Also, many new policies and procedures have been brought into to help tackle choices that can have a negative impact on an individuals health such as smoking and alcohol. Progression has been made steadily over the years to assist in preventing smoking including tobacco no longer being able to be advertised, increases in taxes and a lot of places becoming “smoke-free” zones, (Peretti-Watel, Halfen, Gremy, 2007). Greger, M. (2016), states that the rising of tax is something that could be seen to make a positive impact on individuals suffering from chronic diseases. Action on Smoking and Health (2018), states that many laws were brought into effect surrounding advertising smoking and tobacco related products. These laws ended with a complete ban on any type of advertisement relating to tobacco and for packs to become debranded in order to appear less appealing to people. The main policy included within this were The Tobacco Advertising And Promotion Act 2002, which then led to further reductions in promotions leaving almost every form of advertising from tobacco companies illegal. Wright, J (2011), states that it was in the early twenty first century that warnings surrounding an individual’s health were placed on packets and the ban of smoking in public places was implemented in 2007.
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The push for support and services to becoming more available and apparent to individuals has only began in recent years. The support and services that are available now, were not available to patients before which can play a role in impacting their lifestyle choices which affect health. The push for people to stop excess drinking, smoking and eating unhealthy were not addressed as widely as they are now. The help relevant to Mrs A would involve care such as COPD nursing and help to stop smoking. Attar-Zadeh, D. (2016), states that an individual living with COPD first intervention regarding their treatment plan should be to stop smoking. It is also essential with treatment for COPD, that the individual is correctly educated and equipped by the healthcare services to manage their condition. Zakrisson, A. and H?gglund, D. (2010), states that COPD nurses are beneficial to patients, however a way in which they believe this could be improved is to set out further “guidelines” surrounding the education that needs to be received by the patient suffering with COPD.
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There are many different types of clinical interventions that can be carried out in order to assist individuals with COPD, including the prescribing of oxygen, cognitive behavioural therapy and regular exercise. Ford, S., (2018), states that cognitive behavioural therapy, also known as CBT was shown to make a positive impact on patients anxiety who were suffering from COPD. It was emphasised how these should be “incorporated into routine care pathways”. Also having regular structured contact with COPD nurses and other parts of the multidisciplinary team can have a greater impact on the health of an individual suffering from COPD. Alongside many different therapies and products involved in helping with quitting smoking. This includes over the counter products and prescription products such as patches, inhalers, chewing gum and different therapies and support groups. NHS UK (2018), state that an individual’s chances of quitting are multiplied by four when help is accepted from the NHS. The National Health Service allows people to seek help through personal appointments, online and by telephone. This makes the services available to people of all ages including Mrs A as technology has advanced but not all people have understood this well and it still keeps simple and easy contact methods.
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The Health Belief model is set up on the belief that individuals are logical in the way they think and perceive things, and will choose the right option to maintain and strengthen their health dependant upon certain principles. These include being able to perceive the negative impact on their health, believing that in undertaking the task their will be a positive outcome and the belief that they have the commitment and are able to undertake the task required, (Changing Works, 2018). The lifestyle factors of Mrs A can be reflected on relating to the health belief model. This is due to Mrs A still smoking over sixty years, regardless of the education she has found out over time and the serious health complication she has had throughout her life including a stroke, hypertension, COPD and a hemorrhage. She has had many health issues as consequence of the negative choices that she has made that has impact her health, regardless of this she has still continued to smoke.
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There are many influences that have affected Mrs A and her choices such as her family as both parents smoked, her personality, the workplace she had worked in and then became a housewife after having children and many more. There is also the issue of self belief in her own abilities to stop smoking. Mrs A also suggested that her feelings towards smoking was that the damage was already done and felt like stopping now would not affect her lifestyle. This suggests that her actions do not already meet the principles of the health belief model. However, this could improve her engagement with treatment and has shown to do so through her recent admission as with the help of nicotine replacement therapy and the support of peers she has managed to stop smoking for several months. Nurse intervention and leaflets have helped increase Mrs A knowledge and through being able to stop there has been difference in the distance Mrs A can walk and her issue surrounding feeling breathless. Dhariwal, J. et al (2014), states that in patients with COPD stopping smoking is essential as early as possible, however it can still have a huge impacts on symptoms at stages further down the line with COPD. Kara, M., (2007), states the Roper, Logan and Tierney model is a good assessment and guidelines for the treatment of an individual suffering from COPD.
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In conclusion to this study it shows that lifestyles factors can have a large impact on an individual’s health, however there are also many other factors that can affect an individuals health. Lifestyle factors can include many things which are not always just personal to an individual this includes social groups, community, workplaces and government and healthcare intervention. The impact these lifestyle factors have varies for each individual due to personal differences and the treatment plans required and that are effective differs for each person. Person centered care has a huge impact on an individual’s health as treatments will only be effective if they suit the individual and meet their needs. Also, it shows that over the decades things that are socially acceptable and promoted have changed and laws have been put into place to help tackle these habits. However, in light of Mrs A the media and social groups played a huge role on her health. Each individual perceives good health differently which can affect their belief of how bad their health may possibly be. Mrs A was content with her health and believed she had good health for her age which influences her decisions towards her lifestyle choices.
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Life begins with natural order. That natural order is man and woman, mother and father, etc. When a child is adopted by same sex couples, this order is disturbed. Hence, confused gender roles such as two mothers or two fathers. A child will grow up believing that this is normal, not knowing which parent mother and/or father is. A child is born not knowing so what they learn comes from their environment and what they are taught. Same sex couples should not be allowed to legally adopt because it’s simply not a natural way for them to grow up.
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I searched for information on ProCon.org under “Same Sex couples Adopting” and it brought me to an article (Should Gays & lesbians Be Restricted from Adopting, 2008). In this article it was stated that Gay people can’t provide a stable home for children. I agree with this argument because children need to feel and be secure in their homes and most same sex relationships aren’t even stable so how can they provide stability to a child. How can they protect them? Especially when they are having relationships that come and go. Most of these relationships are meaningless and based off sexual relations. This is not an environment that a child should grow up in. It teaches them promiscuity, instability, and abnormal roles in a relationship. I believe that if a person chooses to be in a same sex relationship, it should be their choice but being raised in a same sex home, that decision is being forced on the child indirectly because that’s all that they know. That’s all they have been accustomed to throughout their life from their parents, family friends, and lifestyle.
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When being adopted by same sex couples, children’s needs tend to get put on the back side because same sex parents tend to get so caught up in their own agenda of trying to prove their rights. Trying to prove that they should have the same rights as heterosexual couples, they aren’t worrying about giving their child the love, attention, and care that they need and deserve. So many people of LGBTQ community are so caught up with their feeling of being persecuted and rejected, even when they aren’t, they don’t see anything else, so it makes them self-centered. If you are so wrapped in yourself, how can you take care of a child? It would be like you are teaching them to hate, to hate what’s normal. A same sex couple adopting children is wrong, unstable, and not natural.
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In my opinion these results prove the major effects same sex parenting will have on a child growing up. Children in this type of environment, while they do love their family, try to hide their way of living from the world. Being raised in same sex households, kids are being subjected to not only, instability, but also sexual assaults, psychological disorders, depression, and suicide. School can also be a cruel place for a child in todays society. Bullying is becoming something that is happening often, and the suicide rated is getting higher. LGBTQ community is a hard way of living already, so to put a child in that type of environment is not a smart decision. Already having to face the fact that your biological parents don’t want you is already a hard experience. But having fight unnecessary obstacles of defending your livelihood can be even more stressful to deal with when all you want is to find a home and find love. Hence, leading to depression.
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In conclusion, if same sex couples continue to adopt children and raise them, it is forcing them to live in a hard lifestyle with no choice. It is also putting them at risk for an abundance of stresses that they are not ready for, when the whole purpose of adoption is to find them a home where they can be happy, and all their needs are met. Not to a family where they are being used as a gateway to prove sexual rights. This can be done in other ways, but having a child is not one of them
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At first, when I realised that he was my twin, I was ecstatic. I thought that twins were supposed to have some psychic power, and can read each other minds. Now, I’m not so sure I want a brother, let alone a twin brother. Josh and I can’t be any more different. We listen to different music, enjoy doing different activities, hang out with different friend groups The list can go on forever. However, none of that angers me as much as his attitude.
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I like stories because it’s like you’re in your own world, where everything is how you want it and you can create a place where you just fit in. Stories are the opposite of school. I don’t have a problem with the actual school work and teachers, it’s the students that I don’t enjoy being in the presence of. At school, it doesn’t matter if you’re smart or nice or kind. In fact, it’s like the meaner you are, the “cooler” you are. I thought that was going to end when I leave primary school and move to a new high school but I could not have been more wrong. Year 7 was a nightmare. People hated me because of my appearance, my grades and who knows what else. Josh was the opposite. Everyone at school loves him. Maybe it’s because of the fact that he’s always so relaxed, or maybe because he doesn’t really care about anything. Whatever it is, it makes people fall head over heels with him.
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She’s an author in Bradford, England. Publishers refused to publish her autobiography thinking that was just a lie, but it was a real-life horror story she survived to tell the world about. Marina was kidnapped for ransom when she was young but was later abandoned in the Colombian Jungle. Yes, some monsters left this young child to survive on her own in a jungle. Luckily, she was “adopted” into a group of capuchin monkeys, who are known for their acceptance of other animals or in this case humans.
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They taught her to catch birds and rabbits with her bare hands. Fortunately, she learned to survive and take care of herself for an excruciating 5 years before she was “rescued” by hunters. Her hell didn’t end there. She was sold to a brothel where she would have no social skills or language capabilities. She then ran away to another living hell, becoming a slave to a mafia family. With luck on her side, she escaped to Bradford England with some connections she made in the brothel and managed to get a job as a nanny.
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She got married and later established a family. Of course, over these years she experienced malnutrition and had a very limited diet. This amazing story has gone unrecognized for years and needs to be heard to bring awareness to the issue of these feral children. The story of John of Liege is, he was known as the “earliest accounts of a feral child”. He’s a boy who spent most of his early years in isolation in the Belgian wilderness. In 1644, an account by Sir Kenelm Digby said that, John first ran into the woods at the age of 5 to escape enemy soldiers during an extensive war based on religion, meanwhile, his family and the rest of the village returned to their homes after the danger passed. Either he never knew it was safe to go back or was too terrified to return to civilization, we’ll never know. What we do know is he was lost and living deep in the wilderness, where he survived for 16 years, alone. He survived on roots and berries. John was eventually spotted at a local farm trying to steal. By then he was reported to have been naked and hairy all over his body. He forgot most of his language. after so many years in the forest he developed a dog-like sense of smell allowing him to sniff out food from a great distance. John eventually began talking again, and his heightened senses dulled once back in society. These cases are the most amazing stories considering their circumstances. On the other hand, some kids weren’t as lucky. Often known as the “Wolf Boy”, Dina Sanichar was the first discovered in 1867, after a band of hunters spotted what they thought was a wild animal sleeping in a cave, in the Bulandshahr district located in the northern region of India. When the men spooked this “creature” out of the cave they were astonished to discover a boy around the age of 6. No one knows how he got there, where he came from or how he even got lost in the forest in the first place. The hunters brought him to Sikandar Mission Orphanage in Arga, India. Where he was later taking the name of Dina Sanichar. Missionaries spent the next several years trying to rehabilitate this young boy back to normal. Unfortunately, mother nature took its toll on the young kids’ mentality and never recovered fully. He never even learned how to talk before his death in 1895, 28 years after he was found. He never grew fond of modern society. He preferred to munch on bones and eat raw animal meat than a nice home cooked meal. They say this is the story that inspired the feral boy character “Mowgli” in Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” stories. Luckily, we have documentation of this event, his story and life could’ve gone unacknowledged forever.