Essays on Childhood

Are you aware of the Eileen Munro’s Recommendations? Any suspicion of child abuse in school or at home? Can you relate mood disorders you recently noticed in your child to child maltreatment? Can you relate poor academic performance you recently noticed in your child to child abuse? The Figure 1 below represents the data...

Childhood obesity is a complex and often highly emotive subject that has been explored in multifaceted perspectives. Scholars and experts have described diverse presentation of passive, dependent and sometimes helpless students. The medical and social approaches have been particularly of interest considering the need to streamline the definition to suit...

In his book, About Virtue, Alasdair McIntyre hails humans as the storytelling animal. He argues that from birth to death, human beings present a narratable life and their actions are held accountable. Therefore, human beings tend to live as if they are telling a story although unconsciously. For instance, most...

Effective Management of Children during Church Service Effective management of children during a church service is very important and it should be carried out by individuals assigned that responsibility by the church but more specifically by the parents. Every worshipping day, the worshippers in the church experience a lot of disruption...

The aspect of Reggio Emilia approach has been published on various magazines and articles as one of the best and popular model of childhood education in the world whereby it is referred as an international and pioneering model which most have tried to replicate (Eckhoff " Spearman, 2009). Reggio schools...

“Can a Playground Be Too Safe?” is an essay written by John Tierney and published in the New York Times on 18/7/2011. The essays highlight the benefits associated with tall jungle gyms and tall slides like facilitating the emotional development, enabling children to overcome fears, being adventurous and thrilling especially...

Angelica Pickles Angelica Pickles is an unkind, harsh and selfish kid. She is the eldest cousin to two siblings, Tommy and Dil Pickles. In most cases, Angelica is seen mistreating her cousins and others kids, as well as her friends. She displays the character of a person with low self-control. She...

The food issue I have selected is about obesity among children. According to research, obesity is getting worse in children today. Experts are putting the blame on a society which has continued to encourage the consumption of junk food in spite of the overwhelming proof about its health risks and...

Childhood Days in Mexico There are a myriad of things that differentiate us as individual human beings. Among these things is our childhood. This is since we all experienced different and unique backgrounds that ultimately set us apart from each other. For my part, my days in Mexico have been of...

The book Childhood in a Global Perspective is a compelling new book that talks about a unique worldview perception about the lives of children across the world. The book focusses on explaining how the perspective of childhood is being fundamentally reshaped. The author notes that the reshaping of the notions...

The first problem: Should college athletes be paid salaries? The first problem is whether college athletes need to be paid salaries on not. One side may argue that college athletes are in campuses to pursue academics rather than sports, and therefore should not receive payments for taking part in competitive sports....

Over the past decade, there has been a tremendous improvement in technology. Unlike in the past where only adults and specific individuals were able to get access to various technological devices, the present is characterized by scenarios where children as young as ten years old have access to those devices....