Essays on Family

Introduction Human trafficking has become a great concern for governments as well as law enforcers as they try to eradicate the practice. However, there exist a bigger challenge to the psychologists and social workers who are involved with rehabilitating the affected. One of the biggest issues is the situation of the...

Over the years, how mothers and fathers spend their time has changed. Fathers are nowadays doing extensive housework and more child care while moms are being paid to work outside. As such, how adults spend time with their children has changed drastically. However, a new study has shown that the...

Finding a Universal Definition of Culture Finding a universal definition of culture that fits every academic or social frame can be an overwhelming task (Kidd and Alison 59). However, it is true to suggest that every individual around the world has a certain culture with whom he/she identifies with. Generally, there...

According to the Australian Institute of Criminology, a homicide entails the lawful or unlawful killing of a person or persons whereby the individual or individuals are killed at the same place and time. In the Simon Gittany murder case, the prosecution argued and proved that Simon was the one who...

Over the years, respect of children rights has been one of the social issues that most people feel it should be addressed because irrespective of having government and non-governmental organizations that support the well-being of the young ones, their rights are sometimes overlooked. Undertaking service learning on this topic is...

Introduction Jessica Calarco is an Assistant Professors practicing at the Indiana University. Her researches and studies mostly deliberate on inequality and how it affects education and general family life. Calarco’s Research and Book Calarco has spent years studying, observing and interrogating teachers, parents, and students. She authored the book ‘Negotiating Opportunities’, where she...

While raising kids bi-culturally allows them many positives, this way of bringing them up also subjects them to many issues. Millions of Americans are first or second generation people. Children who are raised by parents that are foreigners often find themselves hanging between two cultures; that of their parents and...

I agree with Cohen statement that “early universal marriage is a key barrier to gender equality,” which mostly affect females. Cohen concurs that early marriages are inherently harmful to the social as well as economic development of a nation. For instance, most of the girls who get married at an...

American society is filled with many socialization agents which determine the behavior of a particular individual. Socialization is an important process in life as it determines how people learn about the social expectations in divergent cultures as well as how individuals interact with each other (Grusec and Davidov 167). Socialization...

According to the Brazilian news agencies, approximately 41% of the seven million children below the age of fourteen years live in low-income families (Forte 1). For instance, in northern regions, that have the worst situation, about 60% of children live in households earning below half of the minimum income, where...

Universities emphasize service learning because it is beneficial to students and the community. In addition to helping learners to understand different issues and improve their critical thinking skills, service learning allows a community to benefit from additional human resources and the availability of different viewpoints on organizations work. This...

It is universally agreed among scientist, sociologist, physiologist, criminologist and other interested scholars that youths in the adolescence stage are more likely to engage in antisocial behaviors.  However, numerous studies are concerned with activities that teens are more apt to participate in the adolescent stage such as substance abuse and...