alcohol, it can cause them to do many dangerous things that they otherwise wouldn’t do. It can cause them to have risky behaviors or give them crazy mood swings. These things don’t just affect the user but also the family, friends, and their society. When someone because addicted they could get risky ideas that can affect the rest of their life. Some alcoholics can get risky ideas that include (and are not limited to) impaired driving. Multiple sex partners, and so much more that at the time…
As teenagers are growing, they underestimate the consequences of their actions and struggle with self-restraint. Dr. David Danhauer, a pediatrician from Owensboro, Kentucky, states, “I do think [marijuana use] affects [a teenager’s] growth. People thought the brain finished growing early, but there are very high-level cortical functioning processes that are still continuing to grow into our early 20s” (Suwanski). As a young mind is under the influence of marijuana…
species of seahorses, yet they all have very similar characteristics. They all have the same relative shape, size, food source, and habitat. However, there are certain limiting factors with which each unique population must deal. Limiting factors affect the population size and density of seahorses, but also keeps them in check. Seahorses are small animals that live in the tropical or temperate coastal waters of the ocean and inhabit plants such as mangroves, eelgrass, or coral. The average size…
psychiatric disorders. Disorders such as anxiety and depression affect scholar performance and students might not be appropriately attended.” Anxiety and depression do affect scholar performance in addition to other issues such as family issues, social issues, and hormones of young teens that can change how they feel. But we should also take into account that there are many issues outside of school that teens face on a daily basis which may affect scholarly performance. Things such as classroom…
Facebook by Danah Boyd,”’ and “Convergence Culture,” by Henry Jenkins. Although many individual’s use social media, it affects people’s identity by not being able to show their true selves online because they don’t want to be left out, how they present what products they wear in their pictures, and every story gets told through social media. One reason why social media affects identity is how some people lie on social media to fit in with their friends or family. Individuals want to show their…
It is actually quite remarkable, just think that any little change in your life can greatly affect the physical attributes of your brain as well as its cognitive abilities. As for how google ruins our brain. The readiness of information trains our brain to remember where the info is and not what the information is. This happens because it requires…
think how war veterans have become the face of this disorder. However, PTSD can affect anyone and their families. PTSD makes holding down a job much harder, and relationships can be ravaged when there is physical, verbal or noetic abuse. Many feel hopelessness, shame or despair. For some, PTSD starts immediately after the traumatic experience, but for…
driving can lead to hurting multiple people. Even if it's just one text or taking a small phone call, driving requires to be focused and alter, but not many teens know that. And lets not be selfish here, we have to think about others how it might affect a family if you crash into their mom, dad, siblings, their loved ones. As shown in the video, the husband died because of a distracted driver and the wife survived but she is not the same as before. As she had to get major surgery and she has…
Identity plays an important factor role in our everyday lives. Identity is the set of behavioral or personal characteristics by which an individual is recognizable as a member of a group. People’s identity defines their identifications; in what they associated themselves with. Identity may be classified by many categories such as religion, race, sexuality, gender and ethnicity. Some identities are developed later in life, such as languages, wealth status and social status. The issues with…
How ADHD affects Families How Families should handle ADHD The families play a very critical role for their child who has ADHD. They have to help the child cope with their difficulties, develop self-esteem, learn positive behaviors, and develop the self–regulation their child needs for success. ADHD test the boundaries and the strengths of families. Parent’s will establish house rules and structure for the child, and will use appropriate commands to correct them. The parent’s will learn how to…