Children Youth and Environments Journal

researchers call “deception techniques” and for what purpose each technique is used for. Social media is all about making connections with other people and without the fear of personal face-to-face interaction, people can more easily deceive others. The journal states that even though many people are aware that there are deceivers online, many people cannot adequately detect deceivers online. It is suggested that an increase in individual and community-wide awareness will decrease the amount of…

perceived to be right and wrong from those who raised us, the lack of attention we receive, or those that we surround ourselves with. An individual is easily influenced, take Alex from A Clockwork Orange for instance; media, lack of parenting, his environment, as well as those he surrounded himself with all had a contributing factor as to what provoked his violent, aggressive, and malice tendencies. “It seems today, that all you see is violence and movies, and sex on T.V. but where…

any other (Chaffee & English, 2015). Although the age of 12 thru 15 is when a vast majority of girls are first exploited, the age can range tremendously. However, it is supported that a great deal of the youth vulnerable to a future in the industry are but not limited to, runaways, homeless children in the foster system, or those who have been prior subjects of abuse (Greenbaum, 2014). Since a large amount of research suggests that a majority…

that affects children and adolescents, who weighs more above their normal or required weight and height for their age. The obesity in children is a serious health problem that later becomes problems in adulthood like diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol and with many children becoming obese can and will lead to poor self-esteem and depression. Childhood obesity is a continuous epidemic in the United States and childhood obesity affects over thirty percent of children, the major…

increase aggressive behavior among children. Even 28% of boys and 5% of girls agreed that liking guns and weapons motivated their gameplay. On Debate.Org, 49% people agreed that violent video games contribute to youth violence. Laura Davis, M.D., a child and adolescent psychiatrist believe too many children are exposed to too much violence through video games and that there can be consequences. There are no real numbers to prove violent video games contribute to youth violence. “It is impossible…

over the course of time and environment. There was an era in Greek poetry when they were looking to the past for poetic structure in order to relay the importance of history in their culture. Then the formation of Koine Greek was imperative to the growth of the Greek Nations, not to mention the spread of a religion which has its own political implications. These language changes are a result of the shift of time and environment of a culture. One indicator of the environment or time of a culture…

Annotated Bibliography Children living in poverty not only hurts their future and development but society as well. Child poverty is about more then just families and children who do not have money for shelter and food but also about the futures of these children and their development. It is important to investigate child poverty to understand and help reduce the negative impact child poverty has on the children, families and society. Child poverty is often understood as insufficient funds…

Connecting Youth, Games, and Learning. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2008. Overview: This article argues that well designed video games can lead to effective and productive learning for players due to the connection that exists between game design and cognitive improvement. The article further claims that people learn most from moment that they hold in the chemical/long-term memory, and this the virtual reality of video games acts as a pleasurable as a synthetic way to learn in and environment that…

Annotated Biblography: Children with Anxiety Barrett, Paula, Brian Fisak, and Marita Cooper. "The Treatment Of Anxiety In Young Children: Results Of An Open Trial Of The Fun FRIENDS Program." Behaviour Change 32.4 (2015): 231-242. Academic Search Complete. Web. 22 Nov. 2015. This article summarizes the results of a trial of the Fun FRIENDS Program. The program takes thirty-one children diagnosed with anxiety and are treated in group sessions and parents are encourged too go too two of these…

One of the largest organizations within the United States that has a large influence on specific legislation that affects the educational system and the workers within would be the National Education Association. The NEA has been around in the United States since 1857, where the organization was known as the National Teachers Association, to help teachers within the United States have better pay and treatment within public schools, and to change the education system within the United States to…