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In the last decade, girls have made incredible strides with education and in today’s workforce, while boys seem to be falling further behind. William Pollack created the term “Boy Code”. The Boy Code is a set of rules, assumptions, models and expectations that our society has used since the nineteenth century, for boys to adhere to. This includes the code of silence, hiding your deepest thoughts and feelings, showing vulnerability is a sign of weakness and you may be teased, and that it’s…

An individual that utilizes denial as a coping skill throughout their life is extraordinarily nimble at avoiding glaring behaviors and actions of themselves and the people that they love. The motivation of drive theory of denial allows the individual in denial to reduce their inner turmoil and tension by pretending the unwanted situations are not there. As an example, Jean is a middle child in a family of six. She is the only girl and if often overwhelmed by the boys arguing and rough housing.…

can’t I rely on breast feeding as a birth control measure? The accuracy of not ovulating during the period of breast feeding is about 98%. Some other conditions are there which also should considered, like: a. No bottle (even pumped breast milk), pacifiers, or other supplements should be given. b. Should feed the child at least two times during the night and four times during the day. c. The feeding gap should not be more than 4 hours during day and 6 hours during…

One of the most commonly known attachment theories was proposed by Bowlby in the late 1960s (Berk, 2012, p. 428). Bowlby collaborated with many in order to research the development of attachment between a child and caregiver from birth on (Newman & Newman, 2015, p. 161). Since then, theorists have agreed that the forming of attachment and its patterns occurs in stages beginning at one’s birth and continuing throughout childhood (Newman & Newman, 2015, p. 162). These specifics of attachment…

Woodwinds Health Campus in Woodbury, Minnesota has implemented many quality and safety programs. Many of these programs stems from of the Healthy people 2020 topics and objectives. Improving the health of mothers and children is one of the Healthy People 2020 topics. Woodwinds Health Campus has taken this Healthy People topic and has expanded on it. Breastfeeding has many health benefits for mothers and children and because of this, Woodwinds implemented a program, June 2014, called…

Lead has been around for thousands of years, used with various products, and is a deadly element. Lead is found in all parts of Earth’s crust and has been used in products of various items in our homes, such as paint, pipes, batteries and even cosmetics (“Lead poisoning….” 2017). Humans have learned that lead is highly dangerous once inside our bodies, shutting down organs and beginning a wide collection of symptoms from lead poisoning. It is released into the environment through industrial…

The purpose of this study is to learn about potty training little boys and when a good time to start potty training my son. My son turns three in June and he is showing signs of readiness. I am ready to help him start his journey and to allow him to reach his goal. Problem Statement The problem I am having is being confused with his readiness. While he is showing signs of being ready he has no desire in using the potty. I will sit my two year old on the potty for five minutes and he will hold…

When I was 3 years old I remember grabbing the mayonnaise jar and sticking my hand in there and just grabbing a spoonful of the mayo and while my mom was asleep, I would spread mayo all over my mom’s hair. We all did antics as little kids, because we didn’t know what we were doing, our brains were just developing. We couldn’t make out wrong from right, we had to be told our rights and wrongs. Our memories stored inside our brain are there for many reasons. Memories help us shape the kind of…

The Growth and Development of a Pediatric Patient Reason for Hospitalization The patient presented throughout this discussion is a nine-month-old male patient of the pediatric unit. This patient was involved in a car accident in which the car he was in was at a complete stop and rear-ended by a car going 60 miles per hour. Fortunately, the mother of the infant and the infant did not receive life-threatening injuries. However, the events that followed this accident escalated quickly and…

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is a sudden death that is unexplainable in infant children ranging from 1 month to 1 years old. A thorough investigation is conducted, including a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and a review of the clinical history. It is often called by its other name “Crib Death”, mainly because the child is found in their crib at the time of death, although there are cases where the deceased child is found in other places. SIDS is the leading cause of death in…