PARENTING IN 21ST CENTURY             Considering the traditional family structure changes noticeable in these modern days, fathers should also be given the opportunity just like the mothers to take care of their children. This is out of consideration to the increasing number of paternal care giver fathers who also stay at home. Contrally ideas point at the historical precedent that indicates children raised by single mothers usually grow with upright morals as compared to those raised by the single fathers. This scrutiny however does not hold true based on both the sociological and economic fluctuations of the last fifty years (Cabrera & Natasha, 2012). In the United States for instance, statistics undertaken in the last half a century depict an up surge in single parent fathers mirrored but lagged behind the high rates of divorce. This has led to unequal assignment of parental responsibilities across men and women. In the modern society, families led by single fathers are common just like the families with both two parents working unlike some years back in America where the majority of children were raised…

PSYCHOMETRIC TEST Introduction Mental capabilities and how people behave including their traits can be determined using psychometric tests. The tests are used to evaluate if an individual can perform tasks in the right manner depending on their personalities and cognitive nature. It is not easy to understand some candidate’s hidden traits from a face to face interaction only. For this reason the psychometric tests enable interviewers to match roles to be carried and the cognitive abilities presented by the candidate. Psychometric test have been evaluated statistically and have been proven to be unbiased and objective through standard assessments. Traits have various dimensions which cut across set of skills, motives, personality, behavior change in social settings and other capabilities. Good traits are associated to behavior patterns that depict dispositional habits like values and motives that are good and ambiguity with comfort. The aim of trait approaches is to show how one responds to contexts. For instance introverts cannot carry out roles the same way as extraverts. These trait approaches aim at manifesting these behavioral patterns in productivity. For instance extraverts have…

DRUG ABUSE EFFECTS ON KIDS Abstract According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse regular use of opioid pain killers are generally safe when taken for a short time and advised by a health professional but, since they create a sense of euphoria in some individuals, they can easily be misused or abused causing drug addiction. Frequent consumption, even when consumed as advised by the health professional, can lead to addiction, over consumption, and eventually death. Opioid drug addiction is a country wide public health issue since Americans consume 79% of the world’s supply of opioid pain medications. Even more alarming, Americans consume 96% of the prescription drug Hydrocodone produced worldwide, which is a synthetic opioid derived from the pharmaceutical drug codeine and is very potent and addictive(Kampman & Jarvis, 2015).. The prescription drug crisis in the United States is believed to have reduced from the increased awareness of chronic pain by health professionals. This, coupled with the push from pharmaceutical companies for providers to prescribe opioid medications, led to a drastic increase of opioid use among Americans in the…

Linebarger (2015) Conclusion Linebarger (2015) concludes that there are several and co-dependent factors based on contexts, which cause child behavior problems. Such factors include the environment where a child lives at home, the extent of child-parent relationships, and the genres of videos that a child is exposed to. Video games do not increase levels of hyperactivity among preschool children. Importantly, examining the type of content that a child is exposed whether violent or non-violent, parenting styles along with cumulative risk can be considered to attain better insights into the study area. In the future, the research could find methods with the capacity to measure exposure as well as results more precisely, designs, as well as analyses that incorporate various contextual factors, and studies that enable the coefficients to vary or interact. Parental perceptions regarding early characteristics of infants may help to predict cognitive, language as well as motor development of infants (Parfitt, Pike & Ayers, 2013). The prenatal depression of the mother significantly affects the language development of an infant. At the same time, the mental health of the child…

Big-league baseball Big-league baseball is important as it symbolically contributes to the overall theme of conflict emerging from the play. Troy was a baseball star in the Negro league, but he did not get the opportunity to play the game as a profession because he was discriminated against due to his race. Baseball is the source of his flaws in broken character and poor family relationships. Because he did not get the chance, it made him bitter for years because of the injustice. His inability to play is what makes him sabotage the athletic career of his son. He believes the discrimination he experienced will also affect Cory, and he will not get a chance to play. To him, whites will never give a chance to black, which will end up hurting him. Even though Rose tries to convince him that the time has already changed, but he is still stubborn. He gives her an example where a black player always stays at the bench in all major leagues. One may interpret his opposition to his son’s career as a…

Monitoring Toddlers and Technology Technology has made the history of being among the most trending subjects in the 20th and 21st centuries. And from the trend, it is most probably to be so even for the coming centuries. There has been witnessed a very active degree of engagement of human being s with technology. The reason is that technology has taken over control of all human life aspects. Another thing is that technology does not concern itself with age. Any individual of whichever age can at least get something from technology (Thompson, 2016). Technology is very much productive when used ethically or professionally. However, it can also be very destructive if used by people of ill motives. For this reason, my stance on this subject is that as much as I advocate for toddlers to be allowed to interact with technology, there should be plans to monitor the extent to which they interact with it. This topic is one that has attracted the attention of various stakeholders in society. You can think of parents, teachers, religious leaders, and other participants.…

Beneficial Information on Parenting Becoming a parent is the sweetest thing ever. If you have children, you must be careful when upbringing them. It takes a strong parent to take care of more than one child. There is so much to be done when it comes to parenting, and that is why it is a challenge to many. You must balance your daily activities and how to deal with your kids. This is to avoid future embarrassment. If you are a first-time mother, you can try your best to consult older mothers so that they give you some tips on how to take care of your kids. It is good to spend a lot of time with your children so that you can know them at an individual level. Most parents make a mistake in concentrating on their offices, not caring about the wellness of their children. And that is why you meet so many badly behaving children on the streets. Below are some tips to help during parenting. It is good to deal with your kids as an individual.…

Impact of Divorce on Children and their Families Abstract The issue of divorce is a significant field of research study due to its implications on the social development of adolescents, preschoolers, and young youths. Divorce among parents causes substantial social, economic, and health effects on children. Many of the consequences related to marital dissolution may undesirably influence children’s success in their future romantic relationships. When parents separate, children usually experience loss of one parent’s economic stability and constant presence, which research has shown to have stress implications on the children. Even though self-reliant these concerns are consequential, they fail to address the social and academic life of children or their point of view on the characteristics of a healthy relationship. Research suggests that older children often report a high rate of disturbances when parents’ divorce, in most situations, younger children suffer more. Given the tremendous research on the impacts of divorce on children, there has been little impact on social work practice. To that effect, this paper discusses the implications of research in the field of social work practice. The…

single-parenting When you hear the word single-parenting, the first thing that pops in your mind is how can anyone be able to provide a good life for their child without the second parent in the picture. The judgment will always be there for single parents out there. However, it seems more so for single moms. With that being sometimes said, the mothers do not have a choice in the matter; either they are divorced or widowed or could have had a guy get them pregnant and runoff as well as maybe having a baby without telling the father due to domestic violence scenarios. Who are we as outsiders to judge these women who do the best job and being a mom and father to their child or children? It may not be ideal for the mother to be alone, but they do know what is best for their kids. The world ridicules single moms to the point where they feel they are being attacked or looked at as a horrible person. Single moms can and have taken on both roles…

Literary Review: The Road Introduction Human beings often face a battle within themselves between good and evil. This battle has been going on for ages and still goes on even in the world today. The side that is portrayed by the person in question depends on several factors that eventually shape up a person’s personality. In Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road, the reader embarks on a man’s journey together with his son as they struggle to survive in a world filled with evil. The post-apocalyptic era in the novel has seen most life forms wiped out. The people left in the world are left with no choice but to ensure their survival. This is mostly done through illegal means such as theft, murder, and even cannibalism. As a result, evil has prevailed over the world, and most people have lost their humanity. McCarthy employs his poetic prowess to paint different pictures of what goes on in society today. This is achieved by using symbolism, descriptive imagery, tone, and other literary devices. He uses structure, rather than punctuation, to create a…