Child, Youth Issues papers

A study proposal to investigate the efficacy of cognitive behavioral intervention for distressed adolescents with a history of sexual abuse.

Presents a synopsis of the family dynamics of a New Zealand family experiencing extreme emotional distress and dysfunction.

This paper discusses the use of grief counseling in high schools after traumatic events, especially the suicide of a student.

Exhaustive overview of efficacy and rationale for incorporating world geography into a high school curriculum.

A look at the correlation between the rise in teen pregnancies and sexually explicit media.

Examines the problem of institutionalized racism in the U.S. juvenile justice system.

Hypothetical case study of an adolescent girl's emotional and educational development.

This paper is a review of the novella, "Ellen Foster" by Kaye Gibbons, the story of a young girl who learns that people cannot be obligated to love her because they are blood relations.

An overview of risk factors that can affect a child's life.

A discussion of how persistent and transitory poverty can cause different and unfavorable experiences for children.

A brief analysis of current welfare programs in the United States.

Analysis of various literature about pain and how it may apply to the tragic events that unfolded in Columbine, Colorado.

This paper discusses the use of child labor by overseas manufacturers of U.S. products and its implication for marketing departments.

Examines the existing and significant relationship between school culture and school safety.

This paper argues that a comprehensive sex education curriculum should be followed instead of the abstinence-only sex education curriculum.

An examination of three spheres of child development: mental, physical and social.

A look at the history of custodial responsibility for children, current issues, and fathers' rights.

Study of the causes of teen violence in the United States and how the higher authorities are trying to handle the situation through law and order.

A study of how violence in the media engenders violent behavior among the youth.

A comparison of typical two-parent families with those families whose make-up is different.

Addresses the impact media violence has on human behavior.

An examination of the main causes of child abuse and neglect.

A discussion of teen pregnancy, including its impact on the teenager, family, and society in general.

This paper questions the current juvenile justice system and presents suggestions for its improvement.

Looks at the practice of using psychiatric drugs to treat children with mental illness and examines the controversies surrounding this practice.

Discusses the problem of gang violence in the United States and the media's tendency to exaggerate the problem.

Attempts to demonstrate that there are things that parents can do to help their children through adolescence.

Discusses the effect of this disorder on children while they are growing up.

A discussion on how children raised in broken homes are far more susceptible to becoming criminals than those raised in two-parent households.

An overview of the problem of teen alcohol consumption.

An introduction, discussion, and analysis of professional wrestling in America today and its effect on children.

Research paper that attempts to prove that economic factors are a major issue in causing domestic violence in society.

A research paper that examines social support, school performance, and involvement in academic activities as moderators.

Study of the cycle and effects of child abuse.

A look at the potential psychological damage that molestation can cause in a child.

Review and analysis of an article about the social messages in children's stories and films.

Takes a look at the controversy surrounding school vending machines and childhood obesity, with a focus on Austin, Texas.

A discussion on random drug testing in schools, including effects on students, different procedures, successful policies, and specific court cases.

Examines the appeal and subculture of illegal street racing.

A critical study of three main ideas about the idea that the notion of "childhood" was a discovery of the eighteenth century.

A discussion of the danger of toy guns, the effect they have on children, their involvement in crimes, cases of mistaken identity, and laws involving toy guns.

Suggested solution for child abuse requiring parents to get a license.

A book review of "The Kindness of Strangers" by John Boswell.

A look at the growing phenomenon of single fathers and their changing lifestyles.

A discussion about whether single-parent families can do the job of dual-parent families.

An overview of coming-of-age rituals in different cultures.

This essay is about the skyrocketing divorce rates in the U.S. Problems that cause divorces are discussed and the solutions to solve them.

Examines the psychology and the effect of all types of child abuse.

A comparison of the film ,"Ordinary People", and selections from the book, "Abnormal Psychology in Context".

An overview of literature about the death of a mother in a child's early life.

A discussion of the disadvantages of teenage pregnancy.

A look at the relationship between parental involvement laws and abortion rates.

Examination of dynamic of T.V. families over the past 50 years and how much or little they have changed.

This paper deals with how rap music is perceived by the society.

Examines the causes and effects of youth violence and looks at the social reactions to it, both positive and negative.

Argues that teenagers should not be treated as adults in the criminal justice system.

Examines family order and general family laws in Geneva and France in the 16th century.

A guide to finding the best divorce lawyer.

Explores factors in society that lead adults to physically, emotionally, and sexually abuse children.

Examines the negative aspects of being a child actor, including abuse, failure, and substance addiction.

Explores 19th century child labor in the United States and contemporary illegal alien labor.

An overview of the long-term psychological effects of child abuse.

A look at the overall importance of excercise for teenagers.

A look at what causes parents to shake their babies.

A look at the problem of child abuse in the US.

This paper discusses the importance of Intervention.

A review of the Medved's book on childhood innocence.

A look at the impact of television on the family unit.

A look at the use of minors in the entertainment industry.

A dicsussion of the hardships faced by adolescents.

A compare and contrast of inner city and suburban youth.

A discussion of factors which lead to high school student drop outs.

An opinion paper on the use of corporal punishment for discipline.

A discussion of societal restraints within the peer pressure of adolescents.

A review on some classic theories of childrearing.

A look at the potential dangers for children on the internet.

An overview of counseling intervention for children or adolescents following the death of a parent.

An overview of attachment disorder woth an emphasis on the attachment of adopted children and the adopted family.

An overview of abortion and in particular society's bias against pregnant teenagers.

A analysis of the communication between parents and children in the context of the family unit.

A look at the negative impact of single-mother families on children through a literature review.

An analysis of the influence of war toys such as G.I. Joe and Transformers on a child's mind.

An examination of the views of Montesquieu, Rousseau and Tocqueville on the intervention of child abuse.

An examination of the major themes and intent of James Cain's "The Butterfly".

An examination of the relationship between media and juvenile crime focusing on the ethical obligation of the media to censor violent material.

A look at the history of youth gangs in America.

Explores the mother and child relationship of the Navajo Indians in America.

An overview of the many different issues on the subject of child abuse.

A discussion of the impact of the lone-parent family structure on children.

An argument for gay couples to parent adopted children.

Discusses the effects of drug use during pregnancy on the unborn child.

Explores how social phenomena can result in teen pregnancy.

Examines the role of state policies in the discrimination againt families which do not fit the monolithic concept.

Shows why adolescense is such a difficult stage of development for modern youth.

Examines the right of minors to have an abortion.

Investigates the growing conflict between parents and teenagers in America's society.

Discusses the ethical debate surrounding the issue of the use of car seats for children and babies.

Examines the effect of divorce on children's stress levels compared the death of a parent.

Explores whether violence among children is a learned aggression or a social abnormality.