Producing Good and Bad Children

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This essay is about how good and bad kids come to be just that, good or bad. Studies have shown that there are certain things that kids who can be classified as good all seem to have in common; unfortunately, there are also common denominators for kids considered to be bad. This report attempts to show how and why this type of research is so important and to present a solution for the types of problems that produce bad kids, suggesting that the solution can be found in developmental assets.

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"There have been many studies conducted throughout history to try to find the key or the catalyst that change all kids into either good or bad kids. "We concentrate on alcohol and other drug abuse prevention, largely because of the funding that schools receive from the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program and because of public opinion polls that consistently rank drug abuse near the top of local school problems." (Rose, Gallup, and Elam 1997) Until very recently, the consensus was that this phenomenon was a completely random issue or a completely natural process contained in some brain cell or DNA strand. But, it has been discovered that there may be specific reasons why some kids get involved in dangerous activities and others become contributing members of society. "

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