Resiliency in Children

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This paper presents current research on the subject of what conditions 'at risk' children endure. The paper examines the much-surveyed, much-speculated-upon notion that some children are empowered with an innate ability to be resilient. This resiliency is comprehensively explored. The paper suggests what schools and other institutions can do to offer empowering tools for children at risk.
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Thesis Statement
Introduction
Defining Childhood Resilience
How Many American Children are Abused?
Definition of Child Abuse
Analysis of the Resiliency Theory
Literature on Resiliency in Children
Conclusion
References

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"One of the "negative experiences" which young children often must endure - and be affected by - is the divorce of parents. In the book, The Causes of Exclusion (Cullingford, 1999), the author explains that "the children of divorced parents are likely to have lower qualifications," probably can expect to have "more difficult relationships," are more likely to become future "single parents" - and may well be divorced themselves. And so, while the child of a divorce is perhaps not as traumatized as, say, a child who has been violently abused by a parent, the need for outside support systems which can lead to that child's power of resilience are nonetheless apparent. "

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