Abstract
This paper looks at the use of children's sermons during morning services in Protestant churches. The writer discusses the theology of children's sermons in terms of their meaning and value. The writer also looks at how this practice has grown.

From the Paper
"Sims, a professor of developmental and educational psychology and the son of a Protestant minister conducted a study to learn more about the use of the children's sermon during morning worship services at Protestant churches in a number of states. According to Sims the children's sermon is understood as an established time during the Sunday morning worship service that is devoted exclusively to children. It is a practice that has grown and expanded into virtually every Christian denomination during the past ... "

Tags:children's sermons, theology, religion

Abstract
The paper deals at length with the problem of homeless persons and states that while the homeless population is increasing steadily, the number of children amongst this population has seen the steepest incline. The paper reports that the Institute for Children and Poverty has shown that nearly millions of adolescents are experiencing homelessness. This staggering number means that nearly 2% of all children and approximately 10% of all poor children in America are presently homeless. The paper deals extensively with the problem of educating homeless children by exploring the strategies and tactics put forward by the McKinney-Vento Act in educating homeless children.

Outline:
Introduction
Background of the Study
Current Issues in Government Policies
Statement of the Problem
Significance of the Study
Purpose of the Study
Research Questions
Methodology
Research Method and Design
Data Collection
Data Evaluation
Definitions of Homelessness and Problems Associated with the Definition
The Educational Rights of Homeless Children
Strategies Implemented
Conclusion and Discussion

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"As mentioned above, during the 1970's the streets of America, during the night, were increasingly being occupied by adults and children alike for spending their nights. This phenomenon was exposed by the media and the social advocates along with the policy makers chipped in to being a social change particularly in the education sector. However, research shows that more people, particularly families with small children, are homeless today than they were in the 1970's and the number is steeply rising (Hafetz, 2003). Burt (2001) argued that the while the country progressed economically all through the 1990's, the trickle down affect of this progress could not be seen. In fact, on the contrary, the housing industry got more pressure, which resulted in the increased rents and lack of affordable housing (Burt, 2001). Therefore, homelessness has once again got the front page attention from the media. "

Tags:homeless, children, educating, abuse, strategies

Abstract
This paper argues that children are the future, and when children do not receive adequate education, how will this affect the future of the world? The paper discusses how obstacles (poor education, poverty, child abuse, divorce) that children face today will affect the future of the next generation because children are the future of the world and so changes must be made in the way children are treated.

From the Paper
""Children are our future. They will lead us to many things that we were not able to accomplish. They will take us to higher standards of the world" (Maxwell 6). Children are facing difficulties that will make a difference in their future development, mentally and physically. Over three million children are abused each year (Child Abuse in America). The obstacles (poor education, poverty, child abuse, divorce) that children face today will affect the future of the next generation because children are the future of the world. Children are the future so changes must be made to ensure that they become successful adults."

Tags:children, adults, problems

Abstract
The assignment was to meet the specifications of an abstract on HIV/AIDS assistance for children, but to focus on a particular group of children. In this case the focus is on African Children with HIV/AIDS. The paper describes the scope of the problem. Suggestions are then provided for assisting these children from a medical, psychological and economic basis.

From the Paper
Helping Children With HIV/AIDS In Africa Sub-Saharan Africa has been more heavily impacted by HIV/AIDs than any other region of the world. In 2007 alone approximately 22 million Africans were living with HIV. AIDS claimed 1.7 million African lives that same year (AVERT, HIV and AIDS in Africa, 2009). HIV/AIDS has left 12.3 million African children orphaned, a number expected to reach 25 million by 2010. There are currently 1.9 million children living with HIV/AID. That number is expected to rise as well, as up to 46% of the pregnant women in Africa are infected (Firelight Foundation, 2009).

Tags:hiv, aids, children

Abstract
In this article, the writer notes that amid all the debate around the issue of same-sex marriage in Canada, which became legal in 2005, the fact that many same-sex couples have children was overlooked. This essay examines the issue of children raised by same-sex couples, and shows that these children are not endangered or compromised in any way by their rather unusual living situation. The writer maintains that research has shown that lesbian and gay parents are just as competent to parent as are heterosexual parents, and that their children are not more likely to be homosexual.

From the Paper
"Children raised by same-sex couples are not harmed by this parenting situation. The only things that harm them are legal and social prejudices against same-sex families. Outline: 1. Many same-sex couples raise children. 2. A lot of research has been done about this. 3. Most research shows that children in such families do just as well as children in heterosexual families."

Tags:parents, children, gay

Abstract
Critical paper conveying how multiculturalism in children's literature often reflects an American and British theoretical foundation that does not suit the Canadian case. Introduction to a movement in education that deconstructs previous children's literature but that in its ideology may miss the point of what children's literature should endeavor to create in a positive curiosity concerning different cultures. Several theoretical pieces and examples from children's books on African-American, Chinese and Aboriginal themes to show several weaknesses in a much politicized campaign.

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"In the last three decades, much has been made of the need to promote multiculturalism and also, the goals of anti-racism, by way of children's literature that should encourage the child's positive awareness of different cultures. This seems particularly important in the wildly multicultural environments offered by cities such as Toronto where children should be encouraged to acquire an interest in other cultures according to an ability to understand and appreciate what is different. "

Tags:children'slit, multiculturalism, ideology

Abstract
A comprehensive analysis of the legality of parents denying their children access to health care on the basis of their involvement in a "faith healing" religion such as Christian Science or Faith Tabernacle. The paper explains that for some residents of the United States, traditional medicine is not religiously acceptable in the face of sickness. On the contrary, these residents are so strongly against medicine that they will not even allow their children to see a doctor if they suffer from life threatening illnesses. It discusses how many followers of these religions are denying the use of traditional medicine and joining a movement that shies from what society considers the norm for treating sickness by putting their belief in God's ability to heal their family's illnesses. The paper argues however, that parents' religious convictions about the disuse of any type of medicine for their children should not be allowed as a legal means of denying their children this medicine because these convictions often cause the needless deaths and suffering of many children whom medical care would have helped.

From the Paper
"For centuries America has debated to what extent church and state should be separated. More recently the argument about the disuse of medical treatment for religious reasons and the resulting deaths of the children of certain religious organization's followers has arisen. Since the seventeenth century when settlers came to America to escape religious persecution and seek religious freedom, the issue of separation of church and state has been in debate (Council 1). However, not all religions were given equal rights before the Bill of Rights was created: in Boston anyone preaching outside the established church could be fined or banned from the settlement (Weiss 11). Also, in areas that practiced South Anglicanism, those who spoke out against the Christian faith were sentenced to death (Weiss 11). However, the first amendment to the American Bill of Rights, which was passed in September of 1789, changed these discriminatory practices on a federal level and caused less religious discrimination to occur (Weiss 31). This amendment states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" (Bartlett 3). This amendment did not, however, guarantee the protection of United States citizens from state religious discrimination; but the fourteenth amendment, which was passed at a later date, did (Weiss 32). Opponents for and against parents' rights to deny their child medical care based on religious convictions are eager to solve the question of the relationship of church and state and the necessity of parents to obtain medical care as required by state governments. This issue has thus become a pressing argument that must be solved quickly because many children's lives are at stake."

Tags:abuse, children, christian, faith, healing, illness, law, medicine, science, tabernacle

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A discussion of the negative and fewer positive effects that television has on children and their language skills. Several propositions seem undisputed by all the researchers such as: children are the largest audience for television, television is a continuing interest for most children, and television can provoke a response in children. This paper concludes that television can invigorate the vocabulary of children, encourage their reading, and inspire their writing.

From the Paper
"Without doubt, television influences the mental processes and speaking habits of young people who may develop their language skills in the family den as much as they do in the classroom. Indeed, statistics abound on the television habits of children. High school seniors will have watched about 15,000 hours of television by the time they graduate (1986 Nielson Report as cited in Powell 41). To gain perspective, Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet put it this way: "By the time the vidkids matriculate at their favorite institution of higher learning, almost one-half of their waking life will have been spent being Superseted, Chromacolored, and Colortaked" (22-23). Sister Rosemary Winkeljohann reports this incident: A few seasons ago, on an episode of "Happy Days," Fonzie got a library card as a small part of the overall story. The producers thought nothing of it until they later learned that librarians all over the country were swamped the next day with children coming to the library. Children who had never used the library facilities now wanted library cards! (100) "

Tags:children, development, education, language, learning, media, parents, research, society, statistics, teachers, television, verbal

Abstract
This paper looks at children's television and its negative influence on children today. The first section starts off the paper with a view into the positive side of children's television. Television isn't entirely evil, so this section helps the reader understand that you aren't completely against television. The second section describes how children are emotionally and mentally influenced by television shows. The third section relates how a child's increasing violent nature could be the result of the violence that they view every day in their shows. The fourth section discusses how the media is involved, primarily on a consumer basis. The fifth and final section refers to what the parent can do to in a world that is surrounded in television.

From the Paper
"Televisions shows that are directed primarily towards a child audience are to a large degree responsible for the controversial decline in development that is visible in today's youth culture. Through this medium children are exposed to vast quantities of violence and negative themes. These shows contribute to the breakdown of family as well as the lessened emotional development of children. Not only has television proven detrimental on a child-to-child basis, but in addition has greatly influenced the overall standards of our consumer culture and quite possibly made us more so. While children's educational television shows are given high notoriety for making a positive contribution to a child's education and development, the problem lies in the fact that parents oftentimes neglect to research or take an active interest in their children's viewing. Due to the fact that they consider the programs directed mainly towards children to be either education or purely for the basis of entertainment parents do not seriously scrutinize them. In effect they fail to suspect these shows as being a major contributor to the upbringing and future of their children and the younger generation."

Tags:children, emotional, television, violence

Abstract
"Spiritual salvation is the topic of Langston Hughes' short work, entitled "Salvation." The story documents his experience as a twelve-year-old boy with group and peer pressure in church as he is forced into being "saved." It was written in 1940 and is taken from Hughes' autobiography, The Big Sea. Hughes was a prominent African American writer in the early 1900s, and his audience at that time was primarily those African Americans living an urban life and dealing with discrimination and oppression. Today, Hughes' timeless stories are enjoyed by all who admire great writing. Hughes begins his story by proclaiming, "I was saved from sin when I was going on thirteen" (Hughes 197). This begins our journey into his spiritual adventure; one in which his Auntie Reed and her church have created in order to save the young Hughes from hellfire and damnation. After a long sermon, the church held a special meeting just for children in which the young sinners were expected to find Jesus."

From the Paper
Student's Name Name of Instructor Name of Course March 13, 2008 "Salvation" by Langston Hughes and The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday Spiritual salvation is the topic of Langston Hughes' short work, entitled "Salvation." The story documents his experience as a twelve-year-old boy with group and peer pressure in church as he is forced into being "saved."

Tags:hughes, momaday, literature