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…“The Child and his Parishioner” Vibrant lights were shining from the heavens on one particularly exciting spring afternoon, as four enchanting boys galloped swiftly towards home. School was everlasting that day and the boys had a craving for something…

…Reflections on "The Peace Child" By Don Richards The book that I read for the second missions’ book report was, Don Richardson’s book Peace Child. This book gives an account of the missionary work among the Sawi tribe of then Netherlands New Guinea…

…Play is what children do and is how they learn. Play is a significant component of human development. Although most parents would agree that play comes naturally to children and is a critical part of each child's day, some questions linger. What kind…

…Child abuse For almost all of my life I have never imagined that in my country there are people carrying such hatred in their hearts toward others. My field work for this course was mainly the point where I saw my country from a different view…

…commercial child sex abuse is that it doesn't happen here. Umm, nope, sorry. As much as we’d like it not to be true, children selling sex has been an ongoing problem on North American shores, and it doesn’t look like it’s going away any time soon. Numerous…

…From the year 1900 to the year 2000, a lot of things in the household have changed. One thing is that children have less and less responsibility has the years come than a child had a hundred years ago. When my grandma was a child, she lived…

…Reading this excerpt The Childs Need for Magic by Bruno Bettleheim, reminded me of some of the joys of my childhood. Dreaming about knights and dragons, reading about gingerbread houses, and watching movies about lion kings and jungle books. I wonder…

…China’s One-Child Policy: An Economic Perspective on Governmental Control In 1979, China implemented a one-child per family policy in order to address the issue of unchecked population growth for a country with limited resources. Because China…

…Genie-The Wild Child Genie was considered to be beautiful, fragile, and wild. She was born in April of 1957 in Los Angeles where she lived the first 13 years of her life tied to a potty chair, abused and lonely. She could not talk, walk…

…BURIED CHILD - Sam Shepard “You don’t wanna die do you?”... “but I just lost my voice.” Buried Child, by Sam Shepard speaks to us about the impact of family secrets. A family in general is bonded by bloodlines. Yet relationships within the unit can…