Child Support in the United States
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Approximately 4 pages worth of notes on Child Support, relevant laws etc; Includes contact information. No bibliography.
Filename: Childsup.wps

Child Welfare Concerns
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A 5 page paper which discusses aspects of child welfare. The issues addressed include an explanation of child welfare, why one would become interested in pursuing the field in terms of a career, the qualities that make a good child welfare worker, areas of concern in the field, and what the long and short term goals of a child welfare worker should be. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAchldwlfre.wps

Children & Divorce
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A 5 page research report examining the detrimental effects that divorce often has on children and adolescents. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Childdiv.wps

Children and Divorce: The Advantages of Group Therapy
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A 9 page overview of the many impacts divorces inflicts on children. Emphasizes that group therapy can go a long way toward resolving these impacts and in optimizing child welfare. Concludes, however, that group therapy, however, is just as dependent on outside factors as is any other type of behavioral therapy. The variation in effectiveness is largely dependent on a number of factors such as the degree of conflict which exists prior to and after the divorce, the custody arrangements, the degree to which the estranged parent stays involved with the children, and the age a child is when divorce occurs. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PPdivor3.wps

Chinese Family Systems
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A 7 page paper on Chinese families, comparing contemporary situations with traditional. The writer details Chinese wedding customs, gender power, patriarchy and the traditional family structure juxtaposed in modern life. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Chinafam.wps

Comparison of Research Approaches / Family Psychology
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A 5 page paper discussing the method in which four researchers have approached the issue of family cohesiveness and its effect on the children of the family. Most of the studies reviewed revolve in some way around previously established models, and one was little more than a basic literature review of previously published work. Because the focus of each of the others was that of attitudes and feelings, the researchers were unable to employ definite measures of specific qualities. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Famre.wps

Continued Social Problem: Violence Against Women
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(6 pp) Violence against women seems to be a "in-your-face" item of our society. Media attention is not a solution, but at least it is not part of the problem either. Education, at the earliest levels seems to be the only way to positively address an issue that seems doomed to repeat itself. Bibliography lists 5 sources
Filename: BBviolfe.doc

Corporal Punishment / Pros and Cons
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An 11 page paper that presents the arguments regarding the use of corporal punishment. This paper focuses on the negative psychological impacts and suggests a number of options to this kind of action. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Childcor.wps