17. April 2009 by student.

Adult Children Living With Their Parents            “In 1960, 43 percent of young adults between the ages of 18-24 were living at home. In 1990 the percentage rose to 52.8 percent.”(Gallo, par.3) .Since then more adult children are choosing to live with their parents longer. When it comes to the parents letting go of their adult children at the age of twenty-one and older , then the children are not use to taking care of themselves so it is less likely for them to adapt to not having any support from their parents. In addition, the young adults don’t get to realize the basics of living on their own and to earn money for their bills and etc. Finally, the adults are also not able to find a significant other while living with their parents. For those twenty-one years olds and older, who missed out on how to be responsible they are taking away the advantages they might have experienced. While the other twenty-one year olds and older adults, are out of their homes and living their life to the fullest. That is why; adult children should not be able to live at home with their parents at the age of twenty-one and older.            In the First place, “Living at home almost always means that some services are provided by parents, such as housework, meals, washing, ironing etc.”(“living with adult children,” par.6). By providing these services parents are enabling their children from being able to take care of themselves after they leave the “nest”. If the parents decided on allowing their children to live in their home after the age of 18 then the parent should require a contract with the adult child that will comply with chores that have to be completed in the house and also will require money. The contract should have a monthly payment for the room they are staying in and the money collected or saved should later on be each month and should be returned to the child only for education or for a new apartment or living situation. This contract should also consist of what chores should have to be done in the house while the adult child is living in their household including housework, meals, and other necessities.             While there is no question that with that method the young adults would be able to learn how to be responsible, it would still not equal the same amount of circumstances and problems that they would have to overcome living outside of their homes. Besides the adults that do well with the contract and that have an easy time living in the household circumstances to eventually end up “…believing that success is easily achieved and roadblocks are never encountered.”(Gallo, par.11).  A lot of parents do not comprehend the fact that “To become adults, our children must pull away from us and learn to make their own decisions. But the increased time it takes to become a truly independent adult means that our adult children need our emotional and psychological support more than ever.”(par.9). Often then parents get confused between the adult children from being just being lazy or if they actually need emotional help to  build their confidence to allow them to leave their nest. That is why the sooner they leave the house the children because then will experience fewer complications with their emotions and financial problems along with the parents.            Finally, most people would agree that if an adult that lives with his or her parents at the age of twenty-one and older will have a hard time finding a significant other. Many adults at that age are looking for people that will be mature enough in the way of making decisions, being able to manage their money, and have their own place and being stable so that they can settle down with another person. In contrast with that a person living in their parent’s home still will not be able to meet the standards of  the other majority of adults out their. This gives the adults that live in their family home a less of a chance to find their significant other.            Although there are solid reasons why parents should not allow their children to live in their homes over a certain age, there are those who believe that there could be some benefits of having their adult children stay in their houses a little longer than expected. Often parents say that “Living at home is also cheaper and so they can save for their future.”(“Living with adult children,” par.5).  The adult children might save money while living in their family home but what would be the reason of them doing so, if they leave their house not knowing how to manage the saved up money. For paying the bills and having enough money so they can live comfortably without any support from their parents. Many “…parents say they like living with their grownup children.”(“Adult children living at home longer,” par.2) but “…many report it leads to squabbling over issues as money and chores.”(par.10). Thus, allowing your children to only live in your household till the age of 18 allows them to learn and achieve more in life.            There is no question that adult children, twenty-one and older, should not be allowed to live with in their family home. With the adults leaving their homes at an appropriate age it allows them to be able to support themselves without the need of the support of their family. Also giving them a better chance to be an actual adult “…by letting them make decisions and take charge of their lives.”(Gallo, par.10). Although these adult children sometimes might make the wrong decisions and go through the wrong paths in life. They have to experience them to learn from them. That’s why without a doubt, adult children should not be able to reside in their parents’ home at the age of twenty-one and older. 

Works Cited“Adult children living at home longer.”cbc.ca. 21 Mar. 2006. 2 Oct. 2007 <http://www.cbc.ca/ canada/story/2006/03/21/home06031.html>.Gallo, Eileen F. “Adult Children and Money: A Psychological Perspective.” fplanet.org. Oct. 2002. 2 Oct. 2007 <http://www.fplanet.org/journal/articles/2002_Issues/            jfp1002-art7.cfm>.“Living with adult children.” Child and Youth Health. 17 Aug.2007 <http://www.cyh.com/             HealthTopics/Details.aspx?p=114&np=99&id=1511>. 

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17. April 2009 by student.

                I respect everyone’s points of view, but I personally think that abortion is not the choice people. If you were not ready to have a baby and put on more responsabilities; Do you think that baby was ready to die when he just had started life? It was not his fault you did not use protection. Many women decide to end pregnancy not knowing that they might not be able to have children in the future. Some others regret it their whole life. And even though many people criticize single mothers, I admire them for being brave enough to face the consequences of their actions. Just remember, if you know you are not ready for it, use protection.

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17. April 2009 by student.

What is Anarchism? As you read this question surely a flurry of images and words should come to mind: the circle A, chaos, destruction, primitivism, etc. To begin understanding anarchism one must know what it isn’t: “I must tell you, first of all, what anarchism is not. It is not bombs, disorder, or chaos. It is not robbery or murder. It is not a war of each against all. It is not a return to barbarianism or to the wild state of man. Anarchism is the very opposite of all that.” (A. Berkman).

To continue one must brush aside all prejudice and misconception of what anarchism really is and start with a blank slate. Anarchism, as a theory, is based around a single premise: opposition to all coercive hierarchy in all spheres of life, the source of all inequality and exploitation, which includes the state, class society, ageism, sexism, and racism.

Capitalism, our current economic system, is based on the exploitation of workers’ labor by the employers’ wages. “No employer will knowingly hire you to work for him unless the market value of the goods or services that you produce exceeds the wage that he pays you.” (RS2K)

In the political sphere, our republics are only spectacular farces of democracy. The only act scarcely democratic is the ability to elect our leaders, from a pitiful choice of corrupt and soon to be corrupt politicians; thus, leaving us as spectators in what is claimed to be a democracy.

In contrast, an anarchist society would be one of equality and direct democracy. Anarchist society would compromise of communes, based upon participatory direct democracy. Each commune is run democratically through assemblies and can be confederated amongst each other for various reasons, such as defense.

If necessary, delegates, for the confederations and some assemblies, could be either elected or randomly selected and are recallable at any time. All the power rests on the local neighborhood assemblies and decisions are decided from the bottom-up. This system of self-governance, that is citizen’s control of their own communities and governing themselves, should promote personal autonomy and empower the masses to take matters into its own hands. In addition, the workers would run their workplaces democratically and finally make decisions about their work, something ultimately impossible under capitalism. These syndicates can also confederate for numerous reasons, mostly for the organization of the economy.

The ideal economy would be based on the maxim “From each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs.” (K. Marx) Thus we would have a gift economy which attends to “the satisfaction of his or her needs, whatever may be their nature.” (J. Déjacque) This system of workers’ self-management, or workers’ control, would also empower the masses and ensures a society of equals.However, some could still choose to be self-employed; anarchist society is also based on voluntary association. If one doesn’t want to join a specific commune, syndicate, etc they can’t be forced to.

An anarchist society is a communist society, since communism, as defined by Marx (”Father of Communism”), is a classless stateless state of society in which the economy is ran according to needs. What differentiates us from the authoritarian communists are the means to the goal: authoritarian communists state the need for a transitional “socialist state” to reach communism.

Historical examples prove, however, that all these transitional states, erroneously called communist states, have only lead to a class society which most eventually revert back to capitalism. This leaves anarchism as the only potential way to communism.

Edit: Delegates might be completely unnecessary (obsolete) or rare due to modern conditions.

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17. April 2009 by student.

I think unemployment is become more and more a social problem in America , and I think it is cause by globolisation and gread.  I would like to hear someone input on that issure.

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17. April 2009 by student.

In this “beautiful” (and I quote, because many may not feel the same) country of America, we harbor a lot of stereotypes. Ones for all races, genders and ages. The one that has seemed to stay the same century after century is that young girls who become pregnant are, and for lack of a better word, whores. It’s a little vulgar but true. If ever there is one thing that a large group of people could agree upon is the opinion that we could judge one from their outer appearances.

This way of thinking is not only ridiculous but could also be very primitive. How can we look at someone without knowing their personal circumstances, their background and what really went on in their life and sincerely judge them? I write this blog to say that I have been a victim of the typical “stare down” or the usual “oh my are you serious?”-look, not only by strangers but family members as well. And I strongly feel that it’s time now for these stares and comments to stop!

Now granted I know that by me writing this blog, the views of everyone will not change, I just hope that the next time we see a pregnant teen or unwed mother we do not be so quick to jump to the conclusion that “she is a slut” or “she completely ruined her life”.

There are various reasons as to why a teen girl becomes pregnant:

• MISEDUCATION

• TEENAGE HORMONES (becoming too serious in a relationship)

• or worst SEXUAL ABUSE

• ETC…

And yes, I agree with the freedom of speech, but that freedom does not give someone the right to enforce their opinion or beliefs on anyone…especially when it comes to  teens who are already at an impressionable age.

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17. April 2009 by student.

The danger of pesticides.

pesticides threaten the  health of our children and families.

Children have a greater risk of developing asthma by the age of five after exposure to pesticides within the first year of life.Here in Immakelee, our neighbowing county have several cases of pesticides effect on babies.We should create programe to aims to redus the impact of pesticides on human health.

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17. April 2009 by student.

Since when has it become acceptable to embrace ignorance in the United States?  Students, politicians, religion, the field does not matter.  Society currently embraces the idea of the “gangster rapper” or the “redneck” or a myriad of other social stereotypes that focus on violence, drug abuse, and ignorance as a reaction to the status-quo.  This is a dangerous path as the availability of minds to combat this is slowly being destroyed by the so called “upsides” of such social groups simply because it is easier to join with them and pretend that this country is not on a trip to destruction.

Is this truly the apex of human evolution, or have we simply reached a point where we are so inundated with information that the only possible way to keep sane is to reject all forms of knowledge?  The ostrich effect is dangrous; society needs to fight against these ideals in order to perpetuate itself.  There is a problem when a man who is running for the office that will run this country is accused of being elitist simply because he is educated.  Education is not a threat, blind obediance and ignorance embody the greatest problems that are part of the United States today.

What we require is a paradigm shift  that will set the focus back to creating an educated class.  1950 may have been boring for students, but education was embraced as a necessity, which it is today.  The school systems are failing because students don’t care.  This is put onto the teachers as not stimunlating learning in these kids who would rather pretend to be in South Central LA being a gang banger or some other sort of thug.  This is counter productive to the continuance of the United States as a nationl; cry freedom all you want, but when this country lacks the ability to compete in the international market save through guns and fast food, we will wish we had fought to preserve the intelligentsia.

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17. April 2009 by student.

When you are in a relationship with someone you love or think you love ,you make decisions that could change your life forever. One of the most frequent choices made amongst young women is to have a child from the person that they are in love with. But why? Because they think that they will live happy ever after and not have a care in the world. Well the sad truth is once the baby comes then the drama comes and the fairy tale turns into a nightmare. Now this is not always true, but there are a lot of single mothers in society without the help of the other party. There is not anything wrong with being a single mother, but having a child puts a lot of road blocks up in your journey to have that fairy tale ending.   Most single parent mother have a very slim chance of ever getting married. That means the woman has to work twice as hard to take care of the child and provide the household with adequate income to prevent from taking government assistants. So women  with kids are classed as having extra baggage  and majority of men do not like to take on women with extra baggage, they will data her and even sleep with her ,but will probably never ask for her hand in marriage!

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17. April 2009 by student.

I’m not sure if many people recognize alcohol abuse as a social problem, but I believe it’s actually a big one… that needs to be taken care of soon! Today in the news I was shocked when I saw the amount of children who are getting abuse by their alcoholic parents. I mean what is going on with this world? Before we use to have loving parents who will never ever touch their children no matter how mad they were, they would just ground them… but now a day parents hit their kids for no reason! Especially when they are under the influence of alcohol.. I researched this problem and I found out most of the time that the mother’s are the one’s responsible for this abuse, and the father’s are the one’s doing the abuse. But whether is the mom or the dad that is drunk, there should not be any spanking or hitting of any kind to these undefensible children. I read that these abuses are taking place because of all the stress going on.. parents are so frustrated with all the bills, or the job losses that they are finding their way out of this problems in alcohol and then taking it out on their kids. But no matter what the excuse is or how bad the situation is that the parents are going through.. no excuse is good enough for them to abuse on their kids like their doing. In homes where domestic violence occurs, children are at high risk for suffering physical abuse themselves. Regardless of whether children are physically abused, the emotional effects of witnessing domestic violence are very similar to the psychological trauma of being a victim of child abuse.

Now that you’ve read all those causes.. help do something about it? Imagine if that happened to you or anyone in your family? It’s a horrible thing.. and we should stop it before it get’s any bigger.

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