3. March 2010 by student.

  According to National Center for Health Statistics a Nation Survey of Family Growth a sample of almost 13,000 men and women showed that couples who live together before marriage and those who don;t both have about the same chance of a successful union. This information was announced Tuesday March 2nsd 2010. The resultsd surprised  researchers.

  Past reseach, using decades of old data had found signifcant higher divorce rate for ” not married but living together of the oppiste sex.” But now, in our day and age with 2/3 of couples who marry live together first. A different picture is emerging.

  Socioloist Pamela  Smock of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor consider the data definitive. ” on the basis of these numbers, thier is no negative effect pf cohabitation on marriages.” Another comment was made by Paul Anato a sociologist at Pennsylvania State University, ” Maybe the effect of permarital cohabitation is becoming less of a problem than in the past.”

  The report also take a closer look at different contributing factors such as, ethnicity,education level, up bringing and whether couples were engaged when they moved in. The odds that men and women will made 10 years of fmarriage is the same for who live together or don’t. 71% for engaged men and 69% eengaged non-cohabiting men. Amoung women the probability of making 10 years was similar (65%) to (66%) fr those who didn’t cohabit.

  There us a lot of inteesting work being done on difference amoung different groups of cohabitors as why, when, and how they cohabit……stay tunned.

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3. March 2010 by student.

Children are our future. We must work together to protect them and make sure they grow up to be stable, mature & functioning adults.

When children are abused and/or neglected, they are denied of their childhood. They’re forced to deal with situations they shouldn’t have to be thinking about at such a young age. They can develop life long issues due to abuse and/or their parent’s failure to provide them with the appropriate care. These children grow up to lead destructive, unhealthy and dangerous lifestyles. According to <childhelp.org> “Children who experience child abuse & neglect are 59% more likely to be arrested as a juvenile, 28% more likely to be arrested as an adult, and 30% more likely to commit violent crime.” Also, “Eighty percent of young adults who had been abused met the diagnostic criteria for at least 1 psychiatric disorder at the age of 21 (including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, & post-traumatic stress disorder).”

Parents that neglect or abuse their children make a conscience decision to ignore their child’s needs. They simply allow their child to suffer and sometimes even go out of their way to hurt the child. It is very sad when there is any case of abuse or neglect because the child is innocent and did not ask for it. Their parents chose to have a child, as well as chose to not take care of them in a proper way. These parents are selfish and do not realize that it does not only affect them, but the child, the state, and the foster family the state finds for the child.

Child abuse and neglect are senseless crimes and are 100% preventable. I believe people that neglect or abuse their children should be punished to the full extent of the law (longer sentences and higher bails). I also think that it should be harder for them to get their child back. The law should do more to make sure that the parents have changed, and are without a doubt fit to be a good parent. There should also be more money put into public health so that no child will ever get turned away. As well as there needs to be more shelters open to struggling families. Also, all school employees, coaches and child care workers should be trained more thoroughly to look for signs of neglect and abuse. People need to come together to look out for the children that live in their community, and make sure that they have a normal, healthy childhood.

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3. March 2010 by student.

Today suicide continues to be a serious problem for our young people. In the U.S. thousands of teenagers commit suicide each year. Suicide is the thrid leading cause of death for 15-to-24 year olds, and sixth leading cause of death for 5-to-14 years old accor5ding to the American Accademy of Child and Adolesent Psychiatry.

Stress, self-doubt , pressure to succeed, finical uncertainty, and other fears that teenagers experince while growing up. For some teenagers the stress of divorsce, multi-families, or moving to a new comminuity can bring on a owerwhelming sense of doubt. For some teens, suicide seems to be the only solution. ti their problems.

  If parents are in doubt wheather their child has a serious problem. An psychaiatric examimation can be helpful. Depression and suicidal feelings are treatable. The teens needs are recoginized and diagnosed.

  Many signs and symptons of suicide feelings are simiular to depression. Parents should be aware of different signs that adolescents may want to kill themselves. A change in eating habits, withdrawl from friends and family, violent behavior, selfmedication, neglect of their personal appearance. A loss of interest that they enjoy.

  If your teen is planning on commiting suicide they may give you a verbal hint, ” I won’t be a problem much longer, nothing matters. Also putting their affairs inorder. For example, giving away belongings and becoming suddenluy cheerful after a long period of derpression. No parent can afford to ignore statements such as, I want to kill myself, or I’m going to kill myself. Always take the statement serious and seek help.

  Sadly now one out of ten teens consider suicide and nearly half of million make an attept each year. Best advise is to listen and take action if you hanve any doubts. 

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3. March 2010 by student.

The 2010 Census is in full circulation this month. The first census was done in 1790. It is mandatory by the constitution of the United States of America, and is to be done every ten years. The census is used to divide and assign seats in the house of representatives. Also, the census is used to distribute federal funds annually. If you refuse to fill out the census government employees will come to your house and demand the information if necessary. If continual refusal you can face up to a 5,000 dollar fine. The census is asking more personal questions this year. The census questions are asking for your race, employment status, the name of everyone in your household, and your telephone number to name a few. There are concern with this years census because of two major changes.  First, ACORN is now involved, becoming a national partner with the 2010 Census. People are having many concerns about giving their personal information, and then handing it off to an ACORN employee. The reason for this concern is because ACORN’s employees have been indited after pleading guilty to voter fraud in the past. In addition to the concern of ACORN’s involvement, the white house announced they are taking control of the census bureau. The reporting authority of the census was  the commerce department,  and now it will report directly to the white house staff. If one political party controls this it may be rigged. The commerce departments rule for census counting is an actual head count. There has been talk about changing the counting rule by using sampling (a mathematical formula) in urban areas and with immigrants, to help count the census more accurately. That could allow the numbers to be screwed, and possibly causing one party to stay in congress longer or getting more political funding.   These concerns are valid. However, the forms must be filled out, regardless of concerns. It has huge effect on politics.  It helps shape our government and future state funding.  Get out your pens and pencils, take part in the 220 year mandatory tradition of the constitution, fill out your census.

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3. March 2010 by student.

  According to the U.S Public Health Service. Smoking Cigarettes is the single most peventable cause of death and diseasse in the U.S. When smoking doesn’t kill, it can result in chronic bronchities, emphysema and heart disease(CDC, 2008). Second-hand smoke affect countless others by smoke related fires and by prenatal expourse to Nicotine.

  Reasearches have also linked Nicotine to usage of other addictive drugs and that nicotine activates the same brain area as cocain. The reported presure are so powefully reinforced( relaxation, increased alertness dimished pain and appetite) that some smokers will continue to smoke even after a cancerous lung is removed.

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