Children's charities

"Following the violent program the children's play is invaribly more aggressive. They are much more likely to hit, punch, kick, and grab to get their way. In other words, violent entertainment teaches children how to use aggression for personal gain" (Medved 75). It is also hard to believe that movies like Rambo III with one hundred and six killings and Terminator 2 which showed countless killings plus a nuclear holocaust have at one time had their own line of children's action figures even though both

they traveled far away on magic carpets, danced with Indian princesses, or fought fierce dragons. Bo loved the children's section.   On this particular day, a group of girls had clambered in, giggling and talking about boys and whispering about "Suzy's new haircut." Growing tired of teasing those poor souls, they targeted another person: my brother. When I raced to the children's corner to show Bo the latest issue of Sesame Street magazine, I witnessed the laughing sneers the girls directed

Children’s Literature and the Holocaust      During the 1940’s Jewish Europeans experienced an unthinkable and atrocious collective trauma. In her work “Survivor-Parents and Their Children” taken from the anthology Generations of the Holocaust, Judith S. Kestenberg has argued that regardless of location, the effects of the Holocaust are felt on survivors parenting. The children of survivors receive a secondary traumatic impact by being forced to deal with the impact the

collected data from over sixty children and their parents. The children’s households all varied in terms of socioeconomic status. The researchers were interested in determining if there was a significant relationship between the reading to children in the home, coaching the children when reading at home and the overall home literacy activities taking place in the home. The researchers also wanted to determine if after considering the children’s cognitive ability and the parents level of education if the

Children’s literature is always changing. It has evolved greatly over the generations. Children did not have their own stories in ancient times. Instead, they listened to oral storytellers who would recite stories I tended for adults to hear. Over time it became apparent that children needed there own stories. Moral stories and educational writing started to be written with children in mind. As printed books for children became more accessible, stories started to focus on entertaining children as

Theodor Seuss Geisel was a cartoonist, poet, and American writer. He was most widely known for his children's books written and illustrated as Dr. Seuss. “The short film “How the Grinch stole Christmas”, came out in the year 1966. It was made from the original story book that published in 1956 by Dr. Seuss”, (Hutchinson). Grinch, which is the main character of the story. He is labeled as a cruel scoundrel, who lives a lonely life in his cave north of the village, with no one to mingle with, except

Lillian Florance “Lilly” Hellman is deemed as one of the first important American woman dramatists. She lived up to her last name by challenging the American public with unpopular beliefs of Communism as well as other non-traditional beliefs causing herself to be blacklisted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. She was born in an affluent, Jewish family on June 20, 1905 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her mother, Julia Newhouse, stemmed from a successful bankers and liquor dealers, while

bachelor’s degree in 1989. Moreover, she has started to write since she was a child but she altered her career to become a lawyer. However, Stead started to become of writing subsequent to the birth of her two children. Her inspiration of writing children’s novel was from her son and her collections of story stories on her laptop. One day, her 4-year-old son by chance pushed her laptop out off the dining-room table and destroyed her piece of writing. Stead was very angry with her son and she went to

considering for my newsletter is about reading/literacy. It is important that children read not only in school but at home as well. I want children and their parents to be inspired to read more and understand how early literacy makes an impact on children’s development. It is important that the community, teachers, parents, and caregivers understand how important reading is in a child’s development. Reading books provides a lifelong relationship with the printed word while teaching children the importance

Bruno Bettelheim is one of the most influential child psychologists who lived in the 20th century. Bettelheim’s writings and theories cement his reputation as one of the most influential psychologists by teaching parents the proper way of raising their child. His ideas and writings also establish his prestige by revolutionizing the way in which psychologists treat children with mental health issues. He changes the way in which mentally-ill children are treated by promoting milieu therapy as an alternative