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    Hansel and Gretel is a war novel wrote by Louise Murphy. During the remarkable story of The True Story of Hansel and Gretel, 2 , Jewish kids (whose names were unknown) were left by their parents and given the names Hansel and Gretel. These two kids were left in the woods and forced to try and survive. Hansel and Gretel found a house in the middle of the woods and decided to make a home out of it. Magada welcomed Hansel and Gretel with open arms and took them in as her own. Hansel and Gretel lived

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    It was said by an anonymous author, that war changes the inherently good and unique spirit of the human race into the brute savages that they once had been. In The True Story of Hansel and Gretel characters have never known freedom from this war torn Europe. Bloodshed and violence are all that these characters have lived with and therefore we see no other traits other than those that are a direct result of these unfortunate and gruesome circumstances. Throughout this book, the actions of Major

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    “The Lost Children of Wilder” Intro to Child Advocacy – Professor Bradley Forenza Johnny Flores – 10563993 24 November 2014 Section 1 : Who and What is “The Lost Children of Wilder” about? The non-fictional book, “The Lost Children of Wilder; The Epic Struggle to Change Foster Care” written by a reporter of The New York Times Nina Berstein, is an inspiring story about the lack of proper funding and placement of children in the foster care system in New York City from before

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    and lost. Displaced children were arguably the most lost of them all. There are many studies on the European rescue attempts of displaced children, but Tara Zahra is unique in that she synthesizes these rescue attempts with the underlying ideas of modern child development and nationalism. In Lost Children: Reconstructing Europe’s Families after World War II, Zahra argues that along with having no home or family, displaced children lost the identity they had before war began. These children with

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    In the video “The Lost Children of Rockdale County” produced by Dretzin and Goodman in 1999, portrays the life of teenagers engaging in peer delinquency, sexual behavior, and drugs and alcohol consumption. The video portrays the life of Nicole a 14 year old female who had engaged in sexual behavior, delinquent activity and lived under lack pf parental supervision. The General Theory of Crime and Delinquency is defined as “Motivations for crime include reinforcements for criminal activity, exposure

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    participating they have done enough? Society needs to toughen up the children of tomorrow. No more praising kids for doing nothing! Adolescents need to improve while striving for greatness, instead of being celebrated for nothing; on top of preparing them for the future, not giving out worthless ribbons and trophies will teach a child how to lose and how to bounce back from that loss. Imagine having a child that whenever they lost at something, they would become somber and throw an enormous tantrum

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    It is obvious that the Catholic teaching does not support the actions highlighted by those in the Lost Children of Rockdale Country. However, the root cause of the teenagers of Rockdale country’s action is a sweeping sense of isolation. Since everyone shown experienced some form of discontent, they were willing to push past the normal preconized boundaries resulting in the syphilis outbreak. This was most evident in the girls shown. How were the students able to hide their actions from their parents

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    Jerilyn, a teenager within the ABC Primetime Video The Lost Children Behind Bars committed a variety of different minor crimes throughout her years ranging from trespassing, disorderly conduct, marijuana use, and habitual truancy (Emsnyc12, 2012). Along with these minor crimes, Jerilyn had also committed a very serious criminal offense of child molestation against her nephew, which led to her being put into the Adobe Mountain Juvenile Corrections Facility (Emsnyc12, 2012). With that being said, her

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    in much the same way. People cross by them every day and never give a care for them. In the monster’s case, he runs away from all contact with the exception of Victor, but these kids do whatever they can to be accepted. Child abuse and orphaned children are extreme problems in today’s society.

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    relationship with the battered lost custody of children? The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right of parents to be in control of their children's upbringing. Termination parental custody irrevocably denies parents this right. A battered spouse who refuses to or is unable to sever the relationship with the batterer should not lose custody of their children, unless there is material evidence to show that the children are also the victims

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