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My dilemma: A library patron has a list of books from his minister that he wants to have removed from the library because they are inappropriate and dangerous for children.

Removal of books which are inappropriate and dangerous for children from the library.

It is the responsibility of adults to ensure that children are not exposed to materials that may jeopardize their morals and expose them to engage in unwarranted behavior. However, it is important to note that every person is entitled to access reading materials unless they are pervasively inappropriate. Although book stores and libraries have the power to ban books from their shelves, this can be done if there is a complaint from an individual or a parent challenging their removal. Librarians may oblige to their removal or decline the invitation if they feel that the book is not pervasively inappropriate (Pray and Lee, 417).

Library Bill of Rights.

According to the American Library Association, libraries should be a source of information and ideas and it should be guided by policies outlined in the Library Bill of Rights. Libraries are required to provide all materials present information that is of interest to readers and library users. Libraries are also entitled to challenge censorship that may affect how they discharge their responsibility of providing information to the library users. One of the most important policy outlined in the Library Bill of Rights is the person’s right to use libraries. No one should be denied the opportunity to use the materials in the library because of the background, origin, age or views (Berninghausen and David, 1970). Another important interpretation presented in the Library Bill of Rights is the issue of challenging resource. The interpretation stipulates that every library should provide a clearly defined policy that guides the selection of the materials stocked on its shelves (American Library Association, 2016).

Access to library resources and services for minors.

According to article V of the Library Bill of Rights, every person is entitled to access information or materials in the library and they should not be discriminated on the account of their background, origin, age or views. Therefore, minors have the right to access materials in the library. Libraries are charged with the responsibility of ensuring that members of the community they serve have access of reading materials and information in different stages of their development and therefore, it is inappropriate to deny people this right on the account of age. Further, removing materials from the shelves of the library with the pretext of protecting children amounts to denying other people the right the access this materials (Chapin and Betty, 21).

One of the ALA code of ethics mentions that “we uphold the principles of intellectual freedom and resist all efforts to censor library resources.”

Members of ALA are committed to ensure that no one is denied the chance to access reading materials irrespective of their age and their social background. The body is committed to ensure that all libraries conform to the Library Bill of Rights (American Library Association, 2016).

Solution to the challenge of managing the materials that can be exposed to minors.

The Library Bill of Rights requires that libraries allow readers to access reading materials and other information that interests them without any discrimination. The librarian cannot make a decision of withdrawing reading materials from the shelves with the pretext that they are protect the children from dangerous and inappropriate materials. The best solution to achieve protect children is to initiate a process of challenging the materials or banning them all together. This will bring on board all the stakeholders who are interested with the matter to find and common ground for the best interest of the children. If the stakeholders agree that the materials are not appropriate for the consumption of children, they will have the liberty to remove them from the shelves (Wiegand and Shirley, 1996).

Annotated Bibliography.

American Library Association. “Library bill of rights.” (2016).

The American Library Association is a body that deals with all the issues related with libraries in the United States. The Body has regulations that guide how libraries should contact themselves and they should treat the people seeking the information from the libraries. The association also interprets the rights that have been stipulated in article V. The Association has also ensured that the rights of all the people have been taken care. This includes people living with disabilities and children. The American Library Association in a body with constitutional powers and therefore, they have the authority to interpret the Library Bills of Right.

American Library Association. “ALA code of ethics.” (2016).

One of the code of ethics stipulated in the ALA code of ethics intimate that the body upholds the right of every citizen in the country to access information and reading materials in the library. No citizen who is interested in getting information should be denied a chance to access information on the account of the age or origin. Equally, every person who is interested in accessing any material available in the library should have a chance to access the information. Anyone who is not interested in any material available in the library have the autonomy to challenge them without any restriction. This can be solved through a due process and if the materials are found to pervasively inappropriate, they can be removed from the library. American Library Association is a body that deals with matters that relate to the libraries in the country and have the ethics that guide how the members conducted themselves.

Berninghausen, David K. “The librarian’s commitment to the library bill of rights.” (1970).

Librarians must be committed to ensure that the rights of readers and other people who are interested in using the library materials have access without any huddle. People should not be discriminated on the account of age or their backgrounds. The law provides that the rights of people person should be respected including young children and people living with disabilities. In many states, librarians have shown their commitment to ensure that all the rights that have been prescribed in the Library Bill of Rights are observed.

Chapin, Betty. “Access to electronic information, services, and networks: An interpretation of the library Bill of Rights.” Teacher Librarian 26.5 (1999): 21.

According to article V of the Library Bill of Rights, all people are allowed to access information and other materials of their interest in the library without discrimination. The law stipulates that people should not be discriminated on the account of age, origin, and their background. Chapin and Betty in their document preview interpret what this section of the law means and what are the rights of the people who are allowed to access information and other reading materials in the library. On the account of age, Chapin and Betty mention that children should not be discriminated and that they should have equal rights just like adults to access materials and other information in the library. The law presupposes that if materials will be removed from a library with the pretext of protecting children from inappropriate materials, then other people who may be interested in those materials will be denied their right of accessing information and this is against the law. Chapin and Betty are people who work in a learning environment and the have the authority of interpreting what the law stipulates on the account of the right to access materials and information in a library.

Pray, Lee. “What Are the Limits to a School Board’s Authority to Remove Books from School Library Shelves.” Wis. L. Rev. (1982): 417.

The article “What Are the Limits to a School Board’s Authority to Remove Books from School Library Shelves” is a product of Hein-Online which is a resource center that contains scholarly and journals the touch on legal matters that have been determine in court regarding various issues. In this article, Pray talks about the limitation that librarians can have in making decision on the books or reading materials to be removed from the shelf of a library. Pray cites the first amendment which gives all the people the right to read and get all the information of interest from libraries without discrimination.

Wiegand, Shirley A. “Reality bites: The collision of rhetoric, rights, and reality and the library bill of rights.” (1996).

Wiegand and Shirley confronts the reality that most librararians grapple with from time to time. In most cases, there could be materials that are deemed inappropriate for the consumption of young children and librarians may be tempted to remove them from the shelves but the law stipulates that every person who was to access reading materials have the right to access them irrespective of the age. Therefore, it is an issue that librarians have little control but they can use another means to ensure that children do not get exposed to obscene materials. This can be achieved by involving all the stakeholders and challenging the materials or initiating ban which must be supported by all the stakeholders to succeed.

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Child development is the process of physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development from conception through adolescence. Development begins at the moment of fertilization and is a lifelong continuous process. The stage of development refers to what a child can do at a specific age or age group. The table below provides an overview of child development in the different domains (physical, social, emotional, and cognitive) across the developmental stages: conception until adolescence. Physical development of a child happens at periods and times that are different for all children. Physical development refers to the growth of body organs and systems, as well as the development of muscle strength, control, coordination, and endurance.

Social development is the process of acquiring skills that allow an individual to interact with others. Social development happens in a series of steps: attachment, developmental stages, and peer relations. In this stage, children are beginning to learn about the world around them and their parents play an important role in their physical, social-emotional, and cognitive development. Children learn to communicate with others and they start listening more to what people are saying (Cacciatore et al., 2019).

The emotional development of a child happens at various times and in various ways. Emotional development refers to how children respond to the environment, their relationships with others, and how they express their feelings and emotions. They begin to smile at the age of 2 to 3 months and begin to laugh around the age of 4 months. They show feelings such as fear, grief, and surprise between the ages of 2 and 6 months. They develop stranger fear between the ages of 5 and 6 months. At six months, they can imitate the expressions of others (Cacciatore et al., 2019). Cognitive development is the acquisition of new knowledge, skills, and understanding that enables an individual to become more competent in a particular domain such as language, science, math, or social skills. Cognitive development can be described by different models which include biological markers, cognitive functioning tests, psychometric tests, behavior rating scales, and cognitive psychology tests.

In a globalized world with more than 200 countries and languages, the concept of “culture” is difficult to pin down. Cultural values can be influenced by religion, race, ethnicity, or geography. Cultures are also constantly evolving and adapting in response to many factors including political upheaval, war, or natural disasters. The United Nations Children’s Fund estimates that “about 130 million children live in difficult circumstances due to poverty” (Masten, 2018). When children experience negative influences such as high rates of violence or low rates of education they often suffer from impaired physical health or developmental delays. One area where almost all children experience some degree of cultural influence is language. Most children in developed nations learn at least two spoken languages by age five; by adolescence, they are typically fluent in an average of four languages.

Children from middle-class families generally have greater access to resources and opportunities than children from low-income families. In the United States, for example, more than one in five children live in poverty. According to a recent study by The Annie E. Casey Foundation, less than half of children who grow up in families earning less than $15,000 per year will graduate from high school on time. The situation is not much different in developing countries where an estimated 68 million primary school-age children are not enrolled in school. The disparity between rich and poor is also apparent when it comes to many health indicators.

The political landscape of a country may be defined by the level of economic development, armed conflict, religious and ethnic diversity, or totalitarian rule. For example, life expectancy in Iraq is currently 37 years and almost one in four people are living under military occupation. In some countries, political issues like ethnic tension have led to violence against children as well as forced child soldiers (Masten, 2018).

A classroom is a place of learning and play for children. The adults in charge need to understand the developmental tasks that children are undertaking at specific age levels. Using several frameworks, a range of children’s developmental tasks can be conceptualized. Implementing those tasks into the classroom will help children to feel more comfortable and confident. Adults have an important role in their development as well. Teachers need to know about their development stages, which starts with understanding the major theoretical frameworks such as Jean Piaget’s and Lev Vygotsky’s (Baltes, 2019).

Jean Piaget was a Swiss child psychologist who made important contributions to developmental psychology. He observed children’s behavior in the classroom environment and studied their cognitive development. In his theory, he emphasized that development takes place as a result of interaction between an active child and his or her environment (Devi, 2019). That interaction leads to cognitive advances one stage at a time. For example, if caregivers change their stimulation level, children will advance to the next level of development.

In conclusion, children have different needs and adults need to know about their developmental stages so that they can provide the needed stimulation for each stage. The children will feel more comfortable when they receive supervision. When people study the development of a child and the different factors that influence his or her development, it will be easier to understand what goal he or she should have reached on a particular day and how can one change the situation.

References

Baltes, P. B. (2019). Life-span developmental psychology: Observations on history and theory revisited. In Developmental psychology (pp. 79-112). Routledge.

Cacciatore, R., Korteniemi-Poikela, E., & Kaltiala, R. (2019). The steps of sexuality—a developmental, emotion-focused, child-centered model of sexual development and sexuality education from birth to adulthood. International Journal of Sexual Health, 31(3), 319-338.

Devi, K. S. (2019). Constructivist Approach to Learning based on the Concepts of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. the NCERT and no matter may be reproduced in any form without the prior permission of the NCERT, 44(4), 5-19.

Masten, A. S. (2018). Resilience theory and research on children and families: Past, present, and promise. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 10(1), 12-31.

Childhood obesity outline

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González-González, C. S., Gómez del Río, N., Toledo-Delgado, P. A., & García-Peñalvo, F. J. (2021). Active Game-Based Solutions for the Treatment of Childhood Obesity. Sensors, 21(4), 1266.Hollinghurst, S., Hunt, L. P., Banks, J., Sharp, D. J., & Shield, J. P. (2014). Cost and effectiveness of treatment options for childhood obesity. Pediatric obesity, 9(1), e26-e34.Olivieri, C. (2020). Childhood Obesity, Health & Nutrition and Its Effects on Learning. Journal for Leadership and Instruction, 19(1), 31-37.

Saeed, S., Arslan, M., Manzoor, J., Din, S. M., Janjua, Q. M., Ayesha, H., … & Froguel, P. (2020). Genetic Causes of Severe Childhood Obesity: A Remarkably High Prevalence in an Inbred Population of Pakistan. Diabetes, 69(7), 1424-1438.

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Child Labor

All companies must strive to enforce a zero tolerance policy for child labour. Companies buying from Chinese suppliers should be especially vigilant in enforcing this law. In the case study, Samsung declined to sever ties with Shinyang Company, which was accused of hiring underage children. The excuse that Shinyang gave was that it did not directly hire children, but its subcontractor was to blame. In this situation, Samsung showed that it was willing to overlook the violation of child labour policy under Chinese laws. Such practices show that companies are willing to overlook some cases of hiring children, and this creates a culture of permissiveness. Some countries are not very strict when it comes to enforcing child labour laws, and this may lead some people to hire children for several reasons. Children cannot fight for their rights, such as fair wage and good working conditions. They, therefore, end up being exploited and they lose their innocence. They also end up missing out on the chance to get an education so that they can decide what to do with their lives.

To protect children, companies such as Samsung should have zero tolerance towards companies that hire children. A zero tolerance policy will make companies hiring children to lose business opportunities and therefore, they will be forced to abandon the practice. Permissiveness and willingness to overlook some instances such as the case of Shinyang Company promote child, and this should be done away with altogether. Companies should also implement strict vetting procedures for the companies that they buy products from. When a supplier is found to be in violation of child labour policies, the partnership should be severed immediately, and there should be other consequences such as fines. Doing this will go a long way to ensuring that children all over the world are protected from underage employment and exploitation.

Childhood obesity

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04/13/2021

Childhood obesity

Childhood obesity is when children have increased body weight, and their BMI is higher than the average child should have. This situation leads to concerns since every kid’s childhood period should always be healthy because it is upon which their future health and other factors are based upon. Therefore, it is essential to keep the children healthy even though it becomes difficult every day with the changing lifestyles. Thus herein, I will discuss obesity among children and how this has affected them, what remedies can be taken for it, what will happen if it is not resolved and how to avoid it.

Different factors cause childhood obesity. It is a cause for alarm, especially for most parents, since it is an issue that affects the parents and caregivers of children who are given the responsibility to feed them and ensure their health growing up. Therefore in the desire to keep the children healthy and avoid malnutrition, most of the parents find themselves giving their children the wrong food, and through this, obesity is developed. This can also be associated with what is called ”love" for the children. This happens when a parent does not want their child to do any work at home and, therefore, encourages them to rest and do what makes them happy.

In this accord, some of the significant causes of obesity among kids are low diet, less or no physical exercise, psychological stress, genetic predisposition, among other factors (Saeed, 2020). Low diet is one of the significant causes of obesity among children. This is very well brought out in different aspects in which the children become obese due to eating junk food. Junk food is food that contains a lot of calories, and it is one of the primary contributing factors towards obesity. (Olivieri, 2020). This is often administered by guardians or parents who want to have their children have a good life without the knowledge or otherwise those parents who are not financially capable of providing a healthy diet to their children.

Lack of physical exercise is also another issue that comes along with obesity. Lack of exercise makes the body very comfortable and reluctant to do any work. This makes the person grow as they continue to feed. It is one of the contemporary problems which need immediate checking and solution otherwise the level of obesity among the young kids will continue to rise. This practice can be discouraged by making young people walk or do physical exercises as frequently as possible. Another cause of obesity is psychological stress. This is whereby the young children are stressed about issues which happen around their life, and once this happens, they retreat to do things like overeating which makes them susceptible to obesity. Therefore the more they continue stressing, the more they continue to become obese, and their health gets affected. Genetic predisposition is also a common factor when it comes to obesity (Saeed, 2020). This is because it comes from the family line, and therefore it is not a lack of exercise or stress or overeating. This is always difficult to deal with, but still, it is possible to deal with it (Olivieri, 2020).

According to CDC, 18.5 % of children aged between 2 years to 19 years had obesity. This is still a very high number, and it needs to be dealt with. However, as the age of the children grows, obesity also increases. The children 2 to five years had a 13.9% obesity rate, 6 to 11 years was 18.4%, while 12 to 19 years had the highest obesity level, which was 20.06%. With these statistics, it is easy for us to get to how society is evolving.

Along with these statistics also comes the effects of obesity which are not always pleasant among many individuals. The results of obesity can be divided into physical, emotional, and psychological ones. The physical effects include diseases and low body image due to obesity. Another problem associated with obesity is the inability to participate in games or physical activity since most of the children with obesity become losers and might be mocked by others if they are the causes of failure in any physical activity they undertake together.

The emotional and psychological effects of obesity among children are the most widespread, and they are of great importance to know them. Some of these include; low-self-esteem, humiliation, emotional eating, body dissatisfaction, anxiety, and depression. Having excess weight most of the time is humiliating, and the children live with it. At the same time, they feel bad about themselves, which lowers their self-esteem and makes it difficult for them to fully understand what they are going through and how it can be solved. Most people do not like the children who have excess body weight as they say that they are not appealing and are therefore excluded from most of the things done as groups and beneficial to them to a great degree.

Apart from these effects of obesity, long-term results are terrible and affect the children into adulthood. This may cause severe damage as they experience complicated health issues like diabetes, cancer, and other health complications. Heart disease is also a common effect of obesity among individuals, which puts their lives at risk. Therefore it is essential to look for solutions early enough and prevent these adverse effects from taking place in the lives of the people who are obese. It, therefore, starts from childhood, whereby obesity is identified and solutions brought forward which have to be worked on.

Some of the robust solutions and ways to deal with obesity in children include; healthy eating, physical exercises, activities, a lot of water consumption, home activities like tilling a garden, or house chores. Through these exercises and activities, the health of the obese children I assured to be reasonable and, therefore, are more likely to perform better and their obesity levels to go down or even end entirely if they are serious about their health state. It also comes with the parents supporting them and giving them conditions that help them be less obese and exercise like the house chores and encouragement to exercise (González, 2021). Apart from this, the parents should also provide a healthy diet for their children to not suffer from obesity.

The above method of solving obesity problems comes with the realization that exercise is an essential part of our lives. Apart from exercising to lose weight, it is even better and right to exercise for just being healthy. Therefore, it means that even if a person is obese and is healthy and not at risk of health issues, they are right. Good food and water consumption also help us to be healthy and therefore this should be stressed and made sure that the children follow it.

In conclusion, we can say that obesity among children is an issue which needs to be looked into and resolved as soon as possible. The primary responsibility lies with the parents. It is essential to help the children be better by leading them with an example of what they should do like exercising and eating healthy, since what is consumed is what becomes of us. This also comes with the cost of healthy living, be it monetary or sacrifices the children have to make healthy (Hollinghurst, 2014).

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González-González, C. S., Gómez del Río, N., Toledo-Delgado, P. A., & García-Peñalvo, F. J. (2021). Active Game-Based Solutions for the Treatment of Childhood Obesity. Sensors, 21(4), 1266.

Hollinghurst, S., Hunt, L. P., Banks, J., Sharp, D. J., & Shield, J. P. (2014). Cost and effectiveness of treatment options for childhood obesity. Pediatric obesity, 9(1), e26-e34.

Olivieri, C. (2020). Childhood Obesity, Health & Nutrition and Its Effects on Learning. Journal for Leadership and Instruction, 19(1), 31-37.

Saeed, S., Arslan, M., Manzoor, J., Din, S. M., Janjua, Q. M., Ayesha, H., … & Froguel, P. (2020). Genetic Causes of Severe Childhood Obesity: A Remarkably High Prevalence in an Inbred Population of Pakistan. Diabetes, 69(7), 1424-1438.

My Career as an Early Educator

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The job of being an early educator is one of the most engaging and fulfilling careers. I personally experience so much joy having the ability to pass on knowledge and skills to different young children who I come across. It is very fulfilling having to witness a child develop their cognitive skills as well as their all round ability under your tutelage. It essentially gives me a purpose to continue teaching and improving my expertise as a teacher. Reflecting on my leadership experiences, I believe I have made giant strides in as far as how I can become a great leader in both my school setting and general life. One of my great strengths has been the ability to accept the differences of my student’s background.

I have always had the belief of giving every child a fair chance at success and as such I always strive to give every child a platform to soar great heights in their education. I also have the strength of being adept at the type of teaching method that resonates well with my class. This ensures that my class is actively involved and that they always will be looking forward to attending their classes.an area of growth that I would most probably like to improve on would be my poor teamwork skills. I tend to do a lot of work on my own and spend a lot of time pondering on difficult decisions, when it could be easier with the right help from my colleagues.

I hope to acquire new knowledge from this course that will help me in the administration duties, strategies, policy formulation and the ways to implement them in a way that is beneficial to my students. A lot of time, teachers can get so much engrossed in class work, such that they forget or ignore knowing more about administration duties especially considering it is a fundamental part of early childhood education.

My Dream and Reason for Scholarship

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I had many dreams about how my life would be when I was a child. However, recently I have got fixated on one dream only and that involves community service and helping the needy. This is alongside business inventions and other means of income that will support the community service and the help of the needy in the community. Firstly, I had a dream of becoming a big tech business person but later I realized that even though tech is important to some extent it leads to the death of social skills. I also thought of farming but it is not the best option right now. For the past one year I have thought about medicine and why people get sick as well as their inability to get medication when they need it.

This has troubled me a lot as I see people suffering with diseases which are difficult to cure and I feel compassion for them. Other cannot even afford the medications they have to take and they are constantly in danger of developing complex health complications. My dream is to have these people assisted through all the means possible. One of the major ways through which such people can be assisted is by making sure that the drugs being sold are either low cost and high quality or the price remains but such people are given the ability to pay for such. Another concern is the medical insurance cover for people. Medicare has helped a lot of people in terms of their health but still it is true that not all Americans are insured and that means some of the Americans have to buy the drugs they get prescribed at hospital using their cash. Therefore, my dream is to address this issue and through the different efforts possible through my pharmacies I will come up with in the future address the issue of the many people being unable to get drugs needed for their different diseases.

I am very excited to join the campus and I am looking forward towards making sure that I do my best in terms of academics as well as the other extracurricular activities. There are several reasons as to why I think I should be considered for the scholarship. Firstly, I am hardworking, diligent and I always look forward towards making a positive change in the society in my capacity. When I am selected for the scholarship, I will make sure that I work smart and that I attain the highest marks possible and this will enable me to become the best in my field. I will also engage other students and instructors towards how best I can become of benefit to my community apart from what I already know and make sure that the feedback I get I actualize it in places and times where possible. If I get the scholarship, I will treat it with respect and appreciate the opportunity by making sure that I follow every guideline and instruction I receive from the scholarship board. Therefore, I am hoping to get the scholarship and when I get it I will treat it with respect and work towards attaining the goals of the scholarship board and my personal goals.

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My Career Path in Ten Years after Graduation

Many individuals go to school so that they can get a decent job. I came to the US for the purposes of acquiring a descent education. I also came here so that I could learn a different culture from my own especially because it is widely claimed that the US’s culture is among the best in the world. As it follows, I consider the following five years as the beginning of my future career. After I graduated from high school, I did not feel like joining the college immediately. I acquired permission from my parents to travel for a while before I joined college. Since I wanted to learn English, I opted to travel to England were I stayed for six months. After this, I visited some other parts of England. I then went back home where I helped my father with running his business for less than a year. It was after this period when I decided to continue with my education, with the hope that I would be able to procure an appropriate job just like every young person did.

Before I commenced with my education, I had several questions about where and how I was to complete it. I, therefore, consulted with my parents about their views and ideas. Since my father had studied in the US, and in German, he was of the opinion that I should complete my studies in the US, specifically in California; my mother supported the idea too. After this, I felt it was necessary to get other people’s opinions on the issue. So I asked the opinions of my friends, family friends who well extremely successful in their businesses and jobs, and even some business owners, and they were all of the opinion that I should come study in the United States. After I had decided where I was going to study, I was faced with another challenge; of how I was going to support myself in the US. Though my father offered to help me with this, I found out that the Ministry of Education back home offered students like me scholarship programs. I decided to apply for the program, and they accepted my application. I considered this the best thing that has happened to me.

I came to Chico in 2008, and immediately started n an English program. After I completed the program, I got accepted into Chico State. As soon as I became a student of the institution, I started to participate in numerous organizations and clubs in the campus. SIFE is one of these clubs that I attend and it is among the most significant ones. In addition to this, I am trying to focus on SAP classes, and especially the elective classes. I did some research in which I found that the application is particularly marketable back home, and that most specialists in the area are foreigners. I also want to get an internship in the US before I go back home. If I succeed in achieving all of my aspirations, I will be able to attain an excellent job in a reputable company back home.

I plan to start my career in a reputable company once I get back home; like SABIC and Aramco, mainly because in such companies I can continually further my knowledge and gain more experience and expertise. Such companies have highly qualified, and experienced employees from whom I can learn from. In addition to this, I will have the chance to attend business seminars and training courses that can be beneficial for my career advancement. I plan to attain all these within my first five years. Later, after I have gained all the experience, and after I have gained financial stability, I plan to start my own business. I am well aware of the challenges associated with beginning a new business but with the experience from my prior job, I will have the knowledge of numerous market needs, and I will also come up with a business plan that will enable me start a successful business; one of my Chico professors has advised me as so. I have numerous business ideas some of which might be viable and some of which are not. However, I am hoping that I can narrow down all these choices down after I get some considerable experience about the market needs and wants in the area I want to specialize in. the beginning of the new business will not be easy; it will probably deny me family and social time, but I am ready to sacrifice for my goals.

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The intercultural and globalization has made some languages gain more speakers compared to others. An example for a language that has gained is English. Many nations have incorporated English in their curriculums and recognized it as an international language. My native language is English, which I have spoken from birth. I also attend a school having their curriculum in English, and this has rooted me deep into this language.

Many times I have encountered None-English natives speaking in English. Considering that they come from other nations where their native languages is not English, I have just enjoyed their speeches. However, the difference has been in the way they communicate, the fluency and the speed. Unable to connect sentences and words properly, some has practiced speaking slowly.

I have been in situations where the people around me speak another languages I do not understand. This was a hotel. I had entered the hotel and found some people sitting. After a while, they started speaking in Kiswahili. For the first time, I listened carefully to grasp what the speech was about. This was without success. It was not good because I was not sure what they were talking about and whether they were discussing me, I could not tell. Such cases and scenes make one feel out of a place and isolated.

Intercultural communication is a vital tool in the modern age of globalization and increased cultural exchange. It necessitates the acquisition of various skills that enable individuals to deal with the various barriers to effective intercultural interaction and communications. Global relations are also essential as it is socially appropriate or culturally appropriate. It helps to communicative behaviour and this helps deal with the challenges by allowing individuals to recognize what is culturally appropriate from their perspective and perspectives of others.

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Child neglect

Child neglect is defined as any confirmed or suspected act by a caregiver or the parent. They do not provide adequate create and protection to their children, thus exposing them to factors that can endanger them emotionally, physically, or mentally. This happens most of the time due to the parents trying to throw their emotional burden on the children as a way for them to get relieved. The caretakers have also increased this child neglect to a very high degree, and they act most of the time as the perpetrators of this concept. It is a very harmful experience for the children as they get into bad company and they view themselves as not loved from the very early. This has devastating effects on the formation of the children and the general society as well. This is because the kids who are neglected grow up to become adults who have complications with their social life and how they do everything about their lives. Child neglect, abandonment, lack of supervision, inability to provide the necessary education, nourishment, clothing, and medical care are some of the different ways neglect is performed (Panagiotis, 2019).

Therefore all of these factors combined make the child inaccessible, and most of the time, the children who go through this tend to keep to themselves and are unable to open up at any point. The children who go through this also get to be silent most of the time, and they are not very visible. Therefore this even leads to them being neglected and forgotten even more because their presence is never recognized. Child neglect happens primarily at home. However, it can still occur in schools, religious organizations like churches, and other places like social gatherings and events. At home, child neglect is dominant, and it is at home whereby child neglect has very devastating effects, which are discussed below. Therefore this paper summary delves deep into discussing the role of the family in bringing up their children. The paper summary will also focus on the causes, the effects, the family situation, the treatment of the effects, and how these challenges, especially in parenting, can be addressed. The address is to create a sound and good society sound and good society in how it interacts with one another and generally the quality of a person’s social life (Stoltenborgh, 2013).

The United States department of health and human resources indicates in its 2016 report that one out of every 1000 children is neglected in the whole of the United States. This is a worrying figure since compared to other forms of mistreatment like physical abuse, which has reduced over time, the child neglect figures have not reduced. One of the leading issues that are very difficult to identify is that since neglect is an act or omission, it is very easy to be unable to identify it. Therefore people focus on other forms of mistreatment while the major silent form of mistreatment, which is child neglect, is never looked into. Child neglect does not have instant effects, and therefore most people assume it can always be assumed, which is not the case. It is the abuse that should be mostly looked into and addressed to a very great degree. It should be considered because its effects are devastating, and they occur gradually over some time. The effects are also not easy to deal with since the period within which it happens; the effects are so much ingrained into a person’s behavior and character that it is not easy to do away with them.

The types of child neglect include; supervisory, physical, medical, educational, and emotional. Supervisory child neglect is whereby the child is never supervised and is always left alone to do what they wish to do without the parent’s involvement. Physical child neglect occurs when the child does most receive basic physical needs; this is majorly caused by the child not being availed of clothing, food, water, or shelter, among other factors. Medical child neglect is a situation whereby medical needs are never taken as a priority. Therefore they are not attended to promptly even when the child is having great difficulty in their medical condition. Educational neglect is where the parents are not concerned about the education of their children. Therefore, the parents do not provide special needs education even when needed if they have a physically challenged child. Emotional neglect is whereby the child is not given their emotional needs such that they do not feel secure, loved, wanted, worthy, etc.

Child neglect can also vary depending on how severe it is. In this category, there is severe, moderate, and mild child neglect. This order follows in the manner and eh extent of the neglect, and it is also what defines the effects. The causes of child neglect are divided or classified under; family, social-economical, and intra-personal causes. Along with these causes, other factors that play a very big role in child neglect are; substance abuse, unemployment, mental health issues of parents, and poverty among the parents.

In the intra-personal causes of child neglect, the focus is on the parents’ behavior and tries to explain the link between the behaviors and the neglecting ability or trait. Some of the intra-personal causes include the inability of a parent to plan, the inability to spend money appropriately, heightened stress levels, and other factors. This mainly focuses on mothers and evaluates their nurturing ability and nature and, therefore, the above intra-personal causative tenets. However, the role of the father is not widely observed, and it is not highly discussed. Interpersonal child neglect causative factors are the factors that are based in the family and at home generally. Neglectful families are made up of transient males, or most of the time, they are of a single parent who has to work very hard to provide for the kids and therefore lacking time to look after the children. Family child neglect can also be focused on abusive relationships, making it difficult for the parents to look after the children.

The link between poverty and child neglect is a very significant one as poverty drives the parents far away from family as they try to think and come up with ways to prevent the family from being bankrupt. Therefore as the parents struggle to maintain financial fluidity, they also get to neglect their children. However, poverty in itself is not an entirely causative agent of neglect. This factor is because a humble background can provide love and care for their children. Therefore if poverty co-exists with other undesirable factors, child neglect may be realized (Garbarino, 1999).

The parenting styles play a big role in ensuring the children’s protection from this kind of mistreatment. Therefore, it comes out that the children who have emotional abuse are less likely to develop good quality relationships later in their lives due to their experiences when they were children. Therefore, this goes along to encourage parents to be available for their children to avoid these kinds of effects and issues from arising later in their children’s lives when they are grown.

The effects of child neglect are varied and many. However, if a child is neglected during their first two years, they may likely suffer from this neglect’s effects in a more great manner than if they experienced the neglect at older ages. The effects can be categorized into behavioral, cognitive, and emotional child neglect effects. It is the neglect a person receives during their childhood years that determines their behavior and how they fit in socially compared to other individuals. The people who receive neglect during their childhood years are likely to have difficulties fitting in and socializing with people around them. Apart from the social effects of child neglect, the neglected children may experience academic deficits due to their neglect when they were little children.

According to Dr. Wilson, children who are neglected when they are young have a three times probability of getting a stroke than the child who was never neglected. This research he conducted and based the results on those under the age of 18 years. Therefore, this acts as proof to the studies that suggest that neglect, abuse, and bullying have changed in the brains of grey and white matter. Therefore this is a health effect of child neglect.

In conclusion, we can say that it is important that parents and caregivers be enlightened on how they should always check up on their daily manner of doing things so that they never neglect the children under their care. They should be encouraged to keep a close watch over their children and provide the emotional care and support which are highly needed for the children so that they can be able to grow up into adults who are socially bright and dependable. The government should also create ample conditions for the parents and the caregivers to provide good care for their kids and help them grow into fully mature people.

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Panagiotis Karamitsos. (2019, September 6). Child Neglect: What Are Its Types, Causes, and Long-Lasting Effects? Life Advancer. https://www.lifeadvancer.com/child-neglect-types-causes-effects/

Stoltenborgh, M., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., & Van Ijzendoorn, M. H. (2013). The neglect of child neglect: a meta-analytic review of the prevalence of neglect. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 48(3), 345-355.