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As adults, there are times when we reflect on our childhood years and feel very emotional about situations whereby those vested with our care and protection failed to consider what was in our best interest. More often than not, children feel that their voices are not being heard, that they are being treated unfairly or that their real problems are trivialized and sometimes ignored. Child advocacy is all about speaking out on what is in the best interests of children, their needs and rights. Some of the issues in child advocacy include child abuse, foster care, parental substance abuse, ...

Worshiping celebrity heroes is a worthwhile activity. Discuss

As far as it can be remembered in the history of the world, human beings have worshiped others who seemed to be bigger than the general public. Apparently, such “larger than life” people have sought for inspiration, as a way of running away from the routine, ordinary lives, as well as hope. In the current day, in the U.S., people have taken this practice to a higher new level. For instance, the social media such as Twitter and Facebook have greatly driven the fascination of wishing to know more about the lives of the celebrities (Cashmore, 2006). Notably, some ...

Globalization by definition is the process under which various communities, nations and regions integrate. By essentially exchanging their world views as it pertains to culture, lifestyle and technological know-how, just to mention a few (Cleland & Cashmore, 2014 p. 640). In regards to football, globalization has since had both the negative and positive effects to people of different race and ethnicities. Globalization in essence has fostered the prevalence of football in the sense that, football teams across the various regions of the world are supported by a legion of fans across the globe. Apparently, based on research, sports particularly football can simply ...

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Racism denotes discrimination and prejudice that are anchored on social apprehensions of biological dissimilarity between people (Newman 1). Racism is orchestrated in the form of social actions or practices or political systems that perceive certain races to be inferior or superior on the account of qualities, abilities, and presumed shared inheritable straits (Newman 1). In addition, racism may prompt the treatment of others differently from the rest. Racism in the world soccer/football has raised eyebrows. Despite FIFA, the world’s soccer governing body’s policies and penalties, racism on the global stage in soccer has been on the rise. ...

The power of influence shapes the life of a person in various ways. From birth, the parents play a huge role that contributes to the adoption of certain attitudes and behaviors. However, at a later stage in life, celebrities’ influences children to act in specific ways and this may contradict with the influence brought by the parents. If the parents fail to be keen on their children to avoid the influence from celebrities, the children may copy the celebrity's dressing mode, their behaviors and social life. Celebrities may also contribute to the way interaction in the community level is conducted.

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Inside/Out Youth Services was established in 1990 by initiatives run by the El Paso County Department of Health and Environment (Inside/Out Youth Services, 2013). In 1997 the organization became a private 501c3 non-profit organization under the name Community Council for Adolescent Development, and later in 2002 changed the name to its current, Inside/Out Youth Services (Inside/Out Youth Services, 2013). Inside/Out services Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Questioning (LGBTIQ) youth ages 13 to 22 (Inside/Out Youth Services, 2013). Services provided by Inside/Out Youth Services include support groups, discussion groups, a drop-in recreation center, several community outings, opportunities to develop leadership, ...

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Introduction Most of the Australian young people and adolescents fall into addiction ignorantly. Individuals often consume additive substances without being attentive to the consequences of this practice, which eventually results to addition. Many of the young adults in Australia fall into addiction due to their inability to deal with the pressures presented by the life situations. Over 70% of the drug addicts in the vast Australian population started on the drugs as problem solvers and ends up being addicted (Caulkins et al., 2007). In Australia, many people use the drugs that cause addiction among the young adults. The ...