Essays on Child Care

Influence of Nurture on the Process of Becoming a

Abstract This is a research paper that presents connections between family’s part in the process of becoming a successful adult. It concentrates on answering specific questions: “How do families with all their complexity influence their children’s psychological development since the early childhood? In what way are the family background and students’ academic achievements (successful/unsuccessful life) related?” These questions are answered through analysis of a group of 15 people from different familial backgrounds, each of whom had a simple task of telling about their childhood experience. Information obtained is later compared and contrasted with various scholarly studies of ...

Every state understands the importance of child support from both parents whether they are together, separated or divorced. In most cases, parents may agree on how to support their children, but it is important to secure those agreements lawfully since the right to receive support belongs to the child not the parent (Keiser & Soss, 2008). Therefore, various states have stipulated guidelines that guide financial, physical, and emotional support of parents in every case. Non-custodial fathers in the State of Illinois are guided by law to determine the amount of support they ought to give to their children. The state ...

Social protection is significant for minimizing poverty for families and children, also recognizing children's rights. In the present world, many children live in poverty and starving. They are also in the demand of elementary needs and rights. In many parts of the world, families with children are relied at the risk of poverty than other groups of the population with respect to the monetary terms. If a child falls into poverty, he/she will be poor for the lifetime. Only in rare cases, they get education or healthy life. Food poverty can be an obstacle to children's long-term development. Generally, ...

Discussion

There are ten exemplary early childhood programs outlined in the article. While all of the programs have specific features, which make them excellent, other programs seem to stand out as compared to others. One such program is the Children’s Village Child Care Center located in Philadelphia. What makes this program exemplary is the fact that it exhibits open communication, which transcends the obstacles presented by language and cultural barriers. The program embraces families with a myriad of diversities given that it is located in an urban setting. It unites and enables interactions of families of diverse constellations, economic ...

Integrated Literature Review

Directorship on Child Care Introduction Childhood is an important stage of human development in which proper guidance are necessary in order to ensure that a child’s welfare is being addressed. In many ways, the work of a program director encompasses a difficult role in terms of regulations and program strategies that aims to have a positive influence towards child development. In this discussion, the role of a director in child development will be explored by examining literatures that articulates the topic on teacher’s needs, ethics, leadership, roles and responsibilities, and best practices. Directors are institutional leaders that ...

Question 1

(a.) The federal government determines a measure of poverty by comparing pre-tax income with a cost of minimum and standard food diet in the country which is updated annually basing on the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Professionals have defined absolute poverty with the emphasis on the monetary aspect of it. As such, according to the government Absolute poverty refers to a situation where a person's financial ability is insufficient to maintain the minimum standard of living (Bogenschneider, 2014). With the increase in scrutiny on social welfare issues, experts find several drawbacks on the government guidelines used to define absolute ...

Child abuse is one of the debatable issues in the United States. In a broader perspective, child abuse refers to sexual, psychological or physical mistreatment of children by a caregiver or a parent. In the State of Alabama, child abuse is defined in both criminal and civil statutes. Sometimes there are mechanisms that parents and caregivers used to discipline their children that may lead to criminal charges and child abuse. In Alabama, there are various code sections that focus on child abuse prevention, reporting of child abuse, as well as the general perspective of child abuse. In the state ...

Policy Number: 7.0

Section: Health _________________________________________________________________________ Policy: This is a child care facility for children free from illness, only. Parents are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the illness policies, while the teachers are responsible for enforcing these policies and maintaining a healthy child care environment for all.

Procedure:

A child showing symptoms of sickness, or cannot participate in activities throughout a normal day, cannot be brought to the child care facility. The teacher is responsible for the following procedures:

A visual inspection at drop-off will screen the child for the following symptoms:

Fever: temperature of 101°F orally or 102°F rectally. Fever, plus additional symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, earache, rash, or confusion. Diarrhea: production ...

The purpose of this paper is to outline a six-week program intended to deliver a basic heart health education program to adult Syrian Refugees. A well-delivered health education program supports preventive medicine, reduces health care costs, and helps save lives (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, n.d.) . The reason for choosing Syrian refugees is because at this point in time, they represent a vulnerable population (Strong, Varady, Chahda, Doocy, & Burnham, 2015). As a group they have been under the stress of civil war for at least five years and are likely to have been displaced internally or externally. ...

Analysis and Comparison of Montessori and Project Approaches to Education

Literature Review . Conclusion References .. Analysis and Comparison of Montessori and Project Approaches to Education The purpose of this paper is to look at two distinct approaches to early childhood education, Montessori and Project Approach’s view. While the Montessori approach is primarily used to promote child development in a natural environment, the Project Approach is focused on individuals in their early stages of development by an in-depth introduction to reality. As the public becomes more aware of the importance of early childhood development, it is important to recognize the similarities and differences in the two methods so parents ...

Child development takes place in discrete phases and ranges from birth to adulthood. These stages of development comprise various interrelated aspects such as socialization, motor skills, language, cognitive ability, emotional aspects, and social interaction. Various theories emphasize on the issues of development such as Vygotsky and Jeane Piaget theories. Piaget's model discusses concerns about the acquisition of knowledge and mechanisms of intellectual development. On the other hand, Vygotsky tended to focus mostly on the influence of culture on social and material structure and language of society (Steinberg & Vandergrift, 2010). Infant development and growth requires a combination of theories to ...

Generally, the interview answers correspond with my own beliefs in keeping children healthy. I agree that children should be vaccinated, practice proper hygiene, stay home when they are sick and that classrooms and toys should be cleaned every day and agree with the ways child care workers should be aware of when preventing communicable diseases. However, I’d like to add the non-supervised access to bodies of water (swimming pools, water tables, etc.) and non-age-appropriate furniture to the biggest health hazards in group child care. The necessity to vaccinate children in the earliest possible age has an important reason. ...

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The prevalence of poverty in the United States is of increasing concern to many in government and makers of public policy. According to a humanitarian organization, Poverty USA (2014), there were 47 million poor people in 2014, which translates to a rate of 15%. This rate is around 2.3 points higher than in 2007 or 2008 (U.S. Census Bureau). Poverty does not affect all equally. The poverty threshold as defined by federal government is $24,000.00 for a family of four people. ...

Introduction

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is one of the most influential labor unions in the USA, with representing a whopping 2 million members. The primary objective of the SEIU is to organize the workers in three major sectors, namely, property services, health care and public services (About). SEIU’s main belief that unites the 2 million members is to protect ‘the dignity and worth of workers and the services provided are dedicated by SEIU to improve the lives of workers and their families and creating a more just and humane society’ (About).

Types of work SEIU members do

The work is done by SEIU ...

In an era where so many households require two incomes in order to survive, child care has become a necessity. Unfortunately, there are many issues within the daycare structure that impair parent’s ability to go to work, or forces parents to take time off they cannot afford. Parents who are unable to work because the cost of daycare is prohibitive face issues with gaps in their employment history, which reduces their future ability to be hired and the pay rate they will receive. Parents who end their children to day care, but the day care does not cover ...

Economic development, as scholars have cited, is synonymous with the concept of modernization (Diarsi 1996). Modernization and development refer to the progression of society from conservative opinions towards an inclusive and liberal approach where people enjoy equality irrespective of their gender or race. Modern society also assimilates the concept of a 'just' society where women have equal access to resources as their male counterparts and disparities regarding job opportunities, wages, and social status are either non-existent or negligible. Theoretically, modernization should be one of the automatic outcomes of economic development; however, practical examples may not testify this theoretical hypothesis. ...

Since the dawn of industrialization, reducing the poverty levels has been a common challenge across nations. Poverty is the unrelenting duty of trying to survive. It is the regular hustle to make ends meet. Some of the few things that can define poverty involves lack of the basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter, security and education, which are vital to human life Poverty, is a worldwide concern, which has affected not only developing countries but also industrialized ones. For instance, the United States being one of the prosperous countries in the world has one of the uppermost levels ...

The American family unit is currently undergoing a number of drastic and dramatic changes that are a concern both to the social systems of society and the criminal justice system. The changing face of the American family in terms of function and structure, for instance has a significant influence on delinquency and delinquent behaviors. Due to these changes currently being witnessed in the American family, the link between the family life and delinquency has become a critical issue in the contemporary American society. The extended family has, for the most part of the family structure, replaced the nuclear family ...

In the coming year, I would like to practice as a daycare teacher and specialists in providing childcare training programmes. My rapport with children and high affinity to impart knowledge on others has led me to choose this field of practice. Confidence is a major proponent in ensuring that I trust in my abilities and will be able to impart important knowledge on children in the formative years of their lives. The highest academic qualifications can enable me attain major honors as a certified teacher in daycare. Being a certified preschool teacher is the best fit for my career. ...

Question 1: Difference between Ehrenreich’s job and video

In the video, Erenreich is promised a thirty minutes break but she ends up getting a five minutes break. Work is done continuously in all the rooms and even after finishing it is necessary to still find something else to do (Ehrenreich, 49). The maids in the video seem to be enjoying the work and not using a lot of energy. Unlike in the video where the maids could simply work with machines, Ehrenreich have to clean the floors in a traditional way (pg 49). The work at Ehrenreichs place involves a lot of physical bonding and use of ...

Fostering Creativity in Children’s learning

Development of children both intellectually and psychologically is a systematic cycle that requires the collaboration between different social and environmental factors. Music is one such influence to the development of a child’s brain. By making an analysis of different academic materials, it will be easier to determine the true effects of music and arts to child’s development. The study will make it possible to understand the impacts of such approaches to a child’s academic and creativity and hence determine their effectiveness towards enhancing proper brain development.

According to Shore and Strasser (2006), music influences how children think during their ...

A Federally Funded Child Care Center

Childcare refers to taking care of children usually those below eight years old. There are many options available for the working parents. Among them are home-based care by nannies or family, commercial childcare centers and the federally funded childcare centers (Hershfield, 1997). Federally funded childcare centers are the best childcare facilities for the working parents; this is because the federal government regulates the licensing of these daycare centers and among the requirements for funding and licensing is the criminal record of the child daycare staff. This ensures that the child is not exposed to criminals. Additionally, it reduces abuse ...

Abstract:

This paper analyzes the quality of early childhood educators, the importance of early childhood education, the difference between the children who have attended early childhood education and those who have not. In this paper, we are also going to observe the challenges that are faced by early childhood educators as well as what to be done to improve their well being so as to see them through successfully in their career as they take care of the minors. Introduction: Early childhood education is of paramount importance in minors since, it nurtures and empowers young minds with crucial ...

1. Six Sigma, the Baldrige National Quality Program, and ISO 9000 certification are all programs that aim to improve quality and performance, but they each take a different approach to achieving that goal. Do you think these approaches are competing with each other, or are they complementary? Explain your answer.

Six Sigma, the Baldrige National Quality Program, and ISO 9000 are all quality measurement systems, but they by no means compete with each other. Many companies use all three systems as tools for continuous improvement, and each of them plays an essential role in both satisfying customer and business needs. ...

Poverty is the lack of basics needs such as health care, clean water, education, nutrition shelter and clothing as a result of inability to afford them. It is also referred to as destitution or absolute poverty. Relative poverty is situation whereby resources are inadequate or less income compared to others within a society or country as compared to worldwide averages. Approximately 1.7 billion people in the world live in poverty. Poverty had become a norm before the industrial revolution.

Long term effects of poverty on children

Research has indicated that poverty has greater effects on a child cognitive development and that when exposed to poverty for a ...