Signs of Child Abuse

The most common signs of child abuse/neglect are :
*children wearing clothes that are dirty or not suitable for the weather ,
*unwashed appearance( offensive body odor )
*indicators of hunger for example asking for or stealing food, going through trash for food, eating too fast or too much when food is provided for a group,
*apparent lack of supervision (wandering alone, home alone, left in a car), *colds fevers, infected cuts,
*frequent absence or lateness to school, disruptive behavior in class
*babies- the failure to relate to other people or to the surroundings.

If you know any kid with any of these signs of child abuse or neglect then you should report it right away. It is your job to help save these kids because if you don't take any action then they kids will become even more abused and/ or neglected. We must do everything that we can to help kids that are being abused and/or neglected. Even if you feel like it is not your place to step in and help because you feel like that you are intruding on someones personal life, do it any way to help these innocent kids be able to be kids again.

Child abuse and neglect are both the same thing. You are not treating your kids the ways that they should be treated and it effects them both physicaly and mentally. No child should have to go through life living under these conditions. They should be able to live life to the fullest and just have fun and be a kids.

The horrible facts about child abuse

After looking through many websites on the Internet I came across a very good source that had a lot of information about the shocking statistics of child abuse. By finding all of this information , I think that it will help me a lot in writing my paper because it is a great way to let people how much child abuse is really taking place in the world that they live in. One would never know that so much child abuse is taking place.

One of the most shocking statistics that I found out was that approximately 80% of child abuse is perpetrated by a parent or caregiver. A parent and a caregiver should never do that to their child. They are not really a parent if they do such things because no good parent would want to afflict that pain and trauma in their child's live. A good parent would make sure that this would never happen to their own child. It is sad to think that some kids will never feel safe in their own home.

Another awfull fact that I found out about child abuse is that childern under the age of 4 account for 75% of all child abuse deaths. Kids 4 and under are just starting their lives out and having fun, why would anyone want to harm they child and not alllow them to live a normal life as a kid. It is upseting to think that kids so young have to go through this pain and are not able to live a normal life as a child and just have fun.

All these statistics are very shocking and are something that need to be decreased. If you see any sign of abuse you should report it right a way so that the child does not have to go through another day of pain. People need to do whatever they can so we can reduce these statistics.

What you can do

After searching the Internet about information on child abuse, i decided that one aspect that i am going to talk about in my paper is what you can do as a parent or aunt or even a brother to teach younger child that child abuse is never the answer. You should teach your kids early, listen to them if they ask you questions, tell them other ways to express their anger, talk about it with them and be a role model. By doing this things, this with hopefully teach your kids that child abuse is a very bad thing and is something that they should never do or have to go through.

Child Abuse

For my final essay in this class i am going to be writing about child abuse. The reason why i decided that i was going to write about child abuse is because it is something that needs to be stopped and talked about so people really know what is going on. Also you child could be getting abused right in front of you and you might have no clue that it is happening so by writing an essay it might help people to better understand what child abuse really means. In researching this topic i found out that at least two out of every ten girls and one out of every ten boys are sexually abused by the end of their 13th year. Steps need to be taken to stop this from happening. I belive that more people need to step in when they see the first sign of child abuse. It is something that can be stopped but a lot of people are too afraid to say something because they feel like it is not their bussiness. But if something really bad does happen then how would they feel? By stepping in you could save a life.

Volleyball vs. Basketball

In the next essay that i am going to be writing Iwill be comparing volleyball and basketball. I will write about the things that they have in common with each other as well as how they differ from each other.I think that writing a comparison essay is a great way of showing how two things that people think are so alike can also be differnt in many ways as well. It can also help a the reader in deciding whether or not they want to play the sport. It will help them understand the game more and will help them in their decision making.
The method of writing that i am going to be using will be the flip flop method. I will be easy to go back and forth from basketball to volleyball and it will not confuse the writer.

Comparison Blog

Before reading, Brothers, Bad Blood and the Blackwater Tangle and Battle of the Beds: Suave S.U.V.'s With Pickup Lines, I learned in class about the block method of writing and the flip flop method of writing. In using the block method you first present all the information on the first topic and then present all the information on the second topic. And in the flip flop method you compare and contrast two topics back in forth.
The two articles were written in two different styles of writing. In the , "Battle of the Beds: Suave S.U.V.'s With Pickup Lines," two things, the Ford Explorer Sport Trac and the Chevrolet Avalanche , were being compared. Over all, the Sport Trac which was designed by a, Chelsia Lau, has a real macho look. "I wanted to pull up to a stoplight in a cloud of dust and yell, “Whoa!!!” But also the Chevrolet Avalanche is no longer the Ugly Betty of the bunch.
In the " Brothers, Bad Blood and Blackwater Tangle," article nothing was being compared until almost the end of the article. In the beginning of the essay it talks about each brothers accomplishments and all they have achieved over the years. It then later goes on to explain how each brother had different parts in the scandal and how they both were accused of different things that went on in the scandal.
By reading both these articles it helped me to get a better understanding on what to do and what not to do in writing a comparison essay.

Cell Phone Blockers!

A new technology has come to the United States, it is called cell phone blockers. This is used to cut off people mid conversaton while taking on their cell phone. I think that it is both a good thing and a bad thing. There is a time and place for that to take place . If someone is having an emergemcy and you need to get to a certain place and you get cut off mid way in the converstaion while the person is telling you where they are located then that could cause a very serious result. But it is a good thing on the other hand becasue if you are out to dinner you dont want to hear people talking on the phone about the latest news in their life. It is very rude and annoying. You are out trying to enjoy a peacful dinner and you dont wanna hear about other peoples life. After looking at many differtn websiting the one that caught my eye the most was http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/technology/04jammer.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&oref=slogin
You should check it out because it is very informtive.

Expressing Yourself!!!!

Blogs are a very personal thing. It is something that you create yourself to communcate with others and show them your own personal style. You can pick what ever background and font you want so that you can put your own personal touch on it. By looking and reading other peoples blogs, it helps you to see what other people are thinking or what they are going though and it can sometimes help you if you are thinking or going though the same thing as that person. It is also very interestring to see how others make there blog and what they write about. It can also help you to get examples from others on what or what not to do in writting certain types of essays. After looking at several different blogs it showed me that theere are many differnt ways to you can express yourself using a blog. For example some teenagers use blogs to post pictures so that they can share them with their friends and comment on each others as a way of fun.

College Eassy Intro

I am always asked the same questions after telling someone that I am a twin. The first question I always get is: Are you guys telepathic? While, I have always wished I could answer yes, the truth is I can’t. I will admit that I have been tempted to pretend, but, honestly there are no magic powers or unexplained physics between me and my twin brother, Andrew. Unfortunately, we can not read each others minds or feel what the other one is feeling. We do not know when the other is in pain or in trouble or excited when we are apart. I think that would be so cool though. The next question is usually: Are you & your brother identical twins? Boy/girl twins can never be identical, no matter how much they look alike. If anyone really thought about, they would realize that it is impossible for boy/girl twins to be identical, given that fact that one of us is a boy and the other is a girl. Boy/Girl twins are always called fraternal twins. Lastly and definitely my favorite question is: What is it like being a twin? My response to that one is always the same: It is great, but it hasn’t always been easy!

College essay

I think one of the main reasons why it is so challenging to write a college essay is because for the most part you have to write about something personal and that is hard to do for some people. Some people do not like to tell others about their life because it is very private and they feel that it is nobody's business but their own. As for me, I like writing about my life and the people in my life. It is a way for me to express myself and tell people about all the good things that have been in my life. It is hard for me to tell people about my life by speaking to them, so writing about it for me is much easier.I am going to use my " It's a twin thing" essay for most of my college essays.

This is my first blog for Mr.Miller's writing the essay class. This is a fun way to express yourself!