Essays on Child Protection

In the words of Javier Perez de Cuellar, “We need to ensure that all children, without any exception whatsoever, enjoy special protection.”All children deserve to feel safe, secure, loved, special and happy. As per Maslow’s theory of learning, the second basic need on the journey...

The early 1900s were a period of rebirth and reconstruction for the South. Originally introduced as the “New South,” plans for change were in order. Post-Civil War effects had negatively impacted the nation; over 22,000 people died, building structures were destroyed, and most importantly, the...

In order for children to grow up mentally and physically well, agencies of socialization are needed as during this process, they will learn the basic values and norms that will help them in their later life. A family is the most important socio-economic institutions of...

13,700 children are abused every day in the United States (“ child welfare”). Four of these children die each day as a result of abuse and/or neglect(“Home – Child Welfare Information Gateway”). This is way to much for children and it should not be happening...

Child welfare agencies are in charge of ensuring the safety, stability and the overall well-being of children who have been either abused, neglected or children who are at risk of abuse and neglect. Services are provided by states and counties to include services for children...

In the field of health and human services, information technology has been increasing quickly. Information technology among social welfare organizations can best be defined as social networking. Information technology can go back to the 1960s when closed-circuit video was used as the primary instrument and...

Child Protective Services (CPS) is a government funded agency that was put in place to protect children against abuse, neglect, and endangerment. When CPS becomes involved with a family, it is because an intake was called in. The intake can be called in by a...

The first couple of months were doable. I didn’t have much, or any, friends in that school. Just a group of ‘other guys’ to which I shared some space and time, in class and at lunch hour. It took me quite a while to adapt...

Today, young people live in a digital world where the internet is widely accessible to them. From the moment a toddler was entertained by a YouTube video of a nursery rhyme, he’s already been exposed to the world wide web. In a short while, he...

Public school violence is a social issue that is becoming more and more an epidemic. Taking a closer look at the word violence, it is defined as “Behavior generally involving physical force intended to damage, hurt or kill something or someone” (Oxford, 2018). It is...