Essays on Childhood

In my opinion the well-known fact that childhood plays a big role in terms of its consequences for adulthood can be observed in these two novels of Virginia Woolf, especially in To the Lighthouse which she stated that was about her parents, being a way...

The negative impacts of low socioeconomic status are exceptionally significant to the early years of childhood because of the characteristics of this early stage, and the child’s general lack of ability to care for themselves. Campbell’s 1995 study suggests that the early stages of childhood...

Author James Joyce incorporates the modernist style of writing and point of view in his short stories, The Sisters, An Encounter, and Araby. In Dubliners, he chronicles the lives of the people of Dublin. Focusing on the stages of life from childhood to youth and...

What does a boyhood consist of? Every experience is as unique as the boy living it. Touchstones do not make for a universal experience but there is an idea of a standard boyhood, a shorthand, a commonality shared amongst boys. Sports, adventure, violence, teasing, liking...

In many situations you would never know what will occur and how to get out of that situation but in the end, it will become a lesson learned. The story “A & P” written by John Updike is about a cashier by the name of...

It is difficult to pinpoint the true beginnings of Early Childhood Education. Philosophers Plato and Aristotle are credited for having some of the first published suggestions on child-rearing. Plato is recognized as being the first person to suggest in writing that babies need protection and...

The legacy left behind from childhood trauma will continue to torment female survivors for the rest of their lives. Women with histories of childhood trauma continue to be victimized even years later as they enter into adulthood. Their health, functioning, and quality of life are...