Growing Up

Malls becoming the new baby-sitters William Kowinski has written the article “Kids in the mall: Growing up controlled”, to highlight the ignorance of parents that exposes children to artificial environment of shopping malls. Kowinski argues that this exposure converts children into “pre-programmed consumers” and leads them to a premature adulthood, which affects their emotional development….

The person’s ability to develop is due to two factors, maturation and learning. Although maturation, or the biological development of genes, is important, it is the learning – the process through which we develop through our experiences, which make us who we are. In pre-modern times, a child was not treated like they are today….

Alex Kotlowitz’s There Are No Children Here is a heart-felt meticulous analysis of two boys growing up in a Chicago housing project. The book evaluates the impact of poverty, violence, and racism on kids growing up in what Kotlowitz calls “The Other America”: impoverished communities in urban areas. Kotlowitz employs statistics and exemplification in order…

I started playing basketball with 12 years old in my hometown, I used to watch a lot of basketball before because my cousin is a professional player and I loved to watch him play, but never tried entering on a team before. My first year playing, my coach taught me the basic skills to play,…

Growing up, Growing up, iit was frequently assumed that I would follow in my father’s footsteps. \He is one of Mumbai’s most eminent Senior Tax Counsel and as a result, the law was a prominent part of my everyday conversation and life. and as a result, the law was a prominent part of my everyday…

Creating and Presenting – Writing in Context Prompt: ‘To conform to the expectations of others can be destructive to the individual. ’ Statement of intention: This persuasive piece explores the ways in which young adults and even others in work places conform to the expectations of others and highlights the fact that this can be…

In her analysis, Douglas explores the impact of mass media on women in the 1950s, particularly teenage girls during the baby boom. She discusses the challenges women faced in reconciling conflicting expectations and the ongoing struggle to define their identities and roles. Douglas examines the mixed messages embedded in the female psyche through media representation….