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Our Society’s Trend Toward Forming Families At Older Age: Effects On Mental Health

Since the 1950’s to present day, some of the main trends and consistent changes in family structure over the decades we’ve seen include: the delay in forming marriages, increase in cohabitation, growth in single parenting, a dramatic increase in women’s labor force participation, and delayed and declining fertility. But how do these profound changes actually …

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The Effects of Social Media Use on Adolescent Development: Do the Pro’s Outweigh the Con’s?

What are the pro’s and con’s of social media use on adolescent’s development today? Since it is a relatively recent phenomenon, it is an understudied topic. Platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter have the potential to reshape the lives and experiences of contemporary adolescence in a variety of ways. Let’s explore some of these impacts …

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Our Current Education System: What Works and What Doesn’t?

Although most secondary schools don’t prioritize this, one of the most important functions of schools beyond promoting learning is to facilitate adolescent development. In taking a closer look at the nature of our education system in the United States, research and data on this topic has revealed what truly has been working and what hasn’t …

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Parenting 101: How to Handle Your Teenager’s Increasing Demands for Independence

This is an example letter I have prepared on the topic of parent-child relationships during adolescents in response to the following inquiry: Dear Expert, My spouse and I cannot agree on how to handle our teenager’s increasing demands for independence. My spouse says we should keep our teen on a “tight rein,” but I think …

Career

Resume Writing: Q’s and A’s

I offer professional resume writing services. Feel free to check it out: https://www.fiverr.com/share/8yYrL4 Work Experience Section: Include job title, company name, employment dates (month & year started – month & year ended), and a description of your most essential job duties. List positions in chronological order with your most recent job position first. Use bullets …

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Shyness & Unsociability: the result of childhood developmental issues

This was inspired by a study conducted on socially withdrawn children: What I found most interesting in the article, “”Shyness, Unsociability, and Socio-Economic Functioning at Preschool: The Protective Role of Peer Acceptance” was that although both children who are shy and unsocial fall into the socially withdrawn category, there was a clear distinction between the …