As children grow, their minds and their understanding of the world grow as well. Those who study juvenile fire setting behaviors believe that a correlation exists between the age of a fire starter and the likelihood that future fires will be set by the child.
juvenile delinquency

Child Arsonists Part 3: An Observational Study

Child Arsonists Part 2
This is an abstract of a research paper focused on juvenile arsonists. This is intended to show that, although little attention is give to the subject, kids lighting fires is a problem in the U.S. These fires cause millions of dollars in property damage as well as result in the deaths of approximately 20,000 people per year.

Child Abuse and Deliquency, East and West: Conclusion and Sources
This is the conclusion and sources for the research paper about child abuse in Japan and USA I've been posting. At last.

Child Abuse in the USA: Abuse at Home, Substance Abuse, and Foster Care
This is the continuation to http://www.progressiveu.org/221453-child-abuse-usa-homelessness-and-prostitution

Child Abuse in Japan, Part I
This is the continuation to http://www.progressiveu.org/023747-child-abuse-and-deliquency-east-and-west-introduction

Child Abuse and Deliquency, East and West: Introduction
Part one of a research paper.

Promoting Self-Esteem Encouraging Delinquency?
I have been thinking about this subject quite a bit in the past couple of days. We have become a society where the value of building good self-esteem is stressed. Particularly in schools. Teachers are constantly attending seminars and studying more about how to raise their students' self esteem. Is this honestly what is best for the kids?



