Suggestions for a paper?

AngieDoogles · 09-07-2007, 10:20 AM

I am in a Child Welfare and Protective Services course and one of our final papers is 7-10 pages on a specific type of child maltreatment and one method of treatment for the problem. I'm having a hard time thinking of a topic that isn't too broad (I don't want to pick a big topic and not do it justice since the paper is only 10 pages) or too specific (so that I wouldn't have enough information to write about).

I'm trying to go ahead and finish all of my papers early in the semester so I'll be more help to Mom and my family later when they need me. Any suggestions for a topic??

cindy0721 · 09-07-2007, 05:55 PM

hmmm I LOVE writing and this is my specialty.. well self proclaimed specialty.. lol... ummm topics.. .lets see...

AngieDoogles · 09-07-2007, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by cindy0721

hmmm I LOVE writing and this is my specialty.. well self proclaimed specialty.. lol... ummm topics.. .lets see...

LOL...so did you think of a topic?

I'm leaning towards emotional abuse, because I think this often gets neglected and overlooked even though it has a HUGE impact on the child, but I'd need to narrow it quite a bit...and that's hard to do without making it TOO specific. New ideas are more than welcome though... I just want to get started so I can feel productive.

AngieDoogles · 09-07-2007, 06:03 PM

By the way, did you mean your specialty is writing or issues involving children?

cindy0721 · 09-07-2007, 06:09 PM

I would go with maybe neglect. I meant writing papers.... lol

AngieDoogles · 09-07-2007, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by cindy0721

I would go with maybe neglect. I meant writing papers.... lol

I thought about that...but it's almost as broad a topic as emotional abuse. The four main types of maltreatment are emotional abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, and physical abuse, so I probably need to be more specific than any of these. Maybe I could focus on blended families or single-parent families or something like that?

cindy0721 · 09-07-2007, 07:30 PM

how about looking at it from a standpoint of a child.. maybe that will help...

Mandy · 09-07-2007, 11:40 PM

Angie, maybe use an age category, say 5 to 7 or 8 to 10, and like Cindy said, place yourself in the child's "point of view" it will make it easier.

AngieDoogles · 09-08-2007, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Mandy

Angie, maybe use an age category, say 5 to 7 or 8 to 10, and like Cindy said, place yourself in the child's "point of view" it will make it easier.

Hmm, that's a great idea Mandy! Maybe I could do emotional abuse of preschool children and show the long term effects of this abuse. Now I just need a treatment... lol

Tink · 09-08-2007, 09:22 AM

A possibility I came up with is "Is it abuse if parents smoke in their own home?"
We know the dangers of second hand smoke, but it's not illegal... so could make for interesting debate with yourself.

Janet · 09-08-2007, 12:20 PM

That's a good and tricky one Tink. I'm sure Angie could make a really good argument with that topic.

My previous idea was also emotional abuse, like only in the home. So many children are treated so poorly in their own home, but you'd never believe it the way their parents make over them in public.

DianaB · 09-08-2007, 12:33 PM

What about the effects of lack of discipline in children? We have a lot of undisciplined kids in our society. My daughter works at the middle school and they have had a big ordeal with a child that is undisciplined and his parents.

AngieDoogles · 09-08-2007, 12:36 PM

Wow, you guys have so many good ideas! Now I have a new problem--how to choose between all of these great topics!!!

I think I like this problem better than not having a topic at all.

Thank you thank you THANK YOU for all of your input! I really appreciate it!

Mandy · 09-08-2007, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Janet

That's a good and tricky one Tink. I'm sure Angie could make a really good argument with that topic.

My previous idea was also emotional abuse, like only in the home. So many children are treated so poorly in their own home, but you'd never believe it the way their parents make over them in public.

VERY true Janet, we dont expect it, but it sure happens.

goofywife · 09-10-2007, 07:15 AM

How about one with teens, who think they are being abused.

09-07-2007, 10:20 AM	#1
AngieDoogles Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,509	Suggestions for a paper? I am in a Child Welfare and Protective Services course and one of our final papers is 7-10 pages on a specific type of child maltreatment and one method of treatment for the problem. I'm having a hard time thinking of a topic that isn't too broad (I don't want to pick a big topic and not do it justice since the paper is only 10 pages) or too specific (so that I wouldn't have enough information to write about). I'm trying to go ahead and finish all of my papers early in the semester so I'll be more help to Mom and my family later when they need me. Any suggestions for a topic?? __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~MT

09-07-2007, 05:55 PM	#2
cindy0721 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lone Star State Posts: 389	hmmm I LOVE writing and this is my specialty.. well self proclaimed specialty.. lol... ummm topics.. .lets see... __________________ Cindy " My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."

09-07-2007, 06:03 PM	#4
AngieDoogles Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,509	By the way, did you mean your specialty is writing or issues involving children? __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~MT

09-07-2007, 06:09 PM	#5
cindy0721 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lone Star State Posts: 389	I would go with maybe neglect. I meant writing papers.... lol __________________ Cindy " My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."

09-07-2007, 07:30 PM	#7
cindy0721 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lone Star State Posts: 389	how about looking at it from a standpoint of a child.. maybe that will help... __________________ Cindy " My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."

09-07-2007, 11:40 PM	#8
Mandy Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Who cares! Posts: 4,587	Angie, maybe use an age category, say 5 to 7 or 8 to 10, and like Cindy said, place yourself in the child's "point of view" it will make it easier. __________________ Many people will walk in and out your life, but only true friends leave footprints!

09-08-2007, 09:22 AM	#10
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	A possibility I came up with is "Is it abuse if parents smoke in their own home?" We know the dangers of second hand smoke, but it's not illegal... so could make for interesting debate with yourself. __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

09-08-2007, 12:20 PM	#11
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,625	That's a good and tricky one Tink. I'm sure Angie could make a really good argument with that topic. My previous idea was also emotional abuse, like only in the home. So many children are treated so poorly in their own home, but you'd never believe it the way their parents make over them in public. __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

09-08-2007, 12:33 PM	#12
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	What about the effects of lack of discipline in children? We have a lot of undisciplined kids in our society. My daughter works at the middle school and they have had a big ordeal with a child that is undisciplined and his parents. __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

09-08-2007, 12:36 PM	#13
AngieDoogles Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,509	Wow, you guys have so many good ideas! Now I have a new problem--how to choose between all of these great topics!!! I think I like this problem better than not having a topic at all. Thank you thank you THANK YOU for all of your input! I really appreciate it! __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~MT

09-10-2007, 07:15 AM	#15
goofywife Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 855	How about one with teens, who think they are being abused. __________________ Michelle (Katys mom) OK Yorkie Rescue-Another Chance at Love

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