My Supports

I know I've spoke of them before but I must say my greatest support is my family. There is never anything that I cannot count on them for. I look to them for insight and guidance when things are bothering me or hindering my growth and happiness. I love my family for all that they do for me and I just cant thank them enough.

Poverty Rising in the Recession creating Unfit Parents

Although UNICEF does a lot to help children around the world. They reality of poverty is right in our own back yard. After reading the article  The recession’s toll on children written by Novotney, A. in 2010. I felt a little bit of controversy arise in my thought process. In my opinion not only was the implication of the poor being unfit to educate their children but that the fact that those new to poverty have deemed their children to failure in life. I believe the reason why this struck a nerve in me was because I am not the most fortunate parent. However, education is something I provide in consistency to my child. I am also new to the world of single parenting so for the thought  of someone telling me I am now inadequate and have deemed my child to failure stuck a knife in my heart. With politicians being the decision makers and determining who receives funds, where, how and when; I see no other way but to make a way. With the turning of the economy and the recession continuing to rise it is survival of the fittest out here and I am a survivor.

EDUCATION in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

An issue spoke of from a teacher from the Dominican Republic is the fact that education is not as popular as in the United States. "Education is not a big of a deal there" she stated. continuing on to say "The students need to work harder over in the US, teachers require the students to do more work while teachers in DR are really strict; there is no opportunity for a second chance if you miss any work.". "The US educational system is valued as a tool to success."

UNICEF Helping Children Around the World

UNICEF is the United Nations International Children's Emergency Funds http://www.unicef.org/index.php

UNICEF advocates for children rights. They influence decision making and policies for children. UNICEF was created to work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path. 

I first became interested in UNICEF for what it does to help children recognize a purpose in life to help overcome any struggles they are facing. UNICEF is there to help in any emergency and advocate for children all over the world. UNICEF travels from country to country making a difference in the lives of children.

OCTOBER 11th has been recognized as National Girl's Day! This is important to give young girls a sense pride and understanding of self worth as thbey enter into womanhood.

My Birthing Experience

    My birth with my daughter was a very memorable one. I did not have any of the hard labors that many women speak of. I had her naturally with no pain medications. I did not even know that I was in labor. I started to see blood which made me nervous when I reached the hospital they told me I was in labor. By the time I reached a room my water had broke and twenty three minutes later my daughter was born.
    China's one child policy was established by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1979 to limit communist China's population growth. Although designated a "temporary measure," it continues a quarter-century after its establishment. The policy limits couples to one child. Fines, pressures to abort a pregnancy, and even forced sterilization accompanied second or subsequent pregnancies. (Rosenburg, 2012, pg.1).
     I cant imagine the restriction of having one child. Life is an opportunity that should be granted at the women's discretion. The choice to create a family and determine the family size should be discussed amongst the man and woman not the country leader.

Rosenburg, M. (2012) China's One Child Policy retrieved at http://geography.about.com/od/populationgeography/a/onechild.htm

Our President talks about education

"And I’ve said this all across the country when I talk to parents about education, government has to fulfill its obligations to fund education, but parents have to do their job too. We’ve got to turn off the TV set, we’ve got to put away the video game, and we have to tell our children that session not a passive activity, you have to be actively engaged in it. If we encourage that attitude and our community is enforcing it, I have no doubt we can compete with anybody in the world".
             - Barack Obama
Source: 2007 Des Moines Register Democratic Debate Dec 13, 2007  

Children Choosing their Path

     
In my opinion there should be more research that helps children to choose their career path. Once children get to high school many of them have dropped out. Many times the reasons are schools being to general or the fact that many have families to care for at a young age. There are vocational and GED schools to help them get an education to prepare for life. However, the high school diploma should be made with the same criteria. For example I had a cousin that dropped out high school at the age of 16 she took her GED and was taking college courses by the time she was 17. When asked why she stated she was tired of High School and the structure. If we start children exploring early and gear them toward the path of choosing a future occupation they may be more acceptable to becoming a high school graduate.

"90 million females in India are non-literate But 20 per cent of children aged 6 to14 are still not in school and millions of women remain non-literate despite the spurt in female literacy in the 1990s" (UNICEF, 2001, p.1). India has more girls that drop out of school than boys. most of this has to with class and gender issues that arise from the caste. There is also child labor that still exists in many parts of the country. So the education of children are affected especially for girls.

Work Cited: UNICEF. (2001). Education. retrieved from http://www.unicef.org/india/children