My journey of research has come to a end......My final reflection.

After this long journey of research I have finally found the answer to my big question. What is the best plan to help those who have suffered or still suffering from a hostile home environment? The answer is to first Try to talk to your parent or guardian about the situation. If they don't listen to you and matters get worse then move out of the environment. See a counselor or psychologist keep a journal so you can talk to them about any problem. This way you can vent and not bottle things up inside. If there is no way to do things above then call (800)4-a-child someone can help you there. Living in a new environment you can feel safe and have some one to talk to when no one else can help you.

I have learned many things during my research. I have learned that there are many types of abuse in hostile home environments. which are emotional, physical, mental and neglect. I also learned that there are many ways to neglect a child. Not enrolling a child in to school or letting them take to much time out of school for unimportant reasons is educational neglect. I never knew that at all but it does make sense because a child can suffer from it in the long run. Shaken baby syndrome is another new piece of knowledge to me. When a caregiver gets really aggravated with a baby because he/she won't stop crying and shakes the baby. Something so little as rocking a baby to hard to make them fall asleep can also cause this. When this happens the neck mussels are not strong enough so the brain moves around the skull causing brain damage or even death. I am very grateful that I found this information because my mom just had twins and I can know be more careful and tell others about it.

Another syndrome I learned about is Munchhausen Syndrome by proxy, this syndrome is caused by the parent or guardian. The parent/guardian causes the child to get sick and then takes the child to the hospital to try to convince the doctor that the baby is ill for to receive attention. Honestly I think that is so crazy hurting a child for attention I think is so wrong. What surprised me was that neglect can cause serious problems such as bed wetting and comprehending in a social environment with peers and family.

I believe my research was very successful. It helped me to understand why hostile home environments occur. They occur because there is not enough attention in the home, Parents went through abuse as a child a now passes it down to there children or parents are just stressed out because things are not going good so they take it out on the child. I also understand the effects it can have in a person's life. It can go 1 or 2 ways. It can have a negative impact on your life and mess you up mentally or you can learn from the experience and become a better person.

Now that I have found this information I plan to do a lot with it.I can help families that I know are going through the hostility. Greeting the children when I sees them and ask them how they are doing. When I see them in raged clothes , I can spare them clothes I can no longer fit or try to find some.If they are hungry with no food , i can feed them. Just showing them you care can mean so much to them. Helping my household is another thing I can do with this information. When I see things are getting bad we can all sit down as a family and talk about our problems. So we can fix it as a family. I am now ready for future parenting. I know how to prevent abuse in homes. Making sure my sisters stay in school, make sure they are being taking care of receiving clothing, food and keeping up there hygiene. Keep them active in extra curricular activites in school. talk to them often make them feel safe so they can never think twice to come to you when there is a problem. So If there is ever a problem in my home I will know how toi solve it.

ma research on pollution

university of alabama. " air pollution, smoking affect latent tuberculosis". science daily
5/14/08 5/21/08 www.sciencedaily.com


As i research on air pollution I found out that it may be very harmful and also can be somewhat contagious. I found dat it may be a toxic gas present in air pollution and tobacco smoke which is playing an significant role in triggering tuberculosis infection. cigarette smoke may be leading cause of tuberculosis and deaths around the world. Air pollution and cigarette smoke is killing about 1.5 millon people a year.

what my peers had to say

Today I decided to listen to what my peers had to say about my topic. The first question I asked is What Effect do you think Hostile environments have on a child's development? Tyree D. said "I think it effects the outlook on life, It can make you who you are".(Doggett,Tyree period 3 personal interview may 16, 2008) I agree with him. I believe that a hostile home environment can make or break you. U can learn from it or live the same way as your parents. I asked Shaun M. The same question his response was "It makes them grow up how they their parents".(Mitchell,Shaun period 3 personal interview may 16,2008). I agree with this answer as well. I asked anonymous what she thought. She said "Some children turn out good"anonymous gave me more than a answer to my question she gave me an example of why she thought so. she told me that her cousin grew up in a hostile home environment. his mother died and he lived with his grandmother. He was always receiving beatings because they thought he was a homosexual. His grandmother would Take his money that came from his mother's death and would use it on her children. Always taking her kids to the mall for clothes and sneakers, He received clothes from the goodwill. Now that he is older he learned from his childhood. He moved out of state and has a nice car and house.(anonymous personal interview may 16,2008). Brittany R. thought that growing up in a hostile environment makes you not trust people and can become abusive to others.(Russell, Brittany per 3 personal interview may 16,2008). I agree with this strongly because I have been thorough this situation where someone lied to me when I was younger and it was very hard to trust people for a while. Anytime someone would tell me something I wouldn't even get my hopes up just look and say ok. I used to think like I will believe it when I see it. Maleik B. said something different from the others. He said it can mess you up mentally and possibly lead to suicide and drug use.(Bailey, Maleik period 3 personal interview may 16,2008). I have never met anyone who wanted to commit suicide but I have heard about it as I researched my topic. But I do know someone who went to drugs for the problem and I believe its the wrong way to go. At the moment it may make them feel good but its really dangerous and is like committing suicide slowly. One of my peers said that She thinks it confuses the child because they don't know rather to be like the parent or guardian or to learn and better from it.(Mcadory, Charlese period 3 personal interview may 16, 2008) I am in the middle with this one. I agree but then again I don't. I believe that the child doesn't really even know that he/she have a choice to be like them or be better. But on the other hand me personally I have learned from my household. I know what things I want to go through and Know how I should act as well. But everyone is different.
My next question to them was what do think is the best solution to help those who has suffered from hostile home environments? Which is my essential question. Tyree D. said that someone should sit them down and talk to them to see what steps they could take to help.(Doggett, Tyree period 3 personal interview may 16,2008). This idea might not be the best because who can sit them down and talk to them if no one in the house even cares. Tigger said to show them love and that you care embrace them . Show them that there is a better way of living.(Roberts, LyNasia period 3 personal interview may 16,2008). I think this could help if the parent or guardian is interested in making the child better or wants to improve the household. half-way house, counseling or talking to your family about it is what brittany R said.(Russell, Brittany period 3 personal interview may 16,2008). Counseling I think is a good idea but all people don't have family to talk to but if you have family you can trust then go for it. Mr. Bailey told me that he believes that foster care, live with a different family member, see a physiologist and become active in school activities.(Bailey,Maleik period 3 personal interview may 16,2008). These ideas are wonderful honestly. To be active with peers and move out of the horrible environment that you are in.
The final question was how many people do you know that live in hostile home environments? all of them except for on e knew may people who lived in hostile home environments. Someone even said that half of her friends live in these environments. So this problem is very common. I thank the people who gave me there time.

another type of abuse in hostile home environments

Searching Google once again using what Mr. Malley thought us about researching using "" I came across more important sites about child abuse. Help guide.org thought me that there is another type of abuse. This type of is abuse is neglect. Neglect is the failure to provide to a child's basic needs and it may effect a child's physical or mental well being. There are 3 types of neglect : Educational, physical and emotional. An example of educational neglect is when a parent fails to enroll a child in school or permits the child to miss many days of school. An example of physical neglect is reckless disregard of child's safety or not feeding a child properly or providing clothing or hygiene. emotional neglect is failure to intervene when the child demonstrates antisocial behavior or allow a child to use alcohol or any type of drugs. There are many signs that show that a child is being neglected. Such as dirty clothing , raged or not suitable for the weather. Bad Body Odor,infections in cuts as well as body rashes are more signs("child abuse and neglect"1). This site thought me something that I didn't know. Shaken baby syndrome is a type of abuse involving babies. This syndrome is when a caregiver gets frustrated and shakes the baby roughly to make the baby stop crying. The babies neck is not strong enough to support this so the babies brain moves around in the skull suffering damage and can even cause death("child abuse and neglect"1). This is very important information to me. I say this bacause my mom ojust had twin girls the other day and I never knew a baby could be hurt that way. I can also educate my sister on this syndrome so she wont make a mistake and do the same. Helpguide.org Also gave answers to my essential question. You can help a child suffering from a hostile home environment by reporting to school personnel,Social workers,health care workers,mental health personnel or even law enforcement personnel.

ellen. "child abuse and neglect." 101007 051208 .