Stunting Ashley.(news commentary)

off our backs;  July 1, 2007 ;   Hershey, Laura;   787 words ......opportunity and respect. The treaty calls for respect for the evolving capacities of children with disabilities and respect for the right...of its principles, denying any possibility of a child's evolving capacities and destroying an essential part of her identity. People...

Readdressing gender bias in the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory--short...

Journal of Genetic Psychology;  December 1, 2002 ;   Chapman, Paula L. Mullis, Ann K.;   787 words ......despite strong ties and the need for those ties. One important aspect of adolescent identity formation and individuation is adolescents' evolving self-esteem. Self-evaluation by adolescents becomes inextricably interwoven with their peer relationships, school performance...

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces Results of Reovirus Treatment to Purge...

PR Newswire;  March 19, 2003 ;     682 words ......President Product Development. We are excited by the potential opportunities to use this agent clinically in diverse and evolving capacities. Hematological (derived from blood) stem cell rescue following high-dose chemotherapy is extensively used clinically for...

U.S. YET TO RATIFY CHILD TREATY.(Local)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  August 29, 1999 ;   Abbott, Karen;   441 words ......or, where applicable, the members of the extended family or community . . . to provide, in a manner consistent with the evolving capacities of the child, appropriate direction and guidance.'' * Children have the right to have a name, a nationality and a birth...

Teens' furnishings coming of age , Retailers hope to reap a windfall by...

Charleston Daily Mail;  November 26, 2004 ;     739 words ......curtains and markered walls - designs that could prompt well-meaning parents to double-dose on their Xanax but appeal to adolescents' evolving sense of self. Earlier generations weren't subjected to the nonstop eye candy of quick-cut commercials and effects-laden...

CABINET APPROVES INDIA'S SIGNING, RATIFICATION OF UN CONVENTION ON RIGHTS...

The Hindustan Times;  March 29, 2007 ;     358 words ......humanity; (v) Equality of opportunity; (vi) Accessibility; (vii) Equality between men and women; and (viii) Respect for the evolving capacities of children with disabilities and respect for the right of children with disabilities to preserve their identities. According...

Too Many Children Still Left Out Eighteen Years After Children's Rights...

Canadian Corporate News;  November 20, 2007 ;     693 words ......social. In 1989, world leaders decided that children needed a special convention addressing their vulnerability, status and evolving capacities, and their rights to the fullest respect and dignity as human beings. Today, there are more than 2.2 billion children...

Stress, Coping, and Relationships in Adolescence

Merrill - Palmer Quarterly;  January 1, 1998 ;   Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie; Skinner, Ellen;   787 words ......of the events. By interviewing adolescents about the same stressful event twice, the author had the ability to follow adolescents' evolving perceptions of stress and their process of coping with this stress. Second, a developmental approach was evident in the...

The effect of perceived parental involvement and the use of...

Adolescence;  March 22, 2006 ;   Gibson, Donna M. Jefferson, Renee N.;   787 words ......adolescents (Flouri & Buchanan, 2003). The role of a strong and positive adult influence appears to be important to adolescents' evolving self-concept. Mentoring programs that offer social support, nurturance, feedback, and resources have been found to contribute...

Too Many Children Still Left Out Eighteen Years After Children's Rights...

CCNMatthews Newswire;  November 20, 2007 ;     669 words ......social. In 1989, world leaders decided that children needed a special convention addressing their vulnerability, status and evolving capacities, and their rights to the fullest respect and dignity as human beings. Today, there are more than 2.2 billion children...

Arrows for change: challenging and changing the mainstream.(Community &...

Women in Action;  April 1, 2008 ;   Ando, Malyn;   787 words ......addressing young women's needs and realising their reproductive rights. The controversial concepts of 'parental rights' and 'evolving capacities of adolescents' are scrutinised in the Definitions section. AFC Vol. 13 No. 2 on Affirming Sexuality explores an emerging...

Female Passion and the Matrix of Mother, Daughter, and Body: Vicissitudes...

Psychoanalytic Inquiry;  November 1, 2004 ;   Marcus, Barbara F;   787 words ......Drawing on clinical data from two analyses, I speculate about possible developmental paradigms that enhance or inhibit the evolving capacities for a positive sense of one's body and its functions, for passion, and for satisfying sexual relations. Contemporary theorists...

Govt. approves signing of UN convention on rights for disabled

The Hindustan Times;  March 29, 2007 ;     339 words ......human diversity and humanity; equality of opportunity; accessibility; equality between men and women; respect for the evolving capacities of children with disabilities and respect for the right of children with disabilities to preserve their identities. Published...

THE EFFECT OF PERCEIVED PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND THE USE OF...

Family Therapy;  January 1, 2006 ;   Gibson, Donna M; Jefferson, Renee N;   787 words ......adolescents (Flouri & Buchanan, 2003). The role of a strong and positive adult influence appears to be important to adolescents' evolving self-concept. Mentoring programs that offer social support, nurturance, feedback, and resources have been found to contribute...

Commitment or Public Relations? A Review of Empowering Children:...

International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology;  March 1, 2006 ;   Brandon, Ed;   787 words ......provide for those rights" (p. 26), rights that will be implemented in age-appropriate ways ("in a manner consistent with the evolving capacities of the child," Article 14). Related to this, Howe and Covell contrast a view of children as "becoming-citizens" or "not-ye...