The Effect of Divorce on the Child

             People never really contemplate the effects that can follow a divorce. "Divorce can be an emotionally difficult experience, especially if children are involved." When children are involved complications arise. For instance, who the child is going to live with is a major problem that arises. "In most cases, custody is shared between divorced parents in one form or another meaning that parents will have to work out schedules of exchanges or visitations, and provide for emergency changes to the schedule that may arise." It is extremely hard for the child to cooperate when arguments break out between the mom and dad about where the child will live. More than once the child will get mad at the parents, and say stuff like, "I don't want to live with either one of you." 
            It helps the child more if the parents cooperate by doing their part, and making it easier on the kids by talking positively about things in front of each other. "The way spouses talk about each other in front of or to the child can impact the way the child perceives things." The way the parents act toward each other generally rubs off on the child, leading to the child bringing their feelings to the surface when they are around people their own age. For example, bullying problems in our schools today. "Parenting time, including custody and visitation exchanges, should be accomplished with predictable routines in an atmosphere with low conflict and stress." If the parents do not express conflict around the child less stress is brought to the child. In the end, in order to make it easier on the child try and not to show exactly how strongly you despise each other directly in front of or within ear shot of the child. 

http://www.attorneys.com/divorce/divorce-and-children/

Child abuse

            Children ranging from a newborn to an 18 year old are being abuse everyday throughout our community. "Statistics for 2005 are estimated at 3.3 million referrals  of child abuse or neglect." You may not know it but behind a mask of one of the happiest kids you've meet may be one of hatred, hurting, and betrayal. 3.3 million is way to many cases of abuse. In my opinion, it shouldn't have been drawn out that long in order to get such a high number. " 12 out of every 1,000 children up to age 18 in the U.S were found to be victims of maltreatment in 2005." It is emotionally disturbing to think that our fellow peers are being beaten and abused physically, mentally, or sexually at home. Are we suppose to just sit back and let such mistreatment's occur? Of course not!
            Child abuse is outrageous and should not be allowed to continue. It is our job to help those children that our being mistreated throughout our community. "The longer the abuse continues the more damage it will ultimatley cause the child." When you have found out that child abuse is occuring don't hesitate to bring it to someones attention. As fellow peers to those children being abused we must stand up for what is right. "Report it to your local CPS(child protection services) or to the police." Don't try and handle a child abuse case yourself, because you to could easily end up a victim. Reporting a case will, in the end, keep you away from harm, and help to immediatley stop the case entirley.

http://www.americanhumane.org/children/stop-child-abuse/fact-sheets/child-abuse-and-neglect-statistics.html

Outrageous Gun Control

            The topic of gun control is becoming more widespread everyday. "Strongest and most comprehensive pieces of gun legislation in the country that deals with restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines." This is absolutely ridiculous. Why do they not comprehend the fact that it is not the guns that are roaming the streets of our country killing people; its the crazy people that are not behind bars long enough because we do not have enough room for them." The measure would also ban the sale of both high capacity rifles and magazines with more than ten rounds."  Just because the government makes magazines with more than ten rounds restricted does not mean that the criminal would be incapable of inflicting serious damage and injury on someone. For that matter I guess that means they should restrict the crow bar as well, because any insane person could easily you that as a deadly weapon just the same as they could with a gun.

        In restricting our guns, our government is basically spitting in the faces of our forefathers and telling them they were idiots for giving us our natural rights. " Signing Anti-gun legislation would not be doing away with gun violence but liberating American citizens of our constitutional rights."   Just because some criminal has killed a great number of people does not mean that our constitutional right( right to bear arms) should be taken away. We have the right as human beings to protect ourselves.  " You are not eliminating guns from society but eliminating our ability to protect our lives, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."  Why would I have to sit back and watch a crazy person kill many of my fellow citizens( men,women,and children) when I could pull out my gun and end it right there? Let me paint you a picture. How about the government let us keep our rights and make them deal with the whack jobs by either making more room so they can be behind bars for life or do away with them entirely.