The quote that I chose to post I believe is very accurate about children. I hope everyone enjoy reading it.

 “Ah! what would the world be to us
If the children were no more?
We should dread the desert behind us
Worse than the dark before
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Measuring a child intelligence

When measuring a child's intelligence, you must look at the whole child and what he does over all in the school environment, not just on one test. Some children are very nervous when taking test, having not had enough sleep the night before or even may be having problems at home. Many children  sometimes have to take the ACT or SAT test several times before getting the score they want, even though they may be an A student, but when it comes time to take these very important test they don't do well because they are worried that if they don't make the right score they may not get into the college they have been want to go to for some this may have been a dream their whole life and they feel if they don't do well on the test the school may not accept them.

"In 1905, France gave birth to what was fundamentally the first (successful) method of measuring intelligence. Following the need to establish specialist schools for children with learning difficulties, the French Government employed Alfred Binet to produce a system in which schools might distinguish between those who were intellectually challenged and those who were able. The method Alfred Binet delivered, along with the assistance of Theophile Simon, required children to complete  simple exam in which they would copy shapes or patterns, name objects and follow straightforward instructions.The scoring of the test produces a number called the child's mental age. The mental age reflects the level at which the child performed on the test -- if the child performed at the level of the average ten-year-old, for example, then the child would be assigned a mental age of ten, regardless of the child's chronological age (physical age). One compares the child's mental age to his or her chronological age. If the mental age is the same as the chronological age, then the child is average. If the mental age is higher than the chronological age, then the child is mentally "advanced" or gifted. If the mental age is lower than the chronological age, then the child is mentally "retarded," or behind his or her peers in intellectual development." (www.news,2013)


Measuring intelligence a brief history retrieved on June 16, 2013 from http://www.test-iq.com/news/measuring-intelligence--a-brief-history/

violence in united states and switzerland

Violence in the world is very high. Especially domestic violence. "Every 9 seconds in the US a woman is assaulted or beaten. Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime. Most often, the abuser is a member of her own family.
Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women—more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined. Studies suggest that up to 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence annually." (domesticsviolencestatistics,2013). This is very important to me because as a child I witnessed this many times, but at that time I didn't really know what it was. My father used to get drunk and hit my mom, but I didn't know that it was abuse and doing that time it was unheard of and not talked about  as much, what happened in a family and home stayed there, so you just learn how to block it out and cope with it the best way you could without telling anyone or talking about it. My mom develop the strength to leave him, but when he was in a hit and run accident she took him in because he was paralyzed and could not do for him and she took care of him until he died.

As you can see by these statistics, the United States is not the only country with this problem. "Domestic violence is very widespread in Switzerland – in a study in 2005, 40% of women in Switzerland said that they had experienced physical or sexual violence at the hands of a partner, ex-partner, acquaintance, family member or stranger in their adult life. (Swiss Federal Office for Gender Equality)
In 2002, 989 women sought temporary shelter from abusive partners, representing an increase of 20 per cent since 2001 (Swiss Info, November 25, 2003). (rave,2009)

References

Domestic Violence Statistics retrieved on June , 2013 from http://domesticviolencestatistics.org/domestic-violence-statistics/

RAVE - Switzerland Statistics retrieved on June , 2013 from
http://www.theraveproject.com/mapdata/switzerland.html

A healthy child stands less of a chance of contacting disease such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer and strokes when they get older than a malnutrition one. "Healthy eating in childhood and adolescence is important for proper growth and development and can prevent health problems such as obesity, dental caries, iron deficiency, and osteoporosis." (www.cdc.gov,2013)If a child eats the right amount of nutritious fruits and vegetables as well as whole-grains, and less fats and sodium, they are more likely to be healthy and happier. Children burns off a lot of energy by playing, riding bikes, running, and they need to be fed properly everyday. Parents need to limit the amount of sweets and sugary drinks and increase the amount of water that their child drink everyday. Schools should make sure that they are feeding kids healthy and nutritious foods and emphasizing the effects of healthy eating to kids and parents. Good nutrition is very important for maintaining a healthy rate and healthy growth as shown by my next paragraph.

 "Chronic malnutrition has been a persistent problem for young children in sub-Saharan Africa. A high percentage of these children fail to reach the normal international standard height for their age; that is, they are "stunted." (Teller,2008). The region has now the world's highest rate of stunting among children—43 percent—and has shown little improvement over the past 15 years. This story shows that because of the fact that these kids are malnourished, they are not growing to the proper height and therefore are stunted. Poor nutrition can come from a number of factors from poverty to climate change to little or no education and access to nutritional education. Low income families are more likely to have more children that are malnourished  because they do not have the means to by the proper food for their kids, that is where programs like WIC (women, infant, and children) comes in, it provides food that are both nutritious and healthy.

References
Nutrition facts retrieved on May 17, 2013 from http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/nutrition/facts.htm

Teller, 2008. Reducing Child Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Surveys Find ... retrieved on May 17, 2013 from www.prb.org/Articles/2008/stuntingssa.aspx

My name is Joanne Hardin. I am a mother of four and all of their births was completely different. The first two had no medication and they were born in 2 hours. The third one took 8 hours and I was given medication with him which I can attest and say that it is an epidural is a wonderful thing. These 3 were boys, the last one was a girl and she were born in fifteen minutes with no medication, and even though this was the fastest it was the hardest one for me. She had to be sent to another hospital and I did not see her for three days, you better believe when I was released from the hospital I went straight there. I love all my kids the same and would not trade them for the world.

Most women in England have their babies at home rather than a hospital with a midwife in attendance. They have little or no problems. I myself would prefer a hospital anytime.