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Having to meet all of their respective needs simultaneously is tremendously stressful for parents.
Today, we understand that parents who are highly stressed, especially chronically, are simply not as likely to do their best job as parents as they would under less stress. Fetuses in-utero are particularly susceptible to physiological effects of hormonal changes that correspond to stress and anxiety. It is probably safe to say that children raised by parents who are perpetually on the verge of physical and emotional burnout and who are continually overwhelmed by their responsibilities do not have the same experiences in childhood as their counterparts raised by parents who are not under high stress for much of their children's formative years. In all likelihood, the amount of money necessary to extend public education to preschool would be substantially less than the many direct and indirect...
It eliminates one source of early differentiation of children based on whether or not their families can afford certain educational opportunities. It would probably benefit society by raising the ultimate academic potential of many individuals. Finally, it would benefit society because of the reduction of stressors in the lives of parents during their most difficult phase of life. That benefit would apply today in terms of the choices and conduct of parents who are less stressed out and it would also be a tremendous benefit to society in the future because many individuals would have had their developmental needs better met by their parents.
Public Policy in the State of Maryland: An Examination of Revenues and Potential Funding Options The objective of this work is to examine the funding policies in the State of Maryland of the Department of Natural Resources funding allotments and to critically analyze funding decision-making in this area of economic finance for the State of Maryland. The State of Maryland invests deeply in its natural resources, which is shown by the
Public Policy The process of setting congress agendas and policies has always been complex and contentious. Since some issues warrant consideration by policy makers, intense competitive exists in a position on the congressional policy agenda. This study discusses the trends in Congressional agenda setting as provided in the chart. As seen in the chart, Bipartisan Corporation has declined in the Congress. This is considered as one of the hallmark attributes of the
Public Policy The Bush administration believes that hydrogen cars hold to key to reducing pollution, decreasing dependence of foreign oil, making energy more affordable and overcoming resource shortages (Onion, 2004). In Bush's 2003 State of the Union address, he revealed his goal of having significant numbers of hydrogen cars on the road by 2020, pledging $1.2 billion in federal funding to achieve his objective. In 2004, the energy department included $318
Policy Proposal The public policy proposal is that the state should have an action plan for a potential Ebola outbreak. There are several reasons for this. The first reason is the health reason, where clearly there is a need to ensure that should there be any outbreak of Ebola, that it is contained, and that it does not get out into the general public. While the odds of an outbreak are
However, there are many limitations that are seen when it comes to the public policy ideas that are generated and the value they have (Newton & Van Deth, 2005). The first limitation is the perceived value of an idea for a public policy creation or change. In other words, if the community (or at least a large portion of it) does not see the value of the idea there
Public Policy in Local Government In a general setting, the public policy is understood as a set of regulations implemented by the state in order to manage a specific issue within the parameters imposed by the current legislations. In a different formulation, "Public policy can be generally defined as a system of laws, regulatory measures, courses of action, and funding priorities concerning a given topic promulgated by a governmental entity or its