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    transporting the goods to a new location. The virtual water helps us see and identify how much water is actually being used to produce these foods for us like wheat, cereal, meat, and dairy. There are many different types of virtual water visions that were created in order to use water more efficiently and profitable.

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    the anger that has built up inside? Do people not like who they are in real life and find the internet as a place to have a new identity, the person that they have always wanted to be? Or, is it what Rheingold states in his article “The Virtual Community,” “virtual communities treat them as they always wanted to be treated – as thinkers and transmitters of ideas and feeling beings, not carnal vessels with a certain appearance and way of walking and talking” (95)? Maybe it is one of these things or

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    repeated requests continued to be ignored, mom pulled her son aside and asked him why he wasn’t listening to her requests. He responded that he was sorry and that they were simply excited to get back into the water. The mother acknowledged how the child was feeling and said she completely understood, but briefly explained why it was important to have a quick break and eat some lunch and why they needed to be a little more respectful to the other families. e. I think that it was important that she

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    Addiction to Video Games A few months ago, my son asked for a tablet which we bought it for his birthday. It was a good idea back then, since he never had one before and it was his birthday. My only thought was to make my son happy in rewards of his good work at school, but later it become a problem. I was scared of seeing my son playing video games! I started noticing that he was acting different. And many times he wanted to be playing these video games while we were eating or visiting relatives

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    Currently, in my virtual teen world I have a husband, a ten year old son, Eli, and a daughter who is 3 years younger than Eli. Occasionally my husband and I fight; the children overhear and show some concern. We have expressed to them that even though we fight we love each and them very much. Even though Eli is virtual, at this point, he is just like me. Overall, he is very average in: sports, school work, and socially he takes a while to warm up to a new situation, but has a few very good friends

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    the human reproduction cycle and the human race in general. Although still in development, genetic engineering hopes to one day be able to allow parents to choose the appearance, personality, and intelligence of their children—very much like the virtual reality games that allow players to design every aspect of their own avatar or characters. While this advancement in science and molecular engineering seems exciting and innovative, this type of enhancement has many ethical issues. In this essay I

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    During this time of my virtual teen’s life they experienced many physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes and developments. In these years they experienced challenges that many adolescents face such as finding their identity, adjusting to high school, developing morals, and adjusting to a divorced family. All the while they were consistently doing well in school academically while having some minor issues socially as they tended to stay shy around new people and keep to a small close group

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    Impact of Mobile Phone Use on Social Behaviors in Adolescents Children are now receiving phones sooner than in years past, and due to this technological development being fairly new there is not much history to compare to. I chose to research the impact of mobile phones on adolescents, because not many people are aware of the impact it can bring. There is no set answer as to whether or not mobile phones are good or bad, to base decisions off of. I want people to be able to use this information to

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    opinions on how to take care of our babies to these different situations. For example, it asked me if I wanted to breastfeed my child, who I wanted to take care of my child when gone, and other personal interactions. This experience was very interesting! It was wonderful to know that my virtual baby had a successful birth. I’m excited to see the outcome of how I “raise” my baby. In terms of how it pertains to the book, we learned that language is the most critical skill infants naturally try to

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    They had data from right when a child is born till they turn 19. It showed that kids ages 8-18 used media a little bit more compared to kids 8 and under. Not only was there information about how much kids use media, but also how much they own themselves. It is surprising to see how many

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