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| children born weighing less than 5.5 lbs |
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| considered to be illnesses that disturb/limit a child's life/lifestyle and require medical attention for a duration of time |
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| parents (typically mothers) who choose to leave paid employment in order to spend some years at home raising children |
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| half of work hours are before 8am or after 4pm |
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| care given by persons other than parents during parts of the day when parents are absent |
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| the ability to exercise one's will |
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| autonomy, power over oneself |
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| the ability of one family member to change the behavior of other family members |
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| the ways in which power is applied |
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| the power to make important decisions that determine family lifestyle |
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| power that sets decisions in motion |
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| overt acts of aggression against an elderly person; may include physical assault, emotional humiliation, purposeful social isolation, material exploitation or theft. |
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| Acts of omission in the care and treatment of the elderly |
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| actions, procedures, regulations, attitudes and goals of government that affect families |
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| any rough or extended use of physical force or aggression or verbal abuse by one family member toward another |
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| Intimate-partner violence |
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| violence committed by spouses, ex-spouses, or current or former boyfriends and girlfriends, including same-sex partners |
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| a partner forces sexual intercourse on their existing spouse |
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| the number of infants dying under the age of 1 divided by the number of live births in a given year |
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| physical or emotional mistreatment of one's spouse |
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| abuse that is almost entirely male and that is oriented to controlling the partner through fear and intimidation |
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| overt acts of aggression- excessive verbal derogation, or physical abuse of a child such as beating, whipping, punching, kicking, or threatening |
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| acts of omission- failing to provide adequate physical or emotional care |
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| Society and policy that is overly supportive of parents and children |
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| Society and policy that is insufficiently supportive of parents and children |
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| The ideology of non-intervention |
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| the reluctance on the part of the outsiders to interfere in family matters. |
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