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Family & Community Problems and Solutions
The following are a list of family & community problems and solutions. Click on a heading to read the full description of the problem, add a solution or comment, and rate the problem. Submit a new family & community problem by clicking on the Post Problem button. The most popular family & community problems are listed first. Voting on a problem may move it up or down on the list.7 21
  Crying BabySolutions (5) Comments (2)Most people do not know how to respond to a crying baby. This causes great stress and sometimes ends up in harm to the baby. 1 7
Elder AbuseSolutions (2)We hear about child abuse, but how often do we hear about elder abuse? As they age, our parents too require love, nurturing, and complex support to survive. Elder abuse may involve outright physical... 2 5
Emotional AbuseSolutions (3)Physical violence needs no description, but emotional abuse is less recognized. Emotional abuse as part of an intimate partner relationship may involve something as simple as repeated belittling or a... 1 3
Financial/Economic Domestic AbuseSolutions (4)Intimate partner or domestic violence is frequently depicted as a purely physical act. Many of us have also heard about the emotional aspect -- the screaming, the name-calling, the threats -- but ver... 2 4
Child AbuseSolutions (4)All too often, children are abused at home. We typically think of abuse in the physical sense -- beatings, whippings, etc. -- or even in the sexual sense. Rape, after all, is one of the most grisly ... 3 5
Reluctance to divulge sexual assault for fear of disbeliefSolutions (3)Many women, men, girls, and boys that are raped, molested, or otherwise sexually abused are afraid to come forward because coming forward makes them vulnerable to double victimization: scrutiny of the... 0 2
Community Insurance SchemesSolutions (2)The poor communities in Africa, Asia and across the globe have homes, businesses, schools and other institutions within their midst. All these have physical assets as well as inhabitants that are pron... 2 4
Long-Term Care - Affordable?Solutions (7)There comes a point in many of our lives in which we can no longer care for ourselves. We require assistance eating, bathing, and cleaning. We can't go out for recreation, so we need stimulation to ... 0 0
Build Better Designed HomesSolutions (2)There are many volunteer organizations who repair, rebuild or build completely new houses to neighborhoods. The purpose of this project is to collect and distribute better designs from aesthetic as w... Notify me of New Entries on this PageYou can receive an email whenever a new problem is added to this category. You can unsubscribe at any time. |
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