Question: Please read the directions below. The assignment must meet the word count!!!

Choose one of the following topics and write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper summarizing the current professional literature on the topic. Many of these topics are broad and you may choose to focus your research on a more specific area of the topic, such as children showing resiliency when dealing with divorce. With instructor approval, you may select a topic that is not on the list below.

• Resiliency in children

• Gender differences in infancy and childhood

• Effects of day care

• Attachment styles

• Causes and effects of child abuse and neglect

• Effects of divorce on children

• Prenatal influences

• Prematurity, medical interventions, and long-term outcomes

• Pros and cons of grade retention

• Language development

• Media influences on children

• Influences on school readiness

• Bullying causes, preventions, and interventions

• Development of creativity

• Sex differences in mental abilities

• Effects of parental death on children

• Emerging adulthood

• Gender differences concerning aging

• Midlife crisis

• Adapting to life changes during adulthood

• Developmental issues related to nontraditional families

• Caring for aging parents

• Victimization of the elderly

• Death with dignity

• Right to die

Include at least four references from professional peer-reviewed journals.