Research that Benefits Children and Families—Uplifting Stories

For this blog I chose option 1 which was to share a positive example of the effects of research on children and/or families: I will provide a  real-life examples of research benefits to children and/or families; I am familiar with stories of people who have been positively affected by research that I would like to share with my colleagues.


For this assignment I chose to talk about my mother who was a participant in research study on leukemia, she received a treatment to help get the chemotherapy out of her body. The antidote was given to help with the leukemia in her kidney. After the medicines was given she was better and the chemo left her body immediately. I am so grateful for the research and it helped my mother. The research was done on children at a local children hospital and it help them so my mom gave permission and consent to receive the same treatment and it worked. The medicine was given to my mother so that the chemotherapy would not paralyze her by staying in her kidneys. 

If we knew what we were doing it wouldn't be research.

Albert Einstein

Personal Research Journey

The research simulation allowed me the opportunity to look the topic and subtopics and began to research the area. I learned from the  research simulation that research is important and that the topic must narrowed down in order to be measured. The topic I chose to research is cognitive development in children birth to three years of age. The subtopics chosen include the difference in cognitive development in boys and girls, how does cognitive development affect language development in children, and does technology improve cognitive skills.

I would like ask if anyone have any advice or insight about the topic that can assist me in the upcoming weeks. During the research I have chose the subtopic of what is the difference in cognitive development in boys and girls. I looked at this because I see that in some cases learn certain things different from boys and I wanted to know more that information.  Over the past two weeks, I have learned how to evaluate websites, conduct good research by using the "practical guide to reading research articles" which is a great tool. I will continue to  use the information learned to help me in the research process.