Panera Bread Observation

The observation was conducted at the Panera Bread restaurant located in River Forest, Illinois at around 5:00 P.M. on Thursday on the 15th of September. When I arrived at the restaurant, I chose a seat close to the door so as to better observe people coming up to the counter to order. I looked around and did not see any children, the restaurant was mostly populated with college aged people and a few elderly folks. Approximately a half hour later, I observed a white, brunette female with a short ponytail, in her mid-thirties enter the restaurant with a girl of approximately five years of age with a similar brunette ponytail in tow. The woman was holding on to her daughter’s hand as they both walked up to the counter to order. When they arrived at the counter, the little girl’s face was set in a frown as she folded her arms around her torso and stared at her mother. The little girl’s mother glanced at her, and the child took this opportunity to stomp her feet and let her mother verbally know that she did not, in fact, want to eat Panera. The mother looked at her with a dismayed expression, sighed, and told her that if she was a good girl and was quiet, she would get her McDonald’s on the way home. At the mention of McDonald’s, the little

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This essay will look at and evaluate the youth work code of ethics. It will do this by showing how the code applies to and is relevant to working with young people. Whilst doing this it will also talk about why the code was made and who it supports. This essay will then apply the code of ethics to two separate dilemmas a youth worker may come across to come up with an appropriate response to these dilemmas. By doing this it will show that the code of ethics is a vital tool that supports a youth worker to make the right decision and more importantly to give the youth worker a way to know why they made that decision.

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