Sentences with phrase «focus on your child making»

Clear, concise communication focused on your children makes up part of the foundation of positive co-parenting.

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This automatically put me in work mode, which made it difficult to focus on my wife and children for the brief time I have with them before heading to the office.

So I make it a priority to spend two hours a day focusing only on my children.

She was a co-founder of Partners for Our Children, a nonprofit in Washington State that is focused on making the child welfare system more effective.

Both the defenders and critics of medical transfer payments inevitably focus on poor, unemployed, single mothers or their children when making their cases for reform.

Parents, very often, we focus on making sure our children are growing strong and healthy physically, and we send them to school to develop mentally — but what steps are you taking to make sure they are developing spiritually?

I wish the schools would focus on teaching children math, science and other things required to make our society better, rather than focussing on this non-issue.

«We have to be cautious about being so focused on taking care of our own children that we isolate ourselves from the beautiful, made - in - God's - image children in our community,» she said.

The South African soccer team the Kaiser Chiefs organized a national awareness day; in Burkino Faso, activists partnered with a trucking union for monitoring purposes; drivers of moto - taxis in Thailand keep watch for child sex exploitation; Nepalese trafficking survivors formed Shakti Samuaha, a nongovernmental organization that lobbies officials to make policy changes; organizations in Bangladesh have focused specifically on the taboo topic of male prostitutes and have opened shelters for exploited children.

Would it not embark on a comprehensive program of parent education as a central focus of its work, making the discoveries of the psychologists concerning the emotional hungers of children, from the very dawn of life on, easily available to all its parents?

Eats Amazing aims to share ideas and inspiration for making healthy food fun and interesting for children, with a particular focus on bento - style packed lunches.

Kathy Alexander, chair of Administrators of the City of Greater Geelong and former CEO of the Royal Children's and Royal Women's Hospitals Melbourne from 2000 to 2004, says women (or men) who take time out to raise children should focus on the positives of that experience and how it might actually make them a better leader — rather than expect negative conseChildren's and Royal Women's Hospitals Melbourne from 2000 to 2004, says women (or men) who take time out to raise children should focus on the positives of that experience and how it might actually make them a better leader — rather than expect negative consechildren should focus on the positives of that experience and how it might actually make them a better leader — rather than expect negative consequences.

Start focusing on what you can eat with this informative guide packed with step - by - step advice to help you keep living your life the way you're used to, including tips on how to stock your kitchen and pack school lunches, as well as advice for hosting parties, preparing meals, modifying recipes, planning for gluten - free travel, and making sure your child eats safely wherever they go.

This humanitarian, nonprofit campaign is making a healthy difference in the world — one child at a time — with a focus on innovation and extending its global reach.

That's why it's not unusual for parents of food allergic eaters to focus so much on making sure there are no traces of a certain allergen (which is the number one priority), that they do not concern themselves with other ingredients — allergens, toxins, food additives and colorings, that could be contributing to other, seemingly unrelated health issues that their child is facing as well.

It is necessary to establish nutrition projects focusing on education and use of nutrition labels which help parents and their children make the right choices in selecting foods.

SAVE THE CHILDREN: An international organization focused on children, making sure they have a healthy start CHILDREN: An international organization focused on children, making sure they have a healthy start children, making sure they have a healthy start to life.

While I decided to focus primarily on older children in this post, many women on Twitter chimed in that they are nursing their kids to age two as well, including: Reiza at Stepping Off the Spaceship, Summer at Wired for Noise, Mom Most Traveled, Annie at PhD in Parenting, Sherri at Recovering Sociopath, and Sara (who was breast - fed herself until age 4 1/2) at Custom - Made Milk, among others.

The daily news can make issues like poverty and the environment seem overwhelming, yet by focusing on issues in ways that make sense to children, parents can raise socially conscious kids who care about the world beyond themselves.

«The course made me realise the importance of staying focussed on the most important thing — my children and not getting side tracked into conflict situations with their mother.»

Casa: Without a doubt the biggest mistake that parents make is having their child focus on one sport at a very young age.

at least 60 minutes before bedtime 4) Play a short bedtime game — Two truths one fake — talk about the day 5) Listen to a good - night talk or make your own — guided talk that focuses on relaxation — or make your own 6) Change scary thoughts into silly thoughts — Change the scary creature into something funny — like a monster but it has stripes 7) Remember to hug a favorite stuffed animal — stuffed animals can really help reduce nighttime fears 8) Follow the SAME PLAN with the SAME BEDTIME each night — children thrive on consistency.

I love a kid - sized kitchen and the creative ways that my children can stay focused on their pretend desserts and imaginary pasta dishes (while I make a real dinner or throw in a load of laundry).

Many parents focus attention on their children's grades and extracurricular activities, such as by making sure kids study, do their homework, and get to soccer practice or dance lessons prepared and on time.

When you're interacting with your child, the goal is to be 100 percent focused on them rather than thinking about what you're making for dinner, how you're going to find time for a shower, or the fact that your child hasn't had any vegetables in the past 12 hours.

No matter how you do it, being focused on one child at a time will make the cry it out experience feel less daunting.

Also, in the Total Focus program for kids with ADHD, Dr. Robert Myers suggests making an «I'm bored» collage that includes visual cues of all the things your child can do at home on their own if they are bored.

Instead, focus on teaching your child the skills he needs to learn — and look into why she made the choice to misbehave in the first place.

As a parent, you'll be more effective if you focus on teaching your child the skills to process anger appropriately, and avoiding power struggles rather than trying to make your child feel a certain way.

Instead, good parents make time each day to focus solely on their children, without distractions from television, computers or phones.

When we make our children the sole focus of our lives, we put too much pressure on them.

• Where fathers have behaved abusively, It is both unfair and impractical to focus attention on the mother and make her responsible for keeping her children safe (Zanoni et al, 2013).

We should focus more on how to have unstructured play as adults instead of how to make our children grow up so very soon.

Where fathers have behaved abusively, It is both unfair and impractical to focus attention on the mother and make her responsible for keeping her children safe.

I work 40 + hours a week so I don't have time once I get off, cook dinner, make sure school stuff is seen and complete, bath time, book time and cuddle to work out or do anything outside of focus my all on my child.

Parents often focus so much time and energy on trying to make their children obey in the small moments of life that they forget to step back and take a panoramic view of how their parenting choices may affect their children's life course.

You know, people lose their housing, people have fires and suddenly they lost everything, and they just, you know, they have nobody to turn to in some communities and making sure that in those time that people still continue to focus on their child and make sure this child gets a good education is part of the work that we're trying to do.

With 52 unique ideas, it makes it easy or parents to focus on a new aspect each week with their child.

This year World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) focuses on the progress that has been made on the implementation of the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding (GSIYCF) which was adopted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF ten years ago.

If a rule gets broken or a limit gets disregarded, focus on how your child can make a repair, particularly if your first instinct is to punish.

Every parent wants what's best for their child, so make sure you focus on developing respect early on.

That the stupid cookie or candy included, or the extra bag of cheetos is going to make them banshees in the classroom where your and my child are trying to focus... I would say that even in most districts that the nutritional value on a reimbursable tray is probably better than the brown bag that is being brought to school by most!

A reward system can sometimes make all the difference and gets the child from hyper - focusing on the food item they are dreading.

Her education is focused on nutrition and early childhood studies, making her an expert when it comes to writing about health and children's growth and development.

Any big change — such as starting a new school, the arrival of a sibling, or moving to a new home — can make it hard for a child to focus on another challenge like potty training.

Rather than focus on all the bad things about your child's disability, talk about all the people who are making a big effort to help him.

Intentionally making a child feel bad about himself or herself, as a person, instead of focusing on the actual behavior you're trying to change

Take this time to focus on your child while they play and making sure they see your face smiling back at them from the bleachers — not your head down playing on your phone.

This would keep the adoption agency / facilitator / attorney focused on the child and on its own ethics (such as finding a home for a child instead of finding a child for a home) rather than making sure an adoption goes through.

While I decided to focus primarily on older children in this post, many women on Twitter chimed in that they are nursing their kids to age two as well, including: Reiza at Stepping Off the Spaceship, Summer at Wired for Noise, Mom Most Traveled, Annie at PhD in Parenting, and Sara (who was breast - fed herself until age 4 1/2) at Custom - Made Milk, among others.