Sentences with phrase «parents of small families»

Parents of small families who are very concerned about having grandchildren around might reflect they are likely to see more of their celibate children than those with the care of spouses and families.

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«These findings show that small businesses understand the importance of family friendly workplaces that afford working parents the flexibility they need to work and raise a family,» says Loren Harris, director of family economic security at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, in reference to the survey results.

We just welcomed two new members into our family, and running as fast as you can isn't sustainable for parents of multiple small children.

She adopted my family as her own, took it upon herself to call my parents «Mom» and «Dad,» and kept a small piece of the parsonage's hideous kitchen floor when the church finally replaced it.

The term nuclear family is used by sociologists to refer to the smallest family unit, typically that of two parents and their children.

The children of small families are no more selfish than any other kids — but are the parents?

Later in life Luther, with his wife, engaged in a good deal of gardening and small farming, and drew on the early experience, of his parents, his grandfather, and of his uncle who had inherited the old family farm.

(An alarming custom is for the parents of a teenage boy to build him a small, private hut behind the family home; girlfriends can meet him there, unseen by his family.)

Yet, despite being completely faithful to the teachings in Humanae Vitae, these parents have suffered from the presumptions of others that their small family is a matter of choice — a result, surely, of their not living as «proper» Catholics.

I think post is great but do you really think this is for families of small children with parents having full - time work?

And forget about family vacations — parents either post a small handful of pics to say «we're at the beach!»

Both point out that the small sample on which McIntosh's claims are based is not representative of separated families in general: the parents» relationships were particularly short - lived and tenuous.

When Bowman ran a small group for children with recently separated or divorced parents, she used a rain - and - sun analogy by asking about the positives and negatives of the new family structure.

Sid Garza - Hillman, certified nutritionist, health coach and speaker, is the author of «Approaching the Natural: A Health Manifesto» and «Raising Healthy Parents: Small Steps, Less Stress, and a Thriving Family.»

A study from 2010 acknowledged, yes, «in the short - term, kids go through a one - to two - year crisis period when their parents divorce,» but the idea of staying together for the kids is problematic, especially if it's a high - conflict family, and that previous research indicating people should stay together «has been plagued by many data problems — reliance on small samples derived from one therapy clinic, retrospective reports, and cross sectional data.»

Although some children have long - lasting adjustment problems associated with their parents divorce, the differences between children of divorce and children of intact families can be extremely small.

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But auditors — and Children's Centre staff themselves — felt they needed to do more to identify and provide outreach services to families with high levels of need, and the NAO found that «less progress was being made in improving services for fathers, parents of children with disabilities, and for ethnic minorities in areas with smaller minority populations».

LÍLLÉbaby is a family — we're a small company of moms and professionals, and most of us work from home offices while living the reality of life as a parent every day!

There is always a brief moment of panic that every parent of small children experiences in those moments before the family sets off on a trip.

Every action on your part — big or small, publicly or behind - the - scenes — helps continue to change the face of parenting in our culture, to identify fathers more and more as legitimate parenting partners, because you already have that role in your family and you should be recognized for it in our culture!

The parents, whose children range from toddlers to young adults, came with a variety of aspirations for this experience, including bringing more consciousness to their parenting; being more grounded and having more communication in their family life; creating more flow and less stress in their household; slowing down to better enjoy small moments and emotional connection with family; and reconnecting with themselves.

We are a family owned and operated company who has been serving the parents of small children for more than a decade.

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Would you please consider dividing the «Family Friendly Blogs» into smaller categories... perhaps Preschool Blogs, Homeschool Blogs, Parenting Blogs — I'm sure other readers will have other suggestions based on the theme of their blogs.

Researchers supporting co-parenting identified a number of fundamental methodological flaws of recent studies that challenge co-parenting of infants and young children: the failure to interview both parents, small and non-representative samples and use of unreliable and invalid measures, and the fact that even these studies have actually found no significant differences in child outcomes in single versus co-parenting families.

Laying carnations at the grave of his parents, he declares that he must put aside his grief and return to work immediately, as he can not let his own personal problems get in the way of the corporation's business: «The greater corporate family must come before my own small family,» he declares.

It's from small towns, suburbs, cities and the middle of nowhere; it's liberal, conservative, radical and none - of - the - above; its parents are straight, gay and confused; it listens to country, rock and roll, Tejano, jazz, classical and hip hop; and its friends, lovers and family are white, black, brown and every shade you can imagine in between.

«I'm running for Congress to stand up for the working families in our district who have been shut out of our political system — nurses, state workers, teachers, parents, family farmers, and small businesses alike.

As they spread online and on television, the images of a small girl losing control of a powerful war weapon during a family vacation created a worldwide spectacle, prompting some commentators to castigate parents who would put a submachine gun in the hands of a child.

The money we currently invest in parenting is a small fraction of the tens of billions that family breakdown costs.

In early 2009 Jonathon Porritt, chair of the government's Sustainable Development Commission, whacked a hornet's nest by calling parents of more than two children «irresponsible» and blasting mainstream environmental groups for «betraying» their members by fearing to call for small families.

New Ph.D. researchers with «stronger academic ability,» as indicated by having received university support in the form of a fellowship or assistantship or by having at least one parent with a college degree (which, especially in poor or middle - income countries, places the family among an educated class that is much smaller than in a rich country) are likelier to stay than those who lack these presumed correlates of academic strength.

Recently honored as Dover, NH region's «Small Business of the Year,» her ChildLight Yoga Studio & Training Center, serves as headquarters for operations of its internationally recognized trainings and products while providing award - winning programming for expecting parents, babies, toddlers, children, teens, families and adults to the Seacoast community.

Sid Garza - Hillman, certified nutritionist, health coach and speaker, is the author of «Approaching the Natural: A Health Manifesto» and «Raising Healthy Parents: Small Steps, Less Stress, and a Thriving Family.»

Having grown up as the most grounded member of his small family, he has developed a peculiar relationship with his parents, playing to their expectations while studying them as though they were lab rats, charting with alarm their declining sex life.

The lifestyles of Gale, Evelle and Smalls are like H.I's repressed anxieties and desires made flesh, while Dot (Frances McDormand) and Glen (Sam McMurray), an obnoxious couple who seem to have raised the kids from hell, appear to signify H.I.'s fear of family life, displaying crude characteristics of the worst type of parents.

In terms of these criteria, white children have enormous advantages: 83 % come from two - parent households with relatively small families.

The ritual unfolds with remarkable consistency each fall, says Heather Weiss, the longtime director of the Harvard Family Research Project: parents and teachers sit across from one another, «knees bunched up against a desk that is just a little too small,» talking hurriedly about goals, needs, and observations.

Ms. Anderson had argued that One Newark would offer more parents the opportunity to opt out of failing schools, and that by improving the smaller number of public schools that remained, it would ultimately help retain the families that might otherwise leave the district for charter schools.

In 2014, parents of students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income families.6

«Parents are looking for a place where students feel welcome, they feel like a part of the family, they feel a part of a community, they are able to develop closer relationships with teachers, and they want them to know who they are,» says Evelyn Castro, Principal of Ednovate College Prep charter school when speaking about one of the most important things parents want in a school and how sometimes a smaller charter public school can providParents are looking for a place where students feel welcome, they feel like a part of the family, they feel a part of a community, they are able to develop closer relationships with teachers, and they want them to know who they are,» says Evelyn Castro, Principal of Ednovate College Prep charter school when speaking about one of the most important things parents want in a school and how sometimes a smaller charter public school can providparents want in a school and how sometimes a smaller charter public school can provide that.

In addition, some of the smaller and new school partners found that some families applied to their school without knowing much about it, but they did appreciate the opportunity to start a conversation with those parents.

The National Education Association hosted a National Summit on Family, School, and Community Engagement last week in Alexandria, Va where educators, education leaders, parents, family and community activists, business leaders and representatives of the faith community met for two days of small group and panel discusFamily, School, and Community Engagement last week in Alexandria, Va where educators, education leaders, parents, family and community activists, business leaders and representatives of the faith community met for two days of small group and panel discusfamily and community activists, business leaders and representatives of the faith community met for two days of small group and panel discussions.

We call on President Obama and other Democrats to reject these policies and join parents and education experts in support of a more positive set of changes that includes small classes, a well - rounded curriculum, more meaningful parent involvement and greater investment in teachers and families.

A passel of interlinked right - wing groups that fund and participate in ALEC, including the Koch's astroturf group, Americans for Prosperity, the DeVos family's American Federation for Children, and the State Policy Network's Goldwater Institute joined the push to expand the state's voucher program (even though its small scale voucher plan was not popular with parents and not yet full.)

Gary parents say charters provide a welcome blend of small - family atmosphere and personal attention.

You could squint a little bit and try to suggest that it was a wise choice for small families because it had those hatches behind the doors, but in reality, unless you were parents to kids the size of a small stuffed animal, they were going to be uncomfortable in the back seat.

Set mostly in the American West, the stories feature small - town lawyers, ranchers, doctors, parents, and children, and explore the moral quandaries of love, family, and friendship.

Preeminent illustrator Barry Moser and his brother, Tommy, were born of the same parents, were raised in the same small Tennessee community, and were poisoned by their family's deep racism and anti-Semitism.