Sentences with phrase «well at least the parents»

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The change could affect the more than 4 million US citizen children under 18 who live with at least one undocumented parent, as well as the approximately 1 million more so - called «dreamers» who were brought the US by their parents as children and remain undocumented.

Some of them, maybe most, will have at least one parent or another relative who could take care of them, though the adults sometimes tried to hide that from us; they figure we will take better care of the children than they can, plus they won't have another mouth to feed.

Well at least your not as bad as some Catholic parents I have encountered.

Don't you think God loves us at least as much as a good parent who delights in the activities of her children, regardless of whether they get everything right?

Essentially, this is a set of sexual Geneva conventions: You never knew it, but not only do you have the right to minimal standards of treatment if you ever become a prisoner of war, but when you were five, you had the right to learn at school all kinds of things about what some people like to do in bed, and if your parents thought that really they'd rather you didn't hear about that stuff at school, or at least not yet, they were... well, they were violating your rights.

But there are teachers who aren't afraid to say «I love you» to their students and friends who say «good job» when you mess up on your part and parents who love the best they can and principals who sing solos and somewhere there is a new crop of parents with bewildered babies in the public pool, bouncing up and down in the water, and in that moment at least every one is singing.

Those children at least are being loved and it is not my place or the place of anyone to judge who can make the better parent.

the single parents couldn't agree on a last name, which is good in that at least the unmarried dad WANTS to be involved, at least in the child's name.

Most of my reading right now is parenting books, but at least I can help my children to escape into a good story even if I don't have time myself.

I used to be an avid animal lover had 1 - 2 dogs and at least 2 cats my whole life and thenmoivng out on my own I of course did not own a dog and even the cats were given up to my parents where they could have a better home... married a man who allergic to animal dander and an anti-anti histamine person I actually had to write out the pros and cons the biggest con being that I would not be able to have animals in my future at least not indoor cuddly hair all over the place pets that I was accustomed to.

Two questions are usually uppermost in the minds of parents: what to include that will be healthful and nutritious (and at least as good, if not better than what the school serves) and how to keep the lunch from spoiling before it is eaten.

If parents prefer to move the baby to another bedroom, it's best to wait until their child is at least 6 months of age.

Like many people, I think my parents — and maybe my sister and I — might have been better off if they divorced (although living apart for some 10 years may have saved their marriage or at least their sanity).

Imagine if you lost any other loved one — your partner, your best friend, or one of your parents — and someone said to you, «Well, at least you have a great dog and your dad is still around.»

I would like to see more divorces mediated in general, but even when the divorcing parents feel their their needs will best be served through the courts, I still think that the parenting plans, at least, should be routinely handled with mediation.

While you may not agree with the other parent's choices children will still fare better if they have a loving stable relationship with at least one parent.

It may surprise you (or at least your parents) to know experts are now saying the longer your baby can stay barefoot the better — even after they start walking.

In short, it would be at least «neutral» to give us half a chance to parent well without setting us up for food fights w / offspring that shouldn't even be in the dialog to begin with.

Since the custodial parent has «expelled» the absent parent from their life for being «bad,» at least in the child's mind, it stands to reason that the child too could be «bad» and be expelled from the home as well.

Comparisons between the outcomes of children of married and unmarried parents are then, at least to some extent, comparisons between the outcomes of children from well - off families and children from poorer families.

Some parents find success with things like the three day potty training method, while others don't find success with, well, anything at all (at least for a while).

«My impression is that parents really believe these videos are good for their children, or at the very least, not really bad for them,» Ms. Rideout said.

I always think honesty is the best policy when it comes to parenting, at least then you can be prepared.

Dr. Jodi Mindell, the associate director of the Sleep Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and professor of psychology at Saint Joseph's University, conducted the study that found babies sleep better in their own bed at least three feet from their parents.

Although parents don't usually expect the terrible twos to begin until the child is at least two, it can often happen well before then.

Emancipation does not, however, necessarily mean «legal majority,» and may be granted earlier in instances where the minor can demonstrate they are at least sixteen years old; are living apart from the parents with their consent or acquiescence; able to manage their own finances and have a legal source of income; actively serve in a branch of the armed forces; or other reason the court may determine it in the best interest of the child to make a judicial declaration of emancipation.

Or are kids better off having at least one authoritative parent?

Well, sure, those are great ways to take care of yourself physically, but when you're barely taking care of yourself at all because, say, you're a parent to a young child or an older child with school and homework and music class and soccer, when are you going to fit in at least three workouts at the gym and how are you going to cut fat, cholesterol, carbs, processed foods, and sugar out of your diet?

Often, though, even if vitamins aren't making kids feel any better, they do at least make their parents feel reassured that they are doing something extra to keep them healthy.

«The school then has the responsibility at least to warn the parents that «I don't think this is a good, nutritious lunch, and we will have to make a call to Social Services.»

Each intern is required to participate in at least two parenting groups weekly, as well as see at least one individual case for therapy.

Innate needs are best met when at least one parent is present to offer unconditional love and care through the child's primal, preverbal years.

I can't protect my family as well as a stay - at - home parent, but at least no matter how bad my day at work gets, I'll never have to change my boss's diaper.

They know that their children will not learn to talk for at least a year, and that the way they learn is hearing their parents talk to them — the more the better.

For this reason, I commonly advise parents to adopt an age appropriate bedtime (around 8 pm), preceded by a good wind - down routine and a bedtime routine for at least an hour prior to sleep.

At least, not when you take into account their lack of parenting skills or interest in the well - being of their kids.

The Academy recommend that infants sleep in the parent's bedrooms for at least the first six months, or even better, a year.

Some researchers estimate that as much as one third of the parenting gap we find between poor - quality and high - quality parenting could be closed by better support to families, 27 which is at least equal to the fraction of the gap that could be closed by changes in preschools, as we saw earlier.

You may need to go along with your child on playdates until the biting problem resolves itself, or at least warn other parents ahead of time and give them a few tips on what works best with your child.

The CHOP researchers recommend policymakers work to close these gaps in the laws to cover children to at least age 8 so that parents have the best information to protect their children.

Fortunately, this parenting anxiety often goes away, or at least gets better with time, and as a parent gets more experience with their baby, especially once they have a few more kids.

There have been plenty of studies to prove that babies generally do better when they co sleep at least in the same room with their parents, and parents often enjoy plenty of benefits throughout the process, too.

Studies were included if: (a) they were RCTs, (b) the population comprised parents / carers of children up to the age of 18 where at least 50 % had a conduct problem (defined using objective clinical criteria, the clinical cut - off point on a well validated behaviour scale or informal diagnostic criteria), (c) the intervention was a structured, repeatable (manualised) parenting programme (any theoretical basis, setting or mode of delivery) and (d) there was at least one standardised outcome measuring child behaviour.

At least, not if you want to be a good parent.

You might live in a health - conscious, progressive city and / or your children might attend a school (public or private) in which the parent community is well educated about nutrition — or at least open to nutrition education.

A good parent will do what is necessary to take their baby to the doctor (or at least call the pedi's office and speak with the nurse on call).

Adults who are not affiliated with any religion are among the least likely to say children are better off with a parent at home (46 %).

2Americans say a parent at home is best: Despite the fact that most mothers in the U.S. work at least part time, 60 % of Americans say children are better off when a parent stays home to focus on the family, while 35 % say they are just as well off when both parents work outside the home.

Sure it's better if at least the mother (or the father) engages in an attached style of parenting, but if your goal is to create children who thrive, a balanced feminine and masculine attachment is part of the equation.

If authoritarian parents are demanding, doesn't that at least suggest they'd produce kids who are better - behaved and more successful in the classroom?