Sentences with phrase «about adolescence as»

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As my kids slide into adolescence, I will see how I feel about bending the rule.

At the same time, the whole process of creating an adoptive family raises many concerns about identity and belonging; concerns not unlike those we are all faced with: Three professionals who work with adoptive families (Anderson, Piantanida, and Anderson, 1993) list the questions about identity and belonging that an adopted child will likely have as she or he reaches adolescence:

Gary Bauer, undersecretary of education and chairman of a White House task force on the American family, has been quoted as saying that his group's goal is «to tell children [that premarital sex] is wrong and explain why it's bad for them — not to teach them so much about sex that they can engage in it in early adolescence.»

I've been feeling nostalgic lately, craving comfort foods, making lots of casseroles, and thinking about recipes that were popular during my adolescence — those fabulous decades known as the eighties and nineties.

About 10 percent of all school - age kids skip breakfast, and by the time kids enter adolescence, as many as 30 percent have completely given up the first meal of the day, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

As evidence, she pointed to a 2011 study in the United Kingdom which found that three - quarters of the 6,000 young adults ages 18 to 22 years interviewed about their experiences in sports earlier in adolescence reported at least 1 incident of emotional harm playing sports, one third of whom identified their coach as the main source of harm, and to a 2005 study - one which I cited in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage (Harper Collins), and in articles adapted from that book for MomsTEAM.com - finding that 45 % of children reported verbal misconduct by coaches, including name - calling and insulting them during plaAs evidence, she pointed to a 2011 study in the United Kingdom which found that three - quarters of the 6,000 young adults ages 18 to 22 years interviewed about their experiences in sports earlier in adolescence reported at least 1 incident of emotional harm playing sports, one third of whom identified their coach as the main source of harm, and to a 2005 study - one which I cited in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage (Harper Collins), and in articles adapted from that book for MomsTEAM.com - finding that 45 % of children reported verbal misconduct by coaches, including name - calling and insulting them during plaas the main source of harm, and to a 2005 study - one which I cited in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage (Harper Collins), and in articles adapted from that book for MomsTEAM.com - finding that 45 % of children reported verbal misconduct by coaches, including name - calling and insulting them during play.

Adolescence is when young people learn about who they are as individuals and it's an important to think about the future.

Because I do talk a lot about toddlers and preschoolers (because that's what I live with in the trenches here every day), I want to provide some advice and resources out of that age group both for those with kids in middle childhood and adolescence, as well as give those of us with younger kids a glimpse into the future.

Be flexible about «parenting time» — especially as she reaches adolescence and may need more time for friends, school, jobs, and extracurricular activities.

As your child reaches adolescence, about 20 percent of those booming neurons are discarded, leaving only the ones we will have for the rest of their lives.

Navigating adolescence is increasingly complicated these days, as our children are constantly bombarded with messages about who they should and shouldn't be, how they should and shouldn't act, and what they should and shouldn't be involved in to achieve success.

THE LURE OF POLITICALLY CORRECT DIETS For some high - minded teenagers, anti-saturated fat dogma may dovetail rather conveniently with pro-vegetarian arguments, 12 particularly because the search for «meaningful moral standards, values and belief systems» is a critical developmental task during adolescence.13 (It should be noted that moralistic claims in favor of vegetarianism often prevent earnest vegetarian teens from coming face to face with underlying farming realities — including the fact that sustainable farming requires enriching soil with animal products such as bone meal and manure.12) Recognizing the fact that adolescent boys also can be preoccupied with physical concerns about weight or athletic prowess, it is perhaps not terribly surprising that a sizeable proportion of teenage boys appear to be persuaded by advice that vegetarianism is a «healthy» lifestyle.

Critics Consensus: Lady Bird delivers fresh insights about the turmoil of adolescence — and reveals writer - director Greta Gerwig as a fully formed filmmaking talent.

In Part 2 of our interview, we talk to Mr. Campos about his fascination with adolescence as subject matter, teaching Brady Corbet to moan, his use of sound and mirror

In the latest installment of this superhero franchise, Andrew Garfield stars as Peter Parker, who's just trying to figure out his way through high school adolescence when a discovery about the disappearance of his parents changes his world and opens the door to uncertainty and an unexpected destiny.

Showing in the out - of - competition Premieres section, the film is described in the official Sundance announcement as «a coming - of - age story about a 28 - year - old woman stuck in permanent adolescence.»

And Michael Haneke's cautionary parable about disaffected, medium - cool adolescence is as much a reference point as Paranormal Activity and its sequels; here, the malevolent ghost in the machine is the spirit of Laura, who decides to take revenge on the classmates who she believes drove her to death one year ago by posting an unflattering video online.

«Moonrise Kingdom» is an adolescent love story, not so much about love as it is about adolescence.

Variety: «A raggedy but refreshing yarn about the near - terminal condition known as male adolescence.»

About as much shame at most points of my childhood and adolescence as a serious pornography habit.

Most of the really difficult teething phase occurs before adolescence, and while it doesn't really wrap up until about seven to nine months old (on average), it's not nearly as dramatic as the earlier stages.

The relationship between Chris and his brother as they navigate the troubles of adolescence and what it means to lose people they care about is a strong point, as is Matt's attempt to escape the looming shadow of his parents, both brilliant (and cold) scientists, with his own inventions.

The new story arc is largely about growing up and as the world's most popular ninja grows into adolescence a powerful spirit that once threatened to destroy the world is back!

If a claim is historical in nature — i.e., it happened many years ago, such as in childhood or adolescence — it is particularly important not to delay obtaining legal advice about your options because there may be limitations periods that apply to bar or stop a claim for compensation.

Additionally, the findings of the current study permitted to think about the role of educational programs based on the development of life skills, demonstrated as widely efficient in various areas of well - being promotion in adolescence, including positive affectivity and resilience as protective factors in different way for boys and girls.

The transition to adolescence and the emergence of problem behavior The transition into adolescence has been defined by physical changes of puberty, school changes from an elementary to a middle or junior high school environment, cognitive changes with increased ability to understand cause and effect and think about the future, and changes in family relationships as adolescents seek more independence from parental supervision.

Having conversations with your child about sex and relationships from a young age might mean your child feels more comfortable to ask you questions as she moves into adolescence.

In an article for Campus Review, as well as in an audio interview available on the Campus Review website, Dr Burke talks about how effective parenting and close parent - adolescent relationships are important protective factors for children in adolescence.

Be flexible about «parenting time» — especially as she reaches adolescence and may need more time for friends, school, jobs, and extracurricular activities.

In part, the understanding of cliques reflects a cognitive advance, as children in adolescence are able to use formal operational thinking to consider abstract ideas such as «cliques» and apply them to their thinking about peers.

As children reach adolescence, it is not uncommon for them to want to know more about their other parent.

That is, the finding that clique isolation predicted an increase in depressive symptoms indicates that viewing peer relations from a group perspective contributes significantly to the existing knowledge about problematic peer experiences as social risk factors for depression in early adolescence.

This research revealed startling conclusions about the way we think of adolescence and the position that we take as adults when we work with this population.