Sentences with phrase «about the child care choices»

In November, the President signed the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014, raising health and safety requirements for child care providers, outlining family - friendly eligibility policies, and ensuring that parents have information about the child care choices available to them.

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I find your comment quite offensive to the millions of wonderful, caring, responsive parents out there who are just as likely to have strong attachments to their children as you are despite not making the same choices as you about every detail of their lives and parenting practices.
It's true that more men are at home caring for the kids than ever before — there are about 2 million stay - at - home dads — but, and this is a big but, the largest number of stay - at - home fathers, 35 percent, are at home because of illness or disability, according to the Pew Research Center, not by choice, versus 73 percent of stay - at - home mothers, who either are choosing to be at home (presumably with the blessing of their partner) or who have had to opt out for any number of reasons (the cost of child care perhaps).
I think it is important to point out that this isn't just an issue for middle class families who care deeply about their child's diet and are able to provide abundant healthy food choices but school menus have great impact on many, many poor children who, through no fault of their own and often with no agency to change the situation, end up being pawns in the lunch tray wars.
The key emphasis of the childcare strategy is on providing women with more choices: mothers «who still bear most of the responsibility for caring for children, feel they are not left with sufficient choice about how to balance work and family life».
All in all, the Dr.Madre non-contact forehead thermometer is an excellent choice for parents who care about the health of their child.
Instinctive Parenting: Empowering mothers to make choices about pregnancy, birth, infant care and strategies for dealing with toddlers that are child led, nurturing and natural.
I also love the company's desire to help parents teach their children about taking care of the environment * and * making healthy snack choices.
The other half worked on helping local schools and child care centers educate young children about the importance of healthy choices, and they had lots of fun creating healthy snacks with preschool children.
Yet there is really no evidence that mothers» choices enhance neurodevelopment and hence no basis to assume that mothers who make different choices don't care about their child's intelligence.
The Marathon was rigorously tested to meet Federal Safety Standards, so there is no doubt that it is one of the best infant convertible car seats and it is an excellent choice for parents who take care about safety and comfort of their children.
To this day I still give Pebble lots of choice about her morning when it comes to child care.
However, research shows that parents perceive their choices for affordable care are more limited than they actually are, and parents often lack information about how various child care options differ in terms of their quality.
But as a parent this feels like a false choice, there are very few parents out there that do not care about their child's economic opportunity, but we also care about our child's potential.
The best way I know to thank all parents who care about their children's education is to empower them to make the right choices.
Children should have the choice, i.e. there should be teachers SOMEWHERE that care about their minds, their self esteem and their character.
Families are starting to see that some of you only care about having choice for your children, while other folks are on the outside looking in.
Every day those of us who are blessed to be parents make choices about how to care for the needs of our children.
Her work focuses on building, implementing, and improving the state's unified early childhood quality rating and improvement system, and supporting families to make informed choices about care and education for their children.
Parents care about school performance, as it helps inform school choice — when available — as well as any additional supports parents may need to obtain for their children.
Use what is most important to you about your child's care to determine your choices.
Currently, the average school day is less than seven hours and the median school day ends at 2:50 p.m. 56 The average workday, however, does not align, requiring parents to make tough choices about their income, parental involvement, and child care.
Of course, the reformers don't really care about the education of poor children — they see the lure of school choice and charter schools as the bait for parents frustrated by the systemic defunding of their local public schools, especially in urban centers, and who are desperate for any option that promises a better alternative.
Then as her character grew, I realized she had gone through several difficult life choices, living with an alcoholic, watching someone she cared about destroy himself, her own inhibitions and the death of her only child.
How did you feel about Margie's choice to back away from activism and lead a «quiet life» raising her children and caring for stray or unwanted animals?
As Gore keeps on telling us, the choice really is ours to make: whether we care enough about our children, grandchildren and future generations to take serious action now to avert a full - blown climate crisis.
If you have a choice about where your child goes to child care, preschool and school, you can try to choose somewhere that can support your child's abilities and learning needs.
The Early Childhood Community Development Centre is a professional resource and referral organization working to help early learning and care professionals achieve their goals by offering resources, training, and supports and helping employers and parents gain information about early learning and child care choices in Niagara.
Through proposals on flexible parental leave the Bill seeks to give parents more choice and flexibility about how they share the care of their child in the first year, enabling both parents to retain a strong link with the labour market.
It promotes abstinence from sex as the healthiest choice for adolescents; provides a comprehensive understanding of sexual health, sexuality and protection methods; and supports parents as the primary sexuality educators of their children through family activities that encourage dialogue between students and the caring adults in their lives about sexual health topics.
In California, legal custody involves the right to make choices about your child's education, health care, safety and other important issues.
When I work with couples with disagreements about parenting styles, I help them review and understand the parenting they received as a way to start making better choices in how to be more effective with their children, as well as find more efficient and nurturing ways to take care of their children's needs.
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