Sentences with phrase «age children struggling»

I have extensive experience helping preschool - age children struggling with behavioral and developmental difficulties.

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As a result, while today's 65 - year - olds will receive on average net lifetime benefits of $ 327,400, children born now will suffer net lifetime losses of $ 420,600 as they struggle to pay the bills of aging Americans.

With regard to another post regarding faith... I have seen my preemie child struggling for life... I have held the hand of an old person as they slipped from life to death... I have stood vigil in the room of a man of faith as over 40 friends and family crammed into a room sharing pain and suffering as he slipped away suffering from cancer at a young age.

As the organization grew, Johnson felt a hunger to step out and share his story with people who are uncertain, or ex-Christ-followers, struggling with belief in an age where evangelicalism seems to have given up its core values in the name of bringing alleged child molester, Roy Moore, into the Senate.

He had recently finished a book called Alex: The Life of a Child about his daughter Alexandra, who had struggled all her short life against cystic fibrosis before dying at the age of eight early in 1980.

By Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie, that he was coached by a director of the HBO show Hard Knocks to appear to struggle while recounting the names and ages of his eight children.

A family flees from Vietnam to Alabama with their 10 year old, who struggles to adjust in a strange land, in this Bay Area Children's Theatre production for ages 8 and up.

Themes of a nightmare tend to reflect whatever the child is going through at that age, whether it's struggles with aggressive feelings, independence, or fears of separation.

25 to 30 months Between the ages of 2 and 3, your child will continue to struggle for independence.

When a parent gets locked in a power struggle with a child of any age, the parent is the one that needs to have sufficient skills to avoid and manage it.

If you want to avoid homework struggles with your k - 12 age child, you will need to make sure you have a homework routine that works in place.

According to a study published in April 2010 by the Pew Research Center, 75 percent of children ages 12 to 17 now have a cell phone.2 That said, it can be a struggle for parents to balance the family budget in order to keep the whole family in touch while on the go.

Others often struggle with having to care for an aging estranged parent and perhaps aging stepparents with whom they may or may not have been close, says Elizabeth Marquardt, director of the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values and author of Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce.

When your child is at this age, she likely struggles with self - esteem issues and the pressure to fit in with the crowd.

Complete with age - appropriate strategies for dealing with day - to - day struggles and illustrations that will help you explain these concepts to your child, The Whole - Brain Child shows you how to cultivate healthy emotional and intellectual development so that your children can lead balanced, meaningful, and connected lchild, The Whole - Brain Child shows you how to cultivate healthy emotional and intellectual development so that your children can lead balanced, meaningful, and connected lChild shows you how to cultivate healthy emotional and intellectual development so that your children can lead balanced, meaningful, and connected lives.

See your child's pediatrician if you suspect your child is struggling with developing age - appropriate skills.

Parents with children of any age will find this information - packed book with its bite - sized chapters and practical approach to parenting a helpful and encouraging addition to their home library, as well as a welcome gift for new or struggling parents.

Whether you are transitioning a young child from their crib to a bed, trying to keep a child in bed through the night, needing to convince your child not to wake up at the crack of dawn, or struggling to sleep - train a child of any age who is on the Autism Spectrum, sometimes a parent just needs a little help teaching healthy sleep habits.

But the truth is in this day and age where people are inundated with text messages, social media, nontraditional work schedules, hundreds of channels on television and increased financial demands — more parents than ever are struggling to feel truly connected to their child.

Whether your child is a toddler looking for one more glass of water, an elementary - age child scared of having bad dreams or a preteen begging for «Just ten more minutes» before lights out, if you are a parent, you know that bedtime can be a struggle.

If your children are preschool age, always make sure that you are within arm's length of them so you can reach them instantly if they begin to struggle in the water.

Many new fathers struggle to take the initiative to be actively involved in the raising of their children at a young age.

Visit Waimea Valley Depending on the age of your children, yanking them away from the beach may be a difficult task (you may also find yourself struggling with the notion when you've been enjoying the bliss of these peerless coasts), but if you're hoping to experience a bit of inland Kauai, there is no place more fit for an afternoon than the Waimea Canyon.

In contrast, children who learn about the circumstances of their conception at an earlier age often struggle psychologically, but eventually report that they prefer knowing to not knowing.

Your child's struggle could be rooted vision or hearing problems, a teacher's teaching approach, or reading material that's too advanced for his age.

Every parent struggles with bath time but to ensure that you are keeping your child perfectly safe you must make sure that you are first using the right tub depending on your child's age and size.

Created for children ages 18 months - 6 yrs, SleepBuddy takes away the power struggle parents face when it's bedtime, and gives children a comforting visual cue so that they know just what to do!

It is vitally important to set a routine for your child from a very young age, or you will wind up having to do it when they are older — and that will turn into a major struggle.

Bestselling author, journalist, and father - of - two Paul Tough has devoted his career to answering the question of why some children succeed — and how educators, parents, and school communities can better serve struggling kids of all ages, from pre-K classes to high school seniors.

Before this age, children struggle to process it.

Once your child reaches six months of age, her sleep patterns change, and you'll notice that she is waking for longer periods, and sleep may become a struggle.

Most nights are a struggle because she honestly doesn't require as much sleep as other children her age.

Children that develop healthy sleep cycles at a young age are less likely to struggle with sleeping problems as they get older.

We think of a very tiny child of ages birth through three as struggling through space over time to achieve being upright, then progressing to speech and from speech flowing into thought.

Parents are at their wits» end about a big bedtime power struggle they are facing with their preschool - aged child.

Baby Sleep 101 was created out of a passion to support parents of children from ages 0 - 5, who are struggling with their child's sleep issues.

Her struggle with her younger child gives me an opportunity to point out that the way to take time for training with children under the age of six is to do tasks with them.

The point is, at this moment in time, I am struggling with having two children the same age and stage.

At the time of this unexpected compliment, their mom begged to differ, and she was struggling to keep her cool, but the older couple's actions gave her encouragement and helped her remember that her children were acting their age and she needed to adjust her expectations.

As the new school year moves near, many parents are left with the age - old struggle of how to get their child to brush their teeth regularly before heading off to the bus stop each day.

«The IDC is going to make a positive change for New York's working - and middle - class families who struggle to send their children to college through our College Affordability for All plan, make sure our teenagers are treated as such by Raising the Age of criminal responsibility and create good - paying jobs through our Made by New Yorkers vision.»

Free all - day programs can also be a lifeline to parents struggling with sky - high child care costs, points out Brian Jones, a former New York City elementary school teacher, current Green Party candidate for lieutenant governor of New York State, and parent of a young child approaching preschool age.

Holiday and Sea Bay were both accused of discrimination in 2007 after a single mom struggling to find a place to live complained about a Holiday policy that limited the time that families with a child between the ages of 5 and 17 could stay on the grounds.

«One in four working parents has been plunged into debt due to the crippling cost of childcare, a report warned yesterday... The poll of more than 4,000 working parents also found nearly two - thirds «can not afford not to work, but struggle to pay for childcare»... The average bill for sending a child under the age of two to a nursery for 25 hours a week is # 96, while a live - out nanny in central London costs about # 32,000 a year.»

Adults and school - aged children with reading disorders, however, struggle to pick up on these rhythmic patterns.

Our goal is to help the millions of parents whose children, ages 3 — 20, are struggling with dyslexia.

We pass between four separate dramatic strands over the course of several days: an American couple (Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett) traveling through Morocco in an effort to expunge some unmentioned grief; a Mexican housekeeper (Adriana Barraza) watching the couple's young children in San Diego while preparing for her son's wedding; a Tunisian shepherd (Driss Roukhe) who gives his two boys a rifle in order to ward off jackals; and a deaf - mute Japanese schoolgirl (Rinko Kikuchi) struggling with the temptations of her age and a sense of lingering loss.

«What is so vital about our story I think, especially now in the age of Dylan Klebold [who, with Eric Harris, killed 13 people and injured 24 others, in the Columbine High School massacre], is that we, as parents, are really struggling with our children,» Farmiga says.

The mother's elective surgery put up against young Annie's struggles with weight and race (in the film's only mawkish moment, the child wishes she could rip her skin off), compared to Elizabeth's shockingly vulnerable scene in which she asks an actor lover (Dermot Mulroney) to critique her naked body and contrasted with Michelle's compensatory indiscretion with a boy less than half her age (the exceptional Jake Gyllenhaal).

Much like the 2012 documentary Brooklyn Castle by Katie Dellamaggiore, Queen of Katwe explores the inherent difficulties at reconciling an underprivileged upbringing with newfound success at such a young age, as well as how a gifted child can struggle to remain humble.