In the past, we could always boast that America educates a larger proportion of its school -
age children than other lands, but this is no longer true.
Not exact matches
The new measures try to extend the «kiddie tax» idea to
children and
other family members older
than age 18 who have not been actively involved in the business.
Aboriginal girls are 4 times more likely to be the victims of sexualized violence in care before the
age of 12
than other children.
The Prison Reform Trust has said
children in care in England and Wales
aged 10 - 17 are five times more likely enter the criminal justice system
than other children of their
age.
Parents deposit their two - and three - year - olds for hours at a variety of day - care centers despite voluminous research indicating that there are no «good»
child - care arrangements for
children of this
age other than parental care.
Furthermore, today
children are more likely
than people of any
other age group to live in poverty, and, as Mintz explains in such excellent detail, it has always been true that when
children live in poverty both their physical and social needs are apt to go unmet.
In the U.S., people over 60 view more television
than do members of any
other age group, including
children; older people, various researchers have shown, list television viewing as their favorite leisuretime activity.
Having Down's syndrome means that he will develop more slowly
than other children his
age.
These laws, known as «Romeo and Juliet laws» provide that a person can legally have consensual intercourse with a minor provided that he or she is not more
than a given number of years older generally four years but sometimes some
other number of years Romeo and Juliet laws were passed Several ped membership org endorsed lowering or abolishing
age of consent laws to legalize fleshly activities involving an adult and a
child.
I would suggest that it's due to an awakening to the real pain that promiscuity and abortion entail;
others might say that it's actually based in «rights talk,» that young people identify with aborted
children (as of this January 22, anyone under the
age of thirty could have been aborted) and see abortion as an attack on their siblings and classmates, rather
than a matter of women's self «determination.
The latest is Noonan Syndrome which men middle
aged and older are at a high risk for fathering a
child with because it has no
other cause
than «old man» sperm.
Children with inflammatory bowel disease may not grow as well as
other kids their
age and puberty may happen later
than normal.
Special Needs - Conditions that make some
children harder to place
than other children include: physical, mental, and emotional disabilities,
age, race (minorities), sibling groups, and history of physical or sexual abuse.
My favourite Canadian destinations are pretty much every place we've been — some I can recommend more
than others depending on the
age of your
children and the activity level your family prefers.
Children in the
age range of about one to five can enjoy a selection ride - on toys, a small bouncy house, a pretend kitchen and dolls and various
other noisy plastic toys that you would much rather have them visit
than own.
A
child who's much bigger or smaller
than other kids of the same
age — or less coordinated or not as strong — may feel self - conscious and uncomfortable competing with them.
You know your
children better
than anyone, some
children are more mature
than others at different
ages so this will not possibly apply to every situation but gives a great... [Read more...]
However, in the US and many
other western countries, in particular, mothers are more or less expected to wean their
child from their breast no later
than one year of
age.
Grandparents can use virtual visitation to see and hear their grandchildren more often and of course their own
children or
other family who, in today's
age, often live farther away
than a drive across town.
Some
children this
age may experience sudden growth earlier
than others, and some may have stronger motor skills
than their peers.
It's at approximately this
age that peers tend to pick on or tease
children who are less able or less capable
than other kids.
While some kids might be more sensitive to some media content
than others — what's scary or upsetting for one
child might have no affect on another — it's a good idea to know what might upset your
child, limit violent media content, and stick to
age - appropriate movies, books, video games, and
other media.
Here's a statistic that every parent needs to know: According to the Centers for Disease Control, drowning is responsible for more deaths among
children ages 1 - 4
than any
other cause except birth defects.
In reality, however, it simply means your
child weighs less
than other children her
age.
Many school -
age kids get too many calories from what they drink — not only from soda and
other sugar - laden beverages but from fruit juice: The AAP recommends
children 7 years and older drink no more
than 8 ounces of unsweetened, pasteurized 100 percent fruit juice each day.
At all three
ages, African - American
children were spanked significantly more frequently
than those from white and Mexican - American families, and verbally punished more
than the
other children at
ages 2 and 3, the study said.
Studies have also shown that
children who were read to as newborns have a larger vocabulary, as well as more advanced mathematical skills,
than other kids their
age.
He may find it easier to relate to adults
than to
other children at first, particularly if he thinks deeply or is less energetic
than others his
age.
They will learn social skills (direct from you, who know a little more
than other children their
age), and they won't have the de-socializing aspects of schools.
Because they are impulsive,
children with ADHD need more adult supervision
than other children their
age.
Rather
than spending weekdays competing with twenty - five
other human beings of their own
age, in a natural community
children spend their daily lives with old people, babies, and everyone in between.
I have two
other children who are not school -
age and they sleep later
than my son, therefore I could not take him to school myself because I would have to wake up my daughters to do so.
And if your
child does turn out to be smaller
than other kids his
age, it's hard to know whether it's because of prematurity or plain old genetics.
Some parents start earlier, usually around one year of
age, while
others wait until their
child is older
than two years of
age.
You may notice that your
child seems clumsier
than other kids his
age.
Other experts disagree with this recommendation and claim that there is no danger in
children younger
than one year of
age eating honey.
During emergency situations, disease and death rates among babies and
children are higher
than for any
other age group; and the younger the
child, the higher the risk, leaving babies under six months most vulnerable.
Though your
child may be taller or shorter, heavier or lighter
than other children the same
age, changes in height and weight generally follow a regular pattern that is right for your
child.
Depending on the
age of your
child and the specific situation for you and your family, one of these may work better for you
than others.
There are some exceptions, but the majority of home schooled
children are very good at getting along with
others, and they are very comfortable talking to
children of different
ages (both younger and older
than themselves), and to adults.
Sometimes you may consider the activity inappropriate for your
child, especially if
other parents allow their
children more freedoms, at a younger
age,
than you're comfortable with.
I'd rather my
child taste real ingredients and know what food is meant to taste like
than be exposed to artificial sweeteners and
other chemicals at a young
age.
In fact, the probability of having twins is three times higher in women over the
age of thirty - five with at least four
other children than for women under twenty who are pregnant for the first time.
The family bed, on the
other hand, usually implies that there is more
than one
child and no one under the
age of one.
I did go on to have
other children, at an
age not much older
than I was when I surrendered.
Remember that not all
children will stop wearing diapers at the same
age, and your
child may potty train earlier or later
than other children.
It is astonishing that in this day and
age, when guns are the third leading cause of death for American
children and we hear stories seemingly every
other day about
children getting access to adult's guns, that anyone — let alone someone whose job is to give advice — would recommend that a parent be more concerned about not making another parent uncomfortable
than about making sure their
child is safe.
Very young
children, under the
age of 18 months, will put a range of things (
other than food) in their mouths but repeatedly eating items which are considered «non-nutritive» (ie not food) after that
age is generally considered abnormal.
Between the
ages of one and two to three,
children engage in parallel play, where they aren't interacting directly with their peers (
other than to steal toys or knock each
other over).
When you look around at
other children, it can be scary if you think your
child is smaller
than he should be or he weighs more
than he should for his
age.