Sentences with phrase «as a small child by»

Matt Lewin was exposed to science as a small child by his father, an industrial chemist, and his aunt, who worked at New York's American Museum of Natural History, where she would often bring her dinosaur - obsessed nephew.
Lita was adopted as a small child by very wealthy people and they recognized that they can only stop this hyperactivity with painting and so this small lady grew into a very important painter.

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And you can do it in the same way as the child and the researcher: by promising something small and then delivering.
Small - business owners should save for their children's college expenses the same as other parents — by setting up an automatic transfer from their bank account to the college savings plan.
For me, it was a like a real eye opener, right from how it's very important to have a Financial Plan and have an objective for investing, to Goals, having Patience and confidence on your stocks, when is the right time to invest, valuations, how and why small investors should invest, how to not let your judgment be clouded by others, teaching investment as an ART to our children, and how to avoid the pitfalls of investing.
Mantel's memoir, like the novels, is thick with smoldering grievances: against teachers («I don't know if there is a case on record of a child of seven murdering a schoolteacher, but I think there ought to be»); adults generally («In Hadfield, as everywhere in history of the world, violence without justification or apology was meted out by big people to small»); and above all, against the Catholic Church, which stood in judgment on her mother when Mantel was a child.
But in reality I have always been aware of this and was made uncomfortable by all the many prayer styles too — especially as a small child, when I was very aware that everyone seemed to go from normal talk to a specialized prayer intonation.
Whereas for a small child ten minutes is a long while to have to pay attention, a day stretches out before one as a lifetime and a year is as unfathomable as infinity, for an adult the years begin to rush by at dizzying speed.
Merle M. Ohlsen describes group counseling of adolescents and children in schools.9 Helen Driver reports on two groups for high school seniors, three groups for college students, and four leaderless teachers» groups.10 The second part of Driver's book reports on forty - four projects using small groups in elementary, high school, college, and graduate professional schools (as well as mental health settings), as described by the leaders of each group.
What The New York Times calls the «blame Woodstock» explanation for the rise of clerical sex abuse cases in the Seventies, despite the paper's evident scepticism, can not be entirely discounted, since as the researchers of the John Jay College (hereafter JJC) pointed out in their latest report, «the sexual abuse of minors is a pervasive problem in society and in organisations that involve close relationships between youth and adults... No exact measure exists for the number of youths who have contact with priests in the Catholic Church in a year... [but] despite the media focus on child sexual abuse by Catholic priests, it is clear that these abuse acts are a small percentage of all child sexual abuse incidents in the United States.»
Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.
Took it to a church potluck and the few small bits that were left got attacked by the paws of 4 small children as they crowded around and picked at it like vultures to a carcass.
The name «The Optimist» refers to a small dinghy used by children as well as Fry's positive disposition.
«Kid palate tested and endorsed by my 10 year old son, Half Pint is perfect for both children, as well as those looking for a delicious green juice option in a smaller serving size.»
The Eerie poetry that small girls chant (or compose) as they skip rope and the strange rhythmical games involving hand clapping or bouncing balls that children improvise on city streets have been recorded by an imaginative sound engineer named Tony Schwartz, in what the New York Times the other day called the most original piece of work ever put on records.
My friend Colleen, who happens to be a food blogger, had the idea to reach out to other bloggers as well as some of their collective contacts to pull off a fantastic holiday surprise for 21 children who live in a small remote village in Alaska where one can only get in or out by bush plane or a small boat via the rough Nushagak River.
It was started by Food Allergy Research and Education and has become a movement to include children with food allergies in Halloween festivities by handing out non-food items, such as small toys and games.
I am going to preface this essay by admitting that pretty much everything I believed about parenting a small child changed as soon as I had a small child.
As a sociologist, it is very important to me to create a home environment where our children are not chastised for using their imagination and establishing confidence in decision making by being included in relatively small, yet still pertinent decision - making from a young age.
For products to be used by sensitive newborns and small children (e.g. our baby carriers), we turn to medical specialists such as pediatric orthopedists and neonatal doctors.
Note: If you are making your scarf for a small child, straighten the edges, but leave the fleece as one piece that is about 12» by the width of the fabric.
By the way, I've been to Africa and being able to breastfeed is viewed as a gift and is the only source of nutrition (and disease protection) some babies, toddlers, and small children get.
Small toy parts that can fit inside a choke test cylinder or no - choke testing tube, which measures 1 1/4 inches wide by 2 1/4 inches long and simulates the size and shape of a young child's throat, such as Lego building blocks, dice, beads, etc
When they need to have an emotional blow - out, they may signal it by doing something they know you will stop, like pulling another child's hair, or by using a small pretext, like a broken cookie, as a «last straw» so that they can fall apart.
While Delta Children LX Side by Side Tandem Umbrella Stroller might seem compact and small, they have all the extra features as well.
It features 100 brightly - colored pieces that can be assembled by your child, as well as an airport with a small runway, a helipad, and even a hospital with an ambulance.
Or if you know that your child has a hard time following directions at bedtime, try writing or drawing the tasks that need to be done (i.e. toothbrushing, pajamas, etc.) on ping - pong balls and put them in a small «bedtime jar» so your child can feel some control over their routine as they independently pick out the balls one by one for a «surprise» nighttime order of tasks or take them all out and decide what order to do them in themselves.
For products used by special care newborns and small children, we turn to medical specialists such as pediatric gastroenterologists, neonatal physicians, midwives, pediatric nurse practitioners and Cranio Osteopaths.
But the American Academy of Pediatrics now states that sunscreen is probably safe to use on younger children, especially if you just use it on small areas of your baby's skin that are exposed to the sun and not protected by clothing such as the hands and face.
I was extremely impressed by this feature, as it makes the seat suitable for smaller children who need a little more security, but it has room to grow as well.
In 2001, Belsky suggested that, «as more and more children were spending more and more time in non-maternal care arrangements, at younger and younger ages, even small effects, when experienced by many children, might have broad - scale implications for how classrooms, communities and even societies operate.»
Despite being a natural rite of passage for small children, behaviors can also be brought on or exacerbated by what babies consider dramatic life changes, such as:
Put a coin or small prize by each one, so your child gets a reward as he goes along.
WHAT GREAT PARENTS DO: The small Book of BIG Parenting Ideas began as a workshop in local schools and soon grew into a class attended by thousands of parents at schools and organizations, including Habitot Children's Museum, University of California Berkeley, UCSF Benioff / Children's Hospital, and San Francisco Zen Center.
Older children can learn simple math problems as well as liquid volumes by pouring smaller cups into larger ones.
The side - by - side double stroller can become an impeccable tool for families that have two small children as they help you to keep both of them in your sight, while the siblings keep each other company.
In 13 - 18 months of age, your child will be walking by themselves, walking up and down stairs with one hand held by an adult, easily throwing lightweight objects such as a ball, using a small vocabulary of about four to ten words, following simple directions, and acknowledging and responding to his or her name.
This can be achieved by helping your child with certain play patterns such as grasping small objects, pouring water out of cups, squeezing things like sponges, and doing other activities that force a child to use their hands in creative ways.
Every book worm out there began as a small child, gleefully devouring their favorite stories — first from adults reading to them aloud to then by flashlight, tucked under the covers, knees propped up...
In an extraordinary series of photographs of Gordon Brown's last moments at No 10 by the Guardian's Martin Argles, Andrew Adonis appears twice: as a small, pale visage peering over Peter Mandelson's shoulder at the Browns and their children taking their leave, and earlier, while the inner circle waited for Nick Clegg's final decision.
Scientists have been using an ancient Greek fable written by Aesop as inspiration to test whether birds and small children understand cause and effect relationships.
«With small children, mothers mostly use physical controls, but when children are older these directives become more verbal and psychological, such as by restricting what children are allowed to say or by not allowing them to speak their minds.
But this image belies the truth: that Kennedy had been plagued by illnesses and discomfort since he was a small child and required strong medication to perform his tasks as president.
The CORs of the King Cobra and other nonsanctioned drivers are so high the clubs should come with a label warning «not to be used by small children as an actual trampoline.»
Even as a small child I was intrigued by biology — dissecting dead goldfish, or probing into the eye of a head chopped from a chicken being prepared for dinner.
Now, a group headed by Ramnik Xavier, a gastroenterologist at Harvard Medical School in Boston, has collected fecal samples and taken biopsies of the lower part of the small intestine and rectum from 447 children who had just been diagnosed with Crohn's, and a control group of 221 kids who had noninflammatory abdominal symptoms, such as bloating and diarrhea.
Influenza remains a major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.
An Early Fascination with the Brain Even as a child, growing up in a small village in Switzerland, Studer was always fascinated by the brain and its complexity.
In addition, on the second night, the children were kept awake as long as possible throughout the night, if they were willing, by telling and listening to stories, doing small tasks such as word and memory games, or making crafts.
Even though the concentration of DHA in breast milk is very small, the brains of breast - fed infants accumulate fifty percent more DHA than those of infants fed formulas devoid of the fatty acid.43 When a mother improves her DHA status by supplementing with cod liver oil during pregnancy and the first three months of lactation, 44 it improves her child's IQ at four years of age, although the effect is drowned out by other factors as the child grows older.45
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