Sentences with phrase «as equal parents»

After all, attachment parenting was a style that worked well for us and I certainly didn't feel that it subjugated me as a woman, since we went down that path together as equal parents.

There are a variety of schedules that will count as equal parenting time.

As equal parenting time and joint legal decision making are almost a given (aside from certain specific activities that rebut the presumption), parents can work from that place in order to personalize and custom tailor their specific agreements to fit their schedules, and their children's needs.

Not exact matches

As the parents navigate their own friendship, all three adults deliver hilarity and sincerity in equal measure.

As a new parent, Serena now faces a bigger challenge than demanding equal pay for black women.

Liberal MLA Mary Polak (Langley) was instrumental as a Surrey School Board trustee in banning gay - positive books from Surrey Schools: The book ban was later struck down by the Supreme Court of Canada which said «instead of proceeding on the basis of respect for all types of families, the Board proceeded on an exclusionary philosophy, acting on the concern of certain parents about the morality of same - sex relationships, without considering the interest of same - sex parented families and the children who belong to them in receiving equal recognition and respect in the school system.»

To hold that same - sex marriage is part of the fundamental right to marry, or necessary for giving LGBT people the equal protection of the laws, the Court implicitly made a number of other assumptions: that one - flesh union has no distinct value in itself, only the feelings fostered by any kind of consensual sex; that there is nothing special about knowing the love of the two people whose union gave you life, whose bodies gave you yours, so long as you have two sources of care and support; that what children need is parenting in some disembodied sense, and not mothering and fathering.

When asked if dads should get the same time off as mothers after the birth of their child he replied: «I don't see why not, a child has two parents often and actually to give them both equal rights is a good thing.

But don't they all have to do with how we relate to each other and to Jesus Christ — whether we relate vertically as child to parent, as serf to free person, as baron to king, as alien to citizen, as tribal member to colonial usurper, as subject - wife to master - husband, as Third World country to powerful nation, as sharecropper to landed gentry, as migrant laborer to union or employer, as novice nun to mother superior, as female to male, as poor parishioner to monsignor - pastor, and on and on; or whether we relate horizontally as the grown - up heir now equal to his father, as world citizen to world citizen, as worker to worker, as minister to minister, as partner wife to partner husband, as sister to sister, and sister to brother?

[10] As mentioned above, shortly to be published Australian research of mine found that: «84 \ % of parents believe that parents should play at least an equal role with schools in sex education.»

It is unlikely that Pope Paul VI or any of the bishops in 1968 would have imagined that within a few decades a substantial proportion of Catholic parents in some Western countries would be living together outside of marriage or that the Church in those countries would be defending her rights against those who claim that homosexual partnerships must be treated as being of equal value with marriage.

This new family ideal takes an entire book to elaborate (with important questions still left unanswered), but can be briefly summarized as follows: it is the voluntary lifetime union of a woman and a man who parent their own children in a relationship characterized by love, justice and equal regard.

Despite the fact that 1 in 6 custodial parents are dads and there are about 2.6 million stay - at - home fathers, as well as the millions of Gen - X and Millennial men who are hands - on dads, we still don't tend to see men as primary — or even equal — caregivers.

Businesses can not afford to ignore the parenting revolution that millennials want to see and the PM won't succeed in his vision of eliminating the gender pay gap unless we see a more equal sharing of parental duties as the new norm.

As a parent, you want to give equal attention to all of your children.

As the mom of four small kids (whose previous cooking experience was limited to watching the Barefoot Contessa on TV then doing my best to replicate her moves for dinner parties), I've finally figured out that feeding kids well is equal parts simple recipes, steady parenting, and plain ol' trying again.

Democratic - where the parents acknowledge the children as equals, not in terms of intelligence and life experience, but in terms of their value and rights as individuals.

If your parenting partner will have legal status as a parent, he will have equal rights for custody and visitation.

The organization encourages shared parenting and works to protect equal rights, as well as equal responsibilities, for both parents.

«Joint physical custody», often referred to as shared parenting means parents share equal legal custody but not necessarily equal physical custody of the child (ren).

«Joint physical custody», often referred to as shared parenting means both parents share equal legal custody but not necessarily equal physical custody of the child (ren).

This is still considered joint physical custody because the parent who has the children on the weekend is spending pretty much equal time with them as the parent who has them from after school on Monday until beginning of school on Friday since the weekend parent is with them all day Saturday and Sunday, as well as rest of the day Friday.

This class centred on the idea that «Not all sleep is created equal», and as new parents I am sure we can all agree in the truth of that statement.

Unfortunately, not all schools are created equal and I think that those who find themselves dissatisfied with their local school should feel free to either try to change it (which we tried and failed as other parents did not seem concerned, nor was the principal open to change or our volunteer help to find other suitable educational alternatives to watching Pixar movies) or look elsewhere.

I've come to think of conscious parenting as equal parts parenting from a place of love AND becoming aware of the times when I parent from not - love... places like fear, judgement and anger.

What differentiates Attachment Parenting from other childrearing approaches is the parent's desire to treat children with equal dignity, love, and respect as he or she would afford an adult.

The difference between a parent - child relationship and an adult - adult relationship, such as marriage, is that the child is at a dissimilar developmental stage and is psychologically unable to provide equal relationship give - and - take.

Chinese parents practice this style of elimination communication as they believe that eating and eliminating are co-existing elements and should be given equal importance for good health.

Some researchers estimate that as much as one third of the parenting gap we find between poor - quality and high - quality parenting could be closed by better support to families, 27 which is at least equal to the fraction of the gap that could be closed by changes in preschools, as we saw earlier.

As to the I Don't Like Spanking My Kids, But I Do It Anyway author's contention that «We are raising a generation of children who are over-sensitive because they eventually find out that they aren't as good at baseball or ballet as some other kid and their parents promised them that everyone is equaAs to the I Don't Like Spanking My Kids, But I Do It Anyway author's contention that «We are raising a generation of children who are over-sensitive because they eventually find out that they aren't as good at baseball or ballet as some other kid and their parents promised them that everyone is equaas good at baseball or ballet as some other kid and their parents promised them that everyone is equaas some other kid and their parents promised them that everyone is equal.

We know you're equal parents who are completely capable of caring for your children just as well as those of us who are the primary caregivers do.

When using a democratic parenting style parents treat children as equals.

An order for joint custody may specify one home as the primary residence of the child and designate one parent to have sole power to make decisions regarding specific matters while both parents retain equal rights and responsibilities for other matters.

These days, both men and women commonly enter into the workforce full - time, meaning that the custody decision could be as simple as which parent could spend the most time with the child, all other factors being equal.

Says Wasser: «If you are hoping to eventually get to an equal time share arrangement but have not historically spent as much time parenting, gradual increases are recommended.»

Preterm infants are at increased risk of SIDS, 12,13 and the association between prone sleep position and SIDS among low birth weight infants is equal to, or perhaps even stronger than, the association among those born at term.14 Preterm infants and other infants in the NICU should be placed in the supine position for sleep as soon as the infant is medically stable and significantly before the infant's anticipated discharge, by 32 weeks» postmenstrual age.15 NICU personnel should endorse safe - sleeping guidelines with parents of infants from the time of admission to the NICU.

As an activist for Equal Parenting & Joint Custody in NYS, All of them except Michael Benjamin supported my cause.

«The real substantive issue with respect to equal pay is about family, is about flexibility in the workplace, providing various vehicles for parents to be able to juggle home life as well as their working responsibilities,» he said.

City officials have argued the new requirements will require twice as many stops as before and likely prompt parents of students at charter schools and other private schools to clamor for equal treatment.

Christie said last year that parents should have a «measure of choice,» as «not every vaccine is created equal and not every disease type is as great a public health threat as others.»

Still, it may take a culture change before dad - scientists are acknowledged as and encouraged to be equal parents, especially at research universities.

In «Joint Attention Without Gaze Following: Human Infants and Their Parents Coordinate Visual Attention to Objects Through Eye - Hand Coordination,» published in the online journal PLOS ONE, the researchers demonstrate how hand - eye coordination is much more common, and the parent and toddler interact as equals, rather than one or the other taking the lead.

It's rich material for satire, initially poking equal fun at the smugness of new parents, the ostentatious liberalism of reigning hipsters, principally represented by a brilliant Adam Driver, and the desperation of their predecessors as they rage against the dying of the light.

As the film heads into awards season following a summer release, talk will presumably build about which of the women leads the film, but any such debate should be nipped in the bud: Moore and Bening are as democratic a partnership as the characters they play, each performance informing the other to an equal extent as they intricately map out their roles in the parenting gamAs the film heads into awards season following a summer release, talk will presumably build about which of the women leads the film, but any such debate should be nipped in the bud: Moore and Bening are as democratic a partnership as the characters they play, each performance informing the other to an equal extent as they intricately map out their roles in the parenting gamas democratic a partnership as the characters they play, each performance informing the other to an equal extent as they intricately map out their roles in the parenting gamas the characters they play, each performance informing the other to an equal extent as they intricately map out their roles in the parenting gamas they intricately map out their roles in the parenting game.

As most parents can tell you, every measure of personal freedom carries with it an equal measure of personal responsibility.

The Davises, out of their depth for once, also must contemplate their potential future as parents; Ryan explores the idea of dating a formidable woman who's demonstrably more than his equal; and Kevin and Michelle argue over infidelity, which may or may not involve an irresistible celebrity.

«The main concern,» she explains, «was giving the parents equal control as active partners in the process.»

For those parents, schools such as BASIS may lack lush soccer fields, but the academics equal or surpass those of many private schools, all at the right price: free.

Furthermore, many parents feel less than empowered to participate on IEP teams as equals alongside specialists employed by the school district.

Parents got to see their children's records, for example, and became equal partners with the school staff in creating a written blueprint for their child called an Individualized Education Program, commonly referred to as an I EP.