Sentences with phrase «at my kids as»

In turn, the uncle looked at this kid as his responsibility.

Gretchen and her husband say, «Come on, let's go and gaze lovingly at the kids as they sleep.»

And I know the anti-choice scare tactics won't work long - term because parents don't look at their kids as little bundles of money guaranteed for 12 years to a particular building or system.

Eddie waved at the kids as he wandered through the sprawling theme park.

This at a time when parents should be sitting down and reading with their kids instead of shoving a tablet at the kids as an electronic babysitter.

If we needed even more validation that comic books are once again vogue and that librarians and teachers these days aren't as shouty at kids as they used to be about reading the things, well, here we go...

However, when I really look at my kids as individuals, it's clear to me that this method would be setting all of us up for failure.

Not exact matches

Once employees are hired at RFRK, they go through a comprehensive onboarding process in which they meet with the owners as a group for up to an hour to learn more about the company's inception — a story that involves two fed - up parents on a mission to give kids healthier food options.

Another had made a vow to his wife not to ride motorcycles as long as they had kids at home, so the bike had to go.

And in September, at about the first Wednesday after Labour Day, they «go haywire,» as parents with young kids scramble to readjust to a new school year.

At our house, we avoid waste by serving the kids small portions and seconds (or thirds) as needed, using tiny containers to save every last leftover, and incorporating those leftovers into other dishes.

During a Halloween event with reporters» children in the Oval Office in October, Trump told the kids that at least they «have no weight problems» as he handed out candy.

As he and Tanya ushered the kids into his pickup, they saw a wall of fire raging at the end of their street.

«I'm from an Italian American family; we yell and scream at each other on Sundays; I got most of my media training passing plates of spaghetti as a kid,» he says.

Economists such as Carleton University professor Frances Woolley note that we've moved to this rebate system because everyone wins: well - off students with mediocre grades (who wouldn't have gotten into university at all back when I went) are now effectively subsidizing the smart kids and the ones who need financial aid.

«What if these kids on the bottom of the income distribution innovated at the same rate as the kids who come from higher income families?»

Hawk, a tall, lanky (he's a lean 6» 3») Southern California native, channeled his hyper energy as a kid into skateboarding starting at age 9.

I won a lot of races at every level as a kid.

Why he believes it's just as important to pen books aimed at teaching kids manners.

That's an internal battle as well, he acknowledges: «If I see a black kid in a hoodie and it's late at night, I'm walking to the other side of the street.

When I dropped off my daughter at daycare, she had the same character on her t - shirt as some of the other kids.

Perhaps the most important part of that strategy relies on Target resolving its distribution woes and stocking shelves this August with everything a parent or kid could want on a back - to - school list, as well as those special items they can't find at other stores (Shaun White's collection of skate shoes and apparel, for instance).

According to the report: «Yes, he was into computers as a kid, but he was just as proficient at snowboarding.»

As a kid - focused ecosystem with great TV content at the center, Universal Kids is programmed for the 2 - 12 year old audience, with a fresh mix of animated content, unscripted entertainment, and proven international hits.

But as he vetted options for his proposal, he kept running up against the same problem: The high - quality, expensive conferencing apps were often too complex for kids to use, and most were not aimed at tablets.

Having a money talk with your kids is one of the most important things you will do as a parent, and family wealth manager Bruce Hyde, a partner at Roundtable Wealth Management in New Jersey, says you don't have to be rich to get started.

But as the parent of two children, Shaich is especially ardent as he vows to ensure the kids» menu at Panera is stocked with «clean» ingredients and devoid of marketing gimmicks.

«They look at the prosperity around them, and they say, «Why can't I — as a decent citizen doing my part for my community and my kids — why can't I rise a bit too?»»

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In that context, the Labo could tap into parents» desire to draw kids» attention away from screens, at least a little bit, acting as a kind of bridge from the digital world back into the real one.

«Education used to be thought of as a teacher sort of opening up a kid's brain and pouring in the knowledge,» Dr Meghan Groome, Executive Director of Education and Public Programs at the New York Academy of Sciences, said.

As you transition out of the carefree days of your 20s and start making major life changes — whether it's getting married, buying a house, or having kids — it's crucial to take a big - picture look at your finances.

Including investments in consumer companies he holds through Maveron, a venture capital firm he co-founded — and the tens of millions of dollars of equity he owns in Groupon (GRPN) as a director — his net worth is in the neighborhood of at least $ 2 billion, which isn't bad for a kid who grew up in the projects of Brooklyn, on the seventh floor at 1560 East 102nd St. Obama himself, according to Schultz, said he was «very aware of my personal story.»

The serial entrepreneur and investor, who serves on the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business, spent several years as a kid living in Tokyo and fueled a lifelong zest for travel, which his international consulting practice provides plenty of today.

And thanks to the creator of the Oasis, James Halliday (Mark Rylance), there's also a whole slew of 1980s pop - culture references he loved as a kid («You can even climb a mountain with Batman,» Wade says at the beginning of the movie).

Her answer offers a few interesting tidbits, such as the fact that she's out the door at a totally reasonable hour to eat dinner with her kids (seriously, if Sandberg can manage to leave at 5:30, why can't you?)

As pro wrestler Samoa Joe put it on Twitter, «I find giving voice commands to an Xbox is akin to yelling at my kids.

We also have the flexibility to stay at home with our kids, which was very important to us as well.

«I skied here as a kid,» said Anthony Couse, the chief executive for Asia at Jones Lang LaSalle Property Consultants, «and there definitely was not this much snow.»

But that is the case for Jakob Sperry, who along with six other young inventors recently presented their work at New York University's Tandon School of Engineering as part of Kid Inventor's Day, an event hosted by 3 - D design and engineering software maker Autodesk.

As they say, don't try this at home, kids.

Just for the record, Paul Newman was an actor, a superstar one at that, who ruled the box office in his heyday in the 1960s and»70s with such iconic hits as «The Hustler,» «Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid» and «The Sting.»

Winnie, known as the «Yelp for parents,» provides information about family - friendly amenities at businesses at other locations, such as highchairs, changing tables, and kids» menus.

This gap is slowly closing, as data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that women with children now make slightly more than women without kids under 18 at home, which wasn't the case a year ago.

Paula Robinson is being hailed as the «angel of Manchester» after she led 50 kids to safety at a nearby Holiday Inn in the chaotic aftermath of the attack.

He's struck a deal with Stein Roe to resell that company's mutual funds at www.youngmoney.com and is transforming his site — now just an online face for the magazine — into a transaction - oriented one that he describes as «E * Trade for kids,» where they can do online trading with very little money.

He plops down at a wooden table where his wife and two kids are seated as the last of the open house attendees exit the building.

And, by snapping up Sproutling and Fuhu — makers of smart baby monitors and the Nabi line of kids tablets and wearables — Mattel showed it's as good at shopping as the parents it courts.

It also offered her the flexibility to work around the homeschooling of two of her kids, as well as the extra income the family needed to buy a larger house so each boy — whose tics would sometimes keep the others awake at night — could have his own room.

Instead of letting it be like a kid who spends years looking up at the sky dreaming of blasting off into space as an astronaut one day, not really knowing what that would entail — or if they would even like it — why not let her explore it now?