Sentences with phrase «attention given to kids»

I was seriously impressed with the attention given to kids meals

There is a lot of glitz and fanfare and attention given to kids who have earned such an opportunity, and they deserve congratulations.

Not exact matches

The last skirmish in the work - life war ended in a saw - off, with the realization that our careers, like our kids, will always demand more attention than we can reasonably give, and we have to make choices.

Turns out, the puppy doesn't care a thing about other dogs, but just LOVES it when kids come up and give her attention, which was so adorable to watch.

I ended up taking a break from the blog after all so I could give my complete attention to other things such as intensive fishing in the hope of catching a big one for once in my life, finishing the never - ending Grey's Anatomy and then realizing that the latest episode is out but not on Netflix.ca (are you kidding me!!!)

@arsenalkid70 If you pay attention to the team you supposedly support, you would know that Elneny's wife just gave birth and he's with his wife and kid.

They fell in love with the kids especially the baby so that's something you have to adjust to as they do give them a lot of attention and kept «kidnapping» my son to show him off to others!!!!

I know that parents aren't often able to give as much energy or attention to their pets after babies come along, but that doesn't have to mean that the kids come first and the dog comes twenty - third.

It gives us permission to stop worrying about our kids» performance and grades — their heads — and start paying attention to their hearts.

So much attention is given to a newborn, making it easy for older kids to feel overlooked.

This week, I'm chatting about ways for you, as a parent, to stay connected to your older kids (while still giving your little one the attention he or she needs).

Not only will you be less stressed, but your kid will appreciate the attention you give her later when she is ready of her own accord to transition into the big kid bed / diaper - free living / or whatever that milestone might be.

Not only is it so very rewarding to be able to focus on just one child, giving them your full attention most of the time, but it's also so important to build connection time with the kids.

And then there's always another parent giving you the fish eye for not paying «proper» attention to one of your kids while you're trying to keep the baby from plunging to his death.

Be proactive in giving your kids one - on - one attention directed to their interests and needs.

And when you sit side - by - side with your kids and paint, color, or read a story, you give them the attention they need to build their self - esteem and feel loved and secure.

Offset those negative feelings by taking good care of yourself and getting extra support from relatives, friends, and other military families who've been in your shoes — particularly if you're finding it hard to give your kids the positive attention they need.

Some times you may need to do nothing expect find some patience for yourself, sometimes you may just need to get their attention and give an instruction, and sometimes a harder consequence is needed (my boys are currently banned from electronic devices...) Being calm and loving doesn't mean letting your kids do what they want.

I try to shut down my computer when the kids get home from school and spend some time giving each one of my three boys the attention they deserve.

So when it's time to play board games or simply listen to your kids talk about your day, hide your gadgets, unplug your phone, turn off the TV and give your kids your undivided attention.

If you do have to work over the holidays, keep work contained to certain times and places (out of sight), and give the kids you're full attention when you are doing holiday activities.

Kids are less likely to whine, ask the same question over and over, or start poking at their sibling when they've been given regular doses of positive attention.

If more people gave this kind of attention to parenting, and understood how today's lifestyles affect child development, I really feel we'd give a lot more attention to how we raise our kids.

«It's easier to give one - on - one attention and be responsive when there are fewer kids in a room,» says Stephanie Glowacki, director of accreditation programs at the National Association for the Education of Young Children, a benchmark of quality.

When kids are asleep, it's time to clean up after all of the fun or give Daddy some attention.

If you're a good listener and give kids the positive attention they crave, they will learn to communicate and have fun doing it.»

I do generally try to stop what I'm doing and look at my kids to give them my full attention when they want to talk, but I can't say I'm 100 % successful!

All kids want is to be given a little attention.

She would also prepare meals, throw in the laundry, pick up the toys, and do other odds - and - ends so that when I took a break from the project, I could spend it giving undivided attention to my kids rather than on some chore.

Sometimes kids just need attention and its best to give them the positive reinforcement sooner rather than resorting to negative reinforcement when they are not behaving.

«It's easier to give one - on - one attention and be responsive when there are fewer kids in a room,» says Stephanie Glowacki, former director of accreditation programs at NAEYC.

As far as special needs kids: I know a women who was considering adopting a special needs son but was concerned that, already having two or three kids, she wouldn't be able to give him enough attention.

Debra Gilbert Rosenberg, author of Motherhood Without Guilt, says, ``... not everything has to be entertaining to be valuable — and you don't always have to give rapt attention to your kid.

Between kids knocking on the door to play, cats meowing for food, a ringing phone, and a toddler who wants to show me what he made with his Legos, I can see why my daughter can't sit and do homework after school and why I struggle giving her my full attention.

November 29 2001 At a news conference today, Commissioner of the Department of Consumer Services Caroline Orzac Shoenberger and KID Executive Director Nancy Cowles, among others, urged individuals to pay special attention to children's items most commonly used or given as gifts, such as cribs, car seats, high chairs, strollers / baby carriers and play pens during the holiday season.

Plan an overnight get - away to take with our kids this fall, to give them some attention and fun before the new baby comes

«Target has given me the creative freedom to design kid's clothing that is different than most anything you usually see out there with great quality, attention to detail and most of all, available at amazing prices.»

Am Ortiz, got a lovely kid... I am a very caring and loving Man... i believe women are to be nurtured and cared for... i see myself as a Man who has all it takes to love a woman and make her feel on top of the world... I love attention and give it also... I am a very good listener and also very unders...

But his better half Carmen and BFF Milkshake have their own things going on, the kids don't want to hang anymore, and giving up the center of attention isn't easy.

It's the plight of Mana (James Rolleston), handed over to the gang for brutal, demeaning indoctrination, who gives Gen the purpose he needs to focus his attention and keep his mind together — that, and a local chess club for teens run by his friend Noble (Kirk Torrance), who can see that Gen is too excited by the prospect of teaching the kids, but can't turn him away.

Given a fair amount of attention, that rekindled romance feels like it will play more to adults than young viewers, but it shouldn't tax kids» patience or gag reflexes, for it somehow manages to be just as sweet and charming as everything else here.

Bill Milner (Son of Rambow) plays Ian's son Baxter, an angry, bullied little kid desperate for paternal attention who absorbs the excess of dad's lifestyle and spirals into insolence and arrogance, a potential tragedy that is dropped without any satisfactory resolution; Whitecross makes Baxter exhibit A in Ian's personal failures, and then fails to give him the same consideration the film offers its fucked - up rock and roll hero.

They know when to put their arm around a kid and give him a pep talk, and they know when to raise their voice and get a kid's attention.»

In the wake of a 1995 study that found a dramatic gap in the number of words heard by high - and low - income children — the so - called 30 million word gap — much attention has been given to efforts to enrich kids» language exposure.

I want to give my kids 100 % of my attention.

And in a wonderful and timely bit of irony, the College Board's forthcoming renovation of the SAT tests — markedly more influential than the AP (and perhaps the Common Core itself) in shaping what kids have to learn in school if they want to go to a good college — includes enough attention to the seminal documents of American history and the ideas they embody to give pause to Chinese authorities who really don't want their kids learning about democracy and freedom while preparing to seek entry to a U.S. university.

At a large high school like Jamaica, the demands of the school day make it nearly impossible to give these deeply troubled kids the kind of individual attention and support they need.

That means, among other things, enabling motivated and high ability youngsters to go as fast and far as they can, while giving ample attention to kids who — for a thousand reasons — must struggle (and take additional time) to prepare for the adult world.

They'll be able to give their students more personal attention than they do now, and do it for more kids.

«When managing a class with 20 to 30 kids, it is so difficult to give them individual attention,» he says.