Sentences with phrase «best decisions a parent»

She's been reading aloud to her six kids (preschool to high school) ever since, and has spent the last few years chatting with experts, authors, parents, and leaders, discovering how a simple choice to pull a book off a shelf and share it with a child is one of the very best decisions a parent can make.

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The Late Show host also spoke to Cook about his decision last year to publicly announce that he is gay, as well as the Apple CEO's efforts to increase the company's charitable works: «It became so clear to me that kids were getting bullied in school, kids were getting discriminated against, kids were even being [disowned] by their own parents,» Cook said.

The corporate trend has been towards smaller more focused companies that can make specific strategic decisions and better capital allocation plans rather than being obscured by the overall mass of the parent company.

At the heart of To Empower People is the contention that those most immediately affected by the decision (notably parents and families) are in the best position to decide which institutions will best serve their needs - in education, health care, housing, and other areas.

Comparing national test scores, Catholic schools in general (as with most private schools) perform better in both reading and math than public schools although the advantage is stronger in reading than in Math though the difference in Math was still statistically significant; however, this could be due to the self selecting nature of the students in Catholic schools where the parents have made the decision to value education to the extent of paying for it.

The problem with your analogy is that we, as good parents, do this to prepare our children for their adult life where they will make decisions independent of our having the final OK.

A blanket moratorium on charter schools would limit Black students» access to some of the best schools in America and deny Black parents the opportunity to make decisions about what's best for their children.»

God, like a good not a tyrannical parent, wants children to make their own decisions.

If children want to make it sweeter by adding extra honey, maple syrup or fruit they can, but we think that decision is best left in the hands of parents.

If children want to make it sweeter by adding honey, maple syrup or fruit they can, but we think that decision is best left in the hands of parents.

To help parents and teens with that decision, the industry recognises that education about the products is the best place to start, which is a point we do agree with the AMA on.

Using sugar in a baked good product is a personal decision that should be made by the individual parent.

Healthy eating habits are formed at a young age, and it can be difficult and confusing for parents to make the best decisions for their kids while dining out.

The NCAA tries hard to prevent people from using recruits to get jobs — and to keep schools from making hiring decisions based on which parent, uncle, or high school coach might give them the best shot to land some particular recruit.

Related to point # 2, in the Parenting as an Entrepreneur episode, Alicia Ybarbo said something that really stuck out to me — that women get very good at narrowing in on solutions and making split decisions because there is basically no time to labor endlessly over camp options or put up with working with someone crazy when there is a less crazy alternative.

I hope that by including some links below to reputable sources, other parents who are trying to decide what is best for their son can make an informed decision — whether it be to circumcise or not.

Or from people being so defensive about their parenting decisions that it clouds their ability to communicate well with others.

Should we monitor every thing parents decide on and ban the decisions we think is not good for the child?

«Look like me» or «it was done to me» is hardly a good standard for any parenting decision.

I'm not surprised at your decision either, Amy, and find that you are a responsible, loving parent who wants the best for her family.

Parents need to decide what is best for their sons and go with that decision.

If parents had more people to turn to in order to help make decisions (relying on others» experience, expertise and yes, opinions) and these people could also be counted upon to help when decisions / thoughts turn to action... well, I think everyone would be better off and there would be less bad feelings, guilt and shame.

Parents make a million different choices and decisions that we genuinely feel is in our children's best interests.

Yes, you can make decisions on your own but that's a teeny, tiny part of being a parent, especially if you have a special needs kid or an illness strikes or you lose your job or — well, I can go on and on.

My position has consistently been and continues to be that it is up to parents to make decisions about their own kids» safety, and that the best thing I, MomsTEAM, the CDC, concussion experts, coaches, athletic trainers, and national governing bodies for football, from Pop Warner to USA Football to the NFL, can do is to (a) continue to do what we can and are doing doing to make the game safer (and that there remains a great deal of work to be done in this area is undeniable); and (b) provide accurate, objective information about the risks so that such decision is an informed one, not one driven by fear.

I think this truly helps my confidence as a parent and ensures that each of my decisions is what is best for my family - not what is closest to a specific method of parenting.

your parents make a decision all your life mostly for what they think is best.

No parent should be vilified for a decision they make in good faith.

It is really wild to be functioning in a parenting relationship with some one who raised you, to be making mutual decisions together about what's best for baby (who is almost in kindergarten now) and brainstorming tactics for modifying unwanted behaviors and encouraging her interests and such.

There is an emphasis throughout Supporting Families on supporting shared parenting, and it makes clear that from pregnancy onwards, all professionals should consider the needs and perspective of both parents — and should think about how better to engage fathers in all aspects of their child's development and decisions affecting their child.

We are not as well - rested as some parents we know, but we feel good about our decision.

Looking back I am thoroughly ashamed of myself for ever allowing any self glorifier of any sort to sway me in the best decisions for my family, especially when those people are not drs or scientists or any other professional that would be appropriately tied, just other parents full of opinions they feel the need to spew towards others in a «this is the truth and fact» mode in order fulfill some insecurity of their parenting or for reassurance.

In many situations, court decisions are made on the basis of what is» «fair and equitable» to each parent rather than what is best for the child.

If, in the end, it does turn out that women who breastfeed end up with flatter career trajectories overall (and I'd love to see how something that typically lasts for a year affects a woman for life... if there is a correlation I bet that breastfeeding and other parenting decisions are co-incidental, not causational), well I guess like others, my response would be «so...?».

As parents we incubate people and are responsible for them for a long time — not just the basic care but helping them learn to be good people who make life decisions with care.

According to a number of recent studies [1,2,5,13,18], while the culture of sport (including influences from professional and other athletes), as well as the media and other outside sources play a role in the decision of student - athletes to report experiencing concussion symptoms, it is coaches and teammates, along with parents, who have the strongest influence on the decision to report a concussion during sport participation, with coaches being one of the primary barriers to increased self - reporting by athletes of concussive symptoms.

We as parents would be better served supporting each other and respecting each other's decisions.

You provide the big picture, better than anyone, that helps us parents make rational decisions.

One of the best parts of becoming a parent is empowering yourselves and making your own decisions for the best interest of your family.

With Tina's experience in consulting, Evidence Based Birth ®, as well as birth and postpartum doula care, she's able to holistically guide expecting parents towards educated and empowering decisions for their prenatal, birth and postpartum experiences.

The best way to make any decisions when it comes to raising your child is to be fully educated about the subject, and learning about co sleeping and attachment parenting is a great place to get started.

Parents on the hunt for the best BABY CRIB MATTRESS have a tough decision in their hands.

I am hoping you will share this presentations with pediatricians, lactation consultants, and parents with infants that have a tight frenum, so all can make a more informed decision as to what is best for the patient.

She has co-founded a new Parent Advocate Certification Program - Loss Doulas International, which empowers parents to gain a bit of control and make the best decisions possible at the time of their loss and in the days that follow.

In other cases, however, adoptive parents choose to keep their deliberations to themselves and only share their decision when the adoption is well underway.

There are so many decisions to make to ensure you are doing the best you can to be the best parent you can be, but these decisions are hard to make.

Toilet training doesn't need to be stressful, and like many of the parenting decisions we make, you need to find a method that works best for you, your little and your family.

The important thing is for you, as an expecting parent or new parent, to be empowered with the information you need to make the best decision for your entire family.

Keeping track of the conditions that trigger attacks can help parents make better decisions about their child's physical activities.

Reading is a shared interest among many Attachment Parenting (AP) families as we all like to be well - informed when making decisions that affect our parent - child relationships.