Sentences with phrase «between girl children»

Katniss volunteers to take the place of her 12 - year - old kid sister, Prim (Willow Shields), but no one explicitly discusses the fairness of deadly combat between girl children and 18 - year - old men.

Not exact matches

TO choose between him or Mitt Romney a man who is evil I have no choice but to vote for President Obama, To cut a child's hair off and commit the crime he did in school is a lot different than a little boy pushing a little girl because of embarassment.

Perhaps there's a difference between teaching a child (boy or girl) that sex can cause babies and disease, and should be reserved for committed, adult relationships, and telling them that sex outside of marriage is «bad» without explaining what is bad about it.

It is with another woman in this world at this time that I am able to experience a radical mutuality between self and other, a mutuality that we have known since we were girl children, a mutuality that has shaped our consciousness of female - female relationships as the first and final place in which women can be most truly at home, in the most natural of social relations.

We read of Indonesian school girls targeted and beheaded simply because they were Christians; of Nigerian Christian men forced to chose between conversion to Islam or death, and of their wives and children forced to chose between conversion or perpetual slavery; of Pakistani Christians being burned alive in their homes; of Coptic Christians in Egypt and Chaldean Catholics in Iraq being fire - bombed, maimed and killed» and when not killed, hounded into exile; of «religious apartheid» and executions in Iran; and of unspeakable atrocities against Christians in the Sudan, the «scene of suffering as abhorrent as anywhere on any continent.»

He'd pleaded guilty to 39 counts of lewd acts with children, four boys and a girl, that had occurred between 1990 and» 96, when Watson was a San Bernardino Little League coach and umpire and the five kids were all playing in the league.

It costs # 5 per child and is a fantastic introduction to the game for boys and girls of all abilities, between ages five and 10!

• There is also tentative evidence from the US of a link between strong child support enforcement and reduced pregnancy and pregnancy resolution in teenage girls, with the strongest effect for non-Hispanic whites (Plotnick et al, 2004).

If you've been talking about the differences between boys and girls and their reproductive organs since your child has been little, you might be a little ahead of the game.

Here, to illustrate the connection between fatherhood and child well - being, I compare adolescent boys and girls who fall into one of four categories: those living in an intact, married family with a high - quality relationship with their father (top third), or an average - quality relationship with their father (middle third), or a low - quality relationship with him (bottom third), or living in a single - mother family.

Researchers tracked 4,000 Australian children (boys and girls) for two years, and found a link between sports participation and health - related quality of life, especially in kids who played sports for most of the two - year period, in kids who played team sports, and in girls.

To test his hunch that early puberty tracks insecure attachment between mom and baby, Belsky crunched numbers on 373 girls who were followed from birth until their 15th birthday as part of a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development study on early child developChild Health and Human Development study on early child developchild development.

In a study published in the journal Pediatrics, of the children who started training between 22 and 30 months of age, boys were fully trained at an average age of 38 months, while girls were trained slightly earlier, around 36 months.

Absentmindedness and your child, what to do about an allowance, differences between boys and girls at this age, and more

While every child develops at his or her own pace there are certain developmental differences between girls and boys that do stand out.

But some children — between 3 and 15 percent of girls and 1 to 6 percent of boys — develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Even if you've worked hard to create a gender - neutral atmosphere at your home, your young child may still see a rigid dividing line between how boys and girls are «supposed» to act.

The relevant questionnaires are «Your Pregnancy» (administered at 32 wk gestation), on maternal education, maternal diet during pregnancy, and maternal worries about financial matters; «Your Environment» (administered on enrollment between 8 and 28 wk), on type of housing; «Looking After the Baby,» on maternal smoking at 8 mo after the birth; «My Young Baby Boy / My Young Baby Girl» at 4 wk and «My Son / My Daughter» at 6 mo, on infant feeding practices; and «My Three - Year - Old Son / Daughter,» on the child's diet.

Right at the end of the Q - and - A, Cuomo was asked to comment about today's Post cover story on Carl Paladino's out - of - wedlock child and the unusual lack of animosity between the girl's mother and his wife.

``... asked to comment about today's Post cover story on Carl Paladino's out - of - wedlock child and the unusual lack of animosity between the girl's mother and his wife...»

Five girls, aged between 12 and 14 years have been rescued by the Police from child traffickers at Senya Breku in the Central Region.

Akhtar is a controversial figure, having stepped down from the council last year following claims he knew about a relationship between a girl in care and a suspected child abuser (he denied the claims).

Between 2009 and 2016 death rates from leukemia among children aged 0 - 14 will fall by 38 % in boys and 20 % in girls, and by 26 % and 22 % in young men and women respectively, aged between 1Between 2009 and 2016 death rates from leukemia among children aged 0 - 14 will fall by 38 % in boys and 20 % in girls, and by 26 % and 22 % in young men and women respectively, aged between 1between 15 - 44.

The team also found that the relationship between changes in lean muscle and bone development was stronger in girls than in boys, despite the ages of the children ruling out the onset of puberty as a factor.

Building on existing research (Kirschner and Tomasello in 20102) which found that making music significantly improves pro-social behaviour in young children) the current study investigated not only the potential effects of music making (singing or playing an instrument) on pro-sociability but also its effects on problem - solving and whether there was a difference between boys and girls.

Further highlighting the relationships between peer victimization and children's developing stress responses, the study found that when peer victimization decreased during elementary school, girls» effortful engagement rose significantly and their involuntary disengagement fell.

In addition, a subsample of 42 children (29 boys, 13 girls) had brain imaging, which allowed the authors to examine the relations between the cortical structure (thickness and surface area) of their brains and academic performance.

Of 754 twins born between 1734 and 1888 in five towns in rural Finland, girls from mixed - gender pairs proved 25 percent less likely to have children, had at least two fewer children, and were about 15 percent less likely to marry than those born with a sister.

More than 99 percent of the children were of western ethnic origin (e.g., European, American), 86 percent of their parents lived together, and they were evenly divided between boys and girls.

In fact, we used these same clothes for all of our children, but after being worn by 2 boys and three girls and stored in the attic in between, there were very few clothing items that were still wearable.

Dr. Natasha Campbell - McBride in her book about the GAPS Diet explains that she has seen a correlation between vegan girls and a later incidence of eating disorders... this is sad and families should do their research before allowing children to choose their own diets.

Children start to notice differences between girls and boys as early as infancy, and from there, curiosity only grows.

Between 1988 and 1990, DISC enrolled 663 children (301 girls and 362 boys) at six clinical centers: Children's Hospital (New Orleans, LA), Johns Hopkins University Hospital (Baltimore, MD), Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research (Portland, OR), University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark, NJ), Northwestern University Medical School (Chicago, IL), and University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics (Iowa Cichildren (301 girls and 362 boys) at six clinical centers: Children's Hospital (New Orleans, LA), Johns Hopkins University Hospital (Baltimore, MD), Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research (Portland, OR), University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark, NJ), Northwestern University Medical School (Chicago, IL), and University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics (Iowa CiChildren's Hospital (New Orleans, LA), Johns Hopkins University Hospital (Baltimore, MD), Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research (Portland, OR), University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark, NJ), Northwestern University Medical School (Chicago, IL), and University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics (Iowa City, IA).

Kareen Liez is the mother of a little girl who inspires her to write about everything to do with the bond between a parent and child.

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The film alternates between two New York City - set stories of children, one a deaf girl in the 1920s and the other a newly orphaned boy fifty years later.

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MILLER»S GIRL by Jade Bartlett The story of a young precocious writer who becomes involved with her high school creative writing teacher in a dark coming - of - age drama that explores the often blurred lines of connectivity between professor and protege, child and adult.

The BFG (PG for action, peril, scary images and rude humor) Steven Spielberg directed this adaptation of Roald Dahl's beloved children's novel about the unlikely friendship forged between a little girl (Ruby Barnhill) and the only member of a hostile race of invading giants (Mark Rylance) who won't eat children.

«Obvious Child» Between «Girls,» «Broad City» and movies like «Bridesmaids,» «The Heat» and «In A World,» it feels like female - driven comedy is finally getting a foothold among the packed field of Apatow imitators and the like, and the latest to impress in that mold is Gillian Robespierre «s impressive, warm directorial debut «Obvious Child,» which premiered at Sundance.

Between midday on 4th and 14th December, all donations online can be doubled, which means in the future twice as many teachers could be learning about child rights and gender - based violence, twice as many communities learning about the importance of girls» education, twice as many school - boards understanding and enforcing national policies aimed at supporting girls, and hopefully twice as many girls could be making that crucial transition from primary to secondary school, become shining beacons for hundreds of other women and girls who dream of a better future but wonder if it's possible.

In total, 4.6 percent of the children in our data set were linked to a domestic violence case filed by a parent, split equally between boys and girls.

Inspired by International Day of the Girl Child, Bonnie Chiu (@bonniesychiu) reflects on the connection between education and jobs, and writes to her three young female cousins, aged 9, 11 and 12.

For nearly a decade, their guesses about that link between going to school as a young girl — even for only a few years — and behavior later as a mother that positively affects children's health focused primarily on attitude and behavior.

As a parent writing to President Obama explained, in a letter posted at the Washington Post blog of Valerie Strauss, «We have something very important in common: daughters in the seventh grade... Like my daughter Eva, Sasha appears to be a funny, smart, loving girl... There is, however, one important difference between them: Sasha attends private school, while Eva goes to public school... Sasha does not have to take Washington's standardized test, the D.C. CAS, which means you don't get a parent's - eye view of the annual high - stakes tests taken by most of America's children.»

Dr. Leonard Sax provides insight into the biological differences between boys and girls and how those differences impact the ways children learn, think, and behave.

We explore why boys fare worse than girls — both behaviorally and educationally — by exploiting birth certificates matched to health, disciplinary, academic, and high school graduation records for over one million children born in Florida between 1992 and 2002.

Minecraft: The Island by Max Brooks She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World by Chelsea Clinton and illustrator Alexandra Boiger It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton and illustrator Marla Frazee Worlds Collide (The Land of Stories Series # 6)(Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition) by Chris Colfer Rise of the Isle of the Lost (Descendants Series # 3)(Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition) by Melissa de la Cruz Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie by James Dean Through Your Eyes: My Child's Gift to Me by Ainsley Earhardt and illustrator Ji - Hyuk Kim Everything is Mama by Jimmy Fallon Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo Princesses Wear Pants by Savannah Guthrie, Allison Opphenheim and illustrator Eva Byrne The Elements Book (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Poster Edition) by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff Spy School Secret Service (Spy School Series # 5)(B&N Exclusive Edition) by Stuart Gibbs The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series # 12)(Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition) by Jeff Kinney Uni the Unicorn and the Dream Come True by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrator Brigette Barrager The Magic Misfits (The Magic Misfits Series # 1) by Neil Patrick Harris and illustrator Lissy Marlin We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio Big Nate: What's a Little Noogie Between Friends?

A girl who lived near her had a strawberry - like growth between her nose and split lip, and the other children called her Strawberry, a name the girl did not mind.

In a story whose title will immediately thrill children and whose charms will keep their attention till the happy end, Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson explore an unusual friendship — between a ghost named Leo and a little girl.