Sentences with phrase «by families with small children»

Due to the fact that weimaraner require alot of exercose and attention coupled with the fact that many of our dogs are given up by families with small children and can not devote any extra time to a dog, we do not adopt weims under the age of 5 to families with children under 5 years old.

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Like many Canadians, I was horrified by the sight of small Canadian children and families living in shacks in the north with no jobs, no money, no toilets, no heat, no hope.

When Bowman ran a small group for children with recently separated or divorced parents, she used a rain - and - sun analogy by asking about the positives and negatives of the new family structure.

We are inspired by the idea that we are making a difference and helping families with small children in their everyday routines.

Pay for high - quality food produced by small, local, family farmers and enjoy fewer illnesses, children with happier demeanors, reduced medical bills, no medications and better productivity in yourself and your children.

Bellone, with his wife Tracy next to him and their three small children with their hands on their family Bible, took the oath of office administered by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo at Suffolk Community College's Brentwood campus.

By digging small ponds on farms in Malawi, researchers have cut malnutrition in children in half — and have provided a nutritional boost to families struggling with HIV / AIDS

Previously, children with typical facial features, growth restriction and / or microcephaly (small head size) could be given a diagnosis of FASD without neurobehavioral impairment (i.e., behavioral or cognitive abnormalities that can not be explained by genetics, family background, or environment).

A leading Senate Democrat is proposing to help nourish young minds with a plan that would provide «book stamps» — inspired by the federal food stamp program — for low - income families with small children.

With teaching certification in elementary and special education, followed by graduate coursework in educational management and parenting studies, and then parenting three children, Tricia is committed to the rich, personalized learning and family connections that small schools cultivate.

Out of the policy came «universal infant free school meals», dubbed by the Government as «good news» for any family with small children at infant school.

Small cars, or superminis as they're also known, used to be bought by single people or couples with no children — but the likes of the Ford Fiesta, Seat Ibiza and VW Polo have grown to the point where they can be considered all - round family transport, albeit with the odd compromise.

They are operated by a button from the driver's seat, by the door handles or by the remote control key, which is especially convenient for families with small children.

It curls around the western shore of a small lake just outside Algonquin Bay, Ontario, providing a pine - scented refuge for affluent families with young children, yuppies fond of canoes and kayaks, and an artful population of chipmunks chased by galumphing dogs.

In other paired stories, an Imperial policeman who is forced to leave the continent after rumors spread of his homosexuality reappears as a doorman in New York City who brings solace to a young betrayed woman; a young girl held hostage in a brothel plots a brutal revenge against the madam who keeps her, and then the madam reappears as a wizened midwife who delivers a baby to a Hindu woman forced to make a terrible choice about the child; a Muslim boy who escapes a train raided by a murderous mob reemerges as a grandfather who has moved to London to be with his family and whose granddaughter struggles to save her marriage after the death of their child; a young cartographer alters a small section of the Radcliffe Line with terrible consequences, and then his boss reappears as a senile old man who sets off in search of a prostitute he often hires.

They may not be the best choice for families with small children, as they are very delicate as puppies and can be inadvertently injured by being dropped.

As a small child, Vo, with his entire family, fled South Vietnam in a homemade boat and was rescued at sea by a freighter belonging to the Danish Maersk shipping company.

Families with children attending one of the many schools in Farmington can also save a small fortune each year by checking the various discounts online.

This fire in Plainfield took everything from a family with small children, and they're being assisted by the Red Cross.

Home visiting has been promoted by the American Academy of Pediatrics as an important complement to office - based practice.1 It has been advocated as a way to improve the outcomes of pregnancy, 2 to reduce the rates of child abuse and neglect, 3 and to help low - income families become economically self - sufficient.4 The background of visitors, however, seems to affect program success.5 — 8 When examined in randomized trials, paraprofessional home visitors (those with no formal training in the helping professions) have produced small effects that rarely are statistically significant.5 — 8 Is the absence of their effect attributable to lack of professional training or underdevelopment of the program models they delivered?

The prevalence of maternal depressive symptoms reported by screening this large national sample of indigent mothers interviewed between 1992 and 1993 is similar to the prevalence reported for low - income mothers of young children at a Baltimore pediatric primary care clinic in 1984 (41 % vs 35 %, respectively).8 In addition, the extent of family poverty in this study has a «dose - response» association with maternal depressive symptoms that is similar to that reported in another (smaller) national sample from the 1990s.15 In both studies, as well as this study, mothers with lower incomes reported higher levels of depressive symptoms.

53, No. 1 (Feb., 1982), pp. 136 - 143 (The effects of father absence on educational achievement and intellectual development of 6 -11-year-old children were investigated by employing a nationally representative sample of 5,493 father - present and 616 father - absent children from the Health Examination Survey of the National Center for Health Statistics... Following statistical control for SES, we associated no decrements with the father's absence / presence, and in some instances, small but significant increments were found to be associated with children from fatherless families.)

Resources available are likely to vary with program size; for example, a large program run by a school district would likely have to do more to accommodate a child than would a small family child care home with fewer resources and staff.

She is certified as a Comprehensive Family Mediator by Family Mediation Canada, is on the family and civil rosters of Mediate BC, the Hear the Child and Parenting Coordinator rosters and is a mentor with the Mediate BC Family Mediation Program.Kat provides group facilitation, mediation, arbitration, training and conflict assessment and intervention for small or large groups with an emphasis on relationship building and cultural awarFamily Mediator by Family Mediation Canada, is on the family and civil rosters of Mediate BC, the Hear the Child and Parenting Coordinator rosters and is a mentor with the Mediate BC Family Mediation Program.Kat provides group facilitation, mediation, arbitration, training and conflict assessment and intervention for small or large groups with an emphasis on relationship building and cultural awarFamily Mediation Canada, is on the family and civil rosters of Mediate BC, the Hear the Child and Parenting Coordinator rosters and is a mentor with the Mediate BC Family Mediation Program.Kat provides group facilitation, mediation, arbitration, training and conflict assessment and intervention for small or large groups with an emphasis on relationship building and cultural awarfamily and civil rosters of Mediate BC, the Hear the Child and Parenting Coordinator rosters and is a mentor with the Mediate BC Family Mediation Program.Kat provides group facilitation, mediation, arbitration, training and conflict assessment and intervention for small or large groups with an emphasis on relationship building and cultural awarFamily Mediation Program.Kat provides group facilitation, mediation, arbitration, training and conflict assessment and intervention for small or large groups with an emphasis on relationship building and cultural awareness.

Research also needs to adequately control for covariates that may confound the effects of PAE, such as family processes (eg, problematic parenting or family conflict) and parental characteristics, especially maternal substance use.1, 12 Researchers also need to account for genetic liabilities that are shared by parents and offspring.13, 14 A woman's genetic risk of substance use could be passed down to her children and subsequently affect their behavior.15 Research on the consequences of PAE, therefore, needs studies with large samples, with sufficient statistical power to detect small effects, using analytical methods and designs that can account for potential confounds, including factors that are not measured.