Sentences with phrase «by having fewer children»

Indeed, families acted to maintain their standard of living in the face of stagnant and falling wages, earnings, and incomes during the 1970s and 1980s by having fewer children and sending both parents into the workforce, a strategy that undoubtedly has increased the stress on low - income two - parent families (Levy, 1988), and that contributed to the rise in out - of - wedlock births as a proportion of all births.

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The 2005 Australian Longitudinal Study of Aging found that close relationships with children and other relatives had very little impact on how long you live, but people with the most friends tended to outlive those with the fewest by 22 percent.

Guns have been strictly controlled in the United Kingdom for the past few decades, spurred in large part by the 1996 Dunblane massacre, when 15 children and their teacher were killed by a local man who walked into a school in the Scottish city armed with four hand guns and began shooting.

And to that point, since 1950 there have been over 10,000 children in the USA that have been raped by Catholics (and a few thousand other religious leaders) and it's just very recently that any of them have faced the law the way any non-priest would.

Most fathers have had the last of their children by the time they are 40 years old, a few have had the last of their children by the time they are about 50 years old, and very few beget any children after they are 50 years old.

Let a child be physically maimed for life by a birth injury, or spiritually maimed by having to grow up in hunger and fear as in war - torn lands, or in squalor and crime as in our own slums; and then when the natural consequences appear, not a few pious Christians will say that God in his inscrutable providence willed it to be this way.

Everyone has personal favorites, and I would like to close with a few of the books I have enjoyed with my children: Noel Streatfield's books about families with dancing children, including Ballet Shoes and Dancing Shoes; Cotton in My Sack and Indian Captive, books of historical fiction by Lois Lenski; the hilarious picture book Seven Silly Eaters by Mary Ann Hoberman; the gentle moral tale of Rose, «who didn't work any harder than she had to»; Seven Loaves of Bread, by Ferida Wolf; and the accurate depictions of family life in both Joanna Harrison's When Mom Turned into a Monster and Jean van Leeuwen's delightful Oliver and Amanda Pig stories.

Continue Reading» Haiti's Devils 01.21.2010 David B. Hart The ever slightly oafish Pat Robertson (you remember him: that fine Christian gentleman who just a few years ago defended China's infanticidal one - child policy, lest he imperil his own lucrative business relations with the PRC by publically criticizing the regime) has opined that the earthquake in Haiti....

As time goes by, however, Boy seems not to have learned a few simple truths that are usually instilled in children by those who genuinely care for their well - being.

the earth just like the «tops» you played with as a child will eventually slow down that the earth will spend a day with one side facing the sun... however by the time that happens humans would have been dead for a few billion years.

«Few people have noted the irony of the appeals by the police to parents to «contact their children».

There appear to be no studies of children brought up by two male parents, and the few studies purporting to show that children with two lesbian mothers are in no way disadvantaged are typically flawed: they are taken from limited samples, have not followed the children's behaviour through time, and have generally been compiled solely on the lesbian parents» opinions.

«I feel compelled to personally take on all the evil which some priests, quite a few in number, obviously not compared to the number of all the priests, to personally ask for forgiveness for the damage they have done for having sexually abused children,» the Pope said in remarks quoted by Vatican Radio.

On Moses» return to Egypt, in 4:24 - 26, a son (the only son, Gershom») is apparently no more than a child; by this reckoning only a few years have elapsed.

I was also beaten by random girls for no reason, put into a dumpster, tied up in an abandoned rv by some sick teens who thought that was funny, almost raped by a man while walking down the street at the age of 17 but because I screamed he only made me jack him off (at knife point), almost raped at a friend of a friend's house when we just dropped in for a minute, was impovershed growing up, even to the point where we didn't have power in the middle of winter, had to sleep all in the same bed to stay warm and used our pantry as a refrigerator, lived (and I mean LIVED) with roaches for years no matter where we moved to, was a child during the time when we had our own civil rights movement here and went through a few horrible experiences at the time.

And three or four of the «town elders» would camp out for an hour or so on Halloween to give out some little goodies to the few children who's parents would have them stop by on their way to the bigger more happening trick or treat dwellings.

The girls at my hair salon whom I served it to told me that they'd never know it was allergen - free if I hadn't said anything - and a few of the ladies who had children at home loved that the only real indication of the vegetable at all were the green flecks, which can be eradicated by simply peeling the zucchini!

The gist of the blame aimed at me by a few readers is, if I really cared, I would be really grateful about manufacturers being kind enough to warn us via food labels, for our sake and the sake of our beloved children, about what products contains allergens, especially the life - threatening ones.

This is simple a very intelligent child can solve this problem.Firstly today our keeper was very poor however i know he will come good.By the way why is Paulista no getting his chance.What i have observed about arsenal since we signed Mertesacker from day one and since he started playing is that Mertesacker hardly gets involved you will usually see him a few times because he does not want to get caught out.e has always been a weak link in the defence even in his greatest performances here.When i see us playing with a high line and he is there i always laugh.It is just a mistake waiting to happen and i can tell u that it will happen again this season.Secondly why is Ramsey Cazorla and Ozil playing in the same line - up in a 4 -5-1 formation.That is just not right though it will win you some matches due to individual brilliance.It wont work at all.Lastly the least i say about Giroud the better i am not judging him on one game.One would imagine if he was not french and like chinese will he be getting these chances under Wenger.To me he will always be an average player and i will stand by my word even if he has good games.

The contractual amateurism displayed by our management team, the planting of seeds in the press to negatively sway fan opinion regarding our best players, the glaring lack of tactical nuance displayed by our manager, the continued failure to address the most obvious of deficiencies and the utterly disrespectful way this manager has treated the fan - base, especially when it came to the child - like manner in which he handled his own contractual situation, are but a few of the legitimate reasons for his immediate dismissal.

A few weeks after my trip to Queens, I visited the Stress Neurobiology and Prevention lab at the University of Oregon in Eugene, where a team of researchers led by Phil Fisher, a psychologist, has developed a series of interventions with parents that in many ways parallel the ABC program, though with one major difference: They use digital video as a teaching tool to help steer parents away from behaviors that cause fear and stress in children and toward patterns that promote attachment and self - regulation.

If the conveniance of having the baby near for the first few monthes than put a bassinet in your room they even have ones that can attach to the side of the bed and a child should be sleeping in their own room by the time they are a year old.

A good place to divert them for a bit of time while you catch a few moments of relaxation by the pool but I definitely wouldn't plan on leaving a child who was very young there alone — they just can't watch the kids closely enough if there are alot of them in there.

But even if that wasn't the case, I would rather have my child crying for a few minutes, where she can see me and be comforted by me, while I make my lunch than to leave her screaming and crying in a room by herself at night.

Both kids (and despite the legal distinction that they are of majority age, they are still kids at that age, especially considering that both have been traumatized by the loss of their sister a few years ago) felt abandoned, and have had barely any contact with their mother in the five months that she's been gone (their mother has initiated no contact with our children, one of whom still lives with me and commutes to college, while the other is a college freshman, but who comes here during vacations).

One of the best resources for how to parent for a secure attachment in the first few years of life is the new book Raising A Secure Child by Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell, all therapists who have worked with many different kinds of families for decades.

Gaps in breathing can be common in the first few months of infancy, according to The Natural Child Project, and by being close by, a parent can arouse or assist a baby who might be having respiratory issues.

A child has to earn their car seat by visiting Grandma in Florida a few times, after all.

In the past few weeks, we've reviewed two great products by Cloud B to help children sleep.

Studies show most home school students have fewer «problem behaviours,» when in mixed groups (of home schooled children and non-home schooled children), and home schooled children are much more likely to be better developed socially, more capable of functioning in the real adult world, and less affected by negative peer pressure.

Others begin by replacing all of the baby's formula in a bottle for a while before shifting to a sippy cup, but this method may have fewer results simply because your child associates bottles with formula.

But the researchers did find two positive associations between working motherhood and well - adjusted children: kids whose mothers worked when they were younger than 3 were later rated as higher - achieving by teachers and had fewer problems with depression and anxiety.

Add that to the fact that organic cotton has been proven to be more durable, and you're not only helping your child, but you're also helping your budget and the planet by using fewer textiles.

There are few more personal matters than how we feed our own children, and we'd all be better served by adopting a live - and - let - live attitude instead of judging other moms.

An investigation by the Tribune in 1990 had shown that most of the activities at Garfield were on paper only and few children used the huge facility.

I had worked — and lived with — too many children who suffered from attachment disorders and saw very few who had been helped by interventions such as counseling and medications.

(though I probably would have started to wean him by around 18 / 24 mths) I have known many people who breastfeed till their child is 2 and a few that have gone past it.

Born from a demand by parents for organic baby food that appealed to their young children, Happy Baby entered the market a few short years ago and has grown into a leading maker of premium organic baby and toddler foods.

Did you have a long birthing experience, and have been separated from your older children by a few days?

A very few home daycares have been accredited by the National Association of Family Child Care; if you find one, consider yourself very lucky.

By the time your child is 18 months old, you've been through a few sleep regressions already.

If you have decided to do your health and your child a great service by going with a jogger stroller, there are a few things you should keep in mind before making the final purchase.

But we first have to realize that we have a problem; that we are undermining children's health by denying them the thousands of ingredients in breastmilk that help build an optimal body / brain, replacing with a few dozen ingredients in the wrong proportions and from non-human sources which then populate the baby's gut (the seat of the immune system) with pathogenic bacteria, undermining health for a lifetime.

Although occasional accidents are completely normal, if a few more weeks go by and your child still isn't making it to the potty — or has no interest in trying — he may not be ready for potty training.

So mothers, please do nt be so quick to think we arent caring for our children by not being right next to them, there may be underlying issues for us to wait a few months until the children have better strength / reflexes.

Children with physical, cognitive, or medical challenges often have few opportunities to navigate the world without a parent close by.

My son now has seven teeth and a few more attempting to come in and YES he has bit me multiple times and every time he does I feel like my heart has stopped because I fear another chunck of skin will be removed from my breasts, but it has not been so bad and he seems to be a lot more gentle with his jaws than my daughter was... and bonus, we no longer have a cat to scare the pants of my children by knocking things over (R.I.P Ozzy) he will be missed but not by my breasts haha!!

The name Embry is an interesting choice for parents who want to keep their child in with the trend but also set them apart by choosing a name that very few people have.

When I was a child, HFCS «fruit snacks» and processed chicken «nuggets» didn't exist (the latter were introduced by McDonald's when I was 15; having experienced significant gastric distress after eating a McChicken sandwich when these were introduced a few years earlier, I wasn't even tempted!).

As an example, keep the process simple by first having your child sit on the toilet or potty for a few minutes.