Sentences with phrase «by strange child»

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Of these, roughly 5,000 were committed by a stranger during the commission of a random crime; the others — over 70 per cent — resulted from spouses killing spouses, parents killing children or vice versa, lovers killing lovers, etc..

The three biggest worries expressed by parents in the survey were «stranger danger» (21 %), that their children may experience bullying (19 %), and that their children may see inappropriate content (18 %).

The contradiction is summed up by the presence of more than 100,000 Filipinas in Hong Kong, many of them women with university degrees, working as maids to strangers» children as a means of providing for their own back at home.

A child who is molested by a stranger will probably tell someone about it shortly after it has happened.

A child disclosing abuse may be removed from the home, forced to live with strangers, may have to endure an uncomfortable medical examination, may have to speak with adults about uncomfortable sexual matters, and will often be ostracized by their families, and in their homes, schools and churches.

The nationalism mainly apparent in Deuteronomy's acute martial sensitivity speaks in discrimination against the stranger even in worship (alas, contemporary worship practices remain by and large in this sense deuteronomic), and to the bastard child, then — as down to our own time — there is harshness (23:3 ff.

A spokesman said «It was a kind of sex education lesson but by untrained inspectors without the consent of parents or the school,» In a sane world this would be an entirely reasonably response: in what other situation could a complete stranger approach a group of young children and ask them about same sex attraction?

The Eerie poetry that small girls chant (or compose) as they skip rope and the strange rhythmical games involving hand clapping or bouncing balls that children improvise on city streets have been recorded by an imaginative sound engineer named Tony Schwartz, in what the New York Times the other day called the most original piece of work ever put on records.

Build the foundations of empathy and trust in your child by responding to a child's cues, dealing with stranger and separation anxiety, working through tantrums, responding to the emotional needs of older children and much more.

Statistically speaking, the risk is still very small that a child will be abducted by a stranger.

And while children are certainly affected by stressors outside the home, like neighborhood violence or abuse by a stranger, it is true that for a majority of children, the most significant threats to the development of their stress - response system come from inside their home.

And colleges and universities spend time and money running seminars led by academics and mental health workers that cater to the concerns and preoccupations of anxious parents as they leave their children in the hands of strangers.

As for the existence of people on the internet who are evil & exploitative of children, yes they exist (I know I prosecuted a few myself when I was a lawyer), but the sad truth is that children are more likely to be harmed by people they know best than strangers.

By 18 months, many children are able to say a fair number of words, but it's not unusual for those words to be difficult for strangers to understand.

We love to inspire (and be inspired by) the WHOLE child — the wise, the wild, the strange, and the sweet.

It's difficult and heartrending to have to teach our children not to engage with strangers or get in strange vehicles or be charmed by someone luring them with a story of a kitten or puppy.

Indeed, while parents worry about «stranger danger», they often fail to realise two things: their children can be more at risk from online grooming and sexting, and that according to one children's charity they are actually 90 per cent more likely to be abducted by someone they know than a stranger.

Korean children are often escorted overseas by strangers who take them from the only place they have ever known, ride with them on an airplane, and then hand them over to their new parents in the airport after a long, disorienting trip.

Alfred Sacchetti, an emergency room doctor in Camden, New Jersey, and spokesman for the American College of Emergency Physicians, says it's common for parents to worry more about their child being abducted by a stranger than about his riding in a car without a seat belt or playing near an ungated swimming pool — even though car - and water - related accidents pose a far greater threat to kids than abduction.

What a securely attached child - OR ADULT - looks like: competent, self - confident, resilient, cheerful much of the time, anticipating people's needs (not from a co-dependent place), empathic, humorous, playful, tries harder in the face of adversity; not vulnerable to approach by strangers because won't go to strangers (as adult, out - going without being foolhardy), good self - esteem, achieving, able to use all mental, physical, emotional resources fully, responsive, affectionate, able to make deep commitments as appropriate, able to be self - disclosing as appropriate, able to be available emotionally as appropriate, able to interact well with others at school and in jobs / careers, likely to be more physically healthy throughout life, self - responsible, giving from a «good heart» place of compassion, has true autonomy, no co-dependent self, because of well developed internal modulation system, less likely to turn to external «devices» (addictions) to modulate affect

Babies and children who should have stayed with their parents get adopted by strangers instead.

I got to be pretty good at brushing off the comments and ignoring the unwanted advice, but the more I looked into it, the more stories I heard about parents of breastfed babies being hassled by family members, strangers or even their own doctors about the lack of «adequate» weight gain, regardless of the size of the parents or the health of the child.

An infant or child abandoned by the birth mother; neglected in the orphanage; sometimes abused or injured; then put in the arms of complete strangers from a different culture is going to be traumatized.

Internationally adopted children who are abandoned and spend their earliest months in an orphanage or foster care, and then are adopted by strangers are at high risk for PTSD and RAD (Complex Trauma).

Traumatic events which are caused by a close family member and result in physical harm or a major disruption in a child's life circumstances will have a worse effect on the victim than trauma inflicted by a stranger or non-human event.

For more statistics and an analysis of the number of children reported missing versus the number of children actually abducted by strangers, please see the Second National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway Children conducted by the Department of Juvenile Justice & Deliquency Prevention: http://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/nismart/03/children reported missing versus the number of children actually abducted by strangers, please see the Second National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway Children conducted by the Department of Juvenile Justice & Deliquency Prevention: http://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/nismart/03/children actually abducted by strangers, please see the Second National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway Children conducted by the Department of Juvenile Justice & Deliquency Prevention: http://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/nismart/03/Children conducted by the Department of Juvenile Justice & Deliquency Prevention: http://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/nismart/03/ns5.html

There were other acts of kindness by strangers who recognized what an ordeal it is to travel with three small children.

Others dread vacations, knowing that siblings, grandparents, or strangers will judge and condemn their child and, by proxy, their parenting.

The Strange Situation developed by Mary Ainsworth has become one of the most commonly used procedures in child development research.

She writes, ``... by the time children get big enough to venture out on their own — to the grocery store, to a friend's house down the street — their parents feel strange about letting them go, believing the world to be a dangerous place.»

If your little one experiences «stranger danger» or separation anxiety pretty strongly lately or is upset by overstimulation, then a big party full of people that are going to want to dote on your child is probably not the best choice.

You can further illustrate the difference between trusted adults and strangers by using family photo albums and magazines to quiz your child.

And while many parents may warn children about strange adult men, the fact of the matter is that the average age of most sex offenders is 14 — according to a 2000 report by the Criminal Justice Source Statistics.

Even if you're a stay - at - home kind of family, your child can catch a contagious disease from a neighbor, a friend, or a complete stranger who sneezes as she walks by you in the grocery store.

Run the names being considered by a few trusted confidantes and ponder on any nicknames or strange spellings that may be a stumbling block to a child down the road.

In cultures where they don't have this constant bombardment, the men find it strange that gown men get excited by breasts as they just see them as being for feeding babies / young children.

By the end of the week these brave and wonderful children were ordering ice cream by themselves from complete strangerBy the end of the week these brave and wonderful children were ordering ice cream by themselves from complete strangerby themselves from complete strangers!

Avoidant attachment is characterized by a lack of preference for the parent over other strangers; these children rarely seek out their parents for comfort.

Back in the day, children were breastfed by friends, relatives and even strangers, a common practice referred to as «wet nursing.»

Experts say that children between the ages of 1 and 4 are more likely to be killed by fire, burns, drowning, choking, poisoning, or falls than by a stranger's violence.

While these children can be comforted to some extent by other people in the absence of a parent or caregiver, they clearly prefer parents to strangers.

Healing Dismembered Families: Adopting - Back the Adult Children We Lost to adoption as infants Restoring the legal ties («filiation») severed by strangers when they took our infants by force and coercion.

Allow me to reframe comedian Wanda Sikes great line from the Correspondent's Dinner awhile back: «I always tell my children if they see two cars pass by, and one has Cheney (Bolton) and the other has a stranger, always get in the car with the stranger.»

«Even Darwin observed that children tickled by a stranger would rather scream than laugh.»

The scientists tested 30 children and ten adults, asking them to judge a dog's emotions by listening to its barks in three different situations: alone, facing a stranger at a gate, and when playing.

«It is actively encouraging children to meet strangers by sending suggestions of people who match their profile.

Set in a strange, colorful land populated by fairy tale characters, SHREK is a hilarious comedy that will win over audiences of children and adults alike.

One king was a fornicating libertine, another captivated by a strange animal, while one of the queens was obsessed by her wish for a child.

Strange and unsettling things begin to happen almost immediately - animals turn malevolent, crops fail, and one child disappears as another becomes seemingly possessed by an evil spirit.

A disgruntled freezer manager, reduced to dressing in a penguin outfit to hand out fish finger samples, a stranger who lays claim to Bob and Margaret's nearly - full trolley and the local criminals, Beany and Boney.Later, Margaret challenges an aggressive woman's approach to disciplining her hyper - active child, resulting in flying accusations and a near punch - up that is resolved by the stores own Conflict Resolution Officer.