Sentences with phrase «caring for children»

I started caring for children when I was 14.

A nanny usually works inside their client's household, helping with day to day tasks, caring for the children, and helping parents with other tasks.

In fact I'm sure that if I weren't disabled I would take for granted the simple act of caring for my children all by myself.

Because you have twins, you will be (out of necessity) more involved in caring for your children.

For many parents, caring for their children comes first.

Particularly among the well - educated, marriages are increasingly acting as «commitment devices» facilitating what we have elsewhere labeled High Investment Parenting, with parents sharing the responsibilities of teaching and caring for their children.

A study recently showed that most mother's get inaccurate advice for caring for their children, and most of it comes from family, friends, and the Internet.

Many women also face additional stresses of work and home responsibilities, single parenthood and caring for children and aging parents, abuse, poverty, and relationship strains.

Fathers have by no means caught up to mothers in terms of time spent caring for children and doing household chores, but there has been some gender convergence in the way they divide their time between work and home.

Caring for children is one of the most important and also most demanding jobs.

Instead of gaping at a televised reality show, the public could freely attend any local La Leche League meeting and observe mothers caring for their children.

Unsurprisingly, the results of the study revealed that both teachers and mothers caring for their children reported that kids who were poor sleepers in the toddler years had more behavioral problems than those who slept longer.

What I found most striking about the MP's outburst was that there was no suggestion that these hypothetical young fathers should be actively involved in the raising and caring for their children, physically, emotionally or psychologically.

So does knowledge; some newly separated men lack experience of caring for children alone.

Almost all of us will take on a caregiving role at some point in our lives, whether we are caring for our children, our parents, our spouse or another friend or family member.

We just have to try out a system, already in long - standing operation in other countries, that reduces the acrimony in caring for children after divorce.

Not only do we need a system that recognises the costs of caring for children but we need acknowledgement that work - family balance has been a gender issue and that many parents (of both sexes) would prefer to combine jobs and childcare in a more flexible way.

What's so maddening about the programme is its implication that dads generally are doing this little caring for their children, leaving mums holding the baby to this extent.

As such, it aims to support both mothers and fathers as earners and carers, and to prepare boys and girls for a future shared role in caring for children.

The Attached Family: Caring for Our Children 18 years of service, 13 years of publishing!

The key emphasis of the childcare strategy is on providing women with more choices: mothers «who still bear most of the responsibility for caring for children, feel they are not left with sufficient choice about how to balance work and family life».

These changes are brought about principally by the increased participation of women in employment, but this has led to a cultural shift in the way men view caring for children — as women's aspirations have changed, so have men's: the desire to participate more in the lives of their children is growing in all social groups, particularly among younger parents.

• 8 out of 10 people (80 %) think fathers should feel as able as mothers to ask for flexible working • 8 out of 10 women (80 %) and more than 6 out of 10 men (62 %) agree that fathers are as good as mothers at caring for children • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 42 % strongly, that society values a child's relationship with its mother more than it values a child's relationship with its father • Almost 6 out of 10 (59 %) agree with the statement that society assumes mothers are good for children, fathers have to prove it • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 50 % strongly, that there should be a zero tolerance approach if fathers do not take on their parenting responsibilities • Almost 7 out of 10 (67 %) agree that dads should be encouraged to spend time in school reading with their child • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 50 % strongly, that dads should be able to stay overnight with their partner in hospital when their baby is born.

Parents and professionals value information and support about caring for children.

The statement that women still bear greater responsibility for caring for children fails to recognise the greater responsibility that fathers bear for earning money for their families and the many pressures this brings.

They'll learn lots of basic information about caring for children, as well as important life - saving skills.

It can wear a mom to the breaking point as she constantly tries to multitask by caring for children and working at the same time.

She has been caring for children for more than 16 years, is the daughter of an educator, and the oldest of five children.

After college, Alex worked as a nanny for 4 years, caring for children of all ages.

respite care, which offers temporary relief from the intense strain of hospice care to parents who are caring for children at home

Caring for children is an opportunity too.

And we talked about the lessons we can learn from arranged marriages (not forced or child marriages), where common backgrounds, interests and goals matter more than love at first — although as some women in arranged marriages wrote us, love occurs when you see your husband caring for your children, being a good provider (OK, I have some thoughts on that but I'm just quoting here) and treating his family with respect and kindness.

In today's households, women are returning to work in record numbers after their maternity leave, and fathers are doing a lot more caring for their children, including the weekly shop.

They are currently looking for an American who has, «a tough, but loving, philosophy to caring for children» and the «ability to determine the roots of highly emotional relationship problems within families in desperate need for help.»

When a household is torn apart by a breakup or divorce, in many instances, the mother takes on a brunt of the responsibility of caring for their children.

69 % of fathers who took paternity leave said it improved the quality of family life and 56 % that it led them to take a greater role in caring for their children (EHRC, 2009a).

Men's participation in hands - on caring for children has increased hugely over recent decades [4]-- so there are plenty of men out there with experience of looking after and nurturing the future generation.

«Breathing new life into ourselves will leave us ready to face the challenges of caring for our children.»

Place your ad in front of thousands of gay couples and individuals that are interested in building families and caring for children.

Fathers want to spend more time caring for children and encounter obstructions.

We find that to bring the greatest benefits, parenting leave design must walk a tight - rope between providing for the health and welfare needs of mothers and infants without marking women down as uniquely responsible for caring for children; and that therefore it is best if much of the birth - related leave is available to mothers without being limited to uptake by them.

We pay a huge price for it just as do for caring for our children.

But alas, I have been exhausted caring for my children who have the chicken pox (and Tom who apparently did not have them as a child).

This might be a survival tactic from long ago, when women lived in groups, caring for children and gathering while men hunted.

The husband is often away, working hard to support his large family, but the wife — say a stay - at - home - mom — can be overwhelmed with the duties of caring for her children, as well as the lack of social interactions and recognition for her hard work.

She works from sunup to sundown washing dishes and clothes, cooking, and caring for the children.

This would allow either parent who is away from the waged workforce caring for children to receive child - care payments, children's allowances, job training and other protections against long - term financial and job vulnerability.

Good mothers are consumed with caring for their children and rarely have much time to spend on themselves.

It will support women in caring for the children they choose to raise themselves, and it will help them find homes for those they can not raise.

Bishop of Durham, Rt Rev Paul Butler (main picture), said: «Caring for our children should be at the top of our agenda as a society.