Sentences with phrase «child is under pressure»

If your child is under pressure — because of school, or friends, or something happening at home — giving him a break may be just what he needs.

Bed - wetting frequently returns temporarily when children are under pressure, even up to adolescence.

The promise of a great public education for all children is under pressure not only from out - of - touch legislators, but from economic and societal factors outside school that make it much more difficult to achieve success within the classroom.

Not exact matches

The toymakers have been under pressure for years from cheaper off - shore imports, margin - squeezing big - box retailers and children who increasingly prefer tablets to toys.

Becoming the «poster child» for any issue when your company is under pressure to perform is the last thing any CEO should do, experts say.

The children's accounts of the visions were consistent and they did not flinch under considerable pressure from their families and others, and even under some rather brutal treatment by the local authorities.

If the children are upset, the marriage is put under additional pressure.

Though a child was raised in supposedly Christian surroundings, the assumption was made that he remained completely a «child of wrath» until under the pressures and promptings of revivals he suddenly found himself converted to be a Christian.

The pressure to have a well - behaved child under those conditions is enormous, terrifying and impossible.

But hey knowing how Wenger breastfeeds his children i am not surprised that they do nt get it what it is like to be under pressure and to actually perform to their best

Intensive, goal - directed parenting puts parents, and mothers especially, under extraordinary pressure that is not good for them and is not serving children.

At a meeting with concerned parents, the school superintendent sympathized with our concerns, but explained how much pressure the administrators were under, because of No Child Left Behind, to raise standardized test scores.

My second child was on the breast all the time as well and I understand the pressure that they put you under to breast feed and really make you feel inadequate if you don't.

Using pressure - mounted gates is not recommended at the top of stairs — they can give way under pressure (such as a child throwing his body against it).

With the Chinese One - Child Policy, there are women who may want to keep their children but are under pressure from family or authorities to give them up.

While having high expectations of your child can be helpful, placing your child under too much pressure could backfire.

Children at the other end of the spectrum, under intense pressure to succeed and get into the right colleges, are committing suicide at alarming rates as Hanna Rosin recently documented in the Atlantic.

This causes the child to feel as though he is under pressure to chronicle every negative thing that happens.

As I healed my own relationship with my mother (a relationship I talk about in my book), and as I began to work with more and more families professionally, I realized that so many parents crumble under the pressure of being shamed, not knowing if they're doing this parenting thing right, and struggling to connect with themselves and their children.

There is little point putting a home educated child under pressure to take exams unless it is their own decision.

Professor Luthar, among others, maintains that the pressure children are under to succeed — «and that means trophies and test scores and getting into the right college» — can also be counterproductive.

This is a sign that your child is trying to relieve the pressure under their gums.

Children coping with their families being broken are often under more pressure than their parents realize.

«I was consistently alarmed at the pressure parents are under to medicate their children and the pressure on kids to continue taking medication that they hate being on.

The best approach here is to be patient and not put your child under pressure.

Kent County Council, which has responsibility for a large proportion of all unaccompanied asylum - seeking children, is struggling under the increased pressure.

«However, it is concerning that despite rising levels of sexual bullying and sexual harassment by children and young people, the provision of PSHE and SRE has been under pressure as a result of Government - driven curriculum reforms, funding cuts and changes to accountability requirements.

Meanwhile pressure continues to build against Coughlan, who has been under fire since April over retweets he sent from his personal Twitter account, including one made public this week that stated, «Unless you're my wife don't call them «our» children.

The original Child Safe Products Act passed overwhelmingly in the Assembly earlier this year, and the Senate has been under intense pressure to follow suit — especially since it long had more than enough sponsors (42) to secure its passage it had been allowed to the floor, where 32 votes are necessary to approve legislation.

The government is also under pressure over the possible impact on family budgets of changes to welfare, following reports that Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, is looking at plans to cut child benefit.

Minister will be under renewed pressure today to scrap school testing for 11 - year - olds following a damning select committee report on the subject which found the tests undermined education standards and harmed children.

The Bureau said since the commissioning of the Osogbo Government High School on Thursday, there have been calls from far and near by parents who are under intense pressure from their children who desire to be enrolled in Osun schools.

It is the path to the good life, professional and personal satisfaction, social adjustment and success, performance under pressure, and the best way for any child to avoid a penetrating stare and a cold dinner.

Under the new, simplified tables, children will have their blood pressure measured against normal - weight children, so ideal readings will likely be lower than in the past.

And Bill's wife, Diane (Elizabeth Banks), distraught over the disappearance of her child and the pressures Bill is under at work, takes sexual solace with Amos after she meets him at a Bible study gathering.

Marlo (Charlize Theron) is straining under the pressure of raising two children while pregnant with a third; her workaholic husband (Ron Livingston) has essentially checked out.

The rise in pupil numbers mean there are 470,000 more school children than in 2009, with schools being put under increasing pressure to provide enough places.

Russell Hobby, NAHT general secretary, said: «While there's a better acknowledgement of the extent of mental illness among children and young people than ever before, the services that schools, families and children rely on are under pressure from rising demand, growing complexity and tight budgets.

In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced (under pressure from the state legislature) changes that will make it easier for special - needs students to attend private school at public expense when their parents believe that public schools are not meeting the needs of their children.

Children now are under almost as much pressure to be organized as their parents, and a book by Donna Goldberg, The Organized Student: Teaching Children the Tools for Success in School and Beyond offers a blueprint for helping students identify, prioritize, and take charge of school and personal responsibilities.

All too many kindergarten teachers are under pressure to teach their children numbers and letters and to administer standardized tests.

«As for parents, they are likely to feel under great pressure to pay for private tuition to help their children through selection tests.

The Scottish government is under pressure to make sex education compulsory in Catholic schools amid concerns about the impact online pornography is having on children in Scotland.

In our No Child Left Behind era, educators are aware that high - school Algebra I teachers are under pressure for proof of student academic performance.

But under No Child Left Behind, schools were pressured to seek short - term gains, so they focused on skills, strategies, and test - prep drills.

Nicola Sturgeon's government is under growing pressure to make sex education compulsory in Catholic schools amid growing alarm about the impact that online pornography and «sexting» is having on children in Scotland.

In June 2016 Schools Week reported that schools were under pressure to become «mini welfare states» to support vulnerable pupils as child poverty increased.

Our children and young people are under increasing pressure, caused primarily by intensive testing, and yet neither employers nor universities are convinced that this is preparing them for life after school.

«At a time when budgets are under pressure across the board, boroughs can not continue to subsidise the cost of school places in London,» said Peter John, London Councils» executive member for children, skills and employment.

It is true that there were guidelines initiated by the federal Department of Education under the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002 that no doubt put pressure on the states not to have a disproportionate number of students in special education and the law actually put limits on the percentage that could be exempted from the required achievement assessments.