Sentences with phrase «child than a gift»

What better way to help a to - be mom prepare for her upcoming child than a gift set full of all sorts of necessities?

A parent's presence and full attention may mean more to a child than any gift or experience.

Not exact matches

Through its ministry, Operation Christmas Child, the organization delivers more than 8 million shoe box gifts to poor children in more than 100 countries each year.

BFS Capital participated and employees and their families contributed more than 170 gifts for the children of South Florida who may not have had a present at Christmas.

Contraception rejects that blessing and sees children as a hinderance rather than a gift from God.

Personally, I can not imagine a worse judgement for sin than to have my children brutally murdered, and the greatest gift of this life (being a parent) taken away from me.

Partnering with organizations like WorldReach (who allows you to sponsor children) and Charity: Water (who lets you tell your friends to donate instead of getting you a birthday present every year) or finding a cause like ending human trafficking, supporting education or assisting the homeless can represent more than just one - time gifts or temporary passions.

And so we too, daily engaged in our own all too human journey, searching for that which would have us be so much more than we are, and bearing our unworthy gifts, kneel on the stable floor beside these royal ones, worshiping with them the child who is most royal.

What could be a kinder gift to our children than teaching them to see the world as truthfully as we do?

I will look from the other side — at what it means to be a child who is a product rather than a gift.

And you mention that your missionary parents took their children to Korea when it wasn't so safe or comfortable, and you say that that example was actually a greater gift than safety.

In a day when the problem is too many children rather than too few, the wider gifts tend to become more important and the initially primary one less so.

As long as we live in a cultural milieu in which the unborn child is seen as something to be feared rather than welcomed, or a financial burden rather than a gift, political opinion will be secondary.

But the Lord had chosen a mother for that baby, and a child for that mother — nothing is more loving, our friends found, than helping a parent to receive the Father's gift of life.

If they feel their child is a gift of god — well, that's a better application of Christianity than most.

Parents are urged to develop an atmosphere of mutual respect; to communicate on levels of fun and recreation as well as on discipline and advice; to allow a child to learn «through natural consequences» — that is, by experiencing what happens when he dawdles in the morning and is permitted to experience the unpleasantness and embarrassment of being late to school; to encourage the child and spend time with him playing and learning (positively) rather than spending time lecturing and disciplining (negatively), since the child who is misbehaving is often merely craving attention and if he gets it in pleasant, constructive ways, he will not demand it in antisocial ways; to avoid trying to put the child in a mold of what the parent thinks he should do and be, or what other people think he should do and be, rather than what his natural gifts and tendencies indicate; to take time to train the child in basic skills — to bake a cake, pound a nail, sketch or write or play a melody — including those things the parents know and do well and are interested in.

Though it is difficult to raise children in what might be called a «gender - neutral environment», part of the antidote to the current gender - laden environments in which children tend now to be raised is this view of the work of the Spirit in giving gifts as the Spirit chooses, which encourages those who are the teachers and guides of the young to observe the emerging qualities of spirit in each child and to bring those qualities to full flower rather than trying to redirect any «alpha» qualities in women or «beta» qualities in men towards any «norm.»

Last year, the company provided complete turkey dinners to more than 50 local families for Thanksgiving and collected gifts for children during the Holiday season for another 100 families.

None of the parents knew that their beloved and winning coach — this glib, engaging soul who had lived with and among them, who had so generously baby - sat their kids, taken the youngsters to movies and bought them expensive gifts — had undergone more than five years of treatment in two state mental hospitals for child molesting.

Later in life, this personal type of affection will be much more memorable to children than receiving a gift that anyone could have given them.

Elisabeth is especially gifted at getting parents to tap into their own inner child, so they can do more than just go through the motions of parenting.

If your child becomes more and more dependent on your gifts rather than more independent as a result of your gifts, then you need to reconsider your approach.

While breast milk is known to offer an array of benefits to infants, including supplying vital nutrients, several recent studies have revealed that women who choose breastfeeding after pregnancy may be giving their children the gift of more than just a steady food source.

When little ones have a birthday or the holidays roll around, many parents are surprised to see that their young child sometimes has more fun playing with the gift wrap and the box than the toy itself.

«I can not think of a greater gift than having a sister and I'm so happy Max and our new child will have each other.»

On this call, API founders Lysa Parker and Barbara Nicholson talk with Lu about how: — our «flaws» are actually pathways to raising resilient, secure, connected kids; — without an awareness of how our story drives our fears, our kids re-enact it; — without self - understanding and empathy, parents then tend to manage rather than engage, control rather than connect, in a chronic practice of «defensive parenting»; — we can turn our old wounds to new wisdom and free our kids from repeating our stories; — the gift of our anger, fear, doubt, chaos, anxiety, struggles, and conflicts is that they can shed compassionate light on our old wounds and we can use this light to «heal» our inner conflicts, and pave our path for ourselves and our kids; and — doing this paving work «keeps our light on»... and our children's light on, and teaches them the power of forgiveness, humility, and humanity.

Best of all, every gift is less than $ 50, so you won't break the bank in order to see that awed expression on your child's face.

Doing these things are more than just okay; this is a beautifully designed gift of a parent - child bond that is repeatedly woven throughout Scripture to illustrate God's love for us.

It is, perhaps, easier for a parent than for others to see a child's special features and gifts.

Rather than encouraging him to write out lengthy wish lists for the holidays, help your child create a list of kind acts and homemade gifts he can give away.

There is no task of greater importance than to give our children the very best preparation for the demands of an ominous future, a preparation that aims at the methodical cultivation of their spiritual and their moral gifts.

With a child who is growing by leaps and bounds, how do you choose a gift that is going to last longer than their current developmental stage?

This book is an easy reader that is sure to appeal to all gifted children, but particularly those who prefer to read a book during recess rather than play basketball.

This often occurs when there are multiple kids around — one child gets a gift that your kid thinks is much cooler than the one they received.

There's nothing I treasure more than my own brother and sisters and I would love for my children to have that gift too.

Gifts for older children tend to be more expensive than those for younger children, just to mention one factor.

The social worker made it clear that the gift of love a foster parent receives from these «broken children» is so much greater than the love foster parents give them.

What a gift we can give our children to learn how to be mindful, especially in our moments of stress — and then to be able to model and teach that mindfulness to our children, so that their relationships can be rooted in peace and empathy rather than fear and mistrust.

A profoundly gifted child has significantly different educational needs than does a mildly gifted child, for example.

A verbally gifted child is one who passes through the stages of language learning more quickly than non-gifted children.

While there's no doubt that it's a challenge having a child who seems to challenge everything, there are ways to work with them rather than against them to preserve and nurture their unique gifts.

What greater gifts are there than these for your child?

One 7 - year followup study showed that children enrolled in a high - quality home visiting program were more likely to participate in a gifted program and less likely to receive special education services or report skipping school than were children in the control group.

Join us for an afternoon using the wisdom of Simplicity Parenting to explore ways to un-clutter before the holidays begin, to be more intentional about the kinds of gifts we give our children (and steer relatives towards giving them), and to keep family connection — rather than material things or busy schedules — at the center of our celebrations this year.

There is nothing better regarding the Christmas gift ideas for parents than to offer the parents a special painting made with the hands of the child.

Speaking of books, there's no better gift for a newborn than a shelf full of classic children's books.

After all, what better gift could we give our children than to show them that they don't have to be flawless to be loved unconditionally?

If your child is younger than 6, they are in the critical time for learning empathy and nurturing, making a doll a great gift for this age group.

Some schools, like some gifted programs, are designed more for highly motivated high - achievers than for gifted children.

One characteristic of gifted children is advanced language ability, which means these children reach developmental milestones relating to language earlier than developmental charts would indicate.