Sentences with phrase «child than that of a parent»

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«Inspiring children through play and creativity is crucial to early development and no company has done more in that space over many generations than Mattel,» said Georgiadis in a statement «As a parent, I have seen this first hand and am honored to be joining the Company at this exciting time of renewed focus.»

Parents and teachers have complained that children were becoming addicted to the multiplayer online battle game, which, according to the company, has more than 200 million users, making it the world's most popular game of its kind.

Parents, for their part, would readily comply with kids» expectations: Less than 5 percent of those surveyed said that they wouldn't let their child move back in after graduating from college, although nearly 25 percent said that they would charge them rent.

Studies also show that the emotional costs borne by children of color being raised by white parents - which often occurs with international adoptions - are less dire than critics believe.

It even wades into parenting and schooling: praising and rewarding our children for reaching solutions rather than for their effort, Tugend writes, stigmatizes mistakes from the earliest stages of socialization.

And that, dear parents, is the point at which your work is done — when your children's success becomes much more a factor of their desire and work ethic than yours.

«Parents who respond to their children's emotions in a comforting manner have kids who are more socially well - adjusted than do parents who either tell their kids they are overreacting or who punish their kids for getting upset,» child psychologist Nancy Eisenberg of Arizona State University said in an intParents who respond to their children's emotions in a comforting manner have kids who are more socially well - adjusted than do parents who either tell their kids they are overreacting or who punish their kids for getting upset,» child psychologist Nancy Eisenberg of Arizona State University said in an intparents who either tell their kids they are overreacting or who punish their kids for getting upset,» child psychologist Nancy Eisenberg of Arizona State University said in an interview.

Productivity — the ability to eke out sustained gains in wages and profits — is the thing that determines whether you have a better standard of living than your parents, whether your children live more comfortably than you.

Equal splits among siblings are still the norm in estate planning, yet a new study finds that more parents are writing wills that favor some of their children more than others.

The number of parents who treat their children unequally in wills more than doubled from 1995 to 2010, according to an October 2015 working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Parents could deduct no more than the average cost of child care in their state.

Citing studies on the early lives of heroes who rescued people from the Holocaust and highly creative architects, Grant suggests parents «help children think about the consequences of their action for others,» rather than simply yelling «no!».

Parents of highly creative children had an average of fewer than one rule,» writes Grant in the op - ed.

The social giant collects much more information than that, which results in at least 600 targeting options including household income, level of education, home type, home value, home ownership status, household composition, parents of children with specific ages, newly engaged couples, new vehicle buyers, expats, a variety of buyer profiles, people who frequently buy online, frequent travelers, and much more.

The data shows similar employment barriers also exist for the children of immigrants, especially those whose parents are visible minorities, despite the fact they achieve higher levels of education than Canadian - born children.

Parents hoping to teach their children the power of compound interest on their savings today will have a harder time than parents in the 1970s and 1980s, when interest paid on savings accounts soared above 10 per cent compared with rates today, when even the highest - paying savings accounts sit in the low single Parents hoping to teach their children the power of compound interest on their savings today will have a harder time than parents in the 1970s and 1980s, when interest paid on savings accounts soared above 10 per cent compared with rates today, when even the highest - paying savings accounts sit in the low single parents in the 1970s and 1980s, when interest paid on savings accounts soared above 10 per cent compared with rates today, when even the highest - paying savings accounts sit in the low single digits.

Since estate taxes are assessed only when bequests are left to someone other than a husband or wife — most commonly, when estates pass, after parents» death, to the children — it's smart to buy enough second - to - die coverage in the name of the beneficiary to pay off future estate - tax bills.

But the C. D. Howe report speculates that the rising number of sick days women are taking off — an average 2.9 more days a year than men — has less to do with illness than the fact that women are often saddled with taking care of both children and elderly parents.

Drive - thrus are valuable to the elderly, the immobile, parents with small children and, believe it or not, are actually better for the environment than cars in parking lots — or so says TDL, the parent company of Tim Hortons.

The New York Times recently highlighted the long - term impact difficult schedules can have on family wellness, in an article called: «A growing body of research suggests that a child's language and problem - solving skills may suffer as a result of their parents» problematic schedules, and that they may be more likely than other children to smoke and drink when they're older.»

The short explanation: As long as a parent is the account custodian, the child's financial aid will decrease by no more than 5.6 % of the account value.2

As long as you (as the parent) are the account owner and your child is a dependent, the savings in a 529 will have a much lower impact on financial aid for higher education than a different type of account opened in your child's name.

Shouldn't the incomes of married couples and two - parent families with children have increased more than they did?

The Narcissism Epidemic traces the root causes of narcissism to the triumph of the therapeutic mentality, beginning in the 1970s; to changes in parenting styles (parents wanting their kids» approval rather than children striving for parental approval); to celebrities who are «famous for being famous» and the media that transmit their endless, self - absorbed chatter; to the MySpace / Facebook / YouTube phenomenon (dubbed Web 2.0); and to easy consumer credit (which recently came crashing down).

First, the writers — quoting atheist proselytizer Richard Dawkins — claim that children of religious parents should not be considered religious, more than implying that their «beliefs» should be considered those of the secular state.

More questions than answers; however, each individual should assess what their capabilities are fiscally, emotionally, etc. and ascertain their likelihood of being a good parent whose child can and will CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY (those being the key words).

Some of them, maybe most, will have at least one parent or another relative who could take care of them, though the adults sometimes tried to hide that from us; they figure we will take better care of the children than they can, plus they won't have another mouth to feed.

So, just because of the situation that someone was born into, in your example a person born to Muslim parents in a different part of the world than you, where that person took on the religous traditions and practices of their parents (as many of us do when we're children), and just never had an opportunity to learn about christianity and Jesus, again only because of where they were born... you contend that person is going to «burn» in an eternal lake of fire?!

Two parents can be Mom and Dad, Mom and Mom, Dad and Dad... studies prove that children do just as well in same gender homes than they do in hetero homes (the link to the study is listed above in response to another blathering of yours).

Fatherless children have rates of incarceration, criminal activity, possession of firearms, poverty, drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, incompletion of school, and overall parental neglect and maltreatment alarmingly higher than their two - parent counterparts.

Less than half (48.7 percent) of parents whose children were assigned to a public school were satisfied, but 82.5 percent of parents who chose a private school were.

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.

And very early the adoptive parent realizes that the methods of training this child must obey a greater source than flesh and natural conception.

As Nuremberg had shown, there is a higher law than the positive law of nations and every child has the right to be brought up by his or her parents.

I'm always frustrated by the conflation of «spanking» with the idea of discipline as if there is no other way to parent a child than hitting them.

Another «sign» of unrepentance was putting my children into a summer camp on my parenting days rather than handing them over to my ex-wife to watch them.

Parents rather than the state would again control one of the most significant influences shaping their children.

Your god is mean, non-sensical, and treats his children worse than the most heinous parents I have ever heard of.

Parents deposit their two - and three - year - olds for hours at a variety of day - care centers despite voluminous research indicating that there are no «good» child - care arrangements for children of this age other than parental care.

Some family law scholars are now insisting that a child can have more than two legal parents, to «better reflect the dynamics of the modern family.»

And, the fact that his son left the faith does not necessarily relate to Tony and Peggy's faith, any more than so many other children's departure was because of their parents.

Already there are many thousands of present - day parents who were brought up with no religious faith and few standards, and they have had almost nothing, and sometimes less than nothing of spiritual value, to pass on to their children.

This vision of childhood, in which the role of parents is to trust children and the role of children is to keep that trust, to be honest and good and, above all, not duffers, is to me a purer, sweeter, and infinitely more potent vision than any other a child is likely to encounter in literature.

What's worse than the world seeing Christians disagree with one another is the world seeing Christians remain silent when their own go on TV and tell the parents of children lost in a tornado that those children and their families got what they deserved.

Assertions that heterosexual couples are inherently better parents than same sex couples, or that the children of lesbian or gay parents fare worse than children of heterosexual parents, have no support in the scientific research literature.

Less desirable in the eyes of her parents than a male child, a girl stayed close to her mother, but her father controlled her life until he relinquished her to another man for marriage.

We now know that, in all socioeconomic groups, children raised outside of intact two - parent families are significantly more likely than their peers to drop out of high school, end up in prison and experience serious psychological distress.

Furthermore, while an intact family composed of two parents of the opposite sex and their biological child or children may provide the best standard family unit in society (and should, therefore, be given support), we would be naive and cruel to dismiss the possibility that differently configured families (e.g., families with single parents or homosexual parents or adopted children) may produce family situations that are as good as, or, in some cases, better than, those of families that fit the standard.

This causes all sorts of worry for parents, who already have far more than their share of things to worry about when it comes to their children's futures, that their children won't become saved and will be excluded from heaven.

Our point is that on the whole the nuclear mother - father team in intact first marriages does a better job of raising children than do single parents, stepparents or unmarried couples.