Sentences with phrase «children about compassion»

Never the less, a great service being done by Erin, and I am certain by others too — actually I can think of at least a few projects being taken with children and junior youth 12 - 15 yr olds in the GTA, one of them being taken in a public school in Vaughan — for educating our children about compassion, kindness and other virtues.

In addition to their efforts in the community, the organization's Positive Pit Care School Program uses therapy - certified Pit Bulls from their Pit Crew to teach children about compassion towards animals and how to be a responsible pet guardian.

Fostering provides a great lesson to your children about compassion, nurturing, and generosity and it's a wonderful, life - affirming experience for an entire family, a couple, or a single individual.

Reviews books (especially about animals) and educates children about compassion toward animals.

These donations also help support our Humane Education programming, which focuses on teaching children about compassion and responsibility to animals and people.

These loyal animals can also teach children about compassion, responsibility, and friendship.

Attachment Parenting (AP) is an excellent way to teach your children about compassion and what it means to consider other people around you and how your actions affect others around you.

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Today, most participants in the debate about welfare reform» at least those outside the realms of the ACLU and the Children's Defense Fund» agree with Olasky that the government has not and can not offer this kind of effective compassion, and that consequently we must enlarge the role private charities play in the lives of the underclass.

'' [It means] actually talking about their attributes as a child like «I love the way you showed courage in that situation» or «I love that you showed compassion or you were kind.»

The pope's comments aren't about mom politics; it's about children being important, and their basic human needs being important, and having compassion.

Sadly you also throw around the term «child abuse» with a cavalier looseness that suggests you don't have the foggiest idea what child abuse is... it's a shame abused children everywhere can't write in and tell you about their trevails at the hands of an abuser... Jesus Christ was no abuser... if I'm wrong about Jesus, he was at least a Rabbi who loved his followers, and who taught, peace, compassion, forgiveness, and inclusiveness... If I'm right, Jesus is the most amazing, wonderful gift GOD could ever give to his beloved creation... in either event, belief in him, and sharing those beliefs with children is not abuse, it's loving and nurturing fact based belief, not mythology...

Hailed as «good for a green mama's soul,» Green Child has grown into a resource valued by parents who care about bringing simplicity, compassion, social responsibility, and instinctual intelligence back to parenting.

To me, veganism is about compassion, love for the Earth, health, and peace, which were all important to me ever since I was a child.

I believe children need to be taught at young age to respect and care about animals along with love, compassion and understanding.

Shanika has always been drawn to nurturing careers and she attributes this passion to her loving grandmother who taught her about compassion and nurturing women and children.

she blogs at Fine and Fair, a blog written to and for her children about the ups and downs along the journey of raising them as responsible citizens of the world with the values of compassion toward all living things, environmental responsibility, conservation, and celebrating diversity in all of its forms.

We plan to be completely open with our child about his or her origins, but I hope that we will be able to respond to our child's need for answers and information with as much compassion and thoughtfulness as you've shown, Lori.

Celebrate Attachment Parenting Month in October 2010 and help spread the word about raising children with compassion and connection.

To put this in everyday terms, parents treat their children as they would a new coworker or employee, a new member of their church or community club, or their friends and adult family members — they would come from a place of great compassion, forgiveness, and patience as the child is learning about their place in the world.

After all, many of the concepts are likely in stark contrast to the messages you've been trying to teach your child about kindness, respect, and compassion.

Great parents nurture compassion about a child's particular mental challenges and, in the moment, take into account the effect of hormones, hunger, and temperament on behavior.

Parenting skills educator Patty Wipfler on how to address your child's fears about flying with compassion and calm.

Dr. Surillo is passionate about helping his young patients, and his experience, compassion, and skill ensure that parents and children alike have a dental practice where they feel comfortable and know they are receiving the best care available.

So this site will be about some of the practical ways that we can move ahead into Helping Mode and raise happy, confident children who will also be respectful and compassionate towards others, because they themselves have received respect and compassion from their parents.

A nut - free policy is a missed opportunity for children without allergy to learn courtesy, consideration, cooperation, and compassion for those with allergy (e.g., by being responsible about no food sharing, by cleaning surfaces, etc.).

«Everything Britain stands for - hard work, independence of spirit, savings and compassion for children - is about to be undermined by George Osborne's tax credit cuts that will plunge almost another million families into poverty.»

Held in a newly renovated historic mansion, the event will highlight exhibits about the children's hospital's clinical capabilities and compassion shown for every child and family.

So instead of taking the appearance of your partner's inner child as a cue to use information about his or her past as a weapon, practise compassion and embrace the opportunity to get to know one another on a deeper and more intimate level.

It's about the gentle, soft, loving compassion and grace of a child in its Mother's arms.

The greatest thing about Little Children is that it doesn't turn all of its drama into soap: people realize that they're caught in a predicament, but don't create over-the-top scenes; instead, they react in unpredictable ways, sometimes even with compassion.

The current Conservative government, under Theresa May, has made noises about compassion for «just - about - managing families,» but the rhetoric rings hollow; on the day I'm writing this, reports have appeared about the government's decision to close the civil service's child poverty unit.

If his latest drama, based on the YA book by Hugo's Brian Selznick about two deaf children having adventures in separate decades, feels a little tame for him, know that the movie's compassion is voluminous.

This program teaches children lifelong skills such as communication, empathy and compassion whilst also educating them about the ever - growing issue of dementia,» Mr O'Sullivan said.

This summary of a public lecture by Kimberly Schonert - Reichl underscores the importance of promoting social and emotional learning, reviews some of the research about cultivating kindness and compassion in children, and discusses five practical strategies that parents can try.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

Every educator I've met has stories of children bursting into tears, worrying about themselves or a loved one being deported, or simply being genuinely confused about what the election says about classroom lessons on compassion and respect.

I like your idea about more gifted individuals going into teaching — having «been there, done that» can go a long way with understanding and compassion for gifted children.

Parkhurst writes with compassion and sensitivity about the experience of parenting and fervently loving a child drastically different from the one you imagined.

Plus, pets are a great way for children to learn about responsibility and develop a sense of compassion.

Humane Education: presentations to teach children, young and old, about compassion, respect and responsibility

It also provides children and teens an opportunity to learn about pet adoption and animal welfare issues, building an understanding of why it's important to treat animals with compassion.

Humane Education - teaching children of all backgrounds about empathy, compassion, and responsible treatment of all creatures

At the Guelph Humane Society, we believe that teaching children about responsible pet ownership and compassion for animals builds a more caring future generation!

Lisa and Diane immediately bond and have a delightful conversation as Diane speaks about helping pet loving families teach their children compassion, patience, consistency, kindness, responsibility and unconditional love through her wonderful books - JJ The American Street Dog and JJ Goes To Puppy Class.

In 250 words or less children can express their feelings about how to help pets and possibly influence others to treat pets with kindness, tolerance and compassion.

Talking about their compassion, they love to interact with children and other pets.

Dumb Friends League offers humane education for children and adults to spread the message of compassion and respect for animals, teaching proper treatment of pets, and offering information about animal shelters and ways to help homeless pets.

Our Humane Education Department serves children and adults of all ages by providing a variety of unique learning opportunities that support the bond between humans and companion animals by nurturing knowledge, compassion and respect toward all living things and spreading awareness about the prevention of cruelty to animals.

By adopting an older dog, we can make a statement about compassion and the value of all life at all ages, as well as register a protest against the indiscriminate and inhumane breeding of dogs, whether it is for profit or to «teach the children about birth.»

Hailed as «good for a green mama's soul,» Green Child has grown into a resource valued by parents who care about bringing simplicity, compassion, social responsibility, and instinctual intelligence back to parenting.