Sentences with phrase «children accept differences»

We as adults need to help our children accept differences from an early age.

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Rockenstein found that there were significant differences in information acquisition and attitude change between churched children and non-churched children: churched children gained more of the information and accepted more of the attitudes communicated by the televised programs than did the non-churched children.

So far we've discussed why you want to read this book, «should» thoughts causing power struggles, power struggles being futile when the person is engaged with the other person, the difference between being in charge and being in control, seeing and accepting the child you have, and forgiving our parents.

I respect the difference in opinion and accept that there are millions of people co-sleeping with their children.

In an increasingly global and diverse world, how can we teach our children to accept and celebrate the differences between people?

Here is one big piece that many parents face — our children's differences are not ones we can relate to, so we are not prepared to both love and accept them.

But it's worth the time and effort to help your child see that there is a big difference between blaming others and accepting personal responsibility.

There is a huge difference between accepting that a child could die, which is sadly true at some point, and choosing to risk killing them.

Your job for the next ten years or so is to help your child understand the difference between a real danger (accepting a ride from a stranger) and something that just feels like one (the «witch» in the space between the wall and his bed).

Your job over the next 10 years or so will be to help your child understand the difference between a real danger (accepting a ride from a stranger, or smoking cigarettes) and something that, disturbing though it may be, doesn't present an immediate or personal threat (a war being waged 5,000 miles away).

As parents, we know discussing topics such as bullying, coping with disabilities or accepting other's differences can be hard conversations to have with children, especially with preteens and teenagers.

«I decided to accept the challenge of being a judge because I can make a difference in the lives of families and children,» Buitrago said.

Some sceptics might argue that it is impossible to tell the difference — but in each set of trials, the volunteers generally preferred the work of the well - accepted human artists, even when they believed it was by an animal or a child (Psychological Science, vol 22, p 435).

While 23 per cent of people polled believed that grammar schools should be forced to accept children of all abilities, 35 per cent said they believed that grammars improve social mobility, with only 19 per cent thinking they damage social mobility and a further 27 per cent saying they make no difference at all.

Commenting on the small differences in satisfaction levels among parents with children in the charter and chosen district sectors, Paul E. Peterson, professor of government and director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard Kennedy School, notes that «chosen district schools serve a smaller percentage of students of color than charters do, and they are more likely to use examinations as entry requirements, while most charter schools must accept all applicants or use a lottery to select among them.»

The development of an inclusive environment both at school and at home can help children understand and accept differences and reduce bullying.

«We know that parents and families see this unfairness playing out and it is simply untenable, I believe, to now stand up and say that these historical imbalances and differences in how we are funding our children across the country are ones that we should accept,» said Ms Greening.

When adults are open and accepting, children learn to respect diversity and embrace cultural differences.

When educators are welcoming and approachable, accepting of difference and able to respect multiple ways of being, it helps children and their families to build a sense of belonging and trust.

Showing children how to value the differences in others and taking steps to address safety issues, such as bullying, helps students with disabilities to feel accepted and to belong.

The efforts that you make to work through inevitable differences with your partner in a loving and accepting way will strengthen your relationship with your child.

I encourage staff to provide activities to help children learn about and accept the differences and similarities in all people.

The resiliency - based curriculum is designed to provide real - life situations that introduce children to health - promoting concepts and build prosocial skills, such as understanding feelings, accepting differences, caring about others, using self - control, and managing anger.

Recent research conducted in mainland China found that obesity prevalence was higher among children in wealthier families, 4 but the patterns were different in Hong Kong with higher rates of childhood obesity among lower income families.4 5 Hong Kong, despite having a per capita gross domestic product of Hong Kong dollar (HK$) 273 550, has large income differences between rich and poor as reflected by a high Gini coefficient of 0.539 reported in 2016; approximately 20 % of the population are living in poverty as defined by a monthly household income below half of the Hong Kong median.6 It is widely accepted that population health tend to be worse in societies with greater income inequalities, and hence low - income families in these societies are particularly at risk of health problems.7 In our previous study, children from Hong Kong Chinese low - income families experienced poorer health and more behavioural problems than other children in the population at similar age.8 Adults from these families also reported poorer health - related quality of life (HRQOL), 9 with 6.1 % of the parents having a known history of mental illness and 18.2 % of them reporting elevated level of stress.

However, parents who have accepted their children's differences were more likely to adapt better than parents who experienced emotional struggles in accepting perceived disabilities in their children (Meadow - Orlans, Smith - Gray, & Dyssegaard, 1995; Watson, Henggeler, & Whelan, 1990).