Sentences with phrase «children at the center»

So many of our customs placed the child at the center.
Our innovative approach places the child at the center of all aspects of club policy and decision making, and fosters an environment that enables our players to develop a passion for the game, grow strong, stay healthy, build skills, and become leaders on and off the field — all while building friendships and having a ton of fun!
For the reasons I just mentioned, too many parents put children at the center of the family.
I think the key to making an open adoption work is to put the child at the center of every decision and to be willing to be open, in whatever way both parties decide is best.
N: Seeing open adoption in action is the most rewarding part of my job; witnessing and facilitating healthy relationships between the adoption triad with the best interest of the child at the center is the most fulfilling.
But by putting their child at the center of their relationship and making him the focal point, Lori shows how both sets of parents can move forward from fear to family and help their child bring together the different parts of his identity.
Restoring marriage as the home's center will liberate women and men from a parenting paradigm that has placed the child at the center of the home.
If you're even the slightest bit reluctant to leave your child at a center, pass.
Julian Dennison's Russell is the pyrokinetic child at the center of this whole drama, and Dennison (a breakout presence in Taika Waititi's 2016 film Hunt For the Wilderpeople) imbues him with fragility, broken up by flashes of rapacious anger.
Fittingly, then, Jolie ceded the stage to Loung Ung, whose wartime memoir is the basis of the film, and to two of the young actors, Sreymoch Sareum and Kimhak Mun, who play the children at the center of the harrowing work - camp story.
A plan to transfer Head Start programs run by the Chicago public schools to community - based centers has put the popular preschool program for disadvantaged children at the center of an emotional dispute pitting agency against agency and parent against parent.
«It's important to place the dignity of the child at the center of this work.
He appeals to all parties involved to place the needs of children at the center of the debate about school improvement and to let go of political jargon and the vilification of educators.»
All he really cared about, he said, was putting the child at the center of the learning process.
Robert Scott, Chief Deputy Commissioner of Education, closed the panel with a discussion on policy and analysis emphasizing the need to establish a system that has children at the center.
One approach is to put children at the center of these aspirations and to align community services and...
It is a simple but urgent plea to put the real needs of children at the center of the national conversation about education reform, which in its ideological divisiveness is in danger of leaving them behind.»
The Coalition's main facility can house 250 single men in its Men's Pavilion and a couple hundred more men, women and children at their Center for Women and Families.
In 1929, Rothko began teaching children at the Center Academy of the Brooklyn Jewish Center, a position he retained for more than twenty years.
«I wanted to tell a children's tale my way, with pictures, but in the same way that children's books always have something vaguely magical and a child at the center,» says Mikula.
They volunteer countless hours to Habitat for Humanity efforts, mentor and tutor local children at the center, provide financial planning and insurance seminars for seniors, and raise money for the local Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
You can put your well - being, your high - road goals, and your precious children at the center of the priorities and the process.
The American Bar Association's Standards of Practice for Lawyers Representing Children in Custody Cases (2003) seek to keep the best interests of children at the center of courts» attention and to build public confidence in a just and fair court system that works to promote the best interests of children.
«We can play on the slides and swing on the swings, and all the other fun stuff,» said Kathryn, a child at the Center.
If there IS a recipe for happiness, in my opinion it would be a combination of positive parenting, conscious parental decision - making keeping respect for the child at the center, and modelling OUR best selves.
When your holiday timesharing arrives, make sure to keep the children at the center of your focus so that they can enjoy the holidays and not be burdened by feelings they may inevitably have about not being with the other parent at particular times.
Head Start serves children at our centers or in the home: Children ages 3 - 5 (do not have to be potty trained) Part - day center and home - based options Inclusive program Individualized curriculum School - year schedule Nutritious meals
I think the key to making an open adoption work is to put the child at the center of every decision and to be willing to be open, in whatever way both parties decide is best.
By putting the adopted child at the center, families can come to enjoy the benefits of open adoption and mitigate the challenges that may arise.

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Louwerse pointed out how parents work more, and children can often be found at a daycare center.
«It's all about shaping the child's behavior,» says Dr. Andrea Vazzana, clinical assistant professor of child psychiatry at New York University Langone's Child Study Cechild's behavior,» says Dr. Andrea Vazzana, clinical assistant professor of child psychiatry at New York University Langone's Child Study Cechild psychiatry at New York University Langone's Child Study CeChild Study Center.
A Sunday fire in a Siberian shopping center killed at least 64 people, including 11 children, and 16 people are still missing.
Kent came to mind this week when I read about the resignation of Yale lecturer Erika Christakis, an early childhood educator at the Yale Child Study Center.
In our tests, the Gene Knockout Kit gave us greater than 80 percent knock - out rates for seven targets,» shares Shondra Miller, Ph.D., Director, Center for Advanced Genome Engineering at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, on Synthego's web site.
All in all, the Trump tax plan would wastefully increase deficits by at least $ 3.5 billion over ten years — with half of all tax cuts going to the top 1 % — while actually raising taxes on nearly half of all families with children, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center's (TPC) analysis.
He settled in Sweden with his wife and two children and held positions at research centers in Belgium and Italy.
The next evening, more than 500 people, mostly women and children, began arriving at medical centers in Douma showing symptoms consistent with exposure to a chemical agent, according to Syrian American Medical Society, a relief organization.
Elaine Maag, a senior research associate at the Tax Policy Center, thinks that Ivanka's position likely changed as she became more educated on the issue and realized that the child tax credit reaches many more families than a child care credit could.
Shoppers drop off their children at Ikea day - care centers, dine at Ikea restaurants and select from among thousands of products ranging from leather sofas to soup ladles.
In 2013, researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center had participants watch videos of women in everyday situations, like working in an office and taking care of a child.
Employees and spouses alike can pursue high school equivalency degrees (G.E.D.'s) and other educational goals at the company's expense; children and grandchildren who need help for supplementary tutoring get it at a Sylvan or Huntington Learning Center.
A research group at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center used human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) to grow human stomach tissue (paywall)-- and, notably, the part of the organ that produces digestive enzymes.
So far, half of all states have already established a higher «exit income limit» than «entrance income limit» for child care subsidies, says Karen Schulman, director of child care and early learning research at the National Women's Law Center.
They also believe that when employees have access to on - site cafeterias, child care centers, gyms and concierge services, they become more productive because they don't have to leave the office to grab lunch or spend time driving to the gym or dropping off children at a daycare across town.
And that private adoption process can easily put a financial strain on families, with the cost spiking as high as $ 30,000 said Josh Kroll, a project coordinator of the Adoption Subsidy Resource Center at the North American Council on Adoptable Children.
This represents a cumulative total of over $ 2.2 million in funds raised since the tournament's inception that directly benefit the young patients treated at UF Health Shands Children's Hospital and Arnold Palmer Medical Center.
The briefing focused on a vision of STEM learning opportunities as a network of charging stations in which children power up their learning by plugging into activities at school, after school, at science centers and libraries, as well as online.
He and his wife, Jana, a physical therapist at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, had their second child, Logan, last month, joining 2 - year - old Cale.
People were really maxing out credit cards trying to really help these children and these brands are willing to give so much to them, and I think that is because — at the center of it — we're talking about gun violence.
This represents a cumulative total of over $ 2.3 million in funds raised since the tournament's inception in 1997 that directly benefit the young patients treated at Arnold Palmer Medical Center and UF Health Shands Children's Hospital.
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