Sentences with phrase «children of affluence»

There is no question that kids mired in poverty have it tougher than children of affluence.

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The mounting strength of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States has been a large factor, and this in turn has been due to the faithful efforts in the nineteenth century which laid the foundations for that strength and to the rise to comfort, and here and there to affluence, of Roman Catholic emigrants and their children, who, coming poverty - stricken to America, have profited by the development of the virgin resources of the land.

You mention in the book a woman named Madeline Levine who writes about the problems affecting children who grow up in affluence, and it seems as if they have the same sorts of problems with grit, perseverance, self - regulation, optimism.

In the auditorium of a posh high school in the north suburbs of Chicago, a packed house of well - heeled moms and dads recently braved blizzard conditions to hear the lanky, affable Tough describe some of the scientific experiments leading to his belief that it is not innate ability, IQ or affluence that determines a child's ability to succeed in school and beyond.

Among the many esteemed specialists Tough references in How Children Succeed is Suniya Luthar, a researcher and professor of psychology at Columbia University who composed a study of children growing up in afChildren Succeed is Suniya Luthar, a researcher and professor of psychology at Columbia University who composed a study of children growing up in afchildren growing up in affluence.

Equally, women often have similar troubles, but in a slightly different way; sometimes, when confronted with affluence and success in a man, they have the same mental reasoning block and in a subconscious effort to find and create a stable environment for their children, they will choose the man that can offer them financial stability over one that might actually be better for both then and their children in terms of their spiritual welfare.

The movie also dramatizes the siblings» shared trauma in flashbacks — the anxiety of affluence, an unhappy and sometimes violent marriage, the discovery of their father's previous marriage and children.

Part of the fun is seeing people of wealth and affluence acting like petulant children.

We seek to put greater ownership in the hands of parents and families, professional educators and local community leaders — who are passionate and motivated to serve every child no matter what their socioeconomic background, level of affluence, upbringing, native language or country of origin.

Children of Zodiarcs A story - driven, tactical RPG set in the fantasy realm of Lumus — a world divided by affluence and poverty.

John P. Holdren, now President Obama's science adviser, wrote in «Science and Technology for Sustainable Well - Being» that when you measure human harm in years of life lost (e.g., a child cut down by disease loses decades; a grandmother dying of a stroke at 80 loses a few years), the major afflictions of poverty and affluence do us in at roughly equal rates.

It's primarily about economic well - being, but: «Children living with both biological parents reported higher levels of life satisfaction than children living with a single parent or parent / step - parent... Controlling perceived family affluence, the difference between joint physical custody families and single mother or mother / stepfather families became non-significant... [and] children in the Nordic countries characterised by strong welfare systems reported significantly higher levels of life satisfaction in all living arrangements except in single father houChildren living with both biological parents reported higher levels of life satisfaction than children living with a single parent or parent / step - parent... Controlling perceived family affluence, the difference between joint physical custody families and single mother or mother / stepfather families became non-significant... [and] children in the Nordic countries characterised by strong welfare systems reported significantly higher levels of life satisfaction in all living arrangements except in single father houchildren living with a single parent or parent / step - parent... Controlling perceived family affluence, the difference between joint physical custody families and single mother or mother / stepfather families became non-significant... [and] children in the Nordic countries characterised by strong welfare systems reported significantly higher levels of life satisfaction in all living arrangements except in single father houchildren in the Nordic countries characterised by strong welfare systems reported significantly higher levels of life satisfaction in all living arrangements except in single father households.