Sentences with phrase «children of small families»

The children of small families are no more selfish than any other kids — but are the parents?

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When you're the last - born child of the family, you have to contend with being the smallest and weakest of the bunch.

We just welcomed two new members into our family, and running as fast as you can isn't sustainable for parents of multiple small children.

It is well known that the Conservative government is also committed to introducing income splitting for families with children under the age of eighteen, despite the overwhelming evidence that this change would benefit only a small number of high - income families.

The Prime Minister's Office explained, «Like all families of prime ministers, a small number of staff provide assistance,» and, «Given the nature of the Prime Minister's responsibilities and his young family, the Trudeaus employ two household employees who, in addition to performing other duties around the house, act as secondary caregivers to the three children.»

Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Joe Oliver were so confident that this commitment was a «no - brainer» that the Prime Minister announced in a «mini-budget» in October, the Family Tax Cut, and increases to the Universal Child Care Benefit along with a number of other small initiatives.

This is only true if the family has an average of two small children in daycare.

God is famous in the family dinners and protest marches, in the re-reading of a favourite book to small children and in Wednesday night Bible studies open to the public, in the prayers of the unknown and the faith of the uncelebrated.

For example, a Heritage Foundation document titled «Time to Repeal Federal Death Taxes: The Nightmare of the American Dream» emphasizes stories that rarely, if ever, happen in real life: «Small - business owners, particularly minority owners, suffer anxious moments wondering whether the businesses they hope to hand down to their children will be destroyed by the death tax bill,... Women whose children are grown struggle to find ways to re-enter the work force without upsetting the family's estate tax avoidance plan.»

Do you have any advice or ideas for those of us at home with small children, or working the daily grind 9 - 5 jobs, or in school full - time to honor our commitments to family, work and school while simultaneously working to benefit our communities?

The items and a small quantity of cannabis were discovered in his bedroom at the family home... community workers admitted that broken families often led to children taking to crime.

I've seen in my marriage the pain of abortion, in my family the pain of a child who lived a handful of hours, of being in need and not even fellow Christians will assist in the smallest of essentials while unbelievers readily will.

The family - cluster house - church has been used in some small congregations instead of Sunday School as the basic form of education for children and youth.

As the only institutions with direct entree to millions of new families, churches have a strategic responsibility to provide growth experiences for those who have or will soon have awesome influence over the mental health of small children.

The term nuclear family is used by sociologists to refer to the smallest family unit, typically that of two parents and their children.

Like many Canadians, I was horrified by the sight of small Canadian children and families living in shacks in the north with no jobs, no money, no toilets, no heat, no hope.

And when we're inevitably less than perfect, less than victorious on my own terms, I feel as though we're failing in our call to be prophetic signs of contradiction for our culture and instead affirming less than flattering images people have of couples with small children and big families.

Jessica Gress - Wright is the mother of three small children and is currently writing a book on family policy.

His research, which included interviews, found numerous accounts of small children who had imaginary friends, some of which were long - deceased ancestors, and sometimes other deceased people, people about whom the family knew nothing.

For this reason, and others, many of my millennial peers are refusing to have children altogether, or waiting until much later in life to have kids (resulting in far smaller families), or limiting themselves to just two.

In short, it means caring about and for the future, by investing something of yourself in nurturing those persons, causes, and values which will live after you and will help in some small way to make the planet a better place for the children of the human family.

But it's also possible to understand the concern of popes and rabbis and just ordinary folk that, for some people, the decision to have no children or a small family represents a decision to indulge yourself without a thought for anyone else, a decision to take sandalwood - scented candlelit baths without the danger that there might be stray Legos left in the tub to poke you in the backside.

Parents of small families who are very concerned about having grandchildren around might reflect they are likely to see more of their celibate children than those with the care of spouses and families.

I think post is great but do you really think this is for families of small children with parents having full - time work?

So, as I read from your posts, I imagine for your family, a very natural setting were two people together with their child, tell each other what they believe in, in front of a small group of best friends, to celebrate life, love, trust, support and care with their friends and especially the 3 of you.

Katie is the author of a number of nutrition books, the mom of seven small children, and a firm believer that good food fuels strong families!

We cooked up a turkey that was nearly 12 pounds, pretty average as turkeys go I guess, but that sure is a lot of turkey for 2 adults and 1 small child (both of our families live overseas, so it's just us at Thanksgiving!).

A small, family run winery, Krásná hora's approach to their vineyards is the same as their children, «we love them and we try to do our best to make the best of them.»

There are loads of old couples and families with small children in attendance, but the chants are still there, the occasional vulgarity can still be heard, and the chanting creates a unique atmosphere we obviously don't get in the states.

The following principles guide and define our approach to learning and teaching: • Every child is capable and competent • Children learn through play, investigation, inquiry and exploration • Children and adults learn and play in reciprocal relationships with peers, family members, and teachers • Adults recognize the many ways in which children approach learning and relationships, express themselves, and represent what they are coming to know • Process is valued, acknowledged, supported, nurtured and studied • Documentation of learning processes acts as memory, assessment, and advocacy • The indoor and outdoor environments, and natural spaces, transform, inform, and provoke thinking and learning • School is a place grounded in the pursuit of social justice, social responsibility, human dignity and respect for all THE CREFELD SCHOOL 8836 Crefeld Street Philadelphia, PA 19118 215-242-5545 www.crefeld.org 7th - 12th grade The Crefeld School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students in gradesChildren learn through play, investigation, inquiry and exploration • Children and adults learn and play in reciprocal relationships with peers, family members, and teachers • Adults recognize the many ways in which children approach learning and relationships, express themselves, and represent what they are coming to know • Process is valued, acknowledged, supported, nurtured and studied • Documentation of learning processes acts as memory, assessment, and advocacy • The indoor and outdoor environments, and natural spaces, transform, inform, and provoke thinking and learning • School is a place grounded in the pursuit of social justice, social responsibility, human dignity and respect for all THE CREFELD SCHOOL 8836 Crefeld Street Philadelphia, PA 19118 215-242-5545 www.crefeld.org 7th - 12th grade The Crefeld School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students in gradesChildren and adults learn and play in reciprocal relationships with peers, family members, and teachers • Adults recognize the many ways in which children approach learning and relationships, express themselves, and represent what they are coming to know • Process is valued, acknowledged, supported, nurtured and studied • Documentation of learning processes acts as memory, assessment, and advocacy • The indoor and outdoor environments, and natural spaces, transform, inform, and provoke thinking and learning • School is a place grounded in the pursuit of social justice, social responsibility, human dignity and respect for all THE CREFELD SCHOOL 8836 Crefeld Street Philadelphia, PA 19118 215-242-5545 www.crefeld.org 7th - 12th grade The Crefeld School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students in gradeschildren approach learning and relationships, express themselves, and represent what they are coming to know • Process is valued, acknowledged, supported, nurtured and studied • Documentation of learning processes acts as memory, assessment, and advocacy • The indoor and outdoor environments, and natural spaces, transform, inform, and provoke thinking and learning • School is a place grounded in the pursuit of social justice, social responsibility, human dignity and respect for all THE CREFELD SCHOOL 8836 Crefeld Street Philadelphia, PA 19118 215-242-5545 www.crefeld.org 7th - 12th grade The Crefeld School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students in grades 7 - 12.

The early - childhood organizations whose work I highlighted in the first half of this report are all still small in scale, serving at most a few thousand children or families.

The mini bar is well stocked — like most families with children we emptied the hotel supply's and purchased our own from the nearby supermarket (the nearest one is out from main reception - walk down the ramp to main car park — cross over road and walk to the left for about 20 yards — turn right and the supermarket is just ahead of you on the left hand side through a small car park area) The hotel aren't keen that you do this but to be honest didn't challenge us on most of the items we replaced in the fridge — they obviously realise that with small children you require things such as fresh milk, fruit, confectionary etc..

Now this mother of two not only shares baby travel advice, trip reports, and helpful tips, tricks, and resources for traveling with small children, she is also a passionate advocate of the value these experiences can have for everyone in the family.

When Bowman ran a small group for children with recently separated or divorced parents, she used a rain - and - sun analogy by asking about the positives and negatives of the new family structure.

Although some children have long - lasting adjustment problems associated with their parents divorce, the differences between children of divorce and children of intact families can be extremely small.

Runs the «Cerise sur le Berceau» blog Lives: Bordeaux, France Family: My husband James, our three children (a girl of 7, a boy of 5 and a small baby 1 1/2 years old), a dog and a cat.

Find a family of steps, starting small (one or two steps), and then have your child graduate to an outdoor staircase, emulating the rough, bumpy mountain courses.

Several families who have children with Complex Trauma have agreed to share some of the large and small Signs of Hope that have encouraged them in the hard work they've had to do.

Or, they decide the long - term financial security of their families requires them to work while raising small children.

A table and chair set sized just right for a small child offers a big wow for a gift, and unlike a toy that gets forgotten, will long be one of the most practical items in a family's home.

Sometimes, it's the small details that make the biggest difference: a hopeful adoptive father who reminds the expectant mother of her own father; the golden retriever in the waiting adoptive couple's family photo that triggers a memory of the dog the expectant mother had when she was a child; or the fact that the hopeful adoptive mother is an graphic artist, just like the expectant mother always wanted to be.

But auditors — and Children's Centre staff themselves — felt they needed to do more to identify and provide outreach services to families with high levels of need, and the NAO found that «less progress was being made in improving services for fathers, parents of children with disabilities, and for ethnic minorities in areas with smaller minority populationsChildren's Centre staff themselves — felt they needed to do more to identify and provide outreach services to families with high levels of need, and the NAO found that «less progress was being made in improving services for fathers, parents of children with disabilities, and for ethnic minorities in areas with smaller minority populationschildren with disabilities, and for ethnic minorities in areas with smaller minority populations».

Studies of the Nurse Family Partnership model followed children to 6 years and found significant program effects on language and cognitive functioning as well as fewer behaviour problems in a randomized controlled trial study.24 In addition, more recent evaluations of Healthy Families America have shown small, but favourable effects on young children's development.25, 26

Although cow's milk is not suitable as a main drink during baby's first year, small amounts of milk and other dairy products may be safe for use when baking for your baby if there is no family history of dairy allergy and with the consent of your child's doctor.

There is always a brief moment of panic that every parent of small children experiences in those moments before the family sets off on a trip.

It's vital to be cautious and for all family members to understand that even this small act of love can prove dangerous for a child with food allergies.

I love summer with my family, but I do have to be creative to keep each of our small children entertained during hot afternoons.

Leave your child for small amounts of time with a caregiver, family members or friends your child knows well are best at first.

The parents, whose children range from toddlers to young adults, came with a variety of aspirations for this experience, including bringing more consciousness to their parenting; being more grounded and having more communication in their family life; creating more flow and less stress in their household; slowing down to better enjoy small moments and emotional connection with family; and reconnecting with themselves.

It is amazing to watch and it has shown me the deep ability of the small child to love outside of his own immediate family.