Sentences with phrase «children on any week day»

An employee who spends 250 days a year with his employer, who spends more time at the office than with his or her own children on any week day, is investing most of their human experience with that employer.

Not exact matches

It is one thing for parents to take a short vacation on their own for a few days or a week even while a child stays with family.

Often it is the one day of the week when everyone can sit down together for a meal, with many saying they needed the time on Sunday to help their children prepare for the school week.»

The charity currently recruits volunteers in three areas - host families who are able to look after a child for anywhere between a few days to a few weeks, family friends to befriend and mentor parents through difficult times and resource friends to supply a range of goods and services depending on what the individual family needs.

When morality is based on religious text, its OK to: • behead one's daughter to restore a family's «honor» • deny emergency medical aid to a child • kill gays, children who misbehave, anyone who works on a particular day of the week, entire groups and races of peoples, and many others for equally capricious reasons • buy and sell humans as chattel, including one's own family members • kill anyone who visually depicts Muhammad

It was not the biblical Sunday but rather it was John Calvin's creation that I experienced on the first day of each week as a child.

Taking one day off per week to emphasize being a good, honest person is a good thing in a child's life, even if the church in question approaches God by rolling on the ground screaming «Hoogalla ballababa!»

Getting children involved in the making of food is an enjoyable way to bond after a busy day or week of school, not to mention a pleasurable way to get hands on and have fun and just relax in the kitchen.

When we're not baking, this small herd of children cruises the «hood on their bikes or scooters, savoring the last days of summer and making quite a bit of trouble — I have had to apologize to several neighbors during the last two weeks on behalf of the pack.

To allow for a full month of fundraising for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, IHOP's National Pancake Day will take place a week after Shrove Tuesday, on Tuesday, February 28.

Instead, one day a week, we stay in the parents room while the children are in the classroom, and are led in a discussion on development and normal behavior of the age of the class.

Last week when I picked up my 3.5 year old son Julian from preschool, his teacher Miss G mentioned that she'd like to take the four children in the program on a field trip to the zoo or children's museum the following week to celebrate the last day of school.

Of course the day I agreed to have a child and this is true on both occasions, she went from a woman incapable of having sex twice a month to a woman who didn't have sex less than twice a week.

At the same time, it is not unusual for children to insist on the same one or two lunchtime selections day after day, week after week and, in some cases, year after year.

The emphasis on physical activity is a new and welcomed part of the new food pyramid, which states that people should «be physically active for 30 minutes most days of the week» and that «children and teenagers should be physically active for 60 minutes every day, or most days.»

With this schedule, the children alternate residences one day a week (usually on Fridays), but they enjoy one mid-week overnight with the other parent.

News on... Observing Child Abuse Prevention Month, Spank Out Day on April 30, National (U.S.) Volunteer Week April 15 - 21, breastfeeding in public opinion, a little sleep, valuing grandparents, and balancing friendship.

The American Academy of Pediatrics» Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness recommends that children devote no more than a maximum of five days per week to any sport with at least one day off.

The younger you are, the faster you heal: an 8 - year - old who sprains his ankle during a soccer game might be back on the field in as little as a few days; the same ankle sprain would likely hobble that child's mom or dad for a couple weeks.

• Almost half (49 %) of all mums with children under one year old now work • Between 1975 — 1997, dads» care of infants and young children increased 800 % • Dads now take on a quarter (25 %) of the family's childcare - related activities during the working week • 8 out of 10 working fathers work atypical hours and as a result they lose more than 15 hours per week with their children — more than one month (32.5 days) each year.

The breast is fine for the first 2 or 3 weeks but after that the child is on literally all day long.

There is every reason in the world to not be physically active; reading to our children, providing quality meals, addressing their social needs, researching all medications / foods / education, shopping to have the «best» deals on the highest quality, spending quality play time with our children, limiting screen time, grooming them, keeping house, bonding, learning and executing proper child passenger safety (installing that perfect car seat that took 3 weeks of research and a small loan to purchase), and being sure every minute of their every day is filled with only the best developmentally appropriate activities.

It's not uncommon to hold parent - teacher conferences on Sundays, she says, because many parents whose children attend John Jay juggle two or more jobs, working 16 - hour days six days a week at factories, restaurants and cleaning services.

The Child's World exhibit is entering its final weeks, and is on view only through Memorial Day, May 27.

As part of its Kids Free on Winter Weekends promotion, the Village will be offering free admission to all children who are accompanied by an adult paying full - priced, regular admission on the weekends during school vacation week, including the Presidents» Day holiday.

And finally, be sure to spend plenty of one - on - one time with your child in the days and weeks before your departure.

For a longer stay, I'd pass, for reasons like: a.) we've come too far to regress and send the taste - buds back to industrialized hell for 3 squares a day for a length of time b.) my asthmatic child legitimately has an adverse reaction to artificial dyes and processed foods c.) if a camp cuts corners these days when it comes to food when fresh produce & clean drinking water is so widely available, it would make me wonder what else are they cutting corners on d.) I'd feel like a hypocrite for teaching them healthy eating habits, only to send them away for... say 3 weeks or a month....

Last week's post on Food Day 2013 — and its focus on teaching children how to cook — prompted these questions from a reader, Amanda: I would love to see some talk about HOW to cook with your kids.

If the accidents go on for more than a few days, or if it's upsetting your child, taking the pressure off for a few weeks while relying on pull up pants.

Second, once your child is enrolled, you should plan on popping in on your child unannounced at random times on different days, especially within the first few weeks of enrollment.»

You and your child choose the clothing and put the outfits in each daily basket and your child learns to identify which day of the week it is by learning the names on the organizer.

Each operates on $ 5,000 a year - enough to feed 100 children a meal a day, five days a week.

Ideally the stickers should be placed on the day for the month or week when the child uses the potty.

«Changing schedules now that my oldest is in school all day, and my middle child is in preschool two days per week, has been really rough on everyone.

Each day of the week will focus on a new product category, such as car seats, strollers, child care and home & travel safety.

(Just remember to remove some items from your child's every day play a few weeks before you plan on using them, first, to increase their engagement.)

One such day was the second week of Kindergarten when teachers encouraged us parents to allow children to walk into school and to their classrooms on their own.

To normalize your child's feelings, remind them that everyone, including other students and even their teacher, feels a little nervous on their first day - or even throughout their first week - of school.

Pittsburgh - area camps for children on the autism spectrum range from day camps like Quest Camp or The Woodlands Foundation's one - week overnight camp, both exclusively for children with special needs, to Camp WISP, The Watson Institute's «Watson Inclusive Summer Program,» which integrates kids with social disorders into mainstream day camp programs throughout the region.

By Friday, some parents had elected to keep their children home from the Tiny Tot program, which runs for two hours on mornings and afternoons three days a week.

I will take cotton, hemp and wool on my children's bums any day of the week over plastic made from oil.

She gave birth to her first child, Lily, on Mother's Day 2010 after she went into preterm labor at 20 weeks.

The strength of the association varied depending on the child's weight, time spent at school, the mother's education and the time of day and week, according to the researchers.

So, day cares can tend to be, if you are working full time on probably cost effective for you because you have more flexibility and some of them will allow you to have if you take a day off not send your child but sort of have minimum hours a week.

Toddlers will often go on «nap strike» for several days, even weeks, so don't rush into moving to one nap until you think your child is really ready (trust your gut feeling).

After a day in which we spent over 30 minutes alone on show - and - tell, I wondered aloud if we shouldn't come up with a system by which each child only brought in one item per week.

Dr. Kimball was on the staff of Children's Memorial, St. Francis and Evanston Hospitals and for over 20 years, donated one day per week at the Infant Welfare Agency of Chicago.

For the first few days or even for a full week while you're still getting used to the feeling of wearing your baby in a carrier, keep one hand on your child's back or bottom at all times while he or she is in the carrier.

This app also has a fun element to it such as finding out what zodiac your child may be, so through weeks with the umbilical slider, see who else's birthday is on the same day as your little born and also share this information with close friends and relatives.

Number 5 — Total nursing failure — hospitalized for over a week in childrens department — with the hospital trying to find out why baby did not grow — while there is no one who had any understanding of nursing on the team, who could have sent me home after 2 days.