Sentences with phrase «children struggle at»

When Asian children struggle at math, they are simply encouraged to try harder, because everyone is good at elementary math.

Is your child struggling at home or in school with anxiety, low - motivation, or oppositional behavior?

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Sandberg, the COO of Facebook, has spent the last two years struggling: to normalize life for her children, to get comfortable accepting the help of friends and family, to regain confidence at work, and to rediscover hope.

Omran has become a symbol of the ongoing civil war in Syria, but he is just one of an estimated 75,000 children fighting to survive in eastern Aleppo, the divided and once - great city at the heart of the struggle between the regime of Bashar Assad and the rebels attempting to oust him.

«They are struggling to support children in a school system Christy Clark tore down, struggling to support their parents at a time when Liberals have left 9 in 10 residential care facilities understaffed, and struggling to make ends meet when we have the slowest wage growth in the country and the highest cost of living.

The pessimistic predictions come at a time when younger workers are already struggling to save for retirement while they pay off student loans, face high child - care costs or deal with rising rent.

Of course they are going to «struggle» in the sense that they are males with a sex drive, and they will notice beautiful women and be attracted to them, but there's no need to condition my little boys to notice every time a woman is dressed «immodestly,» as I was as a child, pointing out «inappropriately dressed» women at the beach in bikinis, or drawing attention to every hint of cleavage, bare midriffs or even tight pants.

With regard to another post regarding faith... I have seen my preemie child struggling for life... I have held the hand of an old person as they slipped from life to death... I have stood vigil in the room of a man of faith as over 40 friends and family crammed into a room sharing pain and suffering as he slipped away suffering from cancer at a young age.

Causing the death of an unborn child is in the Bible, for in the Bible at Exodus 21, it says that «in case men should struggle with each other and they really hurt a pregnant woman and her children do come out but no fatal accident occurs, he is to have damages imposed upon him without fail according to what the owner of the woman may lay upon him; and he must give it through the justices.

I'm a stay - at - home mom and I struggle with fulfilling my duties and calling to care for my children full - time, while being an active Kingdom - builder in my city & community.

Chicago Archdiocese Hid Decades of Child Se - x Abuse ABC News - 8 hours ago Top leaders at the Archdiocese of Chicago helped hide the se - xual abuse of children as they struggled to contain a growing crisis, according to...

I long for a society in which modernity would have its full place but without implying the denial of elementary principles of human and familial ecology; for a society in which the diversity of ways of being, of living, and of desiring is accepted as fortunate, without allowing this diversity to be diluted in the reduction to the lowest common denominator, which effaces all differentiation; for a society in which, despite the technological deployment of virtual realities and the free play of critical intelligence, the simplest words — father, mother, spouse, parents — retain their meaning, at once symbolic and embodied; for a society in which children are welcomed and find their place, their whole place, without becoming objects that must be possessed at all costs, or pawns in a power struggle.

And it will remain, at bottom, a moral struggle: about the dignity and value of human beings, about the rights and responsibilities of women and men, about the relationship between marriage, sexuality, and the rearing of children.

And then upright bassist Bob Crawford talks about the struggle and heartache they're going through right now: His child is currently battling a brain tumor at St. Jude's.

The child can either give up the struggle and sulk at the bottom, or go off to another room, or keep trying — and the father will come down and carry him upwards.

Basil Hume has written that the struggles of the Christian in prayer are a bit like that of a child trying to climb stairs, while his father waits at the top.

In the center at North Carolina, he received a call for help from a woman in California who was struggling on her own to raise two troubled children on welfare.

I long for a society in which modernity would have its full place, without implying the denial of elementary principles of human and familial ecology; for a society in which the diversity of ways of being, of living and of desiring is accepted as fortunate, without allowing this diversity to be diluted in the reduction to the lowest common denominator, which effaces all differentiation; for a society in which, despite the technological deployment of virtual realities and the free play of critical intelligence, the simplest words» father, mother, spouse, parents» retain their meaning, at once symbolic and embodied; for a society in which children are welcomed and find their place, their whole place, without becoming objects that must be possessed at all costs or a pawns in a power struggle.

For about a century now, no other issue in American Jewish life has evoked as much emotion and energy at the local level as has the struggle to keep religion out of their children's schools.

What a beautiful story and how incredibly real — it is crazy how children can go from asking the most profound questions we adults at times struggle to answer or struggle to answer in a way that gives justice to the question and yet, a mere 30 seconds later the same kid can turn to the most seemingly profane distraction.

«Talking to parents, I realized they are struggling to feed their children healthy meals they will actually eat and don't require hours in the kitchen after a long day at work.

He had recently finished a book called Alex: The Life of a Child about his daughter Alexandra, who had struggled all her short life against cystic fibrosis before dying at the age of eight early in 1980.

Alan Hern says that in the year after the bombing, he lost some of his intensity for coaching and struggled to reconcile the adversity already thrown at his first - born child.

I look back at all of the conflicts we had with schools over the years (things like treating our children respectfully, struggling to provide healthy food choices, uhg) and I am ashamed to admit that my fear and ignorance about HS allowed me to justify sending my children off everyday to deal with people and situations that were not positive learning experiences for them, but often humiliating or dis - empowering.

Related to # 7, if your child is struggling with homework, encourage them to share what is going on at school and ask questions about the assignment.

Signing up for something at the library or asking your child's teacher for assignments, or using educational apps or computer games helps to take some of that struggle between parent and child away.

Themes of a nightmare tend to reflect whatever the child is going through at that age, whether it's struggles with aggressive feelings, independence, or fears of separation.

Maybe you lost control and screamed at your child today, or perhaps you're struggling to give your kids enough — or you might be worrying that you're doing too much.

Many parents, myself included, struggle to balance the widespread use of electronic media devices (tablets, computers, etc) at many schools and at homes, with a desire that our children spend more time reading, playing with friends, and creating.

Children that eat a lot of fat and are struggling with their weight are at a higher risk for diseases like high cholesterol, high blood pressure, depression, or diabetes.

Our children deserve our superior effort at understanding what is in their best interest, especially when feelings and struggles are intense, as they often are in the transition to a remarried family constellation.

The dramatic drop by the six - month mark reflects the interplay of a number of factors: struggles with the mechanics at the beginning; the need to attend to older children; the difficulties of maintaining breast - feeding upon the return to work; the embarrassment of baring a breast in public places.

Others often struggle with having to care for an aging estranged parent and perhaps aging stepparents with whom they may or may not have been close, says Elizabeth Marquardt, director of the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values and author of Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce.

At the very least, you've shown genuine interest in what your child is learning and provided moral support for their struggle.

When your child is at this age, she likely struggles with self - esteem issues and the pressure to fit in with the crowd.

Whether a child's 7 months old and trying to crawl or 7 years old and struggling with subtraction, Hallowell tells parents, he'll get better at dealing with adversity simply by grappling with it successfully again and again.

This was during the first few years of the Harlem Children Zone's middle school, which were a struggle, and those KIPP schools, which had very good test results, were for the Promise Academy administrators both a standard to be aspired to and a frustrating reminder that their own students weren't performing at the same high level as KIPP's students.

Our children deserve the best possible chance at success, and that means that no child should have to struggle with food insecurity.

Whether you are transitioning a young child from their crib to a bed, trying to keep a child in bed through the night, needing to convince your child not to wake up at the crack of dawn, or struggling to sleep - train a child of any age who is on the Autism Spectrum, sometimes a parent just needs a little help teaching healthy sleep habits.

Along the way, she noticed parents like Julie struggling to guide their children towards emotional intelligence at home.

Her husband is in the military and away at the moment so she and her 4 children are on their own as she struggles to get well.

However, if your child is not well self regulated, they will struggle to achieve mastery through these devices, or even staying on task and you may find yourself looking at other options.

The latest research for the Trust from Prof Kathy Sylva, Prof Pam Sammons and their team at the University of Oxford analyses the decline, adaptation and struggle of Sure Start children's centres across England.

If your child naps, eats, plays, and gets ready for bed at about the same time every day, he'll be much more likely to fall asleep without a struggle.

Sometimes, you need to allow your children to feel disappointment, struggle, or even fail at a task.

By the way, take a look at these two articles regarding avoiding power struggles at meal time and childrens» eating habits to see if they may offer any help regarding making your daughter eat.

China's milk industry is struggling to restore consumer confidence after a series of scandals, the worst of which was in 2008 when milk and infant formula laced with the industrial chemical melamine killed at least six children and made nearly 300,000 ill.

I also know, from experience, that being alone with children all day can be demanding at times - we all need stimulating ideas and encouragement, whether we are mom - teachers or professional teachers and so I hope that by sharing my joys and struggles in the Homeschooling pages, that I will lift you above the level of dirty finger marks and spilt milk and give you the motivation and inspiration you need to teach and train your children well.

If you or your child struggle with staying optimistic in the face of challenges, this talk about «realistic optimism» and developing resilience no matter what life throws at you, is exactly the thing for you!

Weaning baby at 8 months often tends to ease up a little from the struggles of the previous stage, but of course, this may not be true for every child.