Sentences with phrase «children turned to her for help»

She was poised to retire from twenty years of teaching school when her adult children turned to her for help.

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O Lord our God, help us tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out roofless with their little children to wander unfriended in the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, sports of the sun flames in summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in spirit, worn with travail, imploring thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it --

I think that students often take their cues from the adults in leadership, so by pointing back to the student rather than the unbelieving parent, it can help keep the discussion from turning into one about something that may be confusing and upsetting for the child, but is instead an encouragement to them.

Oprah wants to do fixing her way She turned down President Bush's request in late March to visit Afghanistan to help highlight some of the post-Taliban changes for women and children, refusing to let herself be used for someone else's purpose.

This may seem like an unremarkable turn of events, but according to Grant Castleberry of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (flagship organization for the complementarianism movement, which advocates hierarchal gender roles in the home, church, and society), it represents a severe «cultural capitulation» which, «instead of helping guide children towards embracing who they actually are, blurs reality,» «confuses them,» and «drags them through the dark labyrinths» of their parents» gender - based delusions.

And even though the inevitable corruption (that type of money turns even the saints into black - marketers) eventually rot everything all through the nineties the attempt by BCCI (India's cricket governing body) to better market the game was very well balanced with grass - root level development and had helped to create an ecosystem where children from backgrounds that could never dream of playing even for their state team can now aspire to be an international cricketer.

To help spread the word about the P&G Children's Safe Drinking Water Program — an effort that has turned billions (yes, billions) of liters of dirty water into safe drinking water for kids around the world — I shot the below demo video about their water purification technique, which is something I could actually do at home with said jug of dirty water!

A choice between two outfits, snacks, or afternoon activities allows your child to think for herself, and having her wield a spoon at mealtime or turn the pages of her board book shows her she's learning to help herself.

Your goal is to help your child think for himself, which will in turn help him feel like he has some control over his world.

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Finally, don't hesitate to turn to the internet for help in explaining things to your child.

For you, you did have your older child that you were able to continue breast feeding, and in turn your baby actually helped you recover and supports you through some of this difficult time through the breast feeding relationship.

If the teasing takes an ugly turn or doesn't stop, it might be time to contact your child's teacher or guidance counselor to ask for help.

Intrauterine insemination is an affordable and effective treatment for many hopeful parents who turn to our Nevada fertility center for help conceiving a child.

Moist or cold air seem to help reduce the swelling of the airways, so the standard course of action is to take your child into a steamy bathroom for 15 to 20 minutes (turn on the hot water in the shower or bathtub and close the bathroom door) or out into the cold night air.

Help your child hone their social skills (like taking turns, sharing, and other social niceties) by modeling for your child how to act.

You may need to change a few things in your diet for the good of your baby, which in turn will help you when your child sleeps better.

Intrauterine insemination, or IUI, is an affordable and effective treatment for many hopeful parents who turn to our Nevada fertility center for help conceiving a child.

Leticia Barr created this blog out of a desire to funnel her background in teaching and her passion for STEM - learning into a resource parents could turn to in helping to educate and equip their own children.

Still, while the theory behind his philosophy «that the more time babies spend in their mothers» arms, the better the chances they will turn out to be well - adjusted children» and that «every baby's whimper is a plea for help and that no infant should ever be left to cry» sound reasonable, they can also lead to inferences of guilt and anxiety for moms who fear that spending any time away from their child could fuck him or her up for life.

Please consider turning to God for peace, and remember there are so many amazing services available to help support and lift up those going through the loss of a child, please don't be too proud or think your problems are too big for others to help.

If you think it's ethical, do you think it's ethical of the doctor to withhold the same recommendation from the next woman with the same indication, or would it be ethical for him to go two times a day, every day, to the home of the woman who turned out to have needed the intervention to help her with the wheelchair of her brain - damaged child for the next 30 years?

Hope you can help me with my child as well My son turned 5 in September and for a month he has started to hit kids at school during the breaks.

This change gives parents a remarkable opportunity to help the child find her own direction, which in turn will benefit the child for the rest of her life.

Stakeholders» input was integrated into development of A Healthy Start for Minnesota Children: Supporting Opportunities for Life - Long Health, a theory of change that depicts how public understanding, health in all policies, and community innovation lead to 1) safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments and 2) social and economic security, which in turn will help the state achieve its ultimate outcome — that every Minnesota child, prenatal to age three years, will thrive in their family and community and achieve their full potential regardless of their race, where they live, or their family's income.

As it turns out, both have their risks for contributing to problems with tooth development, but parents have to weigh the pros and cons of their child's teething pain and see if limiting the amount of time baby uses their thumb could help.

A high - quality double stroller is a piece of baby gear that parents of multiple children can turn to for help at many different events, from sports competitions to shopping trips.

Komae is the only app which helps parents build their village and trade childcare; you can join for free, and have trusted people in your village watch your child so you can get a break — in the meantime, they receive points for helping out, which they can in turn use to have you help watch their kids!

Turn to the web and your smartphone for help and your child will be the one who succeeds.

Not only is this false, but its implementation often ends up blocking the very websites children and young people can turn to for help and advice.

This report will help families and the professionals who support them to turn the tide and establish new and healthy patterns of living for all our children.»

The letter sent this week to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the legislative conference leaders, calls for at least $ 4.75 million in the state budget agreement that would help create new beds in order to handle 5,041 instances of children being turned away from shelters.

Haters of truth and sentimentalists will call for Oshekomes head, byt will foolishly turn blind eyes to the fact that he have outlaid a child who depends on the father or relative being the invigilator to pass exams will always fail the exam on the day his father or relation is not in the exams hall, that is the case of the EFCC and the FGN, they relied on the judiciary to help them rubbish their opposition or faces they do not like, and have always lost cases because their candidates in the judiciary were not assigned their cases and that is the same head of EFCC Magu that the president keep nominating for confirmation, even when reports indicted him, this recent looses have to confirm to doubting Thomas that Magu is just the best because he can do the dirty work for the APC and Buhari, not because he is the best in corruption fight, I wish there is a listening and discerning government in place back there in Nigeria, they would have known that there is a vacuum as far as EFCC is concerned and use the time to shop for a head that will deliver, it also confirms the fact that the «So called fight against corruption» Is a BIG lie and propaganda, just a wipe to flog opposition into their line, shame on the clapping members and the O yes members who will never hear any criticisms concerning Buhari or anything he does good or bad, bitter or sweet dem go swallow like that shaaaaa.

School children in a part of Berkshire have returned to the classroom after their school was turned into a help centre for the local community during the recent floods.

Family loyalty angle But legal and political experts alike expect the Skelos lawyers to try to turn the family narrative to their advantage, recasting the ugly allegations as a more sympathetic story of parental love for a child who needed help that may resonate, and arguing that any quid pro quos were imagined by people who wanted to curry favor with the GOP leader.

Within months of realizing there had been a massive HIV outbreak at the al - Fateh Children's Hospital in Benghazi, the Libyan government turned to the World Health Organization (WHO) for help.

As for therapeutics, Xavier, who is also the Kurt Isselbacher Chair in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Co-Director of the Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics at MIT, says that knowing which species are absent and which are flourishing in the gastrointestinal tract of children with T1D may help make it possible to slow progression of the disease after onset by revealing ways to manipulate the microbiome and, in turn, microbiome - induced immunoregulation.

When Jewish men and women come of marriageable age, their parents usually turn to a matchmaker to help them find an appropriate mate for their children.

Tara feels like a failure as a mother when she is unable to counsel her children about school and sex, so she turns to her perfect - homemaker personality «Alice» for help.

She tries his mother, Margo (Janney) without success, but when she stumbles upon a woman negligently caring for a baby, she «rescues» the child and ends up turning to Margo for help.

Think: the floundering security agent turned away from working in the highest office, only to be trapped there in a time of crisis; the plucky child barely talking to her father, soon needing his help to survive; the weary government agent approaching his last week of service, certain to have a memorable swansong; the overworked employee forced to deal with distress on her day off; the leader lambasted for being an academic, then swiftly becoming an action hero.

Show gratitude for things you «expect» to happen, such as children putting their things where they are supposed to, paying attention, sitting relatively quietly, asking good questions, helping classmates, turning in their homework on time, reading or speaking clearly in class.

In a speech to the Commons Education Committee, Longfield said she will support a pilot project to provide counselling in schools, explaining that anxious children were currently turning to the internet for help.

After several years of intense and successful lobbying to block the Reagan Administration's attempts to alter educational programs for handicapped children, the organization that represents the nation's state directors of special education is now turning its attention to helping the states improve special - education services.

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Whatever the most effective formula turns out to be, assessment data are an important tool to help guide students, families, and educators down the right path for each child's success.

«If the pupil premium turns out to be a token amount of money compared to existing deprivation funding, extra funding on top of a smaller budget, or paid for by cutting other programmes that help the most disadvantaged children then this announcement may turn out to be little more than a gimmick.»

These include: · Use of instructional programs and curricula that support state and district standards and of high quality testing systems that accurately measure achievement of the standards through a variety of measurement techniques · Professional development to prepare all teachers to teach to the standards · Commitment to providing remedial help to children who need it and sufficient resources for schools to meet the standards · Better communication to school staff, students, parents and the community about the content, purposes and consequences of standards · Alignment of standards, assessment and curricula, coupled with appropriate incentives for students and schools that meet the standards In the unlikely event that all of these efforts, including a change in school leadership, fail over a 3 - year period to «turn the school around,» drastic action is required.

'' «Withering on the vine» might work in the private sector but it is not an acceptable outcome for children... Struggling schools need rapid help to turn around, not a long drawn - out death of declining resources and numbers, condemning the remaining pupils to lower standards,» he added.

The child then goes to our central space (Buddy Room) for a cool down or reflection activity in order to help him or her turn things around.