Sentences with phrase «class parents who»

This contrasts with the view that interest in parenting programmes is predominantly a phenomenon of middle class parents who do not have children with behaviour problems.

Leckey, 44, is the son of working - class parents who met while they were both working at Littlewoods.

Congress created the PLUS loan in 1980, mainly to help middle - class parents who didn't qualify for federal aid, to fill small gaps in the cost of their children's college education.

When the message is only about 20 percent of the students — even if you're talking about the 20 percent who really are those most in need of help (although they all deserve help, and have a civil right to it)-- it's hard to win a popular election with that message; and listening to the candidates» impassioned speeches about those students, even if the speeches are nobly motivated, can feel oddly alienating and exclusive to middle class parents who are concerned about their own children's too often declining prospects.

However, parental involvement is often defined by the privileges of the white, middle - class parents who can afford to volunteer to be classroom parents, join the PTA and coordinate fundraisers.

«At present, the system tends to favour middle - class parents who have the time and the knowledge to research the schools in their area and, in some cases, can even afford to move to a better catchment area.

«As a governor of a maintained school in a deprived community... we were always at a disadvantage to the school on the other side of town with lots of middle - class parents who raised lots of extra cash for their school.»

«When we have been successful in bringing parents into the school, they tended to be white, middle class parents who had done well when they were students in school,» Ehrich said.

The teachers in predominantly poor, minority schools, who are reportedly mostly black and have adopted the more teacher - centered, authoritarian style of instruction that they view as appropriate for their students, are turning off white, upper - middle - class parents who want school climates similar to their own progressive homes, where problems are discussed.

These parents, probably the majority of home schoolers, are mainly middle - class parents who believe in prolonged intimate contact between family and child, but who do not mean to impede their children's access to higher education and jobs or their ability to act as good citizens.

It was affixed to those achievement - obsessed upper - middle class parents who cared so much about their children's comfortable excellence that they did everything they could to ensure it — like the kids» homework, mainly.

The scheme's critics argued that Specialist Schools encouraged segregation in education, insofar as the middle class parents who were long best placed to ensure favourable outcomes from school admissions regimes of grammar schools would continue to be able to get their children into the better schools, at the expense of those from poorer and socially excluded backgrounds.

Tony shared his personal story with the union of how he grew up with working class parents who were both AFL / CIO union members and over his 30 years of working experience, he's had the opportunity and pleasure of working with CWA union contractors and members.

In 1 study34 of 320 middle - class parents who used spanking for discipline, 85 % reported feeling «moderate to high anger, remorse, or agitation» while spanking their children.

It seems to me that a lot of the excitement around noncognitive skills comes from middle class and upper - middle class parents who want to know how their children can be as successful as possible in an ever more competitive world.

The middle - class parents who still suffer most, I suspect, from cookie angst could learn from working - class women who have long seen good parenting in providing.

But to fully understand the scope of the problem, one need only listen to the children and their working - class parents who arrive at the Barreto Boys and Girls Club daily.

It is, by and large, the middle class parents who have the time and the sense of entitlement required to vocally demand changes and improvements to the program.

Not exact matches

The most effective use of reverse psychology for parents hoping to push older kids towards wise choices isn't to actively manipulate them towards your desired aim — i.e. by fake nonchalantly asking if perhaps your child would like to give up a sport or AP class - but rather to hand control back to a kid who feels like they're already being pushed toward a particular future.

«10 - Percent Stockholder» means an individual who owns more than 10 % of the total combined voting power of all classes of outstanding stock of the Company or of its parent corporation or subsidiary corporation (as defined in Code Sections 424 (e) and (f)-RRB-.

Whether it's class size and composition issues, downloaded costs to school boards without the extra funding to cover them, or public sector workers who previously accepted «net zero» or cooperative gains settlements, a balanced budget might be hard to achieve while keeping educators, parents, and students happy.

Provided, however, that an incentive stock option held by a participant who owns more than 10 % of the total combined voting power of all classes of our stock, or of certain of our parent or subsidiary corporations, may not have a term in excess of five years and must have an exercise price of at least 110 % of the fair market value of our common stock on the grant date.

And regardless of social class, the stresses and distractions that afflict unemployed parents also afflict their kids, who are more likely to repeat a grade in school, and who on average earn less as adults.

For this reason it is important for a democracy to have a strong public school system, and parents who cherish democratic ideals do well to send their children to schools, either public or independent, in which traditional class distinctions are minimized.

Young people who, as adults, merely retain the same level of upper - middle - class success that their parents have can regard themselves as standing still or coasting on the momentum acquired by their forebears.

These working - class Trump voters were not poor, and their own lives were not a mess, but they were the neighbors, siblings, parents, and grandparents of those who were struggling to form families.

One of the things I have respected most in Aida Rosa, principal of the elementary school P.S. 30, and the teachers that I talk with on her staff is that they look at children here as children, not as «distorted children,» not as «morally disabled children,» not as «quasi-children» who require a peculiar arsenal of reconstructive strategies and stick - and - carrot ideologies that wouldn't be accepted for one hour by the parents or the teachers of the upper middle class.

Selective preschools, tracked classes, small schools within schools and enrichment programs are presented as open to all students but in reality are open only to the children of the most savvy parents — that is, to the children of rich white parents who possess the social and cultural capital to manipulate the institution to serve their needs.

She is five, and her parents have rented a room in their house to a woman who holds classes for young children.

At the big, evangelical church it was almost unheard of to have children in our classes who didn't attend church with both parents.

Heeding the advice from a fellow parent, Jack and Rebecca decide to enroll Randall in a karate class led by a black instructor and filled with young boys who look just like him.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has criticised the parents who are preparing to sue their sons» Church of England school after boys were allowed to come to class wearing dresses.

My low point came on the day I had to fill in for the absent teacher of the Sunday school class for the teen - agers» parents, a bunch of grown - ups who were powerful, outspoken and of a very different persuasion than I when it came to politics and religion.

I associated Ice Cube with a horrifyingly ridiculous speech I heard in a classroom by some handsome full - of - himself black 12th - grader, about how Ice Cube was his hero because he had inspired him to avoid crack and gangs, as if it were some heroic thing for this guy who apparently had pretty middle - class parents to avoid falling into those, and as if Ice Cube had not in fact glamorized the gang life, overt misogyny, etc..

A friend of mine who gave a child safety class at a church, was contacted three or four weeks later by a parent.

Laura, herself a Colgate alum (class of» 85), grudgingly green - lighted the three - day outing after I reminded her that since we moved to the West Coast seven years ago, I had seen too little of my East Coast - dwelling parents, who are not getting any younger.

I say this to give hope to any parents out there who feel like you're reading every book and taking every class and spending your last dollar and you're just beating your head against a wall.

With a Masters Degree in Community Health Education, a husband who is a physicianteacher of Family Medicine, Margaret began her community volunteer work in her home of Bristol Tennessee teaching childbirth and parenting classes.

IS 318 was in South Williamsburg, near the border of Bedford - Stuyvesant — its most famous graduate was the rapper Jay - Z, who grew up in the nearby Marcy housing project — and the team reflected the student body; the students» families were mostly from the struggling working class, and the majority of their parents were employed but not college educated.

I have spoken in many of the wealthiest enclaves in this country but I have also spoken to parents who are squarely middle or working class.

What would be so wrong about insisting individuals who want to raise children — whether they're single, married, living together, in a civil union or whatever; straight or gay; and whether the child is biological or adopted — take parenting classes, outline a parenting plan, and have to prove him / herself financial responsible before he / she could apply for a parenting license and pop out a baby?

I think there are lots of parents who would benefit from parenting classes, where you can learn about child development and how to set goals and boundaries for your children.

Parents who don't agree with the president's * agenda chose to pull their kids from class during her visit.

Sometimes those who attend shape the class, whether they are second (or more) time parents, those pursuing VBACs (Vaginal birth after cesarean), single moms by choice, or those pregnant with multiples, in addition to the normal group of first - time, expectant parents.

Next - level parenting badges for anyone who takes baby to a swim class.

The owner, Cecelia Matson, is an expert in child development who teaches all the classes and also offers consultations for tricky parenting situations.

On an individual level, if you are well - educated, middle - class parents (the children who make the biggest gains from early childhood education are those from deprived backgrounds) and use quality daycare (if you use it), you are probably not going to influence your child's outcomes all that much whatever you do.

Parenting groups, classes, friends who have children are a good place to start.

A later start time would make it easier on parents who are dragging their kids out of bed every morning and hopefully make the students more alert and not so zoned out in their morning classes.

All the parents who spoke to the Tribune said they strongly support feeding hungry kids but believe there are better and safer ways to do it, such as promoting the free breakfasts now served in some school cafeterias before class.