Sentences with phrase «community of other children»

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Some other examples of ongoing programs might include scholarship programs, urban renewal projects, performing arts programs, social and educational programs, children's activities, community organizations, and construction projects.

In some cases it has to remove content because of a court order, but in other cases it will remove even relatively inoffensive images and posts — such as pictures of women breast - feeding their children, for example — because it breaches the site's community standards, or because someone complains about the content.

The legal dispute pits the sons of prominent figures in the community against each other in an enterprise that recruited the children of well - connected Raleigh families.

Tom DiFilipo, president and CEO of the Joint Council on International Children's Services, said UNICEF and other institutions in the international aid community have a definite «bias» against international adoptions.

According to one news report, he was married for 30 years, had two adult children, was active in his community, including as a youth sports coach, and had lots of friends — not unlike many of the other commuters in their smaller vehicles.

«Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a tremendous desire to make a difference in the lives of others and have a positive impact in the community in which they live and serve,» said Rebekah Nantais, director of development, Greater Orlando Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

When the U.S. Muslim community sounds out LOUD and CLEAR, without equivocation, and immediately against all forms of terrorism, including all aggressive religious intolerance for human rights, women's right, children, equal protection under the law, the respect for other religions to coexist, the right to free speech, and the ability to separate church from state, IF THEY FINALLY DO THAT AND LOUDLY, then we will begin to feel comfortable that they are truly embracing American ideals and here to join us, not to oppose, defy, or undermine what we hold dear.

And in other news, the New York ultra-orthodox Jewish community has been enjoying their own version of a huge child - abuse scandal with over 85 cases of child abuse and also enjoying special treatment by the prosecutor's office in refusing to release the names of the convicted criminals in those cases!

Among them are the rights to: bullet joint parenting; bullet joint adoption; bullet joint foster care, custody, and visitation (including non-biological parents); bullet status as next - of - kin for hospital visits and medical decisions where one partner is too ill to be competent; bullet joint insurance policies for home, auto and health; bullet dissolution and divorce protections such as community property and child support; bullet immigration and residency for partners from other countries; bullet inheritance automatically in the absence of a will; bullet joint leases with automatic renewal rights in the event one partner dies or leaves the house or apartment; bullet inheritance of jointly - owned real and personal property through the right of survivorship (which avoids the time and expense and taxes in probate); bullet benefits such as annuities, pension plans, Social Security, and Medicare; bullet spousal exemptions to property tax increases upon the death of one partner who is a co-owner of the home; bullet veterans» discounts on medical care, education, and home loans; joint filing of tax returns; bullet joint filing of customs claims when traveling; bullet wrongful death benefits for a surviving partner and children; bullet bereavement or sick leave to care for a partner or child; bullet decision - making power with respect to whether a deceased partner will be cremated or not and where to bury him or her; bullet crime victims» recovery benefits; bullet loss of consortium tort benefits; bullet domestic violence protection orders; bullet judicial protections and evidentiary immunity; bullet and more...

To advocate self - help, to argue that affirmative action can not be a long - run solution to the problem of racial inequality, to suggest that some of what is transpiring in black communities reflects a spiritual malaise, to note that fundamental change will require that individual lives be transformed in ways that governments are ill - suited to do, to urge that we must look to how black men and women are relating to each other, how parents are bringing up their children, that we have to ask ourselves what values inform the behavior of our youth» to do these things is not to take a partisan position, or vent some neoconservative ideological screed.

OR, might God choose to reveal truth through the experiences of a people who tried to be true to him, certain moral principles, failing again and trying again, people looking for universal truths and communicating them to their children generation after generation, orally and through writing things down, organizing themselves into communities and societies, aiming for justice, teaching each other, defending their families, lives, cities, and governments.

Creed filmmaker Ryan Coogler, Selma director Ava DuVerney, comedian Hannibal Buress, musicians Stevie Wonder and Janelle Monáe and several others hosted an event in Flint to raise money for the community that has been effected by a horrific crisis, in which thousands of residents — including large numbers of children — have been exposed to contaminated city water.

Gundry - Volf observes that in Colossians and Ephesians «children are subsumed... under the general category of fellow members of the community to be shown the compassion and care which each owes the other in imitation of Christ.»

Before you head overseas to be a father to children in other parts of the world, look around your neighborhood and community today to find who needs a father.

When a group of parents in a community of faith work together to educate their children in the life of faith, this gives members of each family something in common with other families.

As well as providing a venue for Christian worship, the hub will also provide a place of learning and well - being, and be available for hire for, among other activities, community development programmes, children's theatre, art exhibitions, business functions and interfaith celebrations.

Aminata, like many other Ebola survivors now faces discrimination and stigma in her community: people are afraid of her and have refused to accept her and her children.

And so it is, to a large extent, with the other saints» cults as well, a point vividly illustrated in the testimony of several of the children of Sanchez, for whom the Lord of Chalma (another cult, centered about sixty miles southwest of Mexico City) was the focus of their spiritual life.48 Even when the cult is community oriented — as in the case of agricultural saints — it remains largely apolitical.

Private schools, charter schools, voucher programs and other school choice options have been championed by reform - minded conservatives such as Jeb Bush for years now, partly because of their success for countless children of color living in poor communities with even poorer - performing public schools.

Communities of believers in many forms, who are committed to caring for each other, to helping the poor and hungry of their community, and imparting the values of service to their children.

If there is one area in which the children as a group do seem to differ somewhat, in emotional reactions, from the children that I meet in wealthier communities — and even here I would be very cautious not to overstate this — it is in their sensitivity to other children's moments of anxiety and their acute awareness of emotional fragility and of the tipping point between exhilaration and depression.

How does one understand a vocation to theological scholarship in the midst of competing loyalties to family and children, to church and other communities, to the institution where one teaches, to the guild, and to one's own internal rhythms of work, rest, and playfulness?

A break in one connection, such as attachment to a stable community, puts pressure on other connections: marriage, the relationship between parents and children, religious affiliation, a feeling of connection with the past, even citizenship, that sense of membership in a large community which grows best when it is grounded in membership in a small one.

Most of us, not being hermits, also are called to love and serve others: a parish priest his parishioners, a cloistered nun her community, a wife her husband, a father his children.

First, in reporting widespread child abuse in Brooklyn's community of Orthodox Jews, there was not the «selective outrage» which animates the paper against criminous Catholic clerics, whose numbers are in fact proportionally much smaller than other religious and professional groups.

You pointed it out quite well: Help them think of others before themselves - her husband, her children, her community.

In our modern, fragmented societies, where families are often isolated from the help of extended family members or other close communities, it can indeed be a burden for some families who have many children.

I want to raise my children to be sensitive to others and aware of others» differences, but I don't personally know any trans * people and there really isn't a template for talking about things like this (or homosexuality, or a lot of other things) in an affirming way within my church community.

Other areas of cooperation include joint enterprises in community education projects such as those concerned with alcoholism, drug abuse, sex education, parent - child relations, marital relations, race relations, problems of poverty.

In addition they make girfts for children at the riley hospital, donate to other community centers, visit the sick in hospitals (these are only the thinks I know they do) and they do it with an annual budget (according to the pastor) of about $ 200,000.

A portion of proceeds will benefit HopeKids, an organization that provides ongoing events, activities and a powerful, unique support community for families who have a child with cancer or some other life - threatening medical condition.

Partnering with local families and other community members has naturally led to involvement with a number of charitable causes including the Children's Miracle Network.

For the first 25 days of December, the campaign will not only feature Camp Sunshine, a retreat for children with life threatening illnesses as well as their families, but it will also applaud and recognize many other community - based non-profits.

Not only was giving back to the community a philosophy McClelland instilled in his company, but he himself served as a role model by actively supporting many charitable, business and community organizations including the St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix Mountain Preserve, the Boy Scouts of America, Boys & Girls Club, and Interfaith Ministries, among others.

The team is made up of the Foster Parent (s), a YAS Family Counselor, the child and his / her family, the county social worker and other community resource professionals (as needed) for the child.

This entails several visits each week to the family and any other significant members of the community, such as grandparents or neighbours who may take a child to school.

FXW is a close knit community where families get to know each other and work together to accomplish the same goal of creating a safe environment for our children and creating friendships for lifetime.

Third Coast Doula (Ravenswood Manor) Unlike any other doula agency in Chicago, Third Coast Birth Services provides you and your family with a community of experienced professional doulas, child development specialists and peers who support you unconditionally.

The assessment and planning steps should involve teachers, child nutrition staff, other school staff as appropriate, parents, students, and the community as a part of the required wellness policy.»

Other residents expressed concern about the safety of seniors and the disabled exercising at places like the Community Recreation Center, which they believe is unsafe with many children around.

A daycare center teaches your child routines for sleep, eating and good manners.You also may enjoy getting to know the community of other dual - income families who use your child's daycare.

Push for the formation of a Parent Advisory Group (PAC) consisting of parents with children currently playing in the program to provide the Board of Directors with feedback (both negative and positive) from other parents; the input helps to insure that its decisions are reflective of, and responsive to, a broad cross-section of the youth sports community.

One significant victory in that battle was last year's passage of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act which, among other things, uses Medicaid data to directly certify children for free and reduced price meals; helps states improve the certification process for school meal aid; allows universal free meals for students in high poverty communities; and expands USDA authority to support meals served to at - risk children in after school programs.

Here in D.C., many positive changes have been made to the menu in the last year, but precious little has been done in the way of involving parents or the community in those changes, or in educating children about why they should be eating something other than their beloved chicken nuggets and tater tots.

So much has happened since then... We've become a strong community of like - minded parents sharing tips and info on what has worked for us as we raise bilingual children, we wrote our first book Bilingual is Better and we met many other wonderful people in the same journey both online and in real life.

They are amazing for their wonderful lending library, the knowledge and help of the owners, knowing that they only sell things they would use on their own children, and starting a wonderful online community to help moms meet and encourage each other.

This works quite well for some students (our Campus and Community page discusses options for what your family can do in our neighborhood while you're in class); other students, however, find they can focus more on their studies when they are here alone and that their children are happier staying with a caregiver in the familiar environment of their own home.

Keeping children close, giving them freedom to explore, and more involvement by fathers and other community members are among the features of such societies that experts consider beneficial to children.

The therapist, or parent, intelligently and compassionately speaks to the other, be they adult or child, to guide them toward a socially useful way of behaving that will confirm their sense of belonging in the community and help them flourish.

Other issues in children adopted from institutions and / or from traumatic backgrounds: The adoption community and related specialists have done extensive research and developed reams of information on language acquisition, developmental delays, learning differences, behavioral issues, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, and other challenges that some of these children can Other issues in children adopted from institutions and / or from traumatic backgrounds: The adoption community and related specialists have done extensive research and developed reams of information on language acquisition, developmental delays, learning differences, behavioral issues, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, and other challenges that some of these children can other challenges that some of these children can face.