Sentences with phrase «conversations with children as»

Having conversations with children as they get older about these «give and take» interactions helps children to develop their social and emotional skills further.

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Seeing a severed hand as one of the opening shots of a film meant for families probably would have been a difficult conversation to have with children too young to recall 1980's «Empire Strikes Back.»

As you can imagine, spending this much time with family inevitably leads to conversations about raising children.

As a small child I had conversations with God and Angels.

Throughout the nearly 40 years she had her five children or ailing mom and uncle living with her and the following years as an empty nester, her life has written The Welcoming Table for family and friends fortunate to share in her simple seasonal meals and lively conversation.

Also, as a head's up, it has a parent section at the beginning and end that might not be appropriate for little ones to come across on their own (i.e. it talks about child abuse stats) but it will help you have the conversations that need to be started with our daughters (and sons) even at a young age.

I have had many conversations with him, and about the only thing he knows about the Bible is what he remembers from Sunday school when his mother took him as a child.

He runs to discourses of some length, as for example, concerning the new birth, in his conversation with Nicodemus (chapter 3); on the bread of life after the feeding of the five thousand (6:22 ff); on the true children of Abraham (8:31 - 59); on the shepherd and the sheep (10:1 - 18); and particularly his forceful discourse after eating the Last Supper with his disciples, which include some of the most highly cherished utterances recorded of Jesus.

While the conversation lately has been about how many socioeconomically disadvantaged women are having children outside of marriage as well as the rise in choice motherhood, don't be surprised if we start talking instead about how more young couples are finding that it's a much better deal — and a heck of a lot easier — to find someone who'll be a good person to co-parent with than it is finding a soul mate.

Paul will discuss grit, character, and How Children Succeed with David Levin, co-founder of KIPP, and Dominic Randolph, head of the Riverdale Country School, at the Jewish Community Center in New York City as part of the JCC's Learning Matters conversation series hosted by John Merrow.

As an abstainer from coffee and alcohol before children as well, I was JUST having this exact conversation with someonAs an abstainer from coffee and alcohol before children as well, I was JUST having this exact conversation with someonas well, I was JUST having this exact conversation with someone.

While my daughter is only turning 2 this December, my husband and I are already thinking about homeschooling our children (as the topic of «getting into pre-school» has come up in conversations with other parents).

We re-constructed the experiment with a group of local parents here in the Twin Cities about ten years ago, and it serves as a catalyst for important conversations about the role that self - discipline plays in our children's success and happiness...

Parent educator Kathy Gordon suggests the key to having an exceptionally adequate conversation with your child about the subject is to speak with your child about their adoption as the questions arise.

Other possible symptoms of depression in children and adolescents include difficulty with peer relationships, such as an inability to get along with friends; separation anxiety manifested as school avoidance or school phobia; and changes in home relationships and interactions, such as losing interest in family conversations, and a desire to be alone most of the time.

And so I stand back and watch as they strike up conversations with children and adults at the park.

Why Downs Side Up is a Top Mom Blog: Moms of kids with Downs syndrome will greatly appreciate this blog's thoughtful advice and supportive tone as it seeks to change the conversation on special needs children.

In a conversation with me, Paul Tough talks about how children (really) succeed and the implications of his work as California designs a new accountability system.

You can enjoy informative interviews from youth sports safety guru, Dr. Mike; access resources, getting everything you need to know to help guide your child through their developmental years; and the great thing is whether you're a Parent, Coach, or Athlete, you can engage in real - time conversations with others who have the same passions and interests as you... NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE!

As I sit with this question, I am reminded of the many times lately that I have found myself in conversations about how people sometimes assume that to practice Attachment Parenting means to give yourself up fully to your child: to exist only for the benefit, safety, love, health and security of your child.

Remember that children, especially when they are upset, open «conversations» through their behavior, and it's up to us, the only adults in the relationship, to gently guide them toward continuing those conversations verbally as well as equipping them with the resources to be able to do so.

Engage in Conversations and Oral Story Telling - Capitalize on down time such as the waiting room at a doctor's appointment or while getting the oil changed in the car by engaging in conversation, telling stories, or playing word games with your child.

We have found that schools that begin the conversation with excuses or reasons why it won't work to have your food allergic child as a student aren't worth pursuing.

It includes a conversation between the parents and the teacher, as well as a short period of time for the teacher to engage with the child.

Continue the conversation as if the backtalk did not occur, expecting the child to comply with your request.

When schedules change, and your routine needs to change as well, have an age appropriate conversation with your child.

Plus, the child sees what you see — you are easily able to have a conversation with them as you cycle, point out items of interest and they are always in your eye line so you can see them as well as talk to them as you travel.

This doesn't mean telling them to be thankful, it means demonstrating gratitude as parents and having an open conversation with our children about what that means.

As parents, we know discussing topics such as bullying, coping with disabilities or accepting other's differences can be hard conversations to have with children, especially with preteens and teenagerAs parents, we know discussing topics such as bullying, coping with disabilities or accepting other's differences can be hard conversations to have with children, especially with preteens and teenageras bullying, coping with disabilities or accepting other's differences can be hard conversations to have with children, especially with preteens and teenagers.

Recent conversations about mental health in the university — depression, loneliness, suicide — have largely flailed to consider in any holistic way the distance imposed on families within such systems, as life - partners live apart for months and often years at a time, with one spouse shouldering the burden of childcare alone while the other manages the psychological pain of loneliness and distance from the children and partner.

«I remember Tish James being completely silent as this mayor referred to our cops as bigots, and how he had to have special conversations with his child when he deals with the police, as if our cops are racists,» Polanco said.

«If you are a young woman who was treated with radiation therapy to your chest as a teenager or child for HL, or for that matter chest radiation therapy for any reason, you should be having a conversation with your family doctor or your oncologist about whether to start breast cancer screening earlier than most women would,» says Dr. Hodgson.

With these topics in mind, beginning conversations about sex early on and continuing to do so as your child grows is the best sexual education strategy.

In the last conversation I had with her, as she sat surrounded by all of her children and grandchildren, she said something that really struck me:

he can act silly as a child or hold a serious conversation with insight and wisdom.

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By understanding our own opinions on issues such as relationships, marriage, raising children etc., we will then find it easier to be honest when these topics arise in conversation with our partners.

As the conversation picks up and you and your date get more comfortable with each other, it becomes opportune for the two of you to share amusing experiences from your past: things you did as a child, funny incidents you went through and so oAs the conversation picks up and you and your date get more comfortable with each other, it becomes opportune for the two of you to share amusing experiences from your past: things you did as a child, funny incidents you went through and so oas a child, funny incidents you went through and so on.

If you've been on dates before as a single parent, you'll be familiar with the classic dilemma of slipping the children into the conversation.

He's also used to whisk away the standard movie sentimentality as when Agent Sympathy has conversations with her inner child.

It should be seen in repertory with evil - children movies like Rosemary's Baby and Night of the Living Dead2 as much as it should be seen with Leone's quartet of Spaghetti westerns — signposts, all, along the road to the paranoia cinema of the 1970s, where the conversation's not about the dissolution of traditional societal mores, nor even really about mitigating the collateral of the coming apocalypse.

Taken in one way, the picture discourages contemplation and nuance, locating The Pagemaster as every bit the anti-intellectual kind of drivel that reading embarrasses; taken another, it is a nice starting point for an important conversation with your child about why so many cartoons think children are stupid.

As he hopes for its arrival, he plunges into deep reveries, with dreams as melancholic as they are joyous, taking him back to his youth and even to a conversation with Azrael, the Angel of Death, who reveals the future of his childreAs he hopes for its arrival, he plunges into deep reveries, with dreams as melancholic as they are joyous, taking him back to his youth and even to a conversation with Azrael, the Angel of Death, who reveals the future of his childreas melancholic as they are joyous, taking him back to his youth and even to a conversation with Azrael, the Angel of Death, who reveals the future of his childreas they are joyous, taking him back to his youth and even to a conversation with Azrael, the Angel of Death, who reveals the future of his children.

Liman alludes to a thematically important scene featured in the European cut of The Bourne Identity that's here as well in a section of bonus material, an extended dinner conversation at the farmhouse wherein Bourne interacts with the children of his hosts.

The rest of the key players also serve the script well: Kebbel as the archetypal «wild child» sister, Strathairn as the ambiguous dad, and Banks, happily camping it up as a woman with a talent for creepy - awkward conversation.

As she listens to his words of thanks, her conversations with her elderly mother Nora (Doreen Mantle, Scoop) and children Giulia (Kate Ashfield, Shaun of the Dead), James (Aidan McArdle, Me and Orson Welles) and Benjamin (Luke Treadaway, Attack the Block) reiterate her concerns for their increasing age, a discussion that forms the basis of the feature.

Sadly, my vow to never sit through another Farrelly Brothers yak - track remains unbroken, as it takes all of three minutes for their conversation to devolve into arcane trainspotting here: that's when they start furnishing the child actors playing Fallon's students with gratuitous biographies.

The latest entrant in the never ending list of Hollywood actresses joining the conversation on sexual harassment with their stories is Natalie, who revealed that she was sexually terrorised as a child.

How can parents serve as role models and have open conversations with their children that acknowledge the role technology plays in students» social lives while also teaching them the invaluable skill of balancing their social lives with personal goals and success?

While this is obviously a made - up conversation ~ based on my experience with gifted children ~ I am sure some of these concerns - as well as others - would come up.