Sentences with phrase «decisions about the child even»

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Christian parents may be more understanding of the life - style of their children if they realize that the world in which their children have come of age requires their children to make decisions about sexual behavior that were not even issues in the past.

When Rahna Reiko Rizzuto wrote about leaving her husband and two small children in her 2010 memoir Hiroshima in the Morning, she was vilified — even receiving death threats — for her decision:

You should be better able to make a decision about which playgrounds are the safest for you to let your children play on, and you may even be ready to make some recommendations to your own local playgrounds too.

Many dads have expressed concern about social networking sites because they can be an open door for children to make bad decisions and perhaps even have dangerous online interactions with others.

These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include children (who are making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.

And while letting your child make a decision about whether or not they want to be tickled may not have been the point of that particular study, it's still an example of an area where we should let our little ones voice their own opinions and maybe even more importantly, learn that only they are in control of their own bodies.

Even though adult children are responsible for their own decisions, grandparents will almost certainly question themselves about whether they could have done something to avert this family disaster.

On the subject of making mistakes, remember, just as you wouldn't want every youthful mistake, every wrong choice, every unfortunate decision to be broadcast to the world or even just joked about privately instead of being left in the past where it belongs, be sure to practice «The Golden Rule of Parenting» and treat your children how you prefer to be treated.

And arguing with them about their decision for the health and safety of their child, even if you think they are wrong or extreme, is not helping either the parent or the child.

It's Easter and Alexander makes plans for a celebration to end his pious fast even as Della Rovere's assassin ascends to the position of the Pope's taster; Lucrezia's lover asks for her hand in marriage but her father dismisses him and his request; Juan's wild behavior threatens the life of Lucrezia's child, forcing Cesare to make a chilling decision about his brother.

Neither Miller nor director Matthew Vaughn cares about their public opinion and actor Mark Strong, who has his own children, had to object to Vaughn's decision to include even more violence including Hit - Girl, however, Strong's wishes were granted and Vaughn luckily canned the idea.

«With today's concerns about growing educational disparities, we carry an even greater responsibility as educators to make decisions and take actions that contribute to more equitable educational opportunities for children and families in and out of school.»

And even if some parents base their decisions on educational quality, many observers worry that low - income and minority parents will be less informed about or interested in school quality, placing their children at a disadvantage in the education marketplace.

But they are wanting in terms of their external validity for decisions about whether to expand present public programs for four - year - olds: They are from a time when very little of today's safety net for the poor was in place, when center - based care for four - year - olds was rare and even kindergarten was not the rule, and before the wave of Hispanic immigration that transformed the demographics of early education programs for children from low - income families.

It's become even harder for parents to have a say about decisions that affect our children's lives on a daily basis.

Funding your child's education or even your own higher education with an education loan is a wise decision, for it enables you to pursue learning without being worried about the expenses involved in achieving your dream qualifications.

I will, if it seems appropriate and helpful, kneel down and get on the child's level, and explain to them why their parent's decision is a smart one — even if it means the sale won't happen that day, which is often what the dispute will be about — and how the child will get a lot farther by acting like an adult and respecting their parent.

It involves making important and tough decisions about asset division, child custody, child support, and maybe even alimony.

Sole legal custody is an arrangement in which one parent has sole authority to make decisions about the child, even though the parents may still share joint physical custody.

So, both parents would be involved in making the decisions about your child's health, education, and welfare even though your child lives mainly with one parent.

First, although it is commonly understood that a divorced parenting relationship which is low in conflic is a primary condition that describes a divorce that is good for children, we also know that even when there is no conflict, if Mom and Dad do not communicate about the children, are not at least cordial and do not cooperate with each other around parenting, and do not make decisions affecting children together, resolving ifferences respectfully in order to do so, children are still at risk for difficulties.

You have the right to request and receive any information about your child's health and school records directly from his school or physician even if you don't share joint decision - making ability.

Even though adult children are responsible for their own decisions, grandparents will almost certainly question themselves about whether they could have done something to avert this family disaster.

The tool may still be useful to you even if the Divorce Act doesn't apply to your situation because the types of decisions you need to make about how you will raise your children are similar.

We think that parents make the best decisions about their own children, rather than Judges and Evaluators who don't even know your family.

You should also consider writing a parenting plan, even if it's not required, because it will force you and your ex to make thoughtful decisions about how you plan to collaborate on raising your children together.

Everyone who is a parent, as defined above (whether they are a resident or non-resident parent) has a right to participate in decisions about a child's education and receive information about the child (even though, for day - to - day purposes, the school's main contact is likely to be a parent with whom the child lives on school days).

Children's Services must find out the parents wishes about any decision they make about their child, but they have the final say and can make plans for the child even if the parents don't agree with them.

Children's Services must find out the parents wishes about any decision they make about their child, but they always have the final say and can make plans for the child even if the parents don't agree with them.

Children's Services must find out parents wishes about any decision concerning their child, but they have the final say and can make plans for the child even if the parents don't agree with them.

Often young Australian children sleep in a cot until they are about 2 to 3 years old, or maybe even older, and parents need to make a decision about when to move their child into a bed.

See the research and articles at http://www.thelizlibrary.org/liz/) So, given that there are just not all that many options to choose from in deciding upon a child custody arrangement, and given that those options overwhelmingly will be constrained or even dictated by fairly obvious facts about the parties» circumstances such as work and school schedules, or how far apart they live from each other, and similar considerations, one really has to query what all the painstaking attention to detail and «science» (or pretext to science) is all about if, when all is said and done, the decision will boil down to the application of a default personal preference, and pragmatic ways of arranging custody and visitation schedules to accomplish this while avoiding liability for placing children into situations in which detriment too obviously or easily can be proved to be the direct result of the arrangement.