New evidence is confirming that
the environment kids live in has a greater impact than factors such as genetics, insufficient physical activity or other elements in efforts to control child obesity.
Not exact matches
A missionary
kid living in Quito, Ecuador, Chad had begun using, and then selling, drugs as a teenager, in an
environment far more dangerous than in the United States.
Reporting on the recent Barna study on Gen Z attitudes and behaviors, Jonathan Morrow, director of cultural engagement at Impact 360 Institute, writes: «With the best of intentions, we bubble wrap our
kids and create Disney World - like
environments for them in our churches, and then wonder why they have no resilience in faith or
life... In short, teenagers need a grown - up worldview not coloring book Jesus.»
(a cup of cottage cheese costs $ 2, gas is almost $ 10 a gallon) We decided to
live here to have better opportunities for spiritual growth and to raise our
kids in a positive
environment, but there are trade - offs.
About Blog Carb DM is a non-profit resource center offering families
living with type 1 diabetes support and non-medical information and education in a safe,
kid - friendly
environment from people with a shared
life experience.
The recently opened Recess Eatery in Northeast Los Angeles caters to young families who
live in the area with a very
kid - friendly
environment, adapting to the neighborhood.
I think the missing piece of this puzzle is letting
kids experience success, and most
kids we're talking about are
living and working in an
environment that continually demands that they do things that are beyond the cusp of their competence.
Sowing the Seeds of Wonder: a guide to gardening with
kids: Filled with simple and tangible ways for you to bring gardening into your child's
life, this guide covers preparing yourself, preparing your
environment, learning activities, and loads of resources for your journey.
Growing up means getting bruises and scrapes, but there are things we as parents and caregivers can do to make
kids»
environments safe for all the fun and
living they do.
NYSHSI further urges all youth sports stakeholders to provide a positive and healthy
environment for our
kids to enjoy sports — that is, have fun, learn sports skills and the rules of the game, and develop as capable and confident young athletes at any level of athletic success in a way that will help them to be good citizens of the game and community, healthy and fit, and performing well in all domains of
life.
But, you know, it's creating a better
environment if I don't freak out about it and if I just kind of roll with the punches so to speak and so, I'm just trying to
live in the moment and just appreciate the fact that they're
kids and they don't care about the stuff that I care about and they're happy and that should be my primary concern.
Kids work in small groups and actively participate in each class, while learning
life and workplace readiness skills in a fun
environment.
Effective food policy actions are part of a comprehensive approach to improving nutrition
environments, defined as those factors that influence food access.1 Improvements in the nutritional quality of all foods and beverages served and sold in schools have been recommended to protect the nutritional health of children, especially children who
live in low - resource communities.2 As legislated by the US Congress, the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free
Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetables.
In a 2002 study that followed 174 of these
kids, researchers reported that 4 - year - olds
living in stressful
environments — their mothers were depressed, their parents fought, or there were financial difficulties — had high levels of the stress hormone cortisol in their saliva.
But cooling down the marketing
environment might make
life a lot easier for parents who want to feed their
kids more healthfully.
Studies of at least some contemporary foraging peoples, as well as comparisons between humans and
living primates, suggest that babies evolved in a more cooperative
environment, with several adults cooperating to raise
kids.
But Vietnamese women don't want to pass on the
environment of limitations to their
kids and thus people who
live and breathe freely outside their race attract them more!
With a mixture of new songs and oldies (including Wings» «
Live and Let Die»), «Shrek the Third» tries to create an aural
environment that will go down well with both
kids and adults.
John and Emily and their
kids are
living in this tense
environment so it's not spoiling anything to say that while we're in their company, things are quiet.
Mer, who acquits himself nicely in the film as his protagonist's gifted - with - gab best friend, captures a sense of aimlessness among these
kids, who
live in a luxurious post-apartheid
environment and don't fully know what to do with themselves, or with real emotion and problems money can't fix.
There is at least a century of real -
life improvement projects in communities and the
environment that
kids and adults can work together on to adjust the health of our planet.
Experiential learning and role - playing activities teach
kids to make smarter food choices and how those choices affect the
environment and animal
life cycles.
A ten - minute clip (or shorter) from a film like The Story of the Weeping Camel from Mongolia might suffice to create a powerful discussion prompt on geography and language, on different perspectives about material luxuries, survival, family, how loved ones are cared for, being kind and considerate, what different
living environments look like and how they are built, and how
kids play or entertain themselves in different settings.
62 % of parents «agree» to «strongly agree» with the statement that «being a parent has made me more concerned about the
environment» - a result that Jen Gale from mymakedoandmendlife.com can support: «If we carry on as we are, the planet that my
kids will have to
live on will be vastly different.
As teachers have engaged in this real -
life, problem - based task, they've drawn on their leadership skills with their peers to create a learning
environment that seeks to engage and lift all
kids through rigorous, relevant coursework.
To name just a few: The learning
environment needs to be one in which students feel respected and safe to take risks;
kids need to feel that their learning has a purpose and that the curriculum is relevant to their
lives; and students need feedback on their progress — they need to know what they're trying to accomplish, where they are in relation to the goal, and what they need to do in order to get there.
Whether we like it or not,
kids are growing up in a technological
environment, and knowing how to make the best use of good tech is a critical part of preparing them for their future
lives.
A group of black, Latino, and immigrant
kids might have concerns related to the social
environments they
live in.
Without a nourishing
environment both the
lives of the
kids and their academic achievement will suffer.
C.M. Rubin's Global Education Report Whether we like it or not,
kids are growing up in a technological
environment, and knowing how to make the best use of good tech is a critical part of preparing them for their future
lives.
Reaching thousands of pupils across the country, Active
Kids Do Better will help teachers to create active school
environments and children to lead healthier
lives.
In reality, a public school closes when parents stop sending their
kids there because it doesn't
live up to its mission, which is to educate students in a safe
environment.
Assumptions that disadvantaged students underperform in school because their parents aren't educated, their home
environments are substandard, or their parents just don't care only perpetuate the problem because they excuse schools and other adults in
kids»
lives from making a difference.
It's all about power, both the renewable energy technologies that can help us
live in balance with the
environment, and the surprising power of each
kid to reduce emissions, conserve resources and change the world.
With support from JGI,
kids in the clubs undertake local projects to improve the
environment where they
live, as well as examining more global concerns.
Also, committing your
life to a dog means socializing that animal to «everything» our human
environment has in it, and
kids are in it.
From beautifully appointed family bures, to fun activities the whole family can share, your holiday experience can be whatever you want it to be — whether it's some quality time with the
kids, or going on exciting excursions to discover more about the local
environment and the Fijian way of
life.
This is a fun - filled activity where
kids will learn about tropical animals and plants, about insects and
life cycles, and about the importance of conserving and protecting the fragile
environments that we all share.
The
kids who transform these stultifying suburban
environments into sites of creativity and rebellion are given particular attention by Graham, whose career - long involvement with rock music reflects his firm belief that playfulness and youthful rebellion are productive responses to
life in the suburbs — or to any other context structured by authority, whether parental, corporate or curatorial.
Kids would rather stay indoors, in their «ultra-safe, well - padded, child - proofed, stairway-gated, climate - controlled
environments, playing video games or watching TV under watchful parental supervision — instead of risking their
lives climbing trees or frolicking in the lake» (National Post).
Whether it's redefining gender roles, raising
kids in a secular home
environment, struggling to make ends meet while working in the gig economy,
life has a wholly different feel for today's young parents than it did a generation ago.
After all, while
living in the outskirts of Dallas yields ample advantages — a wonderful climate, a safe
environment to raise
kids, plenty of employment opportunities — hazards abound.
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Older
kids are better able to interpret their
environment (ie a noise or shadow might be a robber trying to break in), and ruminate on their relationships and
life issues.
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An equalization of time is beneficial where the parents
live proximate to each other, where the parents both share positive parenting traits, work schedules can accommodate 50/50 time, the age and circumstances of the
kids favor shared time, and myriad other factors that can benefit a true shared parenting
environment.
As the parents we do our best to keep our
kids in a happy and healthy
environment but we are only human and sometimes things will get a little derailed in
life.