Sentences with phrase «especially middle children»

Mom and Dad's - if new baby arrives, sell self - worth to each sibling and pay attention to roles - especially middle children.

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Some of those observations also apply to much of the working and middle - classes, and especially families with minor children.

Recent polls consistently show that African - Americans, especially poorer, inner - city people and those with school - age children favor vouchers more than do middle - class whites.

It is not the job of parents to protect children from the truth, especially when they are caught in the middle of messy and painful circumstances in which one party has so clearly attempted to wrest control of the narrative to salvage his own reputation.

The modern child is very alert mentally, and among the middle classes especially, very sophisticated and adult for his age.

But they are also being sidelined, with an increasing notion, especially among the let's - be-fashionable middle classes, of announcing that «you can't impose religion on a child».

A middle - aged man, especially if he has picked up a wife and some children along the way, begins to see the discrepancy in the contest and loses his stomach for the bolts, the falls and the bruises.

And whenever I start to worry about the whole middle child thing, he astounds me with the other parts of his personality - namely his strong sense of individuality, and especially, with his sense of humor.

Children are loud and boisterous here, especially the middle school and high school kids, but no one seems to mind.

Bullying during the middle school years is especially common as children attempt to establish their place and their social circle among others.

Being awakened in the middle of a good night's sleep because of a child's accident can be frustrating, especially when you have other small children in the house who might wake up and cause more ruckus.

Especially when it's on TV, and you have a child who's caught in the middle.

Especially if you feed or change your child in or on your bed in the middle of the night.

Sitting in the middle of the table were the authoritative, or democratic parents who are an integration of the other two parenting styles — setting clear rules and expectations but also encouraging discussion and give - and - take — especially as their children get older and are able to take more responsibility for themselves.

My middle child would rarely take a bottle from dad, and especially not if I was in the room or he could hear my voice.

Regardless of whether your little ones started sucking their thumb before or after birth, it is not easy to look the other way especially when you wonder whether the habit will carry on until the child is in middle school.

«Our results suggest that breastfeeding duration is independently associated with better educational outcomes in middle childhood, especially for boys,» reported Wendy H. Oddy, associate professor at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and University of Western Australia, and colleagues.

«The results have not been good for California's women and children, for workers, nor for California's economy, especially if you measure a thriving economy by the number of good - paying middle class jobs.»

However, what your child eats is very important, especially in the middle of the day when proper nourishment is critical to learning.

The cast is terrific: Sam Rockwell and Rosemarie DeWitt play the hapless parents whose bargain dream home turns out to be a haunted death trap, with strong support from their onscreen offspring, especially Kyle Catlett as nervy middle child Griffin.

Two - year technical degrees, and even one - year credentials, can also propel poor children into the middle class, especially if they choose the right field.

While it's important that teachers avoid being «stuck in the middle» of a dispute between two warring parents, the teacher can take action to minimise the impact of any hostility by arranging separate meetings for parents to discuss their child's progress, especially if it could give rise to an argument between both parents.

But the idea that American schools should explicitly familiarize children — especially those from other countries, cultures, or traditions — with a uniform body of knowledge in elementary and middle school falls upon contemporary ears as awkward, anachronistic, even inappropriate.

Well informed families should continue to opt out of state schooling wherever and whenever possible, until the undead portions of No Child Left Behind that persist in ESSA — including most especially the required publication of results from annual tests in two subjects only, which information middle - brow families consume and act upon, leaving the less tuned in behind to wonder about why their neighbourhoods steadily decline — ... Read More

Yet quality pre-K is especially important for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, who often lack the exposure to literature, reading and numeracy that is common in middle - and upper - income homes: It can help ensure that these kids don't show up to kindergarten already far behind other students.

More importantly, these writers have essentially embraced the Poverty and Personal Responsibility myths that education traditionalists have held so dear, declaring that helping children of the poor — especially those from single - family households — move into the middle class is almost impossible.

The changes are likely to raise some middle - class hackles, especially among those who take on big mortgages to buy homes in catchment areas in the hope of getting their children into popular schools.

Even though, like many parents are doing, Ms. Rose could simply have her child refuse to take the test when it is administered, she said, «I'm not putting her in the middle of that, nor should I have to, especially this year when the MSA means nothing.

Summer will not be a time for parents to worry about what they are doing with their children, especially for elementary - and middle - school students, as it will be no different from the fall, winter, or spring.

Despite DeSoto County's reputation as also being one of Mississippi's best school systems, the elementary school Powell's children attended wasn't cutting it, especially for her middle child and only son, Nicholas, who had struggled with reading and fitting in socially.

Making the case that choice allows for all families, poor or middle class, to meet the particular needs of their children can win support, especially from white middle class families who realize that how they are hurt by school zones and other Zip Code Education policies (and are also condescended by teachers and school leaders when they want more for their kids), but don't see any other way to avoid those problems beyond paying for private schools out their own pockets.

Many middle class and wealthy households — especially those in suburbia — want to believe that their children are receiving high - quality education.

Advancing the implementation of Common Core reading and math standards is also keep, use especially in states where choice remains restricted; it is clear that neither poor nor middle class children are receiving comprehensive college preparatory curricula.

Advancing the implementation of Common Core reading and math standards is also key, especially in states where choice remains restricted; it is clear that neither poor nor middle class children are receiving comprehensive college preparatory curricula.

MIAMI — It's hard to stand out when you're a middle child, especially if you're part of a family as successful as Honda's.

As a five - seater, it's definitely good for four, and an occasional fifth, especially if the fifth person in the middle back row is shorter or a child.

As a result, whilst six - footers can fit comfortably up front, we'd advise you only allocate the rearmost chairs to children — and especially if you go for a seven - seater Ford Explorer, which doesn't have the optional six - seater's sliding middle row setup.

I'd just add one niche exception: print copies are still vastly preferred in the children's and middle - grade arenas, especially for the kinds of books that could land in classrooms and school libraries.

But that isn't necessarily true because late filers, especially those who are low to middle income, risk losing government benefits such as child tax credits, access to provincial assistance programs and GST rebates if they don't file on time.

To be clear, the $ 1,000 in additional credit for each child will be more than the benefit from the personal exemption they would have been entitled to for many taxpayers, especially for middle - income households in the lower tax brackets and people whose incomes were formerly too high to use the credit at all.

In a foster home now with younger middle school children, cats and dogs of all sizes, he's very well socialized and enjoys everyone (especially cats).

If this is your first puppy and he's to be a family pet (especially in a home with children), then you're best bet is to pick a happy, friendly, middle - of - the - road pup.

A devastating short story about a middle - aged sports - shop dealer whose best years are very well behind him now, and whose wife has left him with a litter of children he can't even begin to raise himself, especially when he's busy minding his failing business.

The sheer unguarded humanity is humbling, especially as Andrews looks frail, a middle - aged man with a child to protect.

However, children in middle childhood, ages 6 to 12, may be especially vulnerable because of the development of constructive social relationships and self - esteem during this stage of life.

Whereas there is a relative abundance of research on adolescent health and well - being, and, especially during the past decades, on the «importance of the early years», there has been a relative lack of research on children's developmental health and well - being during middle childhood.

There are several reasons why middle childhood — between the ages of 6 — 12 years — is an especially important developmental period in which to study child well - being across multiple contexts both inside and outside of school.

I especially gear my focus to children in middle school, adolescents, but also offer support to adults who are in crisis as well.

Previous research has investigated parental reports of attachment in families with mental health problems, but relationship representations as experienced by these children, especially in middle childhood, have not been so frequently investigated.

Challenges for the young pre-schooler about to enter kindergarten have been well documented.3, 4,5 What makes this an especially important developmental transition period is the consistent evidence for a «trajectory hypothesis» in both middle - class and low - income samples: how children fare academically and socially in early elementary school is a strong predictor of their academic, social, and mental health outcomes throughout high school.6, 7,8 These findings imply that interventions to improve the child's relative standing at school entrance could have long - term payoff.