The appropriateness of
these expectations for children with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds needs to be addressed, as well.
What is equally clear is the educators who combine high
expectations for all their children with a thirst for improving their classroom practice, a commitment to strong, collaboratively forged school - wide programs, and plain old - fashioned hard work can meet great expectations for the children with and for whom they work.
Not exact matches
Parents,
for their part, would readily comply
with kids»
expectations: Less than 5 percent of those surveyed said that they wouldn't let their
child move back in after graduating from college, although nearly 25 percent said that they would charge them rent.
We may put ourselves on a list to adopt
children with disabilities in order to provide a backup
for someone who is struggling
with the decision, Churches tempted to aim
for yuppie - friendly perfection in their church pageants and Sunday school instead may need to reconfigure the
expectations of the parents they seek to attract.
We raise
children with hope
for making the world a better place without any
expectation that we're going to be around in any form to enjoy it.
This answer will be different
for every family and every
child, so think about things such as the time of day of an event, the distance from home, the size of the group, how much it interferes
with the daily routine, and the behavioral
expectations for your
child.
The new system could be an opportunity to make a clear new cultural statement about fatherhood,
with higher
expectations on their involvement — akin to the
expectation on mothers — in a way that would make it less acceptable
for fathers to drift out of their
children's lives.
In contrast, teachers were more controlling, had lower
expectations, got angry more often, and showed less nurturing toward the
children with difficult attachments — and who, sadly, had a greater need than the securely attached kids
for kindness from adults.
Above all, I want you to love the journey of parenting even
with all its ups and downs and I strive
for you to form those deep bonds
with your
children, set clear family
expectations, and know that you are being your best parenting self.
If you want to use material things as rewards
for your
child, be sure they are connected
with tangible
expectations, effort, and accomplishments, not simply just because they asked.
About a week or so before school starts, have a conversation
with your
child about
expectations for the upcoming school year.
Specifically,
for fathers, higher
expectations about their
children's educational level, and greater level / frequency of interest and direct involvement in
children's learning, education and schools, are associated strongly
with better educational outcomes
for their
children, including: • better exam / test / class results • higher level of educational qualification • greater progress at school • better attitudes towards school (e.g. enjoyment) • higher educational
expectations • better behaviour at school (e.g. reduced risk of suspension or expulsion)(
for discussion / review of all this research, see Goldman, 2005).
Have a private conversation
with your kids» mother and create a discipline plan together,
with clear boundaries and
expectations for your
children.
For example,
with children who are older at the time of adoption, lack of eye contact may be a learned cultural
expectation.
Expectations for gifted
children with asynchronous development can be both unrealistic and unfair.
Talking about your
expectations for your
child's behavior will have more impact as your
child gets older, but it never hurts to talk about it even
with young
children.
I think the best piece of advice I can offer
for traveling
with small
children is to have very low
expectations of what you'll do while on your trip and be very flexible to go
with the flow, even is that flow is the storm surge of a hurricane 5 tantrum.
Rather than setting such high
expectations with no room
for failure, how about having faith in our
children to do their best?
This type of parenting includes very little connection between parents and
children,
with high
expectations for kids and punishment when they don't meet parents» stringent standards.
(a) create and maintain a healthy sleep foundation
for your
child, ages 4 - 36 months old; (b) develop reasonable
expectations for how much sleep your
child will need at different stages of development, including length and timing of naps; (c) be prepared
with strategies
for when sleep challenges arise - which in the first three years, can be often; and (d) understand the connection between sleep, behavior, and emotions of the entire family.
A
child who is advanced in some areas and slower in others (
for instance a
child with dyslexia who has excellent understanding of maths) will not want to be limited by a curriculum that has rigid «grade level»
expectations.
You are grateful — you're just mourning the loss of an
expectation, and that mourning is healthyand necessary, and paves the way
for a better bond
with your
child as he or she is.
Take that time to figure out if you're comfortable
with the request, if it's safe, if your
child is ready
for more freedom, and what the normal
expectations are
for kids in his age range.
We all come from different places
with regards to our
expectation and priorities
for our
children's sleep — and our kids are different, too.
Even an overly cooperative
child is at - risk
for being dominated and controlled through a system of praise and rewards which can be emotionally damaging, as the
child feels pressured into a constant race to keep up
with the
expectations of others.
Adoptions appear to be more stable when parents have flexible and realistic hopes and
expectations for their
children and when they make use of any post-adoption supports that are available to help
with learning, medical, behavioral, or emotional challenges.
Now is the time
for parents to sit down
with their
children to discuss behavior
expectations and family values.
While permissive parents tend to be warm and loving, because they don't have high
expectations for their
child's behavior, the
child doesn't have opportunities to learn how to deal
with frustrations and other facts of life.
When you are shopping
with PoshTots, you can rest assured that you are investing in a thoughtful and safe experience
for your
child that lives up to the highest
expectations of the CPSC, JPMA and mothers themselves.
Tips
for managing your
expectations of your
child's sleep, being the best sleep teacher you can be, and handling the guilt associated
with hearing your
child cry.
When we live our lives
for other's
expectations, it is a miserable one, not to mention the karma.I hope your
children were not affected by a partner who needed to have education about the benefits of a plant based diet so he wouldn't threaten you
with adding poison to your diet.
Make your
children feel heard and have reasonable
expectations about the time it might take
for them to feel comfortable
with the situation.
Coming off his previous, disastrous «Men, Women &
Children,» I'll admit to understandably lowered
expectations for Jason Reitman's «Casual,» premiering its first two episodes on Hulu this Wednesday, October 7th,
with another new half - hour every week after that.
He shambles around projecting a certain faded mystique — though you quickly get the impression that his impact on the art world was minor, he casts a long shadow
for his
children, all of whom he's ignored at times, and burdened
with lofty
expectations at others.
He's constantly playing
with expectations (one scene sees the titular heroine, during another sleepless night, confused by a car driving around in circles and emitting strange noises, only
for her to discover that the driver is a father trying to lull his
child to sleep
with whale noises), and though the tone is featherlight in the best way, it underlies things
with a sense of melancholy and truthfulness that gives it a real impact.
To accommodate that, we need high
expectations for all
children, married
with accountability and transparency in results so parents can make informed decisions.
It is, after all, widely understood that the academic gap between blacks and whites, and
for that matter between whites and Asians, has a great deal to do
with the
expectations, habits, and values the
children bring
with them from home.
The «naughty» kids are likely
children dealing
with too much in their lives - poverty, parental mental ill health, lack of appropriate attachment opportunities - and
for these
children, the minimum
expectations need to be different to those
children who have less adversity in their lives.
Amid a burden of
expectations and mixed messaging, it's easy
for children to grow confused and frustrated
with their parents or their teachers.
This year, faculty and community members also distributed gift bags to families,
with household items such as plastic containers and paper towels, and erasers and buttons
for the
children, as well as a list of the school's
expectations for the year.
Children as young as kindergarten can be bullied
for not fitting in
with typical gender
expectations.
Even if our nation's schools are not beset by a widespread shortage of qualified teachers and teachers are paid salaries comparable to other professionals, there are still those who believe that teachers» pay is too low, that their salaries are simply not commensurate
with our
expectations of a good education
for our
children.
«One of the most amazing gifts of doing this Global Art Project is the joy of seeing
children unencumbered from
expectations that there will be only differences or only similarities
with people and places new to them,» says teacher Kristi Rennebohm Franz, who helped create the Global Art Project
for the International Education and Resource Network — better known as iEARN.
For instance, the use of play
with young
children is not specified by the Standards, but it is welcome as a valuable activity in its own right and as a way to help students meet the
expectations in this document... The Standards must therefore be complemented by a well - developed, content - rich curriculum consistent
with the
expectations laid out in this document.»
My goal is
for all public schools to be successful and be filled
with caring adults
with high
expectations for children.»
The Attack
With the advent of the No
Child Left Behind Act, higher standards and expectations, growing pressure for preparing children for global competition, and an increasing need to address the whole child on behalf of 50 million children I ask you to join me in «The Attack.&r
Child Left Behind Act, higher standards and
expectations, growing pressure
for preparing
children for global competition, and an increasing need to address the whole
child on behalf of 50 million children I ask you to join me in «The Attack.&r
child on behalf of 50 million
children I ask you to join me in «The Attack.»
The
expectation is that the resulting intervention, titled «SECURe
for Parents and
Children (SECURe PAC)» is feasible to implement within existing school - and community - based services in urban areas with a high concentration of families and children living in
Children (SECURe PAC)» is feasible to implement within existing school - and community - based services in urban areas
with a high concentration of families and
children living in
children living in poverty.
We will offer a breadth of educational opportunity
with high
expectations for all
children and excellent professional learning and development
for all staff.
HGSE's and HBS's new certificate program will equip current and aspiring principals
with key management and leadership skills needed to lead and sustain high - performing schools, and prepare them to set and meet high
expectations for all
children, create conditions
for excellent teaching, and engage positively
with families and communities.
If, as some have argued, white teachers have lower
expectations for black
children, one would predict that black students
with white teachers would lose more ground than black students
with black teachers.