Sentences with phrase «families than any other country»

More broken families than any other country and high divorce rate.

Not exact matches

According to a Nielsen survey spanning more than 100 countries, 92 percent of people surveyed said they trust the recommendation of a family member or friend over any other marketing channel.

In less than a decade, the family company went from selling 8,000 backpacks to selling millions of hats, wallets, backpacks and other accessories in more than 70 countries.

Many Americans assume that because we are the richest country in the world, with real G.D.P per capita higher than that of other major advanced countries, Americans must be better off across the board - that it's not just our rich who are richer than their counterparts abroad, but that the typical American family is much better off than the typical family elsewhere, and that even our poor are well off by foreign standards.

While property is relatively more affordable in other parts of the country (six times the average salary in the North - east rather than 14 times in London) it's impossible to ignore that even in the most affordable areas house prices are geared towards two - earner families with two or fewer children.

But there are also several destinations throughout the country that seem geared more towards adults than kids, yet are just as good for a fun - filled family vacation as any other place.

Until women and their families start expecting respect and look at themselves as the main player in childbirth we will continue to have higher maternal mortality rates than 33 other countries (according to WHO) and higher low birth weight rates than 23 other countries.

Dr Brown explained: «Following a baby - led weaning approach where you allow your baby to simply self - feed family foods, rather than preparing special pureed or mashed foods to spoon feed, has been growing in popularity over the last ten years in the UK and other countries.

A recent study showed that in many parts of the country less than one in ten kids even get «behavior therapy» in addition to medication «Symptoms» of inattention and hyperactivity represent a communication of a range of issues, including sleep deprivation, marital conflict, sensory processing concerns and multiple other possible family stressors, The post does not say not that medication may not have a role to play at some point in a child's life.

The day Nixon actually announced her candidacy, he released a statement that put front and center his liberal accomplishments, which read like a progressive wish list: «Governor Cuomo has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country, including passing marriage equality, the strongest gun safety law in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, free college tuition, paid family leave, record setting funding for public education, expanding and protecting healthcare for our most vulnerable, and banning fracking.»

«I am not suggesting for a minute that fiscal considerations are the only factor, but the government should at least ensure that it is not more financially detrimental to marry in this country than in other developed OECD countries, if we are to be true to our determination to become the most family - friendly country in Europe.»

«Governor Cuomo has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country, including passing marriage equality, the strongest gun safety law in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, free college tuition, paid family leave, record setting funding for public education, expanding and protecting healthcare for our most vulnerable, and banning fracking,» the spokesman said.

· Families in Wales pay more for childcare than in any other country in Europe except for Switzerland and many parents on low and middle incomes are forced to choose between paying high childcare costs, reducing their hours or giving up work completely.

Dr Brown explained: «Following a baby - led weaning approach where you allow your baby to simply self - feed family foods, rather than preparing special pureed or mashed foods to spoon feed, has been growing in popularity over the last ten years in the UK and other countries.

Since their counterparts in other countries placed a greater value on their careers than on family, Russia became a resort for men seeking women to build a family and raise their children.

Set deep in the Mississippi Delta, it's the epic story of two families, one white, the other black, who've each sown hope among fields too sodden to be much use — and though the sheer scope of the material overwhelms «Pariah» director Dee Rees at times, she finds shoots of optimism among the mire that couldn't be more welcome at a moment when the country seems more divided than ever.

Meanwhile, Edwards» own loyalties are tested, including being constantly manipulated by unknown forces, loyalties that become conflicted by the family he doesn't really want, and the potential for a romance that had been the only thing he seemed to ever care about, other than his unwavering support for his country's well - being.

The next question is whether U.S. students from low - income families are lower - scoring than those in other countries.

They make an apples - to - apples comparison of the data to determine if students of similar family backgrounds do better in the United States than in other countries.

Know your #SDGs / #GlobalGoals and hold adults and leaders accountable for them, push back if they try to make you believe that your country, language, tribe or family is greater or more deserving than the others, and look for opportunities to make a difference yourselves.

Other countries may be able to impose meaningful systems of test - based accountability, but the decentralized nature of American education and politics gives far more power to organized groups of upper - middle - class families and educators than to the technocratic elite.

The important question to ask is, Do students with similar family background do better in the United States than in other countries?

As my last blog post described, in many places around the country, the summer months are becoming the «third semester,» advancing, rather than delaying, student learning, especially for lower - income families who can not afford the camps, travel, and enrichment activities other parents can.

In 2009 a higher percentage of U. S. students (than those in the other six countries) told PISA, the international testing agency, that they came from a family with few books in the home.

It shows that in the US, as in other countries, children from better educated, wealthier families will achieve better results than poorer children.

This campaign gives parents, leaders, and others the chance to share why more than 700,000 Black families have chosen charter schools across the country.

This campaign gives parents, leaders, and others the chance to share the story of why more than 700,000 Black families have chosen charter schools across the country.

In a matter of days, he has gone from talking about «Opportunity Schools» in Baltimore to claiming that «there are organizations in other parts of the country that are operating schools that are succeeding in leading children from low - income families — especially children of color — to reach much higher levels of academic success than the norm for their communities.»

After México, no other country - of - origin accounted for more than 4 percent of the total population of children from immigrant families.

Despite the painfully bad educational outcomes in many public schools in ghettos across the country, there are also cases where charter schools in the very same ghettos turn out students whose test scores are not only far higher than those in other ghetto schools, but sometimes are comparable to the test scores in schools in upscale suburban communities, where children come from intact families with highly educated parents.

Teachers in the United States spend far more time engaged in active instruction than teachers in other high - performing countries.1 Based on self - reported data, teachers in the United States spend 27 hours teaching out of 45 hours of work per week.2 Compare this with teachers in Singapore, who teach for only 17 hours per week, or teachers in Finland, who teach for a total of 21 hours per week.3 Schools in these countries prioritize time for planning and collaboration, recognizing that developing and executing lessons take time and preparation.4 According to a recent analysis of more than 140 school districts, the average length of a U.S. teacher's workday is 7.5 hours.5 In another analysis of more than 120 school districts, the most common length of time allotted for planning was 45 minutes per day.6 In this short time, teachers must grade student work, plan for future lessons, engage with families, and complete necessary paperwork.

Take the second best - selling car in the country, offer it with as many luxury features as possible, and soup it up to make it faster than any other family sedan on the market.

Other than that, USAA Free Checking looks like a great choice for military members and their families, especially if you are consistently having to move across the country to a new post.

I will always state there are nice pits and I do not want them mistreated, but they do have the ability to kill and hurt more than other breeds and they have caused a lot of pain for many families and pets in this country.

Led by more than 320 volunteer scientists from across the country, thousands of amateur explorers, families, and students on school field trips conducted a comprehensive inventory of the plants, insects, mammals, birds, and other species that inhabit national park sites north and south of the Golden Gate, including Point Reyes National Seashore, Muir Woods National Monument, the Marin Headlands, the Presidio of San Francisco, Mori Point, and Rancho Corral de Tierra.

The demand for reproductive information and contraceptives still exceeds the supply in dozens of developing countries, according to the report and separate assessments by other population groups — meaning that tens of millions of women are probably having larger families than they want.

This, in a part of the country where individual families and businesses have paid more than other parts of the country for electricity in winter months because of inadequate natural gas pipeline capacity.

From the non-US lawyer's viewpoint, the book is not only a guide to some of the more important family laws and principles in other international jurisdictions (although of course it does not deal with any treaties or conventions between Countries other than the US), but it is also very useful for the practical information, guidance and tips it provides — many of which are as applicable to family lawyers around the world as they are to US lawyers.

Recognized nationally as one of the country's leading medical malpractice and catastrophic personal injury law firms, Lubin & Meyer has obtained more than 600 verdicts and settlements in excess of $ 1 million for clients and their families harmed by medical malpractice or other serious injury.

41 With respect, first, to Directive 2004/38, it must be recalled that it is not all third country nationals who are family members of a Union citizen who derive rights of entry into and residence in a Member State from that directive, but only those who are family members of a Union citizen who has exercised his right of freedom of movement by settling in a Member State other than the Member State of which he is a national (Case C ‑ 127 / 08 Metock and Others [2008] ECR I ‑ 6241, paragraph 73, and Case C ‑ 256 / 11 Dereci and Others [2011] ECR I ‑ 11315, paragraph 56).

A study by Bagley (1991) showed that Indigenous teenagers adopted by non-Indigenous families were far more likely than other adopted children, including those adopted from other countries, to have behavioural and emotional problems.

• More couples than ever before are seeking relief from couples therapy (American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy) • Author is the Dating Doyenne for iVillage and writes the column «Dating After 40» for More magazine • Amatenstein has provided relationship advice for VHI, BBC, Lifetime, Inside Edition, Regis and Kelly, The Early Show, CBS News, and many other programs • Contributors are the most well - known marriage counselors in America, including: Dr. Judy Kuriansky, Dr. John Gray, Dr. John Gottman, Dr. Warren Farrell, Dr. Harville Hendrix, Dr. Ruth, and more Combining the best advice from the best counselors across the country — couples on the brink of divorce finally have the answers they need.

Whether you have family in another country, take a job outside the United States, or simply want to take your child on an international vacation, exiting the country with children in tow is more complicated than exiting the country on your own — especially if you are divorced from your child's other parent.

Many less costly and less structured home visiting models have been tested, using social workers or other professionals, rather than nurses, but none has achieved the same success or consistency as the Olds program with nurses.36 The Olds model, now called the Nurse Family Partnership, has been successfully evaluated in several sites and is now replicated in more than 200 counties and many countries.

Today more than 20,000 volunteers donate their time to ensure that family planning and other vital reproductive health care and information are available in communities across the country.

About Relationships Australia Relationships Australia provides counselling, psychosocial support, family support, dispute resolution, mental health and a range of other services by more than 2,000 staff, from 118 centres around the country.

For more than 20 years, families and couples have traveled to Evergreen from every region of the United States and from other countries to receive therapy for attachment - related trauma.