Sentences with phrase «few challenges some parents»

The development is one of the few challenges some parents are facing since secondary school enrollment for the 2017/2018 academic year commenced.

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Bedtime is a challenge few parents escape.

Parenting can be extremely challenging in the first few years, especially if you don't have a clear vision or road map.

I'm committed to writing daily (with just a few exceptions), focusing mainly on my experiences with these parenting techniques as they relate to the daily challenges of raising two kids.

Parents and guardians feel challenged with children's tantrums, whining, bedtime routines, sibling conflicts, and power struggles, just to name a few.

Parents of kids who are challenged by extreme picky eating, often limiting their diet to just a few foods, need one - on - one therapy with a specialist.

Here are a few tips that have helped other parents cope with the day - to - day challenges of living with a child with ODD.

Children with physical, cognitive, or medical challenges often have few opportunities to navigate the world without a parent close by.

Among the first few challenges that parents of differently - abled kids face is that of finding a school that is accommodating and accepting of your child's unique needs.

Adoptive parenting — particularly if your child is of a different race or color than you — adds a few more challenges to the mix that adoptive parents need to address openly and honestly with their child.

These are just a few examples of the challenges single parents face in trying to follow court orders while also doing what's best for their kids.

Most new parents anticipate that the reality of a new baby will be quite challenging, but few people are prepared for a baby that cries inconsolably for hours.

Getting through the day (and the next few years) with a moody tween is a challenge for any parent, but you will need to improve and work on your patience.

Summer is just around the corner and while both kids and parents anxiously await a much - needed vacation, there are a few others who need something more... a break from the heart - wrenching challenges they face every day as a result of a family member who is battling,

However, the process has been fraught with a few challenges resulting in students and parents left standing in long queues for extended periods of time.

Single parents face countless challenges on a day - to - day basis, and although there are few pleasures greater than raising a child, often family commitments can get in the way of romantic ones.

Here are a few ways to spark connection and empathy with the parents of your most challenging student.

And he answers, «certainly not because I have any direct self - interest — no... I'm not profiting from my involvement in charter schools (in fact, I shudder to think of how much it's cost me), and I have little personal experience with the public school system because I'm doubly lucky: my parents saw that I wasn't being challenged in public schools, sacrificed (they're teachers / education administrators), and my last year in public school was 6th grade; and now, with my own children, I'm one of the lucky few who can afford to buy my children's way out of the NYC public system [in] which, despite Mayor Bloomberg's and Chancellor Klein's herculean efforts, there are probably fewer than two dozen schools (out of nearly 1,500) to which I'd send my kids.»

But try it — just for a week — try calling the parents of a few kids (and maybe not just the challenging ones — they all need and deserve these calls) and see what happens.

But this can be solved: In New Orleans, charter schools must provide transportation; consequently, fewer than one in five city parents reported transportation challenges.

Just a few days after Lemelle's April 2014 ruling, the U.S. Fifth Circuit overturned his denial of intervenor status, clearing the way for the parents to challenge his racial - data requirement as well.

But, when parents are connected to their kids» education — by seeing lessons, plans, assessments — they can engage, question, challenge, not only at a few milestones, but all the time.

As a parent, why would I want to send my child to a school that has fewer resources and more challenges when the opportunity exists to choose differently?

Principals have to manage, lead, and are held accountable for: common core; technology initiatives; social and emotional learning; referendum initiatives; math implementation; science implementation; special education, community outreach; reading; testing (local and state); effective instruction; transportation; public relations, parent custody issues, residency; student and staff discipline, evaluations; hiring; parent complaints; bullying; safety issues; budgeting; human resources issues; immigration questions / concerns; school safety, visibility in and out of school; championing the never ending requests and demands from the central office (one of the biggest challenges); the constantly increasing demands around social media and communications; and the barrage of emails / texts demanding immediate response 24/7, just to name a few.

But few parenting challenges are more daunting than walking through a toy store with a preschooler.

In «Dirt is Good,» Gilbert challenges parents to go against common practice in a few key ways.

In addition, little knowledge is available on the effect of parenting support programmes delivered to immigrant parents.24 The few studies available have mostly shown little or no improvement in the mental health of immigrant parents25 26 or even poorer outcomes for immigrant families27 and families with low socioeconomic status.28 Scarcity of studies in this area may simply because few immigrant parents participate in such programmes.24 Several studies have reported difficulties in recruiting and retaining immigrant parents in parenting support programmes.29 30 Factors such as belonging to an ethnic minority, low socioeconomic status, practical aspects or experienced alienation and discrimination all contribute to low participation.28 31 Other studies have demonstrated that low participation and a high dropout rate of immigrant parents are associated with a lack of cultural sensitivity in the intervention, poor information about the parenting programme and lack of trust towards professionals.24 A qualitative study conducted with Somali - born parents in Sweden showed that Somali parents experienced many societal challenges in the new country and in their parenting behaviours.

Dr Vo also recognizes one of great strengths of Triple P: that it can cater to all parents, regardless of whether their parenting challenges are big or small, many or few.

However, despite this widespread celebration of the authoritative style of parenting, there are a few academics who refreshingly challenge Diana Baumrind's insistence of high control as being ideal in parenting:

Few events challenge divorced parents like Christmas.

If you consider the rapid changes in our society over the last few decades, it's easy to see that today's parents face much greater challenges than previous generations of parents.

By age four, the average low - income child has heard 30 million fewer words than her higher - income peers, as low - income parents tend to talk with their children much less than parents with higher incomes.6 While education can be a powerful remedy for such disparities, far too few preschools are prepared to meet the challenge.7

Relationships, marriage, parenting, and growing up are only a few of life's challenges.

There are lots of reasons why couples may choose to come to therapy: premarital counseling, frequent conflicts, communication challenges, infidelity, or parenting stress, just to name a few.

Finding host families has become among her toughest challenges because fewer homes have a stay - at - home parent.