Sentences with phrase «fewer children than other»

For example, wealthier families tend to have fewer children than other families, and so have a higher proportion of first - borns who also have access to more resources that may influence their IQ or personality, she said.

«Our work shows that not only do people with ASD have fewer children than others,» he said, «but in families where a child has ASD, the fact that the parents choose to have fewer children means the genes that predispose to ASD are less likely to be passed on to future generations.»

Not exact matches

People over 50 with more money, more experience, and fewer concerns about their children's futures are starting businesses at rates higher than almost any other demographic.

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.

Mintz attributes this pattern to the fact that children and youth now have very few ties to adults other than parents and teachers, and even fewer opportunities within the broader culture to demonstrate and exercise their developing maturity.

Other witnesses argued that, inasmuch as almost 25,000 married couples in France have been approved but wait an average of five years to be able to adopt because fewer than 5,000 adoptions take place each year, it is possible to provide every adoptable child with a father and a mother who will offer him or her the best chance of integrating into a new family.

There are more than a few upsides to a polygamous arrangement that women enter into freely and willingly because it suits their needs (versus what we usually read and hear about the traditionally male - driven practice, which is often about secrecy and child brides forced to marry against their will and sexual abuse and other scandals).

There are few more personal matters than how we feed our own children, and we'd all be better served by adopting a live - and - let - live attitude instead of judging other moms.

As a mom who loves peanut butter, it hurts to have to spend a little extra money on peanut - free butters - but the lives of the other children are worth more than those few dollars.

There are fewer nutritional or other health advantages to giving cow's milk to children than is generally believed, while there are certainly many risks.

One particular study published just a few years ago decided to delve into how well - adjusted children who came into families via methods other than traditional conception are.

Find out whether children in daycare get sick more often than kids who don't, and whether they have fewer colds and other illne...

On the first official day, drop your child a few minutes earlier to allow for one - on - one other than just sneaking away.

Scooters are easy to use, requiring fewer specialized skills than bicycles and other vehicles meant for children.

After controlling for other factors, such as parents» educational status and the number of children per household, the analysis revealed that for every hour per day spent watching baby DVDs, toddlers understood an average of six to eight words fewer than those who did not view them.

Some children make a lot of quick improvement, but after a few days of consistency, they catch on to your attempt to take over and might resist longer than others.

According to researchers at Oregon State University, having one fewer child reduces a U.S. family's greenhouse gas impact 20 times more than driving a Toyota Prius, using Energy Star appliances and other lifestyle choices combined.

Other studies show that children in day care have less asthma and fewer allergies than those raised at home, and younger siblings have a lower incidence of these syndromes.

A new study of how it changed shows that people who came from different language groups — or who lived a few hundred kilometres apart — were more likely to have children with each other than to exchange their version of the story.

Despite spending more per capita on preschool programs than any other state, Massachusetts has 40 percent fewer preschools for children in poor neighborhoods compared to wealthier communities, according to a study released today by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

While the digital age has given children more ways than ever before to connect with others, many researchers are concerned with how social networking and decreased face - to - face relationships may have contributed to a 48 percent drop in empathetic concern for others over the past few decades.

While the United States spends abundantly on elementary and secondary schoolchildren ($ 12,401 per student per year in 2013 — 14 dollars), it devotes dramatically less than other wealthy countries to children in their first few years of life.

Mr Gibb says too few children reach the level expected and those in poorer areas are doing worse than others.

School time occupies around one - sixth of school - age children's total hours, but schools are the sites of fewer than 3 percent of students» gun homicides; the other 97 percent occur somewhere other than school.

Maryland currently has one of the weakest charter school laws in the nation, which has left parents here with fewer choices for educating their children than in many other states.

Side by Side charter has significantly fewer needy children than its host district — which brings me to Ms. Dichele's other claim: that her school spends less than public schools.

Parents in my town want the choice to send their children to the school that suits them and their needs, rather than being told by others that only the privileged few who can afford the bus fare or the fees at a private school deserve it.

In a rebuttal to those who say states should use common tests so that the public can compare how students perform across state boundaries, fewer than one in five public school parents said it was important to know how children in their communities performed on standardized tests compared with students in other districts, states or countries.

About one in five school - aged children speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has more than doubled in the past few decades.

Demographers at Statistics Canada noticed a few years ago that when they asked Canadians how many kids they would like to have, the average number was 2.5 — in other words, one full child more than they actually go on to have.

It's unfortunate that this is the most interesting thing that Child of Light does to differentiate itself from every other turn - based RPG, but it is an interesting mechanic nonetheless, and offers more than a few strategic options, especially in boss fights.

Other than the fact that we appreciate what is indirectly given, am I alone to remark that inside the sales, including the free games, there are very few, if not any games intended for children or destined to the family?

My own two children are adults; one lives nearby, the other across the country, but I talk with each of them almost every day and go nuts with anxiety if I can't reach them for more than a few hours.

I have watched my ex's council flat out lie to judges over the last couple years to prevent myself any more parenting time than a couple hours a week, I have gotten reports of my daughters worsening behavior and school and in other social activities The few adults that were in her life that I could trust to try and look out for her and be there to provide support have slowly been weeded out of her life by her mother because they dared criticize her treatment of the children.

Over the last few years, more than 500 foster children in long - term care have found permanent homes when judges and others changed their practices as a result of the advocacy of Appleseed and others.

Just answer a few questions and you can often obtain a child life policy much quicker than other types of life insurance.

Children who feel that they belong to their preschool, kindergarten, day care or school will be happy, more relaxed and have fewer behaviour problems than others.

Children who feel that they belong at school are happier, more relaxed and have fewer behavioural problems than other students.

Children who feel that they belong are happier, more relaxed and have fewer behavioural problems than others.

Children learn more in the first few years than they learn at any other stage of their lives.

In this way, their children will have fewer problems and achieve more than those who are brought up under other parenting styles.

Despite decades of research describing the harmful effects of family poverty on children's emotional and behavioral development, eg,12 - 17 experimental or quasi-experimental manipulations of family income that could go beyond description are rare18 and tend to examine the effect of such manipulations on physical health or academic attainment, rather than emotional or behavioral functioning.19, 20 Other analyses of the Great Smoky Mountains data set have focused on educational and criminal outcomes.21 The few studies looking at emotional or behavioral outcomes tend to have a short time frame.22, 23 Some studies of school - based interventions have followed up with children through to adulthood, 24,25 but we have found none that have looked at the long - term effects of family income supplementation on adult psychological functioning.

«The brain develops more in the first few years than at any other time in life, and studies have identified an achievement gap as early as nine months into a child's life, separating those from rich households and those from poor households, which tend to be more stressful and less stimulating environments.

Rather fewer meet the diagnostic criteria for research, which for the oppositional defiant type of conduct disorder seen in younger children require at least four specific behaviours to be present.7 The early onset pattern — typically beginning at the age of 2 or 3 years — is associated with comorbid psychopathology such as hyperactivity and emotional problems, language disorders, neuropsychological deficits such as poor attention and lower IQ, high heritability, 8 and lifelong antisocial behaviour.9 In contrast, teenage onset antisocial behaviour is not associated with other disorders or neuropsychological deficits, is more environmentally determined than inherited, and tends not to persist into adulthood.9

Other than Head Start, few public preschools existed for typically developing children, making it difficult to find space and teachers to serve those with special needs.

Because the only way to solve divorce or separation issues is in The Family Courts, our society has broken down to understand that Family Courts equals no where near the equality and Co-Parenting necessary to properly parent our children after divorce or separation, and since The Family Court are the only power that can endorse or honour a Fami ly Court Order, most Family Court Orders are worthless ourside of The Family Courts, un-enforceable by police and are not recognized by very few other places other than The Fa mily Court.

Other than fewer unrealistic expectations of their preschool children's behaviour, intervention parents did not differ from controls on parenting, parent mental health or child behaviour outcomes.

Other than a few re-directions and suggestions for cooperative behaviour, the children were great because they had a positive incentive to inspire them, rather than a negative consequence looming.

Following this reasoning, conflictual relationships with a few children in class may have stronger effects on teacher wellbeing than distant or even close relationships with the other children.

Interestingly, of the parents who never swear, 19 % believe their children are learning to swear from parents, suggesting there are quite a few Australian families where one parent has more colourful language than the other.