Sentences with phrase «first as a young child»

At first as a young child I didn't question most things but just believed what I was taught.

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We joined an abusive, (house / semi-communal) «Bible» church primarily because it seemed to provide what we desperately felt we needed at that time, as a young couple, expecting our first child: Stability, Clarity of belief, «Coolness», Community, and a sense that we were joining something that promised it was going to have a great impact on the culture in the future, and we were thus getting in on the «bottom floor.»

They too had to see their children come up with their own version of religion, as that first youth movement, the Great Awakening of the 1730s, swept the young into revivalism.

Thus the Canaanites threw children into fiery furnaces to please Moloch; the Egyptians worshiped the sun and the goddess Hathor «who in the darkness crushes blood as if it were mash»; the Assyrians and Babylonians built the first cities around enormous slaughterhouses where priests sang praise to the stars before they cut the throats of well - built young men.

When our youngest daughter visited there for the first time as a small child, she was surprised and delighted to see her name on several store fronts, including a neon «Nuechterlein Jewelers.»

I felt isolated both personally and intellectually: as a mother at home with young children I was in a different world from my male peers, and I was conscious that my first book had alienated many colleagues in the field of religion and literature (I had called much of the current enterprise into question).

For me all that was coming to mind, was that I had loved Jesus as a young child, since the first time I was taught about a man named Jesus who loved me.

I first got into football as a young child watching the Mexico ’86 world cup, where Diego Maradona did his «Hand of god».

Likewise you have no more rights as a long term supporter than a young child going to their first match.

They showed that the first signs of delinquency often appear in children as young as three — long before children come into contact with influences outside the home.

Oh, I don't mean that my kids were doing that — that is what's been on the news as we followed former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's announcement of a love child with his long - time housekeeper, the revelations that former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss - Kahn allegedly sexually assaulted a hotel maid, and that former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner had been engaging in social media hanky - panky with a bunch of young hotties on Facebook and Twitter but not without lying about it first for 10 days before resigning.

When embarking on a road trip with young children, it is always a good idea to keep extra provisions, such as non-perishable food items, water, and a first aid kit, in the vehicle at all times.

Often at the first visit, especially with younger children, I would end the session by saying, «My first prescription is very helpful but often what I hear from parents is that it is not as easy do follow as one might think.»

Dr. William Sears in The Baby Book recommends against soy formula as a first choice for many reasons including that «30 - 50 percent of infants who are allergic to cow's milk protein are also allergic to soy protein,» and that «giving an infant soy at a young age, when intestines are more permeable to allergens, may predispose the child to soy allergies later on, even as an adult.»

As many young couples do, when my first husband and I started talking about having a family, we had our list of things we would not allow our children to do.

One morning a week, the program provides gentle support for new parents in their role as their child's first teacher, and a gentle transition between home and school life for the young child.

(Although second time round, it's more of a military operation of shushing your younger child while simultaneously and counterproductively whispering loudly at the first to be as quiet as possible, but it's as much of a rest as you're likely to get as a mum of two, so I'll take that).

As we read First Day of School, I loved how it addressed some of the concerns your young child may have before starting this new academic adventure.

My first child was born in 1993, and as a young single mother, I was deeply inspired by a midwife I met.

With a wide base of support and stability, sleighs are a great snow toy for toddlers as the first introduction for young children to outside snow play.

I remember when I was first introduced to babywearing... I was a child as my mom was wearing my younger siblings in all kinds different babywearing products.

Recent surveys of parents revealed that over 90 percent of children have already used a mobile device before their first birthday, some as young as four months!

Family support can be particularly helpful to a young couple as they cope with the birth of their first child.

Although many of these books are written for children as young as 8 or 9 years, when some begins start puberty, you may want to either read them first so you will be ready to answer any questions they bring up from your kids.

Such experts often refer to functional play as «first play» precisely because it characterizes how young children first begin to use playthings to entertain themselves.

Children can be as young as those who have just completed first grade and as old as age 12.

other issues such as education and vaccination decisions had to be made, and, while at first the young couple followed the norm and the first two of their children started out in public school and fully vaccinated, it just didn't sit well with the parenting style they'd developed.

It's especially meaningful this year as my youngest child starts school for the first time.

Elana — first — you are doing a good job second — at 9 months your bubba is learning about object permanence — if he fusses when you leave the room — he is developmentally right on track don't worry — it doesn't last — and is actually a good sign — it signals that he is well attached to you — which is highly desirable in terms of raising happy well adjusted children that are willing to explore their world He isn't to young for independent play — It just might be for a little while that it happens while he can see you As he chooses to — allow him to move himself out of your sight (somewhere safe of course) i.e around the edge of a couch, through a door way etc — playing disappearing and reappearing games like peek - a-boo and hiding things under boxes / blankets for him to «find» etc is good too as time goes on — he will learn that things re-appear when they disappeAs he chooses to — allow him to move himself out of your sight (somewhere safe of course) i.e around the edge of a couch, through a door way etc — playing disappearing and reappearing games like peek - a-boo and hiding things under boxes / blankets for him to «find» etc is good too as time goes on — he will learn that things re-appear when they disappeas time goes on — he will learn that things re-appear when they disappear

Remember that as young children practice appropriate behavior, it becomes almost second nature, and your first few challenging meals will eventually yield a wonderful reward: your family enjoying a pleasant restaurant experience.

As a parent of two I've experienced first hand over the last 13 years how frustrating it is to raise young children.

As our babies begin to take solid foods, usually the second half of the first year, we have another opportunity to establish good health through the choices we offer our young babies and children.

«As the mother of two young kids who attend New York City public schools, I know first - hand how important it is for children to eat lunch at school,» said U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, a Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Kids Safety Caucus.

And I'd also like to apologize for taking several days to get this first response back to you; as I mentioned over on my own blog Saturday morning, the youngest of my five children, 1 - year - old Georgia, was being very clingy this weekend — she was getting sick, as it turned out — and that made it tough for me to get any writing done beyond a quick blog post or two sent from my iPhone.

Lis is a mother of 3 young children, and it was shortly after her first journey into motherhood, in 2011, that Lis began her career as a doula.

As parents, the team at Owlet feels that they are their own target market — all have young children and all have experienced the stress of coming home that first night and the hundreds of the feelings and emotions that come with it.

As a parent, you're often the first to realize something isn't quite right with your young child.

Susan has served as editor for The Developing Child: The First Seven Years of Life, published by (WECAN Publications, 2004); Working with the Angels: The Young Child and the Spiritual World, WECAN Publications, 2003); and The Young Child in the World Today, WECAN Publications, 2003); and as co-editor for The Research Bulletin, Research Institute for Waldorf Education (1996 - 2000).

As a mother of two, Ruth understands the types of struggles families will face while trying to raise young children, which is why she has a special passion for helping first time parents, and is an expert at counseling and educating families during all challenges during the transition to parenthood.

* The World Health Organization's infant - feeding recommendation published in the Global Strategy on Infant and Young Child Feeding states: As a global public health recommendation, infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life to achieve optimal growth, development and health.

Younger babies, toddlers and preschool aged children can work out their excitements and fears, as they await the big day the bus stops at their driveway for the first time by playing with a toy school bus.

We also support the global public health recommendation on optimal infant and young child feeding, defined by UN agencies as exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months followed by safe and appropriate complementary feeding with continued breastfeeding until the age of two years or beyond.

Guidelines for appropriate feeding are included as part of the Infant and Young Child Feeding counselling course, the Complementary feeding counselling course, the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness guidelines and training course for first - level health workers.

Feeding infants and young children in the context of HIV Mothers known to be HIV - infected should be supported to exclusively breastfeed their infants for the first six months of life, to introduce appropriate complementary foods thereafter, and to continue breastfeeding for the first 12 months, along with provision of ARVs, as per current WHO recommendations on HIV and infant feeding (see references below).

Ed Miliband delivered his first conference speech as Labour leader yesterday, where he referred to his parents and his young child, but not Ms Thornton.

Catherine Gladwell, director of Refugee Support Network, a charity that works with hundreds of asylum - seeking children, explained: «A lot of young people tell us that some of the things that happen to them on the way to the UK are just as difficult and just as traumatic as things that happened to cause them to leave in the first place.

«I had children in the schools, so I really knew my community and when I stepped up to say I want to fight for Hamburg, they knew I meant it,» Hochul said of her first political campaign for Hamburg Town Board as a young lawyer and activist.

You see, Hillary has spent decades doing the relentless, thankless work to actually make a difference in their lives, advocating for kids with disabilities as a young lawyer, fighting for children's health care as first lady, and for quality child care in the Senate.

«The Governor also proposed initiatives to support our youngest children, including expanding opportunities for prekindergarten in high - need school districts and implementing the recommendations of the First 1,000 Days on Medicaid working group so all children start life with the services and supports they need to excel as they grow.

BEFORE their first pregnancy, young female chimps often play with logs, cuddling them like babies, much as children play with dolls.