Sentences with phrase «first job as a parent»

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But after a post-university sales job, Verkindt gradually worked her way homeward, first setting up and running a factory in the Dominican Republic to supply her parents» firm, then heading up sales and marketing, and eventually taking over as CEO.

As a result, too many British Columbians are living paycheque to paycheque — worried about their jobs, worried about whether they can afford to retire and believing their kids are in B.C's first generation to be left worse off economically than their parents.

When I first started my business 10 years ago, there was not an entire industry of sleep coaches (as exists today), and I feel very confident and blessed to have the opportunity to have a job that doesn't feel like work — I LOVE helping fellow parents empower themselves by giving them the gift of sleep.

Your job as a parent is to become educated first so that you aren't making desicions on the fly when you are in labor.

Things I have been doing for the past 30 months that I should probably be an expert at by now and yet, I continue to perform these basic parenting tasks as though it is my first day on the job.

So when people try to tell me that openness confuses children or ask if my wife and I are afraid that our children's first parents will want them back or declare emphatically that they could never share their children with someone else, I see it as my job to tell them why I love open adoption.

If a parent is considering circumcision, their first job as guardian should be knowing what lays ahead for their baby.

There's no question that our society as a whole has to do a much better job of educating new parents about the benefits of breastfeeding and what to expect during the first few weeks of a baby's life.

For decades, parents have entrusted Riverdale Neighborhood House as both the first stop in their child's education and as a great connector later for internships and job programs for teens.

Two reasons: First, I believe that it's my job as a parent to make sure my kid is thriving in a variety of areas: academically, socially, physically, and emotionally.

This will be my first year as an «adult» with a full time job and a lot less dependance on my parents.

Ethan doesn't hold a real job — he's first seen dressed as an elf for a Christmas catering gig — and seems to live for his friends» annual Christmas Eve get - together, a friends - as - family tradition forged in the wake of his parents» death years ago.

While more than 90 percent of Latinx students were born in the United States, most of them have at least one foreign - born parent.10 First - generation Americans report that they are more likely to face barriers to their academic achievement, such as job and family responsibilities.11 Teachers who have personally experienced these obstacles may be able to provide better support.

You know you're on the right track first and foremost if in your own head you know that your job as a parent is to put yourself out of a job by raising your kid to independent adulthood (where independence equals not turning to you to handle / fix / resolve everything) and when you appreciate that every day offers a chance to build that independence, no matter what age and stage your kid's at.

He seems to view this as coming full circle, as his first job in the financial sector was arranged through his parents» employment at Oppenheimer & Co., where they both worked as stock brokers.

As most young adults make the transition from living at home and going to school, to getting their own place and landing their first jobs; many of their parents are starting to make the transition from working full time to retirement.

While at first it might seem that they will keep each other entertained so you won't have to be so diligent, your job as supervising puppy parent is double duty!

Check out our blog posts on dog - dog introductions, dog - cat introductions, fostering with a full time job, and things to know as a first time foster parent.

Nordland speaks about his birthplace and childhood home; parent's occupations; interests as a child; beginning interest in art history; first visits to the Los Angeles County Museum; relationship with Lincoln Kirstein; move to Yale; his book on Gaston Lachaise; attending the University of Southern California; meeting Man Ray; German sculpture; being drafted; first meeting with Richard Diebenkorn and working with Diebenkorn on a book; getting out of the Army; first paintings purchased; writing for «Frontier» magazine; the invitation to work at the Chouinard Art Institute; Institute teachers such as Richard Ruben, Robert Irwin, Don Graham; the founding of the California Institute of Arts (CalArts); classes and professors at CalArts; move to San Francisco in 1966; shows curated by Nordland on Gaston Lachaise, Fred Sommer, Peter Voulkos, Richard Diebenkorn, Burri, Caro, «African Art in Motion,» Fritz Gardner, Jack Jefferson, Ed Moses, Controversial Public Art; meeting and marrying Paula Prokopoff; and other job offerings from Florida, Georgia, and California.

With the help of career services, faculty members, advisors, and yes — even parents and other family members — you'll find that landing your first entry - level job after graduation and making career decisions probably isn't as overwhelming as you thought it would be.

Many first - time job seekers, such as recent graduates or stay - at - home parents, don't have any paid work experience to list.

In 2007, the FIRST 5 of Santa Clara County Commission joined forces with the Mexican American Community Services Agency to develop the Fatherhood / Male Collaborative, which seeks to develop programs and services that help fathers become positive influences for their families and children, including parenting workshops, job training, and education, and child visitation and child support assistance.69 FIRST 5 of San Mateo County has implemented a Dad's Workgroup, which consists of representatives from across state and county agencies to determine fatherhood engagement strategies for at - risk fathers, as well as a «Daddy's Tool Bag» DVD that aims to provide fathers with the support and confidence to develop secure attachment with their young children.70

So I suppose in the first instance for educators it's actually being a little bit mindful and aware of the various ways that parents undertake the role of being a parent, and listening again carefully to what parents tell you about their role as parents but our job in a context of early childhood education and care setting, is to respect the role that parents have with their children, and to at times, when it is appropriate, support and guide decisions that work in the best interests of children and their families.

This is especially important for a person who has been a stay - at - home parent, as they will want to ensure they have the means to support any children and themselves while they look for a job, sometimes for the first time in many years.

Some emerge quite predictably and naturally like getting a first job, becoming a parent, seeing children off to college, helping parents as they age or facing retirement...

Thus far, our tenants are people separating from a long term relationship, leaving their parents» home for the first time, somebody here on temporary work assignment (which looks to maybe becoming permanent), somebody who just moved out here to take a new job and isn't sure of where they want to live permanently and somebody who is recently disabled, but is waiting for social assistance to come through and is living off of a 401k and needs to stay some place as inexpensive as possible to make her money stretch.

It is hard to choose one memory — my parents did a fantastic job of making Christmas special for me and my three sisters — so I'll share the first thing that comes to mind: sitting by my window as a child late on Christmas Eve, watching the snow come down in big flakes, and pretending the jostling chains on the wheels of the snowplows driving by were sleigh bells.