Sentences with phrase «generations of parents thought»

Today, modern mothers are horrified at such practices, but previous generations of parents thought such things were normal.

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«The parents of the Millennial generation grew up in a feminist world, whether they claimed the label or not,» says Freedman «Women brought in a substantial part of family income and aspirations for women's educations changed... Now I think this current generation could be a breakthrough generation for feminism.»

I think it's a result of the fact that [we] are balancing full time jobs and parenting more than any previous generation, especially the females.

His colleague Hamer, who's 30, thinks the next generation of dads has changed the dialogue around parenting.

Charles: Right, I think that's a huge demographic question that I haven't seen any really good statistics on because of course most of the boomers are still in their late 50s or 60s, early 70s and they're not yet to the point where the older generation like the boomer parents, the so - called silent generation, which has sold their houses or given them to their offspring, their adult children.

I'm not sure how that relates to the topic anymore, except thinking about the praying morning and evening and table prayers, brought down through the generations, makes me think of my parents and grandparents who taught them to us and prayed them with us, diligently and who certainly would be hurt by our going from them to a thousand Hare Krishna's every day.

I think most of the Americans are in lost... as most of them do not know who their father is and it is very unfortunate... even if they know who their father is, the mom has children from diff men outside of marriage... and while a child is being raised, watching what his / her parents do to enjoy their life... so things become normal when they grow up... like if you go back early nineteen century, women were not allowed to go to beach without being covered... and now it totally opposite... if you do not have a boyfriend or girlfriend before 15, the parents worries that their teenage has some problem... and lot more can be listed... And then you go to Church, what our children learn from there... they see in front of the Church an old man's statue with long beard standing with extending of both hand... some of the status are blank, white, Spanish and so on... so they are being taught God as an old dude... then you learn from Catholic that you pray to Jesus, Mother Marry, Saints, Death spirit and all these... the poll shows a huge number of young American turns to Atheism or believing there is no God and so on... Its hard to assume where these nations are going with the name of modernization... nothing wrong having scientists discovered the cure of aids or the pics from mars but... we should all think and learn from our previous generations and correct ourselves... also ppl are becoming so much slave of material things...

If we can respectfully acknowledge that a majority of todays» generation of believers are taught into the faith by their parents, we reluctantly must conclude that the theology base of * a lot * of these believers is not upon careful reflection and personal choice upon the fervent divulgence of the Scriptures, but rather a hodge - podge compilation of «feel good» thoughts that have no biblical or moral grounding other than vague references.

«I never thought, as a first - generation American, whose parents and grandparents loved freedom and came here because they didn't want the government telling them what to believe and how to believe... that we'd have a president of the United States who would roll over that and impose his secular values on the people of this country.»

A newly released study (The Online Generation Gap: Contrasting attitudes and behaviors of parents and teens) conducted by Hart Research Associates for the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) found a «generation gap» between what parents think they know about their kids online behavior and what the kids think their parGeneration Gap: Contrasting attitudes and behaviors of parents and teens) conducted by Hart Research Associates for the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) found a «generation gap» between what parents think they know about their kids online behavior and what the kids think their pargeneration gap» between what parents think they know about their kids online behavior and what the kids think their parents know.

Somewhere in that like the bottle feeding craze that, that was my parents» generation be kind of lost some of that you know like, it's really important that you do this and I'm going to help you do that and she just sort of embody that but I thought it was really wonderful when I read it.

In a Scary Mommy blog post titled «The «Let Them Bleed» Style of Parenting,» one mother argued that by keeping our kids safe and happy, we are creating «a generation of children who can't think for themselves.»

Although, I do admit to thinking that attachment parenting won't really result in a generation of well - adjusted people as it will a generation of pains - in - the - ass, overbearing mothers - in - law.

If they are, then they are in the company of roughly 90 % of my parents» generation, 1 including 70 % of family doctors and 60 % of pediatricians, who thought spanking acceptable in some circumstances.2 The proportion of parents who spank toddlers now is still high but closer to 50 %.3 Many parents will say that a good smack taught them right and wrong and that there is a role for it in teaching good behaviour.

There is a reason that generations of parents have bed shared and still do and there is a reason why it is part of the biological imperative; I think it is unnatural to want to forcibly make an infant «independent» when they may not be ready for that sort of transition (as the phrase goes «every baby is different» so therefore, would they not have different ages for all the transitional stages that occur?).

Someone once mentioned to me that she thought sleep was The Issue for our generation of parents, the way feeding was in the 80s (when breastfeeding started to come back), and the way toilet training was in the 40s.

This led me to start thinking about what would attract someone like me, who would be a new parent of today's generation, to actually make the time.

«I think these parents have more worries than any other generation of parents, partly because we are juggling so many things,» she said.

We're really lucky to be able to benefit from generations of thinking, research, and observation about parenting, as well as insights into how people in nearly every society, subculture, and time period have chosen to raise children.

I think it is unfair to parents and religious leaders who are trying to raise a generation of children who believe in following the rules.

Seriously, if it isn't half of our parents generation calling it a steroid, it's the younger generation who think it's going to make them muscle - ier than Arnie.

It's interesting to think that the»70s horror cycle was primarily concerned with bad parenting — particularly with the headwaters of the paranoid»70s being the generation rift»60s — but its treatment in The Boogeyman is so weighted with import that it paradoxically loses any potential gravity.

In the 2012 series premiere of «Girls,» Lena Dunham's protagonist Hannah, an aspiring writer, famously told her parents (in an effort to convince them to continue bankrolling her lifestyle), «I think that I may be the voice of my generation... or at least a voice of a generation» — a line that is often quoted to describe Dunham's own career.

With painting, drawing, singing, and dance classes dwindling in public schools, Sarson hopes the half - hour special opens up a dialogue between administrators, policymakers, parents, and teachers about the importance of such activities and the potential consequences of raising generations of children that aren't encouraged to appreciate the arts or think outside the box.

When educators, parents, and community leaders work together as a team to promote media literacy as the twenty - first - century form of print literacy, incorporating the skills of thinking, reading, and writing, they will be sending a powerful and coordinated message to this «media generation.»

For one thing, if parent involvement were so important to the administration, you would think it would have been part of «the most meaningful reform» in a generation.

I don't think it's an issue of control so much as it is the concept people of different generation have about good parenting.

«I think a lot of people in my generation and younger were put through college through their parents, but that was far less expensive in the 1970s and 1980s [than] it is now,» Jennerjohn says.

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Knowledge about children's rights is critical to the exercise of informed choice and children's full participation in their communities, beginning in preschool.38 Policies should explicitly support two - generation strategies involving both parents and children and comprehensive wraparound services to families.39 In the early learning period, it is critical that families start to think about individualized planning documents across different programs, how they interact, and how they can lay out future transition goals and plans.

For a generation whose parents whisked them off to soccer or band practice after school and wouldn't think of letting them play unsupervised in the street, unstructured time with others is important.

I think that perhaps Starbucks» secret weapon is that it has conditioned multiple generations of young people while serving the parents.