Sentences with phrase «good role models for our children»

Remember, the idea is not to never get angry as a parent — the idea is to be a good role model for your child by handling your anger appropriately.

I agree with you that it is important for parents to be good role models for their children.

Some young offenders may not easily perceive a need for change: one study found a majority of incarcerated adolescent fathers believing they could be good role models for their children and the kind of man of whom a child could be proud (Nesmith et al, 1997).

(And you're becoming a better role model for your child.)

Even if you never get back to your pre-pregnancy weight, if you follow these tips, you're still getting healthier and being a good role model for your child, who is watching you very closely!

The key to good parenting is a good relationship - a partnership that is a good role model for the children.

We have to be good role models for our children in order for them to develop healthy, eating behaviors for life.

And it's important to be a good role model for your child — don't tell inappropriate jokes, especially ones making fun of a particular group of people.

That's alot of waste and doesn't make me feel like I'm doing my part for the environment or being a good role model for my children!

Be a good role model for your children.

Many single parents feel that they are dating not only for themselves, but also for their children; they seek to find a loving partner and a good role model for their children.

Soon the two men are engaged in a war of skill and manliness to see who can be the better role model for the children and score their love.

Be a good role model for your children and strap a helmet on!

Be a good role model for your child.

According to Mac Bledsoe, the author of Parenting with Dignity, being a good role model for the children inspires them to behave better.

They see how their choices have affected their children and they learn how to become better role models for their children, who can then grow up in safe, nurturing, supportive and loving environments.

Not exact matches

Thus Sullivan notes that the existence of gay marriage would be an «unqualified social good» for homosexuals in providing role models for children coming to terms with their sexuality.

We prayed that school teachers would be role models and leaders and good educators for our children.

I have decided that the best course of action for me is to simply focus on my children and to raise them as best as I can without a «mother» role model.

Despite the number of hours parents spend on their digital devices, 78 percent of them believe they are good technology role models for their children.

If you find that you're in an unhappy marriage, you may wonder if it's better to stay together for the sake of your children or to get a «good» divorce and set positive role models for them.

While you and the other parent may not have been able to make your relationship work, find ways to role model good values about relationships for your children.

A parent who is unfailingly kind and courteous, well mannered, who doesn't show negative behavior like smoking or excessive drinking, road rage and poorly controlled anger, will be a positive role model for a child.

This could lead to deeper and rewarding change at best, and provides the child with parental role models who are taking responsibility to search for solutions instead of creating an atmosphere of despair and victimization.

«Although well intentioned, the last Government received very little for their money in terms of social mobility and a reduction in the gap between the rich and the poor, and they have further fuelled a culture of benefit dependency in which children grow up seeing parents and grandparents who have never worked as their role models, in which people are better off living apart than living together, and in which there is no incentive to work because of the fear of becoming worse off.

But I still wish I had a dad who was not only around but involved; another role model to teach me what my mom did her best to instil - values like hard work, integrity, responsibility and delayed gratification - all the things which give a child the foundation to envision a brighter future for themselves... That's why I try every day to be for Michelle and my girls what my father was not for my mother and me.»

Clinton released a new campaign television ad titled «role models,» asking Americans which candidate sets a better example for their children.

Instead, Wright said, Hanna was a much better role model for young children.

«At the same time, there is a strong evidence - base indicating that the use of dramatic enquiry — a drama - based practice where the teacher and pupils work in roles within a fiction to explore a story in a particular setting with developing characters — as well as the creation of a «community of writers», where the teacher writes alongside the children as a role model, can make the process of writing more meaningful for children.»

We need better science role models to give children a North Star for what is possible.

She believes that Iesha, who now is a better reader, can serve as a role model for younger children at her school and in her family.

It is good for children to see male and female role models in a variety of roles around school.

She did not have a role model for being what she considered a «good parent,» which made it difficult for her to be in tune with her daughter, who clearly is an unusual child, probably even a brilliant one.

Ultimately, it is up to parents or other significant role models in a child's life to guide them in the discovery of what is a proper pet, how to handle, care and feed pets as well as the commitment made to an animal we take into our custody... that it's for the life of the pet....

You can also be an important role model and teacher for your child, but why not access a drivers ed class as well, especially if it is a class that may really have an impact on your child.

Adult habits — As the primary role models for technology and media use, adults should be aware of and set limits on their own technology and media use when children are present and focus on children having well - rounded experiences, including moderate, healthy media use.

She described how she lived for a time in a tent as a child, disadvantaged in many ways, but despite this was able to fulfil her dream to become a doctor as she had strong role models, a good education and ongoing connection to country.

Child care workers are often well trained in the areas of behaviour management, communication, limit setting, and role modeling; however, there is no prescriptive model for interaction with young people (Pazaratz, 2003).

[FN29] In type 2 cases (female - initiated violence), fathers should be encouraged to pursue primary custody of their children; [FN30] in type 3 cases (male - controlled interactive violence), both parents are poor role models, but «the parent who can better provide a violence - free environment should be considered as the potential primary caretaker for the child,» [FN31] while in type 4 cases (separation and postdivorce violence), «a range of custody plans, including joint physical custody, are appropriate.»

The Fatherhood Task Force of South Florida offers a regional model by serving male family members, including fathers, grandfathers, and uncles, as well as men who serve as significant male role models for children.

When we reflected on the conference presentations, we found that many times there was a theme of connection and relationships with children and families — from Carla Rinaldi's «what is good for a child is good for everyone» to Richard Fletcher reminding us that fathers have few or no role models and that we need to support and guide them.

Myth — A father can engage in domestic violence against his spouse but nevertheless be a good father and role model for his children.

The PRIDE Model of Practice is based on five essential competency categories for foster / adoptive parents, developed from a comprehensive national analysis of the roles of foster and adoptive parents and grouped into the following five categories: (1) Protecting and nurturing children (safety child welfare outcome); (2) Meeting children's developmental needs and addressing developmental delays (well - being child welfare outcome); (3) Supporting relationships between children and their families (permanency child welfare outcome); (4) Connecting children to safe, nurturing relationships intended to last a lifetime (permanency child welfare outcome); and (5) Working as a member of a professional team (essential to achieve the above four categories).

These children have had strong role models for equitable relationships, as well.

It is important for parents to be good role models, and to help children work things out fairly until they learn to do this for themselves.

Implementing the PRIDE Model of Practice provides your agency with the opportunity to ensure that your staff and resource families commit to your agency's vision, mission, and values; have complementary competency - based roles; use strengths - based language; implement culturally responsive best practices; and work to achieve outcomes that support safety, well - being, and permanency for the children in your care.

«Create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with you» is a challenge... we must take into account children's and young people's voices, but we also need to guide them, being good role models for them and sharing best online practices.