Sentences with phrase «helping kids grow up»

mother - daughter co-hosts Marti & Erin Erickson invite you to explore with them the many facets of motherhood in today's world — from confronting the daily joys and struggles of helping kids grow up well, to balancing work and family, to considering the big questions of how society views and values mothers and mothering.

I know you care deeply about helping kids grow up to be healthy, and supporting parents in the process.

I totally agree with you that our job is to help our kids grow up to think for themselves and to be able to control their own behavior and responses (I think that's what you mean by self - regulate).

initiative to help kids grow up healthy and have the opportunity to reach their full potential.

Read about it in Researchers Accidentally Found One Way to Help Kids Grow Up to Be Voters.

And I'm sure if you're here reading this, you are here being OPEN and looking for more ways to help your kids grow up to be happy, emotionally healthy, and responsible adults.

«With 69 percent of the city's children living in low - income households, families need to have access to the supports and safety nets they need to help their kids grow up safe, healthy and educated.»

This morning, more than 145,000 families were guaranteed access to a program that provides the support young parents need to help their kids grow up to live crime - free, productive lives.

Congratulations to each and every one of you that stood up to ensure we can help steer the next generation away from crime and help kids grow up ready to succeed!

Not exact matches

Her backstory of growing up in an African - American family of 10 children in inner - city Detroit is remarkably aligned with the foundation's mission of helping kids and families succeed in some of the poorest corners of the U.S. Among other things, under Tabron's leadership at Kellogg, the foundation has doubled down on its prescient — and bold — racial equity work.

That point was reinforced just after the build concluded when a mother who lived at the development came over as volunteers were cleaning up and said she hadn't been able to get out of work to help build, but throughout the day she received pictures from her kids who were watching the build happen with growing excitement.

I will, it will help put my kids through college so they grow up with more common sense then you.

My kids might just grow up happy and content without your wise help.

I knew that I was going to see the same kids in Yahve Shamma grow up in the school that we helped to build.

«When they were growing up, the kids would come in and help out wherever they could,» Siedhoff Sr. recalls.

As far as with Mariota, you could not ask for anyone else to be a humble guy, high - class individual, untapped potential and upside as a player, and overall down - to - Earth person who loves helping others, and is a stout example for kids to grow - up too.

A byproduct of running a program focused on helping kids grow, mature and progress is that it usually ends up paying off in wins, thanks to lessons of discipline and camaraderie.

Just the thought that my kid might grow up to disregard and disrespect other species specially those that help us and bring joy and fun to our lives gives me the creeps.

If you find yourself asking your kids for help constantly when it comes to setting up and using gadgets like iPhones, iPads, Kindles, etc, you might need to acknowledge that they've grown up.

And we can look back and even though we maintained contact and visits with her as the kids were growing up, basically each time we'd see her, we'd feel closer to her and more grateful for who she is and for this incredible act of love that she did by placing these two kids and helping us create our family.

I know that, as parents, we are supposed to help our kids negotiate the challenging parts of growing up, especially when it comes to learning to interact with others.

Grown - ups are usually there to help and encourage kids, right?

As the baby grows up, a beautifully illustrated book can be a great tool to help the kid recognize letters, learn words, and spell the names of the person around him or her.

It's important to seek help to reduce the conflict or make changes to the relationship so that your kids can grow up happier and healthier.

Kids always want to grow up fast, and her size is not helping.

In my new book, «Well Played, The Ultimate Guide to Awakening Your Family's Playful Spirit,» I share simple, everyday ways to help kids and their grown - ups harness the magical powers of playfulness within our busy new millennium lives.

Put a Stop to Picky Eating and Help Your Kids Love Veggies: A pediatrician's guide to healthy and stress free eating for children so that they will grow up into healthy adults.

Kids grow up fast, and maybe you are at the point where you are helping your teen find a focus and direction for their lives.

I think most kids his age or older would be able to make it (with a little grown up help.)

The side by side seats helps the kids interact more and have a better connection as they grow up.

Exposure to multiple perspectives from caregivers and other kids helps make children more resilient and able to interact with a range of people as they grow up.

Because today's kids are growing up fast and generally experience stress from high demands early on, and because too much stress can be detrimental for kids and for their future (adult) selves, it's never too early to teach stress management techniques to your children, and help them practice them regularly.

Kids are certainly influenced by the home environment in which they grow up, but teachers, youth development professionals, and mentors can do a lot to help them develop these skills.

But I do think that there are ways short of that we can help kids that are growing up in deep disadvantage.

No parent wants their child to grow up dysfunctional or with psychological challenges, but pinning down those red flags can help get kids help before anything serious happens.

We extend our impact by supporting FoodCorps, a nationwide team of AmeriCorps leaders who connect kids to real food and help them grow up healthy.

Instead, focus on helping them grow into good problem - solvers — kids who know how to roll with life's ups and downs, put feelings into words, calm down when needed, and bounce back to try again.

This Rainbow Fruit Salad empowers kids to help make the salad from the shopping and fruit choices to the «grown up» tasks of washing and cutting fruit.

You might think everyone would rally around proposals to help America's kids grow up healthier, but no.

They didn't have the help and guidance kids should get as they grow up.

Practice empathy by helping your child understand that it's normal to be a bit concerned or self - conscious, and that it's OK to feel grown - up one minute and like a kid the next.

But if your kids are twins, they'd have grown accustomed to each other — growing up with someone that's always there - and this should really help them as they grow up, progress through childhood, and eventually become adults.

Many give back to communities they came from or to charities that help kids that find themselves in situations very much like they themselves have grown up in, that may have been less than best....

We are going to help good educators stay and grow in this profession, and usher real reform that will lift up kids across the whole system.

Going back to that question about why you got into science, for example, give your interviewer enough information to help them visualize the family farm where you grew up, and to feel the stress on your family of eight kids as your mom and dad tried to get everyone into school and off to a good start.

Code, who founded the Center for Staying Married and Raising Great Kids, tells parents to relax and have fun to help their children grow up healthier and happier.

Stocking America's waterways with fish for anglers has a persistent Norman Rockwell kind of appeal, based on the idea that, with a little help, any lake or stream can be a place where your average kid (or grown - up) can toss out a line and just maybe reel in dinner.

Pets help prevent allergies in children: Research suggests kids who grow up around animals may have a reduced risk of developing asthma or eczema.

While I did learn some things that would help for a while, as kids grew and moved through different stages I would eventually end up back in the same (sinking) boat.

Our kids have not grown up helping us prepare anything.