Sentences with phrase «higher than children»

«In particular, children placed in adoptive families had rates of externalising behaviours (including conduct disorders, juvenile offending and substance use behaviours) that were significantly higher than children reared in two - parent birth families but somewhat lower than those of children who entered single - parent families at birth.»

On health measures, adopted children score higher than children raised by single parents.

Further, brain activity in children reading paper and physically writing is higher than children reading screens and typing on keyboards.

By the fall of their kindergarten year, children who participated in Head Start and the REDI - P group scored higher than the children in the control group on several measures, showing greater increases in their vocabulary, literacy skills, reading fluency and academic performance upon entering kindergarten.

Such younger siblings have a 1 in 5 chance of developing autism — 14 times higher than children in the general population.

It finds that parents and teachers consistently score children's happiness levels slightly higher than children score their own.

If the achievement of children who are temporarily eligible for free school meals due to the recession is higher than children whose families are on benefits for a longer period of time, then the gap between free school meal and non-free school meal children will narrow.

One in five preschool - aged children has an emotional or behavioral problem and preschool - aged children are expelled at a rate three times higher than children in the formal educational system.

Similarly, don't fill the tub higher than your child's waist (when he's seated), and teach him not to touch the faucet handles.

No, not at all, but it might mean that many, many more repetitions or corrections might be needed to create that change, and it might mean that your «workload» as a parent might be higher than a child with a more easy - going temperament.

Earnings above $ 1,900 or so may be taxed at the parent or custodian's federal tax rate, which is oftentimes higher than the child's tax rate.

Anything above $ 2,100, however, is taxed at the rate that applies to the child's parents, which usually is higher than the child's rate.

If the family member gives the puppy a stern correction and lets him know he should never growl at humans, the puppy has just learned that his position in the new family is lower than the family member who corrected him but still higher than the child he threatened.

The puppy also learns that his rank or position in his new family is higher than this child's.

Not exact matches

Unfortunately, for the average entrepreneur, the odds of their child getting into Harvard are significantly higher than the odds they will ever receive a venture capital investment.

Millennials ranked having children, buying a suburban home and driving a big family vehicle higher in terms of importance than living in a major city or relying on alternate forms of transportation in a survey that Ford conducted in June.

The zone now covers over 100 blocks and serves more than 12,000 children, with 95 % of high school seniors going off to college.

People over 50 with more money, more experience, and fewer concerns about their children's futures are starting businesses at rates higher than almost any other demographic.

All propagation - of - the - species imperatives aside, research suggests that women with children demonstrate higher productivity over the course of their careers than their childless peers.

But Ivanka's position has evolved since the Trump campaign released its original child care proposals, which involved making child - care costs tax deductible and was widely criticized for benefiting higher - income families vastly more than low - income ones.

The data shows similar employment barriers also exist for the children of immigrants, especially those whose parents are visible minorities, despite the fact they achieve higher levels of education than Canadian - born children.

The company has particularly targeted this campaign at developing countries like India where, according to the World Health Organization, more than 1,000 children under five die from diarrhea every day — the highest rate in the world.

First, he reacted to population changes, then he shifted his product category from furniture to toys, because families with more than one child often used the same crib and high chair, but they kept buying new toys for new kids.

As the researchers say: «fathers who take more time - off early in their child's life will have a higher likelihood of being a hands - on caregiver than fathers who do not.»

Stephen Poloz says Ottawa's recent spending on programs, such as enhanced child benefits and infrastructure, have lifted the economy and pushed interest rates to a level higher than they would have been without government stimulus.

Parents hoping to teach their children the power of compound interest on their savings today will have a harder time than parents in the 1970s and 1980s, when interest paid on savings accounts soared above 10 per cent compared with rates today, when even the highest - paying savings accounts sit in the low single digits.

An accompanying press release from the university's media office explains the study comes from a «survey of more than 1,500 families with children living in rental high - rises built between 1950 and 1979,» a housing category that covers half of all rental units in metropolitan Toronto.

There are plenty of people out there who have pretty positive self - assessments: Ninety percent of drivers think they have above average skills behind the wheel, an even higher percentage of college professors think they're better than average teachers, and, as we all know, every single child in Lake Wobegon is above average.

That would require the center to increase the number of staff per student but also would permit charging higher fees than the current weekly rate of $ 115 per full - day child and $ 78 for after - schoolers.

It found that children of American homeowners scored no better on math and reading tests than renters» kids, nor did they have lower high - school dropout rates.

Being physically inactive is even more likely for low - income children, who are three times less likely to participate than children who reside in higher - income households.

India's birth rate is now only slightly higher than the U.S. rate, with most advanced nations close to or below the natural replacement level of two children per household.

So far, half of all states have already established a higher «exit income limit» than «entrance income limit» for child care subsidies, says Karen Schulman, director of child care and early learning research at the National Women's Law Center.

As parents, you think the best thing you can do for your children is to encourage them to go to college and get a good education — and, hopefully, that will help them land good jobs with higher earning power than if they had high school diplomas alone.

We compared children from the same social backgrounds who achieved similar tested abilities at ages five and 10, and discovered that those who frequently read books at age 10 and more than once a week when they were 16 had higher test results than those who read less.

Men who disappear on Saturdays and palm off child - rearing to their wives have more to worry about than a high handicap.

when Facebook market research in Australia engaged in sentiment analysis of more than 6.4 million Australian youth, including 1.9 million high schoolers as young as 14 years old, to estimate when those children were at their most vulnerable, experiencing feelings of being «worthless» or a «failure» as part of research conducted for marketers.

There have been lapses in this program, most notably last year when Facebook market research in Australia engaged in sentiment analysis of more than 6.4 million Australian youth, including 1.9 million high schoolers as young as 14 years old, to estimate when those children were at their most vulnerable, experiencing feelings of being «worthless» or a «failure» as part of research conducted for marketers.

Judge and co-author John D. Kammeyer - Mueller of the Warrington College of Business looked at data collected as part of a multi-decade study that followed more than 1,500 California children who had scored high on intelligence tests.

It's even worse for Aboriginal children, who are forced to navigate fragmented services which often have higher waitlists than the services targeted towards other children,» said New Democrat leader John Horgan.

Social Security sets out a few key rules for eligibility: The child must be unmarried, under the age of 18 or 19 years old, and in school no higher than grade 12.

«From 2012 to 2014,» the researchers note, «the annual firearm homicide rate for African American children (3.5 per 100000) was nearly twice as high as the rate for American Indian children (2.2 per 100000), 4 times higher than the rate for Hispanic children (0.8 per 100000), and ∼ 10 times higher than the rate for white children and Asian American children (each 0.4 per 100000).»

As long as you (as the parent) are the account owner and your child is a dependent, the savings in a 529 will have a much lower impact on financial aid for higher education than a different type of account opened in your child's name.

According to a 2017 analysis of fatal and nonfatal childhood firearm injuries compiled by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black children face the highest rates of firearm mortality — a difference largely driven by black youth being more likely to be shooting victims than children from other racial groups.

He started the Education Freedom Fund, which awarded more than 4,000 scholarships to underprivileged children in Michigan, the West Michigan Aviation Academy, (a High School that aims to provide a rigorous educational program through an aviation focus), and has served on the State Board of Education.

Protestant clergy actually molest children at a higher rate than Catholic clergy.

Fatherless children have rates of incarceration, criminal activity, possession of firearms, poverty, drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, incompletion of school, and overall parental neglect and maltreatment alarmingly higher than their two - parent counterparts.

Adopted children have higher rates of delinquent behavior, learning disorders, and attention - deficit hyperactivity disorder than their non-adopted peers.

It is why a company with a population with a lot of women of child bearing years has higher insurance costs than one that is primarily made up of men.

In nursery, primary and secondary schools teachers are more delighted with a pupil's good «social skills» («getting along») than with the high marks of a solitary child.