Sentences with phrase «if children experiment»

As games of pretend become more advanced, don't be surprised if children experiment with make - believe games involving some form of violence.

Not exact matches

The classic Marshmallow Experiment of 1972 involved placing a marshmallow in front of a young child, with the promise of a second marshmallow if he or she could refrain from eating the squishy blob while a researcher stepped out of the room for 15 minutes.

There's a famous Stanford experiment where an administrator leaves a child in a room with a marshmallow for 15 minutes, telling the child that she's welcome to eat the marshmallow, but if she can wait until the experimenter gets back without eating it, she will get a second marshmallow.

Why should he be prevented from having his children — if that is his decision — and instead be forced to see them destroyed (or possibly experimented upon)?

On the last score, he cites the document's counsel to parents that they adopt a «wait and see» attitude if their child is experimenting with homosexuality.

His mental experiment would be better stated this way: If it could be shown that 95 percent of the people in some country loved their children, should the care of those children be compulsory?

This «experiment» is like making a decision to not be a parent for a year, or a spouse, or a child, if you are a true Christian.

If your elementary aged child isn't feeling like tasting new foods, try some Science in the Kitchen experiments so that they associate fun with the kitchen.

In Walter Mischel's Marshmallow experiments, he tests how long a child can resist eating a treat, if it means she will then get two treats that she really wants.

If children refuse many foods, experiment with different combinations, tastes, textures, and methods of encouragement.

You don't have to choose an exploding chemistry experiment or complicated building contraption if those aren't your -LCB- or your child's -RCB- interests.

«As someone interested in baby experiments what struck me is that Experimenting with Babies is really a book about child development, though in a sign of our times of anxious parenting Gallagher has to issue a disclaimer that if your child doesn't «measure up» you shouldn't panic.

If your child is waking up every 3 hours, check the amount of light in her room, run a white noise machine and experiment with putting her down to sleep earlier.

If you are willing to experiment a bit, you can make changes as needed to create an even better schedule for your children.

If your child already tried making an antacid or baking soda rocket, she's probably raring to to more science experiments that use chemical reactions to make thing pop.

If your child is not ready to tackle letter writing, give him more time to experiment with simple drawings.

At my secondary school we were part of the 1980s experiment to mould processed meats into different shapes and to see what happens if children eat chips every day (at least it meant that Chris Little perfected the technique of licking his chips to stop anyone else eating them).

What I discovered then and have seen proven time and again through the years with my own six very different children as well as with the families I've worked with is that, given the freedom to choose, children will generally experiment with more textures and tastes than if they are forced to eat their parents» choice of food for them.

Children are more likely to experiment with tobacco if their self - esteem is low or if they're starved for affection and attention.

If your children want to experiment with baking or desserts, try to keep one afternoon each week for doing so and think of it as an educational experience if you don't happen to enjoy baking for its own sakIf your children want to experiment with baking or desserts, try to keep one afternoon each week for doing so and think of it as an educational experience if you don't happen to enjoy baking for its own sakif you don't happen to enjoy baking for its own sake.

Once you begin experimenting, you will find a limit that works best for you and your child, even if it's not ideal for either of you.

If you've already read the first part of this book you know that an earlier bedtime is often best for a child, and sometimes a bedtime change won't affect awakening time, but you certainly can experiment with this to see if you can find a happy medium that works for both of yoIf you've already read the first part of this book you know that an earlier bedtime is often best for a child, and sometimes a bedtime change won't affect awakening time, but you certainly can experiment with this to see if you can find a happy medium that works for both of yoif you can find a happy medium that works for both of you.

If you would like the child to help in the kitchen, keep all hot appliances away from the child and only let them experiment with cold foods.

Young children benefit from doing experiments like this even if they can't totally comprehend the science involved.

If you have children (ages 5 - 12) who enjoy the Magic School Bus books or videos — and if you like doing science experiments with them — then you'll LOVE The Magic School Bus Science CluIf you have children (ages 5 - 12) who enjoy the Magic School Bus books or videos — and if you like doing science experiments with them — then you'll LOVE The Magic School Bus Science Cluif you like doing science experiments with them — then you'll LOVE The Magic School Bus Science Club!

If children refuse many foods, experiment with different food combinations, tastes, textures, and methods for encouragement.

The people on whom these experiments were run were soldiers, prisoners, those considered to be mentally defective (both children and adults), hospital patients with terminal illnesses, and pregnant women — if the women were poor.

As I say, if you have a basic scientific background, it doesn't just leave you because you have children; you can still think of what are the appropriate experiments to do and what the next steps would be in a project.

That's why N of 1 experiments are worth doing, even if you can't do them perfectly, says Michael Seid, director of health outcomes and quality of care research at Cincinnati Children's Hospital.

But if even a small number of mutant mitochondria are retained after the transfer — a common occurrence — they can outcompete healthy mitochondria in a child's cells and potentially cause the disease the therapy was designed to avoid, experiments suggest.

If you have documentation of your green smoothie experiment, such as before / after photos, a copy of lab test results, your child with a green smoothie mustache for Robyn's blog, or your family with their green smoothies, etc. (Your submission will be considered consent to publish.)

Music festivals are the perfect place to experiment with fun, free - spirited styles, but even if you're not headed to a music festival this season there's no better time to channel your inner flower child.

If ever you find yourself asked to participate in an experiment in which the goal is to summon an angry spirit from bad energy derived from an emotionally broken child, run away.

In the famous Stanford marshmallow experiment, young children were offered one small marshmallow now, or two marshmallows in 15 minutes if they could resist eating the first one.

But in reality, the Common Core Smarter Balanced Field Test is nothing more than an experiment and as Commissioner Pryor and the State Department of Education admit, if parents «insist that the child not be testing» then «in these cases, the district generally does not test the student and the student is counted as «absent» (for purposes of testing).

No, No, No ---- No — we don't need partners that disparage what we do at every turn — we need partners who are with us and who care about ALL children — sure we can experiment (if it ends up in reducing our lower grade class sizes by 6 or 7 students per class) but partnering with this group is not acceptable — this is surely a setback in the relationship between the NHFT and the BOE --(say it ain't so)-- please — I am very disappointed and a bit discouraged — Tom

It's hard to believe any future federal secretary of education will have the opportunity to abuse his power in the way the current one has; and better solutions may arise locally, particularly if legislators are willing to learn about practices already proved effective overseas, rather than experimenting ceaselessly on the unsuspecting children trapped in California's declining state schools.

In the experiment, children were offered a choice between one small reward (a marshmallow, cookie, or pretzel) provided immediately or two small rewards if the child waited until the experimenter returned (15 minutes later).

We recommend: taking part in the hands on experiments, especially if you're visiting with children.

When we choose activities for Berta and her young experimenter friends, we always look for these key elements: - Safety: can the children safely experiment with the ingredients, even if some of them happen to end up in their mouths (it doesn't matter if they taste bad — but they have to be edible to find this out)?

Whether the girl - child or the boy - child was impacted differently in the experiment, and in the later - life review if that was considered.

Well, it turns out that my poor husband and children can't take any more of it, so I'm delving into the experiment of what might happen if I try to make the home beautiful while sticking to my needs of keeping it simple, authentic, and livable — starting with the holidays.