Sentences with phrase «important youth activities»

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One important activity of the monks was the education of children and youth.

It is important to note that our youth groups, typically called «forums», are very different from the «youth clubs» that characterised Catholic youth activity from the 1950s to the 1970s.

From encouraging toddlers to play outside and go for walks and co-ed sports and free play for elementary school age children to competitive and non-competitive youth sports for older kids, daily physical activity is important.

«As Oneida County supports our youth through programs and activities at some of our grassroots agencies, we want the young people of the community to know that it is just as important to give back to the community as it is to do anything else,» Picente said.

• Boost the employment prospects of disadvantaged youth via high - quality career and technical education programs • Help their students develop «performance character» — particularly drive and prudence • Offer a full suite of well - organized extracurricular activities (to help build those all - important non-cognitive skills and to keep kids off the streets) • Most importantly, give their students a sense of hope and purpose

At the time the survey was launched, in June 2014, John Steele, chief executive of the Youth Sport Trust, said: «It is crucial that we play a key role in improving physical activity rates amongst young people and there couldn't be a more important time for us to investigate the current levels of PE and sport in schools.»

Parents and professionals who work closely with youth should attend to the special vulnerability of early maturing adolescents in the face of peer pressure and to the important role of parental monitoring in regulating dating activities.

Subsequent to the publication of these important studies, several child development researchers have attempted to improve the domain - specific measurement of parental monitoring and parental knowledge as well as to clarify whether parental knowledge of youth activities is a predictor of youth outcomes.

Interventions that include videotaped instruction and role playing have been effective at increasing parental monitoring among single mothers of high - risk African American youth.20 Our results indicate interventions that increase parental supervision may influence STD acquisition and are important to incorporate with adolescent - centered risk reduction activities.

Sport is a common form of physical activity in youth and can make an important contribution to their overall physical activity and energy expenditure [5 — 7] and future physical activity as an adult [8], as well as develop motor skills and provide opportunities for social interaction [9].