Sentences with phrase «increase child activities»

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Surprisingly, Detroit, which has been the poster child for the dilapidated and abandoned properties left behind by the foreclosure crisis, leads the country in increased flipping activity with a 4.8 percentage points jump between 2015 and 2016.

In addition to improving their quality of life by achieving work - life balance, 93 percent of working parents say that having a flexible work arrangement would increase their volunteerism at their children's schools or organized activities.

Plan a gradually increasing number of satisfying activities without the children.

And the key to this development, in turn, is to increase agricultural production — mostly through Green Revolution — style technologies — so that «as food production per farmer rises, an economy needs fewer and fewer farmers to feed the overall population,» a situation which ends up «inducing farmers and especially their children to seek employment in nonfarm activities.»

Gladwell mentions that being a heavily scheduled child has its advantages, and these advantages do not have to do with increasing talent in a particular extracurricular activity.

Maybe parents should be more concerned with the types of practical intelligence their child is acquiring in these extracurricular activities rather than the child increasing his or her talent.

Bottom line: «Forbidding» an activity actually increases the chances your child will take unsafe risks.

Classes focus on activities developed to increase a baby's brain growth and development, improve sensory stimulation, help children feel comfortable in social situations, and encourage growth and bonding between parent and child.

You should then gradually progress to engaging in these activities while your child is sitting on the potty chair, and from there, gradually increase duration.

The number of children's centres offering activities for fathers and their children across the borough has increased to 13 over the last twelve months.

• Almost half (49 %) of all mums with children under one year old now work • Between 1975 — 1997, dads» care of infants and young children increased 800 % • Dads now take on a quarter (25 %) of the family's childcare - related activities during the working week • 8 out of 10 working fathers work atypical hours and as a result they lose more than 15 hours per week with their children — more than one month (32.5 days) each year.

When your child's temperature rises it causes the activity of white blood cells to increase so that they move more quickly to the site of the infection.

The 2 in 1 activity toy integrated here actually has a locking mechanism that was designed to increase your child's safety.

Aside from that, you also get a wide array of activities for your child and increased safety when compared to other push walkers out there.

Find social activities outside of school to help your child increase his or her social circle.

However, your baby's activity levels will increase at this time, so you may notice your child being much hungrier at mealtimes, which can facilitate easier weaning.

In a technological world, it is important that children understand and know how to use electronics, likewise with increasing educational pressure, structured activities and school - readiness are equally as important.

Additionally, blended families sometimes have fewer financial resources for each child's extracurricular activities or for family outings because of the increased family size or financial support going to an ex-spouse.

When the work first started, directors and staff at New Hampshire out - of - school programs were looking for ways to increase physical activity and healthy eating in the children they served.

Children also commonly increase muscle strength through unstructured activities that involve lifting or moving their body weight or working against resistance.

Children and adolescents who do not meet the Guidelines should slowly increase their activity in small steps and in ways that they enjoy.

Most parents also supported increasing the «pay - for - play» fees for children in extracurricular activities.

Child Care promotes five best practice goals for childhood obesity prevention: increase physical activity, reduce screen time, offer healthy beverages, serve healthy food, and support breastfeeding.

Try these games and activities using dominoes to increase your child's understanding of basic math operations, as well as fractions and decimals.

When playing with your 11 month old, choose activities that increase your little one's cognitive interest, not only by improving the nascent speech, but also by teaching your child to walk, to express her wishes, and distinguish objects.

Activity that increases the rate of breathing (even crying or excitement) could make your child sound worse.

Watching TV or playing video games right before bed has been linked to an increase in the amount of time it takes children to fall asleep, so those activities should be stopped at least an hour before bedtime.

It is vital to continue supporting programs that combat obesity and work to increase children's consumption of healthy food, parental education, and children's physical activity.

In fact, we're all probably pretty aware of the fact that increased physical activity helps children build healthy bodies... more

And while mothers with young children already face a long list of demands, Hesketh said it's important to know that even small increases in activity can benefit not just the mothers themselves but also their children.

An increasing number of daycare facilities offer parents the piece of mind of being able to check on their child while at daycare as desired through video streaming of classroom activities throughout the day.

The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program responds to the diverse needs of children and families in at - risk communities and is required to carry out a continuous program of research and evaluation activities in order to increase knowledge about the implementation and effectiveness of home visiting programs.

Through this activity, you will help your child develop her observation skills, increase her ability to express herself and, without realizing it, she will be using mathematical and scientific language.

Describes promising practices that can help increase the reach of breakfast during the summer, including serving breakfast later in the morning, providing breakfast on weekends, promoting breakfast participation, incorporating activities for children, and maximizing economies of scale.

Other parts of the anti-obesity proposal include: ensuring new schools are built with dedicated activity space; creating a program to send doctors into homes to develop preventive programs for children with asthma; increasing the availability of free food programs for children; and doubling the number of school - based health centers in the city to 250.

The government plans to cut «non-essential» education projects including youth clubs, after - school music and art activities and child safety projects to meet its commitment to increase funding for disadvantaged children under a pupil premium.

The Utica Zoo realized a 45 % increase in admissions, Fort Rickey Children's Discovery Zoo saw an increase in their Fall Fun Festival, and nearby Erie Canal Cruises reported a healthy 30 % increase in group tour activity.»

The brainlike structures created from cells taken from autistic children showed increased activity in genes that control brain - cell growth and development.

Poor physical fitness and sedentary behavior are linked to increased pain conditions in children as young as 6 - 8 years old, according to the Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children Study ongoing at the University of Eastern children as young as 6 - 8 years old, according to the Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children Study ongoing at the University of Eastern Children Study ongoing at the University of Eastern Finland.

Diabetes and nutritional education were given to her parents, and the medical team asked the family to implement lifestyle modification by controlling their food portions and total calorie intake, and increasing the child's physical activity.

Placing children into a mixed reality - part virtual environment and part real world - has great potential for increasing their physical activity and decreasing their risk of obesity, according to University of Georgia researchers.

A new study shows that children with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder follow fewer healthy lifestyle behaviors than non-ADHD youth, suggesting that they may benefit from improving lifestyle choices such as increasing water consumption, decreasing screen time and getting at least one hour of physical activity per day.

Physical activity among children and teens is lower than previously thought, and, in another surprise finding, young adults after the age of 20 show the only increases in activity over the lifespan, suggests a study conducted by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Children who live in «smart growth» neighborhoods — developments that are designed to increase walkability and have more parks and green space areas — get 46 percent more moderate or vigorous physical activity than kids who live in conventional neighborhoods, finds a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Instructed to attend to only one of two competing stories — «The Blue Kangaroo» vs. «Harry the Dog,» for example — the children whose parents had received additional attention instruction showed a 50 percent increase in brain activity in response to the correct story compared to children in the other two groups, the authors report online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; their responses matched those seen in adults and children of higher socioeconomic status.

The level of social activity increased dramatically when researchers added a new behavior to QRIO's repertoire: If a child touched the humanoid on its head, it would make a giggling noise.

Children with physical activity below the threshold values had increased arterial stiffness.

For those children where treatments have failed, prolonged disease activity has been shown to be associated with increased mortality and complications, such as scarring, pain due to trapped nerves, and shortening of the muscles causing joints to stay bent.

Scientists have found that if a pregnant woman is exposed, the deadly contaminant can alter the activity of several genes in her fetus, potentially increasing the child's risk of cancer later in life.

«The increased air pollution that typically accompanies heat waves can especially harm children, who have a higher risk of developing asthma, have lungs that are still developing and growing, and have higher exposure because they breathe at a higher rate than adults and spend more time outdoors engaging in vigorous physical activity.»