Sentences with phrase «just being my parent»

Popularized by physicians like Dr. William Sears and Dr. Jay Gordon, attachment parenting directly contradicts the two hundred years of Western culture that has convinced us that we need a lot of help: help giving birth; help «teaching» our baby to sleep; help just being a parent.

Maybe, it's just being a parent, or maybe, for me and for those who have experienced pregnancy after a loss, it's just how it is.

She, just being my parent who loves me, wanted to give me a break.

But so is just being a parent.

When Dad does baby stuff, he is not «helping» or babysitting — he is just being a parent.

Sometimes you just want your space so you can feel like an actual human being, but when you're breastfeeding on demand (or just breastfeeding, or even just being a parent) that's not necessarily an option.

Jason Reitman: I mean, I think we'd all drew inspiration from just being parents and those who are conversations were like, uh, every morning, uh, with the cast, Diablo, Charlize, and I, sharing our stories from being parents, talking to the crew, talking to the cast, making sure we had a community on set that was open to go, all right, this is starting to happen to me.

Right from not REALLY knowing when my friend is online as it might just be his parents watching Netflix, to not getting to play Rock Band 3 as much with him as sometimes he has to leave his profile at home so his parents can use Netflix.

Instead of just being the parent, they want to be their child's friend who will be the first person the child will approach in case of any major decision or event.

Just being a parent does not assure you of custody time; the court can decide not to give a parent any custody time but still require that parent to fulfill his responsibilities regarding his child, such as financial support.

Not exact matches

You just have to be able to remember what your grandmother told your parents who told you that your privacy should not be compromised.

«Parenthood isn't just a women's issue, it's an economic issue and one that affects all parents — men and women alike,» Duckworth said in a statement Monday.

I'm fairly sure my parents paid for that computer, just like I've paid for subsequent Apple (AAPL) laptops, phones and tablets.

And young entrepreneurs: if you're just starting out, and had been on your parents» insurance policy through college, you should very soon be able to stay on your parents» coverage until your 26th birthday.

Tanya Menendez's parents came to the U.S. from El Salvador and Nicaragua when they were just teenagers.

The first time this Internet thing got built up, I was just a kid in my parents» house building websites, but I couldn't have a big impact.

In some ways the findings are incredibly intuitive — just think how baffled you were around age 16 when your parents got excited about new kitchen appliances or a Sunday morning spent reading the newspaper.

Thank God I'm just a grandparent these days, without school - aged kids who are trapped in an increasingly bizarre and irrational world run by adults - mostly parents and otherwise unemployable administrators — where the rules, the procedures and the approved behaviors vary daily and the changes come so rapidly and abruptly that the characters in Alice in Wonderland would be totally jealous.

So while on average you might not be able to retire quite as early as your parents did, chances are you'll enjoy a retirement that's just as long.

To suggest that parents take more time off to address systemic childcare woes is just passing the buck.

McDonald's Pizza was a fiasco for the Canadian chain in the»90s; just last December the U.S. parent corporation announced that it couldn't sell 10 million pounds of chicken wings because customers found them both too spicy and too expensive.

And our mission was to provide these pro-social, if you will, toys to all kids, not just kids whose parents shop at FAO Schwarz.

«Millennials delayed home ownership, just like they delayed getting married and having kids, but now they're making very similar decisions to their parents.»

But is the dog really doing yoga with you, or is this just another attempt by pet parents to ascribe human characterizes to their dogs?

«These policies just keep kids separate and they put unnecessary stress on parents,» she said, adding that allowing transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice is the best solutions for all.

Just ask an average parent if his or her retirement is more important than paying for a child's education.

It is not just causing younger consumers to seek out more extreme and exotic festivals and trips to partake in, it's starting to affect their parents as well.

The daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds, Fisher was just two when her parents divorced and she went to live briefly with starlet Elizabeth Taylor.

It just wasn't the way his parents had envisioned.

«Asian parents, if just a couple of you get your kids cameras instead of violins, we'll be all good,» Yang concluded.

Led by the likes of Procter & Gamble, parent companies are discovering the value of promoting the corporate brands rather than just the product brands.

The parent of Snapchat, which just fell below its IPO price, is the «most overvalued company in the world,» said NYU's Scott Galloway.

It's also part of a growing trend that sees parent companies promoting their overall corporate brands rather than just those of products.

Students have long tended to live on a campus while at university, and continuing this practice reassures parents and kids that they are getting their money's worth, just like people visiting lawyer's offices may be reassured by walls lined with leather - bound law books.

His parents say Ryland has wanted to open his own restaurant since he was just 3 years old.

Laflamme's parents were struggling to sell their eggs and considered going into debt just to keep the Monroe, New Hampshire - based farm alive.

All of this is great, but if you're a parent, you likely want to explore not just why a growth mindset is advantageous, but also how to encourage your kids to develop that kind of attitude.

Just like parenting, you're never really ready to create and nurture something entirely new.

As every parent of a teenager knows, just because your audience is captive doesn't mean it has to listen.

Etiquette is not just something your parents thought was important or an outdated social protocol.

Researchers believe «that parenting itself is just one of the many factors that contribute to anxiety.

That's fascinating (and might also comfort parents worn out just by watching their kids» endless activity), but do these findings suggest anything parents can practically do to increase their kids» creativity?

The attack looked as brutal as it sounds — just take a gander at these harrowing pictures that were fortuitously captured by Devon Gilson - Pitts, the parent of a student golfer.

«Other kinds of work — be it exercise, a creative hobby, hands - on parenting, or volunteering — will do more to preserve your zest for Monday's challenges than complete vegetation,» she has written before recommending that, if you really want to feel jazzed up after a break, you should proactively schedule challenging or engaging activities rather than just planning to chill and take things the days as they come.

Sometimes I have to assure clients that a conference call will be just as effective as an in - person meeting so that I can be in town for parent - teacher conferences.

Just a few days ago, The Science Daily reported on a study conducted by the University of Michigan Health System, which concluded that «parents» use of mobile technology around young children may be causing internal tension, conflicts and negative interactions with their kids.»

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Just as blockbusters are put out en masse during the summer months to reach out - of - school teenagers and young adults, videogames are traditionally released during the winter holiday season — when parents are more apt to spend $ 60 on a new game or up to $ 300 for a new system.

But just because you're a well meaning parent who is deeply invested in your child's success and happiness, doesn't mean you're not making any significant mistakes.

Ideally, parents will pass away in their 80s or 90s, so the financial windfall will come just as their children are ready for retirement.