Sentences with phrase «just value their children»

«Other nations just value their children, value lives, more than our nation does.

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Just consider the financial risks entrepreneurs run, for example, if they give company stock to their children as part of a long - term estate - planning strategy — only to have the IRS step in years later and challenge the claimed taxable value of the gifts.

Just to be clear about the incident when I was 18: some of the members had been refusing to associate with non-members, or let their children play with them, on the assumption that «those people» didn't share our same values.

The interview format used by the Oliner team had over 450 items and consisted of six main parts: a) characteristics of the family household in which respondents lived in their early years, including relationships among family members; b) parental education, occupation, politics, and religiosity, as well as parental values, attitudes, and disciplinary approaches; c) respondent's childhood and adolescent years - education, religiosity, and friendship patterns, as well as self - described personality characteristics; d) the five - year period just prior to the war — marital status, occupation, work colleagues, politics, religiosity, sense of community, and psychological closeness to various groups of people; if married, similar questions were asked about the spouse; e) the immediate prewar and war years, including employment, attitudes toward Nazis, whether Jews lived in the neighborhood, and awareness of Nazi intentions toward Jews; all were asked to describe their wartime lives and activities, whom they helped, and organizations they belonged to; f) the years after the war, including the present — relations with children and personal and community — helping activities in the last year; this section included forty - two personality items comprising four psychological scales.

And just as out of the small house of Nazareth came a child who grew into a man who was the salvation of the world, so out of this domesticity, grounded in the pre-eminence of the values of the spirit, came the fidelity to a sense of covenant with God in justice and freedom.

Oh, the Calvinists could make perfect sense of it all with a wave of a hand and a swift, confident explanation about how Zarmina had been born in sin and likely predestined to spend eternity in hell to the glory of an angry God (they called her a «vessel of destruction»); about how I should just be thankful to be spared the same fate since it's what I deserve anyway; about how the Asian tsunami was just another one of God's temper tantrums sent to remind us all of His rage at our sin; about how I need not worry because «there is not one maverick molecule in the universe» so every hurricane, every earthquake, every war, every execution, every transaction in the slave trade, every rape of a child is part of God's sovereign plan, even God's idea; about how my objections to this paradigm represented unrepentant pride and a capitulation to humanism that placed too much inherent value on my fellow human beings; about how my intuitive sense of love and morality and right and wrong is so corrupted by my sin nature I can not trust it.

But of course it is not detrimental to a child to tell them they have no value, no purpose outside of just an expansion of cells and a series of impulses.

Just like the young women and men who fall victim to trafficking, unborn and unwanted children need others to advocate for their value.

In 1970, just before the walls of mainline Protestant church education began to show their cracks, I wrote a short tract, Values for Tomorrow's Children (Pilgrim, 1970), which boldly suggested that a radical alternative for church education was needed for the future.

if humans had just fell in line with religious teachings and never asked questions other than «god did it»... then people would still be dying in child birth, the common cold, small poxs etc etc etc. i find that we survived a s a species to become the alpha predator of this planet and the achievements we have made since then to be amazing; attributing everything humans have achieved to a god just cheapens the value of our achievements as a species.

belief in anything without supporting evidence is a childrens game... We teach our children not to lie, judge a book by its cover, or to take anything at face value or to just believe without questioning... you know, we say stuff like check the source and don't believe everything you see / hear... should we teach seeking knowledge or to have faith in without?

«We have brought all those values together into our brand — it is no longer niche, nor just for children, nor cardboard tasting — it is something that is really desirable.

Now, I'm a big proponent of bedsharing — I think it's, as the saying goes, «just the best thing since sliced bread» — but what I value more than allowing a child to sleep with her parents is giving permission for parents to be able to make the choice of how a child cosleeps.

Help your child see that healthy friendships value the wants and needs of both members of the friendship, not just one.

Just as children respond to threats because they fear the consequences, they also respond to rewards because it is the reward that is driving them, rather than being motivated by working well with others, earning respect, being valued, and being appreciated and loved.

Each month in the student flyer children will find a terrific selection of new and noteworthy fiction, classics, award - winning titles, perennial favourites, reference books, and more — all at amazing values and just - right reading levels.

Just to be sure you're getting the best value for money, have a look at the comparisons in the products, have a look at their specifications and ensure that they are durable and suitable for your child's age group, size and sense of style.

Children are their own people and we can't dictate who they turn out to be, just nurture the things we value.)

The truth is breast milk NEVER loses it's nutritional value and the child having a birthday doesn't just take away all those great nutrients breast milk offers.

Fathers are significant influencers in the lives of their children; they are no longer valued just for bringing home the figurative bacon.

It is a very special school for many reasons, not just the options available for attending... the staff at Hollinsclough have a very flexible approach to teaching and learning and they treat the children as individuals and value their diverse experiences, while also creating a group of children who are very close to each other.

Don't get into fights about it with your child — just keep your values clear.

To suggest my husband and I don't value the lives of our children or put financial concerns over the lives of our children is so ridiculous is not even offensive - it's just laughable.

Instead of only understanding their own point of view, parents wish for their children to learn how to share, take others» perspectives, and overall how to value other people's opinions just as their value their own.

That's when Lollacup was born — a straw cup with all the qualities that I value in a children's product: easy to use, easy to clean, safe (BPA - free), Made in the USA, and just plain attractive.

Looking through some recent pictures of my son (Kieran), I realized that we (as parents who share these values) might be doing more just by modeling these concepts to our children.

Once your child becomes too big for the chair, then just remove the outer «jacket» and he instantly gets more room — increasing the life and value of this high chair!

«Governor Cuomo's entire argument on school funding is just one big excuse to ignore the lives of students who are black or brown or working class,» said Nixon, who added that the governor's budget «does not value the lives of the majority of New York's children.»

Voters should reject divisive rhetoric from left - wing politicians that vilifies families who just want to live their lives and raise their children according to traditional values without interference from the government.»

«This nightmare budget shows just how little the Trump administration cares for the children it claims to value,» said UFT President Michael Mulgrew.

I hear all the time about pensioners struggling to help their children put down deposits on first homes, after a multi-decade property boom that has seen houses in some areas increase in value one hundredfold in just 40 years, lifting even modest family homes way out of the reach of those on ordinary incomes.

Those in or just out of college, those intimidated by the «feel it out as you go» approach, and perhaps even those with children will find value in what you are putting together.

Just as healthy drinks boost the nutritional value of your child's lunch, certain drinks can decrease how nutritious the meal is.

He is the author of the highly recognized and praised book What Matters: Leadership Values That Just Might Save America, as well as the award - winning new children's book The Green Box League of Nutritious Justice.

I drill into my children's heads the value of a timely thank you note, or even just saying the words «thank you» when you're given something — whether that something is as little as a glass of milk, or as cool as that fun new toy you've been wanting.

Hi, I'm just a child of the King, who values her relationship with God.

All the same, there are a couple of laughs to be had in Dunston Checks In, though its audience is extremely limited and its value is ultimately just as a way to keep your children quiet and pliant for ninety minutes.

«Social media has changed the landscape so an encounter with you is valued more as a social - media currency than a genuine interaction,» says Blunt, explaining that she has adopted a selfie - combating strategy when approached while with her young children: «Frances McDormand told us — she just makes my teeth ache I love her so much — when someone asks her for a picture, she says, «You know what?

Patrick is just one of the many amusing casting touches, along with Hayek, Janssen, Laurie (from Carrie and Twin Peaks), Neuwirth, Jon Stewart, Susan Willis (known to viewers of All My Children as malevolent maid Helga), and even — to a certain novelty value extent — Knowles.

Self - reflexive and dosed with macabre humor, this offbeat exercise in just - around - the - corner horror grounds the largely exhausted found - footage approach in classical storytelling and visual values, resulting in a refreshing (and memorably strange) genre piece, premised almost entirely on a child's willingness to accept grown - up weirdness as long as it ensures stability.

«Schools and learning need a movement to change not just the way we teach, but also how we think about teaching and learning,» Yamashiro says, noting that education needs to be valued in American society and focused on not only test scores and economic success, but also on the whole child and finding joy in learning.

The most popular age that parents chose for a child to start working at was 14, at 27 %, while just 4 % selecting 17, suggesting that parents still appreciate the value of teens starting weekend jobs while at school, even if the specific benefits are becoming less clear.

Determining your family values independently of the phone conversation can help shape how devices get used — not just for your child, but for you, too.

Xavier Guijarro, Director for Green Cross International's Value Change program, which promotes youth environmental education, said the success of Green Lane Diary is due, in large part, to the «children who are not just the recipients of this education, but are also the influencers.»

But a «total education,» the kind we want to give every student, ought to value not just what children know, but how they feel.

Here is what some recent buyers of this book have said: Incredible value for money; As a school governor with children at my school, I can highly recommend these resources; These resources have given my staff a new buzz and sense of purpose... Fantastic; As we train new staff, mostly in - house, these have been invaluable; Totally transformed my class in just one day... Now they are hungry to push themselves; We use these resources throughout the school and our grades keep going up!!!

More importantly, the anguished frenzy over nothing will make it just a bit harder for the adults in the room to be taken at face value the next time they're obliged to respond to one of the truly reckless, feckless spasms of our child president.

Of course it has immense value in these areas, but it is just as relevant to improving attainment and achievement in reading, writing and mathematics, improving SATs and GCSE results and helping children of all abilities and learning styles to achieve to their full potential.

Parents wanted their children to be taught proper behavior, values, and citizenship, just as much as The Three Rs.

But just because some people cynically misuse a phrase does not make the idea behind the phrase — valuing children — less essential to the education profession.