Sentences with phrase «kids and families struggling»

But when the number of kids and families struggling is so large, we have to start asking questions about the systems beyond ourselves.

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The demographics are just as you would expect — mostly wealthy families, with a few struggling families who naively believe that it's worth it and their kid actually has a chance at being the next Olympic champion.

It also drives up real estate prices, widens wealth - gaps, reduces high - tech investment, increases state and local tax burdens, hurts kids» schools and college education, pushes Americans away from high - tech careers, and sidelines at least 5 million marginalized Americans and their families, including many who are now struggling with opioid addictions.

They provide a low cost preschool / day care for struggling families, help restore homes, support local business with cheap and sometimes free rent, have an after school program to help kids who do not have the support at home complete their homework and behave in school.

We've just survived September, which for families with kids often means getting used to new schedules, new carpooling arrangements, and new homework struggles.

Millions of families and kids are struggling with hunger all across America, which is why Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign is so important.

«People often start to struggle in the summer as they fork out for the annual family getaway and try to keep the kids entertained over the school holidays.

Kimberly Abraham and Marney Studaker - Cordner are the co-creators of The ODD Lifeline for parents of Oppositional, Defiant kids, and Life Over the Influence, a program that helps families struggling with substance abuse issues.

I realize for many families this would be a struggle financially and so it is all the more important our government helps out to make sure kids are eating well at school.

Parent educator Kelly Bartlett said it's a common struggle in families, and while parents should have expectations, they also need to realize kids» skills and priorities are much different... (Read More)

A former director of one of Minnesota's largest Early Childhood Family Education programs, Mary is the founder of the Spirited Child and Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles workshops.

Occasionally I do feel pressured by parents struggling to make ends meet to diagnose a CMPI or reflux so the kid can get free milk, but rather that than having a family with a sick baby struggling to find money to feed themselves and the baby who needs an expensive hydrolysed formula.

«If you can't follow through,» says family therapist Evonne Weinhaus, coauthor of Stop Struggling With Your Child, «you're going to appear spineless, and your kid will trample you.»

Susan Stiffelman is the author of Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm and Connected, the weekly advice columnist for Huffington Post Parents, and a family therapist and parent educator based out of Malibu, California.

She struggles to sell thousands of families on her belief that the federally - subsidized school meals program can support made - from - scratch food that's not only nutritious and sustainably sourced, but also attractive to kids trained to prefer convenience foods.

In fact, in some families that struggled financially, the mom's salary might create more opportunities for her kids and ease family stress, the researchers said.

mother - daughter co-hosts Marti & Erin Erickson invite you to explore with them the many facets of motherhood in today's world — from confronting the daily joys and struggles of helping kids grow up well, to balancing work and family, to considering the big questions of how society views and values mothers and mothering.

«We're all looking for ways to explain something that's impossible to explain — because we don't understand it,» says marriage and family therapist Susan Stiffelman, author of Parenting With Presence: Practices for Raising Conscious, Confident, Caring Kids (An Eckhart Tolle Edition) and Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm and Connected.

Every child and every family is different, but many of the issues parents struggle with as kids develop are widely shared.

Single parents struggling with children on their own, grandparents exhausted from trying to hold families together, fathers desperate to maintain contact with kids who've been moved miles away: these make our society an unhappier place and blight the life chances of children.

Quinn goes on to say, «Here's what I know about raising a young family: I know that young families struggle every day to provide for their kids, make sure they have a good education, and can afford to give them everything they need.

They found that women who reported low socioeconomic status as kids and who struggled with family support as adults were biologically older, as indicated by shorter telomeres.

Dealing with infertility while being in the public eye hasn't been easy for Union, who constantly is reminded of her struggle each time she's asked by both family and strangers alike when she's having kids.

A mother, Joy (Jennifer Lawrence), struggling to keep her entire family afloat, Grandmother, Mother, father, and kids finds the opportunity of a lifetime with her invention of the miracle mop.

WHAT: Aidan Bloom (Zach Braff) is a struggling actor whose wife (Kate Hudson) is the sole breadwinner of the family, so when his father (Mandy Pantinkin) becomes sick and is no longer able to pay the children's private school tuition, Aidan agrees to homeschool the kids (Joey King and Pierce Gagnon).

The statement includes a list of these developments: the US Supreme Court ruled scholarships constitutional; numerous studies showed these programs benefit needy kids; families empowered with this choice express great satisfaction; urban districts continue to struggle despite great effort; chartering hasn't created enough high - quality seats; and smart accountability systems can ensure only high - quality private schools participate in these programs.

And in the absence of a coherent, content - rich curriculum, schools have struggled to boost reading scores for kids coming from low - income families.

None of those outcomes is appealing and none seems likely to do much good for Maryland districts presently struggling with next year's calendar and Maryland families in a quandary about when their kids will go back to school in late summer.

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So while some have spoken out against the college and career ready goals called the Common Core State Standards, Latino families understand that even if our kids may struggle a bit now, they will emerge ready to succeed when they reach college.

By the same token, when under - funded and under - resourced public schools do not show «adequate yearly progress,» our response should be to find out why these schools are struggling, and provide them with the materials and support they need to improve — not for the charter management companies that run these schools to walk away before the end of the school year, forcing families to scramble to get their kids placed into public schools with little notice and no assistance.

Like many of you, I struggled with working full - time (really enjoying my job and increasing time commitments there), juggling family life with the raising of two kids and making time to write.

With five small kids and twins soon to arrive, the family is struggling after their loss.

Then we found ourselves talking more about this, and then about how simple puppy classes by themselves really fall short of the full support urban puppy owners need to survive their dogs» puppyhood in the face of jobs and careers and kids and family and all the other life obligations we all struggle under these days.

Likewise, kids won't struggle too much completing challenges and sidequests in the game, but getting the top scores might require some help from more experienced family members.

When my dad was a kid, the factory burned down, and the family was thrown for a loop while my grandfather struggled to rebuild his business.

With five small kids and twins soon to arrive, the family is struggling after their loss.

The advocates raised the prospect of Messenger Kids leading to increased time spent by children on digital devices, and the difficulties this would then cause in families who already struggle with this issue.

«It warms my heart to see kids and families feel better after they've struggled in the mental health system for so many years.»

My aunt's family is really struggling with their teenage kids right now and honestly, the empathy is making it all worse.

One area that we specialize in at Equilibria Kids is helping families work through the process of grief and loss as a family member struggles with or loses the battle with a terminal or chronic illness.

I believe in helping to de-pathologize you and whatever it is that you are struggling w, and helping you to experience yourself, situation, partner (s), family, kids, LIFE, in a whole new way.

«Dr. Izquierdo has worked in very diverse treatment settings with kids, teens, adults, and families struggling with severe anxiety based disorders.

Whether you are struggling because you have a newborn, you're chasing a toddler around, or you have older kids who are back in school and the hectic pace of the school year family life in full swing, it can be tough for couples to find any time to connect.

«In my 35 years working with kids, adults and families as an El Dorado County teacher, school counselor and diversity trainer, I have been privileged to partner with individuals struggling through life's curves and personal challenges.

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When Arroyo was at her lowest, struggling to navigate DCFS, she attended a Be Strong Families» Get on the Fast Track to Getting Your Kids Back training and immediately connected with the staff and the work.

Based on the most recent data from U.S. Census Bureau and federal and state programs, Kids Count has for 25 years offered government and community leaders a snapshot for how many families struggle paying the rent, keeping a job, and completing school.

Despite a healthier economy, Kids Count Washington found more Latino and black families struggled with basics.

Kimberly Abraham and Marney Studaker - Cordner are the co-creators of The ODD Lifeline for parents of Oppositional, Defiant kids, and Life Over the Influence, a program that helps families struggling with substance abuse issues.