Sentences with phrase «kids only point»

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As well, points out Jurock, the recreational and retirement property boom of a few years ago was «driven by Dad,» whose investing prowess during the stock market run - up put him in a position not only to buy that retirement dream home but to front the kids a down payment for their own place.

But as a kid, family visits to West Point for college football games just an hour's drive away had convinced him that the Academy was the only fit for him — even though he didn't come from a family with a deep military background.

Kid, there have been many different points in my life where I was a believer like you (not as crazy but still, believed), so it isn't like I read it only once as an atheist.

With a few simple substitutions, I made this excellent kid - approved comfort dish much healthier — only 4 Points!

Anything higher than that is kidding ourselves, despite the fact that we might well be only one point behind second place come the weekend.

Not only did the kids from the Continent play a key role in Europe's Ryder Cup victory — Thomas Bjorn (age 26), Darren Clarke (29), Ignacio Garrido (25) and Lee Westwood (24) accounted for six of 14 1/2 European points — but they also won several tournaments and climbed in the World Ranking.

The only question I have at this point is why in the hell can't this kid get more than a couple of carries each game?

You have mentioned Pogba, Messi et al when making your point but lets conveniently overlook the fact these type of players are a one off, and let us also forget about the hundred of EPL youngsters hyped to high heavens in recent years off the back of a few spectacular performances only for them to flounder and disappear under rye scrutiny and pressure of expectation, the latest been the kid from Aston Villa who was meant to set the league alight this season but who has now totally flopped... nobody is disputing Iwobi's quality, but he still needs nurturing and care, AFC is a team who is expected to win things and the pressure can break a player, am dead sure you were drooling at the mouth about Ox few years back as you would have done with Walcott too, but 4 years and 10 years after we are still awaiting them to fulfill their potentials....

Guys why are we comparing arsenal to barca i love arsenal it my club but i must be realistic barca is lite years infront of us look at the champions league last year no match they have won the champions league twice in the last five years and the last one with kids just like arsenal so its not about how young players are because if your good enough your old enough and am afraid the arsenal youngsters walcott, deneilson, nasri, diaby, bendtner, even the great vanpercy who all arsenal fans rate who as i mentioned before (Has not scored a free kick in god knows how long) world class right these players so far have not been good enoughso do nt blame injuries too much do nt blame refs look at the way arsenal do things something is wrong here is a prime example eboue joined arsenal in the 2004/2005 season to date now tell me that a long time right would you say he is a much better player than when he arrived i think no he has improved but only very little and thats the point football is a short business at a big club you spend three seasons for the most and then you must perform.

The first step is recognizing that the problem is not new and understanding that pointing fingers and assigning blame (it's the parents, the kids, the schools, the teachers, the «system») only adds to the problem.

The point is, by all means seek self - improvement, it's all upside for you personally and for your kids, but DO NOT kick yourself or ever believe that your spouse would be more interested if only you were taller / thinner / richer / successful / physically attractive.

We forget sometimes that we only got to this point of evolution as humans because generations of forefathers and foremothers let their kids go.

Im 25 and hes 29 we have 2 lil girls and i have adhd as im typing this i havent had sex in two weeks my libido is way overactive to the point if its not every other night i go crazy im depressed all the time because im undersexed and unsatisfied toys do nt work for me its like my body knows the difference and does nt get any pleasure out of them, i love my fiancee, yup i said fiancee and we have only been together 4 years i do nt find myself attracted to any other man so i do nt want to cheat yet i feel so lonely half the time that i secretly curl up in the bathroom and cry i do nt know what to do i talk to him about it but all he does is complain about his pain from work (he builds trailers) i understand and i try not to bother him but even when i just want cuddle intimacy time he'd rather sit in his bean bag chair and drink a beer and vape there are sometimes i feel unwanted yet he assures me he wants me but does nothing about it and whenever i bring up lack o spontaneousness he blames the kids I NEED HELP and release!!!!

We're not talking about examples of helicopter parenting run amok such as parents of college - age kids calling professors to argue about grades; but not supervising 9 - year - olds at all to the point that parents don't know who their friends are or what they are doing is not only opening a child up to potential risks and bad choices, but making them stressed as well.

We have to be honest with kids, and we have to say to them, not only do I believe in you, but we have to get kids to the point where they believe in themselves.

When I finally had a chance to speak, we were already running over the 2 1/2 hours allotted for the roundtable, so I was only able to briefly touch on two of my many message points: one, that the game can be and is being made safer, and two, that, based on my experience following a high school football team in Oklahoma this past season - which will be the subject of a MomsTEAM documentary to be released in early 2013 called The Smartest Team - I saw the use of hit sensors in football helmets as offering an exciting technological «end around» the problem of chronic under - reporting of concussions that continues to plague the sport and remains a major impediment, in my view, to keeping kids safe (the reasons: if an athlete is allowed to keep playing with a concussion, studies show that their recovery is likely to take longer, and they are at increased risk of long - term problems (e.g. early dementia, depression, more rapid aging of the brain, and in rare cases, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and in extremely rare instances, catastrophic injury or death.)

But I love her overarching message (as you seem to, also) that we must set a reasonably high standard for school food and let kids learn to meet it, instead of assuming they'll only eat junk food so there's no point in even trying to improve school food.

Hungry kids not only struggle to learn, he pointed out, but are more likely to be disruptive in class, which hampers all kids» learning.

But the unfamiliar foods aren't the only sticking point for some kids.

That is why we must make it not only normal, but blazingly, officially LEGAL to give our kids some independence, a point the -LSB-...]

When I was interviewed earlier today by CBC radio stations across Canada on this story, I expressed that I was not only horrified from a nutrition / health point of view, but that I also felt terrible for this mother, who sent a healthy, balanced lunch with her kids — one that was likely healthier than most packed lunches.

The only downside to the BubbleBum is that it can feel a little unstable, especially for kids who might be riding in a booster for the first time and are used to more substantial five - point harness carseats.

I will never forget the look on the face of the rep for Kellogg's when she came to pitch their new (at that time) «low sugar» version of Froot Loops and I told her that we would never serve our kids a cereal with that kind of color even if it had only 1g of sugar per serving, and that if you have to trick kids into eating cereal by making it look like candy, then you are missing the point of good nutrition.

I know it stings to imagine another kid pointing at her and telling her that only babies suck their thumbs, but in this case, that kid is just going to be more persuasive than you.

Komae is the only app which helps parents build their village and trade childcare; you can join for free, and have trusted people in your village watch your child so you can get a break — in the meantime, they receive points for helping out, which they can in turn use to have you help watch their kids!

And also when I realized that formula is a thing, and my kid would be fed either way, and that's kinda the only point that matters.

To which a distinguished toxicologist responded, look, low - level lead exposure may only shave off a few IQ points off of kids.

I have a serious gag reflex and genetically soft teeth, so I often wonder what the point is (just kidding, please don't write me long letter about tooth health) The only way I've made peace with it is to perform other meaningful things while I'm doing -LSB-...]

The truth is I'll continue planning fun experiences for our kids each year, but knowing going in that there's a high probability at some point during the trip one of us will end up stuck in the middle of the blue ski run with only 1 pole.

The kid's only 18, but her Sundance style game is on point.

Back to my point, this week is my time to be solely with my kids and only work when my kids are sleeping.

It would appear that common stereotypes are somewhat accurate when it comes to women being more broody than men — 46 % single women included in the study said they'd like to have kids at some point, whereas only 42 % of single men felt the pull of fatherhood.

Coupled with that are their kids; both of Barrymore's sons are horribly annoying, to the point where you hope the director makes some risky choices, turns the film into a The Ghost & The Darkness rip - off and they both get violently killed by lions, while Sandler's daughters fair a little better, but only because they appear to have recognisable human personalities.

Of course the soundtrack, as always, was a major part selling point, although Kid Galahad offered no hits, reaching only # 30 on the Billboard Hot 100.

As Jodie Foster waved to her sons Charles, 19, and Kit, 16, at the Hotel Artemis premiere in L.A., she pointed out that only one kid was wearing a tie.

Muschietti «s strategy to only focus on the kids» point of view was one way of creating narrative cohesion whist leading the audience to anticipate the sequel.

Which points to one of the biggest misconception about high school quiz competitions: that they are only for the nerdy kids.

The kids not only learned how to point and shoot, they also were taught how to use a camera to re-create dreams and express personal vision.

Early in the episode, Evers pointed to his experience as state superintendent as a qualification, but Holtz argued that of the two, only he had experience «taking a large urban district and helping it so that it becomes successful for achievement for our minority kids.»

As James Guthrie of the George W. Bush Institute has pointed out, the only real way that families can really be engaged in schools is if they actually have the ability to actually shape the education their kids receive.

Pointing to a lawsuit by parents of kids at Right Step Inc., a Milwaukee voucher school, because only 7 percent of students were proficient in English and none were proficient in math, he asked DeVos, «Would you send you kid to a school where 93 percent of the students aren't English proficient and 0 percent are math proficient?»

And I'm equally convinced that pointing to poverty as an excuse for why we fail to properly educate poor kids only serves to condemn more of them to lives of poverty.

And studies have shown that teaching kids reading strategies can boost comprehension, but only up to a point.

Given that the percentage of low - income suburban fourth - grade young men struggling with literacy is only seven percentage points lower than that for big - city counterparts (and only six points lower for suburban fourth - grade young women peers than for big - city counterparts), suburban districts are doing as poorly as big - city counterparts in providing the poorest kids with high - quality education needed for success in an increasingly knowledge - based economy.

I really am interested in how a former undersecretary of education has come to the point that he is so determined to attack teacher tenure, teacher unions and «restrictive work rules» for teachers — especially during a time when public schools have been systematically defunded, forced to jump through hoops (Race to the Top) in order to get what remains of federal funding for education, like some kind of bizarre Hunger Games ritual for kids and teachers, and as curriculums have been narrowed to the point where only middle class and wealthier communities have schools that offer subjects like music, art, and physical education — much less recess time, school nurses or psychologists, or guidance counselors.

Rear - seat room seems tight, and the optional third - row seat, which folds out of sight to the point where you might not even know it was there unless somebody told you, is for kids only.

From my experience, to have the most successful bookstore at this point in time would be having a larger kids section, self lookup kiosks, no cafe (or at least a cafe that runs on its own payroll), and a much smaller retail space with only the best selling of each category in store with the option of having a book shipped FREE if it's not in store, and not having such a huge digital presence (nook).

One of my favorite authors is updating one of my favorite kids / YA series of books so that they are a little more modern, she starting writing these books 30 years ago and things have changed since the time of the Apple II (we now have internet, smartphones, WiFi and text messaging) while at the same time clarifying some plot points and even adding a few scenes and plot enhancements, these are only available as ebooks at this point.

Only kidding Jason, but you get my point.

At this point the only thing my kids will inherit when I die in 50 years is my student loans