Sentences with phrase «kids than hands»

She started blogging as a way to nourish the desire to work while balancing the joys and duties that come with having more kids than hands.

Not exact matches

Parents are handing perfectly good old machines down to their kids, rather than going out and spending a lot on a shiny new model.

In light of the underground community of abuse and depravity that exists in the priesthood, I see this condemnation as little more than the excessive whinings of the proverbial kid caught with his own hand in the cookie jar.

On the other hand, it's been well documented that kids regularly drank weak booze, as it was safer than other options.

The consistency is a little thicker than regular smoothies, making it not the hot mess I expected when I handed my kids a spoon instead of a straw.

I only get 25 out of a batch nowadays, but on the other hand, with the hemp powder they are definitely more filling, so the kids almost never eat more than one anymore.

Kids his age play AFL football here which is a much tougher sport than Football or Soccer as they call it here and they are fine, no need to ease them in if they are good enough they play 1st game after being drafted the off season before hand at only 18 years off age and they have no problems with long term injuries.

Most of the Robert Morris kids will be freshmen and not the greatest specimens in the world, and more than likely they will get their butts handed to them by the likes of Duquesne and Mercyhurst.

Instead of wringing our hands about so - called gray divorces and seeing those marriages as failures, perhaps we should consider marriage as more «till the kids part» than «till death do us part.»

The media keeps trumpeting the «new dad,» and yes many men are more hands - on with their kids than ever before; this is a wonderful and welcome change, especially for the kids.

There's nothing I'd rather see than educational policymaking put back into the hands of the people who are most likely to treat kids as individual human beings — that is, their parents and teachers, preferably at as local a level as possible.

At one time, Parenting.com cited harnesses as one of the most ridiculous parenting products, claiming that «kids should just be taught to hold hands and stay where their parents can see them rather than be treated like the family pet.»

On the other hand, we've looked and haven't been able to prove that children whose moms drank very moderately are worse off than kids whose moms were totally abstinent.

Maintaining good hygiene with regular hand - washing is supremely underrated, especially if you have kids like mine that would rather lose their hands than wash them (weird, right?).

My kids have sat on many a lap other than mine on planes and someone always offers to help with hand holding, bag carrying or child minding if I need it.

In my experience, it's the parents who need more hand - holding than the kids.

Note from Hint Mama: We're just about to embark on the potty training journey and I've heard that teaching proper potty etiquette (like wiping, flushing and hand washing) can be a lot more difficult than teaching the go - potty basics, and that kids who have the basics mastered can still easily regress.

On the other hand, my own pediatrician and a second doctor I consulted on the issue have both advised me that if a kid is not otherwise drinking milk, the nutrient / sugar trade - off clearly favors the flavored milk; it's far more important for a growing child to get sufficient calcium than it is to avoid the added sugar.

So the next time you're considering getting a phone for your kids that's probably more updated than the one your boss has, do their brains a favor, and get them toys they can really get their hands on!

Another reason is that your kids are further apart in age, ie, more than 3 - years, then the RoomFor2 is a slightly better choice and, if you want something a bit more stylish, then the Joovy Caboose is hands down a better choice; with fewer features, it is lighter, shorter and more maneuverable.

Handprint Santa Ornament from Messy Little Monster — Now that most of my kids have larger hands than me, this feels extra darling

Rather than trick or treating, she actually liked handing out candy to the kids that came at the door.

One of the tasks that wears me out the most is washing my kid's sticky hands and face in the sink, and by pre-chewing his food, I'm more than happy to take the post-meal cleanup out of the equation.

This collaborative blog «written by and for local moms» has since changed hands, and more than 20 contributors now write for the site, which is updated daily with articles ranging from fun things to do with the kids and local events to personal stories and product reviews.

I admit, it's far easier to hand my kid the iPad for some learning games than it is to set up a sensory bin for him.

Babysitters, nannies, preschool teachers provide many different services as well: counseling / behavioral therapies (think children fighting in a sand box who need to be directed to «use words» rather than hit one another), nutritional guidance (our son's teachers have given us great ideas and resources for healthy meals), arts training (music class, creative arts class), occupational therapist (correct hand hold for four year old grasping a pencil), physical therapist (Hop on one foot, kids!

Nothing is better than a craft for kids that can be made from items you already have on hand.

Childcare for babies and toddlers is more expensive than childcare for older kids because younger kids need more hands - on care, and there must be more childcare providers in each room.

But instead of wringing our hands about so - called gray divorces and seeing those long - term marriages as failures, perhaps we should consider marriage as more «till the kids part» than «till death do us part.»

These kids were the ones who received the least frequent spankings (less than one per month) and never got swatted with anything other than an open hand (Lansford et al 2012).

On the other hand, kids are learning more by watching you than what you are saying.

Some kids prefer to use their hands to build sets, props, accessories and backdrops rather than cuddle, hug, or dress a doll.

Pencils and paper have given way to the more amorphous cloud - based computing, kids are presenting more with Prezi than on poster boards, and work can be turned in online instead of in - hand.

Concrete examples that require hands - on solutions mean far more to kids than abstract concepts like prime numbers or fractions, she says.

Kids love nothing more than getting involved, getting their hands dirty and doing an activity together with siblings or parents.

Adults on the other hand are generally more stressed, more sedentary, and ingest more toxins (medications, alcohol, caffeine, etc) than kids, which is why grown - ups can usually benefit from more veggies on a daily basis as a gentle detox.

I love your point about embracing the more refined collections, rather than the 90s kid vibes that tend to go hand - in - hand with LFW; I totally feel the same way.

On the other hand, my biggest appearance faux pas (which my kids are more than happy to remind me of) was when I got my hair chopped off super short while wearing braces... as an adult.

I remember being a little kid and owning a pair of platform sandals like these, so I just had to get my hands on a pair now that they're back in style and hotter than ever!

On the other hand, I really enjoyed seeing the odd, feral - looking beauty Mireille Enos (of TV's «The Killing») as Pitt's on - screen wife; I wish she had more to do in the film than hunker onboard an aircraft carrier with their kids, hoping the zombies won't learn how to swim.

«Nothing was more central than finding Millie: having a hand in finding this extraordinary talent for film acting in this kid.

In Phoenix, for example, we meet an uncaring mother (Alison Janney) who would rather grip a glass of gin than her kids» hands.

Parents come back seeing kids as way more capable than they would have believed without witnessing it first - hand.

Students also tried their hand at writing with quill pens, «which kids were excited about, but turned out to be more difficult than they thought,» Hanley added.

About 90 percent of Bryan's 13,500 students would be eligible for the $ 500 Pell Grants for Kids, putting more than $ 6 million in new federal dollars into the hands of Bryan parents.

I agree that poorly prepared teachers is one cause of the high dropout rate, but as with most problems, many causes exist, including an anti-intellectual culture that values over-paid athletes and celebrities w / no obvious talent (e.g. Kim Kardashian); parents who think all their male children will grow up to be Yankees so never put books in the kids» hands; pseudo education reformers who sell a narrative that a first year teacher is no different from a veteran with a grad degree and thirty years teaching experience, administrators who hire based on coaching rather than teaching, school boards that cut library programs rather than sports, etc..

Milwaukee Public Schools is finding that preparing kids for their next steps involves more than just classroom instruction — in some cases, students need hands - on experience in the work world.

«When I first came to New York, every kid was given the same book to read, whether they could read it or not, rather than putting something in their hands they could read,» Snowball said.

There is no greater trust than that of parents who hand over their children to schools every day, believing, hoping and praying that their kids...

We're not kidding; this is a manual transmission, rear - wheel drive, right - hand drive roadster with a mid-mounted 660cc three - cylinder that revs to 8,100 rpm, all in a package that is 30 inches shorter than an first - generation Mazda Miata.