Sentences with phrase «kinds of working parents»

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«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 or working through the weekend,» she writes.

«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.

As a working dad, the article notes, Branson wants his employees to have the same kind of parenting experience he enjoyed.

Instead of acting as apologists for the divorce culture, West and Hewlett propose a Parents» Bill of Rights, a kind of work in progress outlined at the end of the book and on flyers abundantly distributed during their book tour.

Martin Luther, the first of the Reformers to formulate a radically new understanding of the Christian idea of vocation, argued that any kind of regular and legitimate work in the world — manual labor, parenting, civic activity — could be a vocation or a calling so long as the Christian did that workout of love for Cod in service to humankind.

Many peopie carry this kind of psychological burden, unable to express their negative feelings, unable to work them out, finding themselves under the burden of a law that says no matter what your real feelings are you are supposed to honor and love and obey your parents.

But we can at least analyze the kinds of love that are needed by every child, and we can see the ways that the culture has organized to meet those needs, needs which, when driven deeply enough, necessitate the wisdom and the sanctity of a monogamous marriage and a faithful living together as far as possible so that the full work of parenting can be done.

Things that have worked for other parents: getting rid of the baby bucket & getting a rear - facing convertible seat; putting the seat slightly more upright (for older babies whose heads don't slump forward & no more than 30 degrees), putting the radio station to static & having it the same volume as the crying, singing, trying different kinds of music, sitting in the back with the baby (obviously only works if someone else can drive:)-RRB-, having toys that are just for the car, only going somewhere when baby is sleepy... I'm sure there's others, those are the most common

If you strive to have the kind of connection between you and your child that brings out the best in both of you, and work to understand your child's needs and to help her feel her best, you are an attachment parent.

Children tend to enter some kind of day care quite early (as early as 6 months) but this is more for the socialization than for the parents ability to work (most mothers don't work outside of parenting).

One of the best resources for how to parent for a secure attachment in the first few years of life is the new book Raising A Secure Child by Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell, all therapists who have worked with many different kinds of families for decades.

There are all kinds of moms out there: working moms, stay - at - home moms, «cool moms,» alternative moms, crunchy moms, homeschooling moms, helicopter moms... Honestly there's probably a group of moms out there who base their core parenting principals on the wisdom of Dr.. Who or something, because why the hell not?

I * never * give parenting advice (to anybody, let alone my grown offspring and their spouses) unless very specifically asked, and even then they kind of have to pry it out of me because I'm very conscious that what works / worked for me may not be right for someone else.

Many work - at home parents also need that same kind of all - day child care in the summer months, but others don't.

I hope you're not actually involved in any kind of birth or healthcare work, because I'm not sure you actually get how devastating the loss of a wanted child can be, not just for parents, but for siblings, grandparents, aunts and uncles.

Having done this kind of work myself for many years in San Francisco, I can vouch for how frustrating it can be, and yet, as a parent or guardian who really wants to make a difference in nutrition and health for an enormous number of children, there is really no better opportunity than serving on your local school nutrition parent advisory council.

Leave entitlements should not restrict any kind of arrangement that might work best for parents.

A mother of two young boys, she also offers a firsthand account of how she came to follow the tenets of attachment parenting, plus a down - to - earth guide to making this lifestyle work for every kind of family.

So one of the biggest mistakes that a lot of parents make is that they take one latch and they think it works well and they think it's cool and they try to use it throughout their entire home, and what you end doing is in same kind with thing with the gates as you end up taking round pegging and try to stick them in square holes and hope it gonna works, and a lot of times it's not gonna work.

Well, its mid-year and I am assuming that many families will be taking some kind of vacation, so even if you are a working parent, maybe you can embrace what I call «relaxed homeschooling».

What's impressed me kind of in this whole book journey has not only been the support on the professional side, from API and the Sears» and from Dr. Gordon, also a really really positive, healthy general notion that we're all working toward something good and trying to empower parents to make decisions that are good for them and for their kids.

I kind of assumed other parents just did whatever worked for them and their family or mimicked the habits their own parents had used during their childhoods.

Scores of parents subscribe to attachment parenting (first created by Dr. William Sears) because they believe it works for them and their family, but I'm going to be totally honest with you: I actually really kind of hate attachment parenting.

When I ask those who said their parents were present to talk about their memories, they cite the kinds of moments parents work pretty hard to create: opening presents on Christmas morning, cooking Thanksgiving dinner surrounded by relatives, being together at the beach, having Mom or Dad read a favorite book at bedtime, playing cards or Monopoly, a family road trip.

When I was in Queens with a home visitor working with a foster parent to rethink how they interacted with their child, what struck me is how eager all parents are for that kind of help.

They do better when they know what to expect every day and it's hard to create that kind of structure at home, especially if you're a working parent.»

The hard «work» of being a Mama (for me) doesn't come from the structure of our home or the discipline «method» we use or any of those actions, but rather on the inner work that we do to be the kind of parent we want to be.

The Postpartum Doulas of Tulsa Family Doulas have specialized training for all kinds of situations, including the scenario where one or both parents must return to work after having a baby.

It can seem like a lot of work, compared to the quick fix of the Santa threats, but this is investment parenting, as opposed to the credit style kind.

Most people do not openly subscribe to this kind of parenting but many get stuck in a cycle of working too much and being preoccupied with other parts of life they deem more important than their kids.

There is no one way to arrange your baby's sleep, before you retire for the night and how well one approach works is, as always, determined by factors pertinent to each family depending on what parents want, hope for, and see as reflecting the kind of relationship they want to share with each other and with their infants and other children.

This is the kind of parent I'm working on being, too.

My younger one is a bit of an enigma, but maybe was partially due to being a bit of an introvert so loves the imaginary world of books, and maybe partially due to neglect parenting — we weren't reading to her nearly as much as her sisters, so she had to figure it out on her own (joking — kind of — we obviously don't neglect her, reading just took a backseat, but hey it all worked out in the wash so am not sweating it).

The poll's findings are supported by the facts concerning the kind of child care today's working parents are actually choosing for their children.

It doesn't matter what kind of work you do, if one partner is a stay at home parent, a student or if you're both in the workforce making good money at your chosen profession; money stress is a factor -LSB-...]

I was team mom for little league, cheer mom, pta mom, chaperoned school field trips, volunteered as a classroom helper and parent at their schools (when in public school) attended toddler tumbling and mom classes, was a homeschooling parent for one of my kids with leaning disabilities, I didn't have to scramble to figure out what to do about work or where to take my kids for child care if they were sick, I led and was involved with the church groups with my kids, I spent summers with them doing all kinds of things like traveling, visiting grandparents out of town, amusement park trips, swimming, picnics, and hiking, instead of them being stuck with a sitter every summer.

«The parents can't leave, but they can kind of relax on the other side of the café, get some work done,» Alicia said.

We've kind of move away from that because we think that's an expectation for parents for either being too early or too late in working around that date can be a disappointment for parents» if those babies don't go home in that time.

I was hoping for some more detailed and nuanced information, for example differences in populations of available children, differences in ability to discriminate against certain kinds of potential adoptive or foster parents (e.g., single, non-Christian, gay, etc.), differences in whom prospective parents work with (attorney?

CHRISTINE STEWART FITZGERALD: So it sounds like you're looking at it from the biological standpoint and I think incorporating what we talked about earlier, some of those different cycles on looking at their individual needs and you can kind of customize that because I think you know, kind of what Jen said earlier is that there's a lot of different books out there that will talk about the new onesies of each of these but as a parent, I think you just have to find what works for you and their biology is going to be different and their temperaments are different and it's not a one size fits all approach.

As is true for most parents, my children consumed my life, and what I discovered were all kinds of baby products that worked and many that didn't work.

We're going where few blogs have gone before, speaking candidly about all kinds of new parent info including sleep, post-partum depression, introducing solids, going back to work, redefining your role as a mom or dad and having fun with your partner after baby.

I say it over and over again that I'm the «kind» of parent who practices doing what works.

They may have been raised in the same kind of environment, or they were able to work through and heal their emotional childhood wounds before becoming a parent.

That means making sure parents can choose the option that works for their children, no matter what they do for a living and no matter what kind of public school they prefer.

Now, what they're doing is not really going to work, because the kind of thing they're doing is similar to what a lot of companies that are offering genetic testing to parents for their kids are doing; they're testing for things like the ACTN3 gene, which is a gene that codes for a protein found only in fast - twitch muscle fibers.

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Working at A Pea in the Pod made Rosie realize that she could create a new kind of business — one that is hands - on and could provide judgment - free, feel - good guidance for pregnant women and new mothers during their parenting journey.

Some of them are independent and earn their bread working within their specialty, others continue living with their parents for a long time, you can not find the two of a kind and at the same time there are some common traits.

They grant you real life opportunities versus received wisdom from your parents or friends and allow you to discover the kind of relationships and people that work or don't work for you, which helps you ultimately understand what you're actually looking for and need in the end.