Sentences with phrase «left in the hands of parents»

If children want to make it sweeter by adding extra honey, maple syrup or fruit they can, but we think that decision is best left in the hands of parents.

If children want to make it sweeter by adding honey, maple syrup or fruit they can, but we think that decision is best left in the hands of parents.

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Emma had witnessed first - hand the unintended consequence of this policy: single parents going off to work and, in the absence of affordable child care, leaving eight - year - olds to watch three - year - old siblings.

And colleges and universities spend time and money running seminars led by academics and mental health workers that cater to the concerns and preoccupations of anxious parents as they leave their children in the hands of strangers.

We give the lion's share of parenting leave to mothers — up to 52 weeks compared to 2 weeks (paid at a low level) for fathers — offering scant opportunity for dads to learn how to become confident, independent, hands - on carers in the crucial early months of their children's lives.

Add to that that there is absolutely NO real accountability for a midwife in the form of peer review, loss of privileges, or malpractice insurance, and you have a very volatile situation where well - meaning parents - to - be are left with no recourse when a birth goes horribly wrong at the hands of an incompetent midwife.

Now imagine a child, roughed up by his own bad choices or suffering at the hands of her own human weaknesses, hoping to find a safe harbor in a parent's healing embrace, but instead being punished, spanked, or sent to isolation in a corner or in their room... leaving them all alone in a stormy sea of human emotions when what they really need in that moment is to reconnect with us.

I think the best thing we could do when we were gone was leave Cameron in the hands of my parents.

The skeptics, on the other hand, say that innocent families around the world have been left in ruins by prosecutors and child protective agencies who have wrongfully accused parents and child - care workers of child abuse.

Hillary Whitney, on the other hand, is a well - mannered and wholesome daughter of immensely wealthy parents, whose expectations leave her feeling suffocated in life.

The best «federalist» approach may be to follow the doctrine of subsidiarity and leave key decisions in the hands of parents.

Informal assessments include things like talking with students as they enter and leave the room, observing students as they work on a task or in groups, watching students on the playground or at lunch, asking students to use hand signals or colored cards to indicate their degree of confidence with a skill they have just practiced, or making note of informative comments made by parents at a back - to - school night.

And about leaving as many of those choices in the hands of parents (and later, yes, even the children) as possible.

From the onset, parent company General Motors was interested in incorporating a left - hand drive Commodore in its Buick lineup, as manifested by the unveiling of the Buick XP2000 concept car in 1996.

Where, on the other hand, a parent acquiesces (leaves their child in the custody of the other parents and does nothing to actively seek custody) for some period of time, but then seeks to recover custody later on, a court will generally favour the interim order and keep the child with the current custodial parent.

No parent leaves my office following initial intake without a copy of this book in their hand.