Sentences with phrase «likely than the average child»

Children who grow up on dairy farms are much less likely than the average child to develop asthma.

Not exact matches

So, until you are willing to condemn the child's family members, his or her teachers, and his or her sports coaches, get off the soapbox and stop pretending that clergy members are somehow more likely than average to abuse kids.

Public schoolteachers in central cities are far more likely than the average central city resident to send their own children to private schools.

Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower, Mary Ann Mason reports that while women in so - called «fast - track professions» have fewer children than does the average American woman, female faculty are almost half as likely as female physicians and slightly less likely than female lawyers to have a child at all, even though academia offers far more flexible hours than the average law firm or hospital.

There's far more cleavage flesh on show on the average red - carpet event than you're ever likely to see on a nursing mother - after all, the view is somewhat obscured by a child's head!

Why is it, exactly, that poor children are less likely to succeed, on average, than middle - class children?

Centre manager Karen Keenan says assessments, including residential stays of an average of 12 weeks, make no assumptions about whether children are likely to be «better off» with mum, dad or both, but take a firm line that fathers are important: «We start from the point of view of the child, and over many years we've found that often it's the father, rather than the mother, who is the more competent or promising parent of the two.»

On average, children who were breastfed for ≥ 8 months 1) scored between 0.35 and 0.59 SD units higher on standardized tests of ability or achievement and teacher ratings of school performance than children who were not breastfed, and 2) were considerably less likely than nonbreastfed children to leave school without qualifications (relative risk = 0.38; 95 % CI: 0.25, 0.59).

British children were twice as likely as the average to have been drunk by the age of 15, and significantly less likely to be in two parent families than those elsewhere, were more likely to have tried drugs and had one of the worst diets in the developed world.

Keep in mind that a cute little rounded belly is absolutely normal for a toddler, and your child more than likely fits into this average shape.

The study suggests that the reason why children's sleep is more closely related to mothers» sleep than to fathers» sleep is that, on average, mothers still spend more time with their children than fathers — and therefore, a stronger mutual influence is likely.

The children born with high birthweight at term were more likely to be obese by kindergarten than their average - weight counterparts.

Children born with a large birthweight (above 10 pounds at term) were 69 percent more likely than average weight children to be obese by kindergarten and continuing at least through second grade, the researchers detChildren born with a large birthweight (above 10 pounds at term) were 69 percent more likely than average weight children to be obese by kindergarten and continuing at least through second grade, the researchers detchildren to be obese by kindergarten and continuing at least through second grade, the researchers determined.

Now, preliminary work reported here today at the American Society of Human Genetics meeting suggests that men who have more CNVs than average may be more likely to sire children with the eye cancer retinoblastoma.

While research has failed to document a consistent pattern of individual pathology in abusive or neglectful parents, Chaffin and colleagues found that people with Antisocial Personality Disorder, for example, were six times more likely to neglect their children than the average individual.

Elementary school children who play video games more than two hours a day are 67 % more likely than their peers who play less to have greater - than - average attention problems, according to the study, which appears in the journal Pediatrics.

Elementary school children who play video games more than two hours a day are 67 % more likely than their peers who play less to have greater - than - average attention problems, according to a new study.

In addition, children with higher - than - average levels of the most commonly detected byproduct — found in roughly 6 in 10 kids — were nearly twice as likely to have ADHD.

Interestingly, even the average Christian schooler is not much less likely than other churchgoers to think that a top priority in education is teaching children about diverse races, religions, and cultures (67 percent versus 73 percent).

Making progress on this difficult issue is predicated on acknowledging an uncomfortable truth, one that can easily be demagogued: On average, due to a host of factors beyond their own control, including poverty, fatherlessness, and trauma, poor children of color are more likely to misbehave at school than are their peers.

Black children are three times more likely to be born into poverty than their white counterparts, and four times more likely to be born into extreme poverty where average daily funds are less than $ 1.25 per day, according to The World Bank.

Because high school dropouts earn $ 250,000 less on average over a lifetime less than graduates do (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2006), their children are more likely to be raised in poverty — and students from impoverished households with undereducated parents are themselves more likely to drop out.

Children who attend these schools are more likely to earn a college degree than the national average.

And since most education policy doesn't impact the children of Congresspersons (they are much more likely to attend private schools or public schools who haven't been sanctioned under Federal education policy than the children of the average voting American) it's a place where Congress can show America that they know how to work together without being held accountable for anything.

In the UK, a National Literacy Survey found that children who read stories both on tablets and in print are more likely to have above - average vocabulary than those who read in printed books alone.

This is also a community where asthma is epidemic: children in West Oakland are seven times more likely to be hospitalized for asthma than the average child in California.»

Farm kids are less likely to develop allergies and asthma than the average child.

Five years after a nonmarital birth, the annual contribution of unwed fathers who had never been in prison averaged nearly $ 2,700, about 2.7 times the $ 964 average annual payment by unwed fathers who had been imprisoned.56 Net of other social and personal characteristics, previously incarcerated fathers are 36 percent less likely to make financial contributions to their children, and when they do, they contribute less than other nonresident fathers.

Coverage rates for vaccines recommended for all children were higher than the state average for Aboriginal children (93 % fully vaccinated in Sydney West v. 87 % in NSW) and also for non-Aboriginal children (91 % v. 90 %, respectively).3 The steering group decided that the main reasons for low coverage of 7vPCV in Aboriginal children were likely to be a lack of knowledge about the targeted program among both parents and providers, and failure in identifying eligible infants.

Dr. Willis offered one example of early insights: «Children in the home visiting program are more than twice as likely to be screened for developmental delays as the national average.»

For two health outcomes (limiting long - term illness and social, emotional and behavioural difficulties) and two health behaviours (screen time and fruit and vegetable consumption), children of parents with average skills were also more likely to have poor health and poor health behaviour than children in the high parenting skills group.

«Children who live with their biological fathers are, on average, at least two to three times more likely not to be poor, less likely to use drugs, less likely to experience educational, health, emotional and behavioral problems, less likely to be victims of child abuse, and less likely to engage in criminal behavior than their peers who live without their married, biological (or adoptive) parents.»

This project challenged the stereotypical assumption (by non-Indigenous Australians) that the majority of Indigenous Australian children have well - developed or even above average movement skill development, based on their being more likely than non-Indigenous children to engage in regular physical activity and perform well in sport.

For example, compared to older mothers, teen mothers display lower levels of verbal stimulation and involvement, higher levels of intrusiveness, and maternal speech that is less varied and complex.47, 48 Mothers with fewer years of education read to their children less frequently25, 49 and demonstrate less sophisticated language and literacy skills themselves, 50 which affects the quantity and quality of their verbal interactions with their children.2 Parental education, in turn, relates to household income: poverty and persistent poverty are strongly associated with less stimulating home environments, 51 and parents living in poverty have children who are at risk for cognitive, academic, and social - emotional difficulties.52, 53 Finally, Hispanic and African American mothers are, on average, less likely to read to their children than White, non-Hispanic mothers; 54 and Spanish - speaking Hispanic families have fewer children's books available in the home as compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts.25 These racial and ethnic findings are likely explained by differences in family resources across groups, as minority status is often associated with various social - demographic risks.