Sentences with phrase «make a difference to children»

These decisions are not major or life - changing, but will make a difference to the child who feels that his life is out of control.

It made no difference to my children's development that I can see.

«I think I would want to get a lot more understanding of how the government thinks that areas where education standards are too low are going to opt for selective schools and why they think those selective schools would make a difference to all children in that area,» she told ITV News.

Interestingly, however, this made no difference to the children in the study.

Birth weight makes a difference to a child's future academic performance, according to new Northwestern University research that found heavier newborns do better in elementary and middle school than infants with lower birth weights.

The results of this trial will make a difference to children with sickle cell anemia and their families,» said Deborah Hirtz, M.D., program director at the National Institute of Health's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).

Money makes a difference to children's outcomes.»

Ask almost any teacher and they will tell you that they joined the profession to make a difference to children's lives.

People become teachers for many reasons and chief amongst these is they want to make a difference to children's lives.

«Three reading schemes — using coaching, free books and specialist teaching to bridge the gap between primary and secondary literacy levels — made no difference to children's progress, with one even leaving students lagging behind their peers, research has shown.

With our scarce but valuable resources, we could perhaps end the year by reflecting on what really does make a difference to children, young people, teachers and leaders.

This funding forms part of a # 25 million pot of money designed to bolster the work of organisations that make a difference to children and their families.

A true professional who loves her job and goes to work every day determined to make a difference to a child's development.

Here we look at how national policies (the National Quality Standard and Early Years Learning Framework) and those that are specific to your service can make a difference to children's mental health.

This booklet should support and empower schools and families to deliver a truly child - centred approach and really make a difference to children with attachment difficulties and trauma histories.»

Regardless of the game playing how you respond to the accusations and name calling will make a difference to your child.

Drawing on the latest research it helps explain why parents» actions make a difference to their children's emotional wellbeing and future positive mental health.

Become a foster carer and make a difference to a child's life.

You will have made a difference to some children's lives as well as your own.

The greatest advantage is knowing that I am making a difference to children and people in need.

Not exact matches

At lunch, workers sample the meals that are delivered to the children — the jerk chicken is particularly popular — so they get to taste the difference the company's work has in lunchrooms and, tacitly, understand how their roles make it happen.

In an address to the nation on Thursday, Trump sought to speak directly to «America's children» and said «it is not enough to simply take actions that make us feel like we are making a difference.

«Every month, I see the difference that being in a child's life — who doesn't have anybody to guide him — makes,» Albom told CNBC about the orphanage his charity operates in Haiti.

If you are looking to make a difference in the lives of at - risk children, how would you measure progress?

This commitment continues to help make a difference in the lives of so many of Central Florida's children.»

«It's time to decide if we'll keep going by making it more affordable to raise a child in Ontario and give every child the very best start or go backwards and cut programs that are making a real difference at a time when families need more support.

«Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a tremendous desire to make a difference in the lives of others and have a positive impact in the community in which they live and serve,» said Rebekah Nantais, director of development, Greater Orlando Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

Whether you're the Account Owner asking for gifts for your children, or the Gift - Giver giving a gift to a college - bound child, you can make a difference.

«The most important and fulfilling thing in my day to day life is taking care of my five children, who are ages 3 - 13 but on the business side, it's knowing CSSCS has so quickly made a difference in people's lives that makes the sacrifices I have made all worthwhile.

Carey Lodge, media officer at World Vision UK, recently went to Uganda and told Premier the difference a simple teddy bear can make for the children.

She explained: «Our child - friendly space experts are saying they're really excited because you know, just giving these kids a space to play, be kids again after they've experienced such traumatic things is so important and we're hoping these teddy bears can make a tiny difference.»

If they are all adult and do not engage in the act of marrying children, and if plural marriage works for them and make thems happy, what possible difference does it make to anyone else?

When she is invited to speak at places like Princeton and people try to argue that it makes little difference that Camden spends $ 4,000 and Princeton $ 8,000 per student, she retorts, «If you don't believe that money makes a difference, let your children go to school in Camden.

I want to be heard look him in the eye and say you could have made a difference for good and you could have improved the outcome for my three children (and still can) and yet chose to do nothing.

In a country where alcoholism, gun violence, and drugs lure a lot of young people (particularly young men) into destructive lifestyles, World Vision has implemented leadership initiatives, after - school programs, and peace programs that seem to be making a difference, particularly among sponsored children who grow into adults.

It must be real if he is a righteous God, and he would not be worth worshipping if he were so spineless or so indifferent to what happened to his children that sin made no difference to him.

The modern Protestant tendency to believe that children should be like their parents makes it unusually difficult to adjust to differences between generations that are due primarily to a major economic and cultural transition.

Just like the difference between giving a child a new toy and making him work to earn it.

And may God bless you with enough foolishness... to believe that you can make a difference in the world, so that you can do what others claim can not be done, to bring justice and kindness to all our children and the poor.

What is the difference, really, between a four - year - old child who is incapable of making a conscious decision to trust Jesus because of his age and an adult living in outer - Mongolia in 50 A.D. who is incapable of making a decision to trust Jesus because he couldn't possibly hear of him?

And even though, there are cultural differences, that may make us, lean, towards, certain, types of worship, we should never lean, to complete denial, that we are all, our Father; s Children!

You want to make a difference for children?

God has put it on our hearts to make a difference in the life of one of these Guatemalan children, and we are thrilled about this call.

After all, going from being a horrible parent to being an adequate parent, according to one social scientist, makes an enormous difference in a child's life — while going from adequate to excellent makes only a negligible one.

Would it not make sense above all to ask questions from the point of view of adopted children as well as questions concerning the concrete consequences in their daily lives of the effacing of sexual differences?

He encouraged people to not go into fostering with «their eyes blinkered» but said it's an «amazing» chance to make a difference in a child's life.

Sometimes we learn nothing by doing except the bare deed, as when children are taught to read by being required simply to read but never learn that written words refer to a whole world beyond them or when theological students are taught to «preach» by being required to make public addresses but never discover the difference between a sermon and an oration.

As passionate as I was about social justice and alleviating poverty, child sponsorship struck me as an old - fashioned model for giving in which a few select children essentially walked through a breadline to receive meals, schools supplies, and medical attention from far - away white «saviors» whose first - world guilt was eased by letters ensuring that their contributions made a difference.

For one: It will be impossible to tell a child that they are wrong and their parent has not improved when they saw some very slight improvement and have convinced themselves that it is making an enormous difference.

The lower levels of baseline sugar sweetened drink consumption in the UK compared with the US may in part explain why the effect on obesity that we estimate in the UK is much less than that estimated in the US.12 The differences with respect to other modelling studies may also be partly explained by their use of higher own price elasticity values for sugar sweetened drinks than we have calculated and used here.18 22 52 We can not make direct comparisons between the results of our study and the results of recent studies of the effect of reducing sugar sweetened drink consumption on body weight in children, 5 7 as the relation between energy balance and change in body mass index in children who are growing is different from that in adults.