Sentences with phrase «messages sent to parents»

Another strategy to file in the «cheap and effective» category: A study published this year found that weekly automated text messages sent to parents about their child's grades, absences, and missing assignments encouraged them to be more involved in their child's learning, improving attendance by 17 percent and reducing the number of students failing a class by 39 percent.

We also learned that it's OK for second graders to use their fingers to count, and that text messages sent to parents boost family engagement and student attendance.

Here's why — along with the underlying conflict that this new name suggests, and the message it sends to parents of would - be scouts.

Not exact matches

It also requires the engagement and support of parents to send a strong message to aspiring female engineers, developers and programmers to stay the course.

Anything that sends the message — explicitly or implicitly — that parents aren't to be penalized will go a long way to keeping bright female employees engaged.

Stoneman Douglas survivor Samuel Zeif, who attended the listening session at the White House, said that on the day of the shooting he was on the second floor of the building, sending text messages to his parents and three of his brothers «that I was never going to see them again.»

A parent may never intend to send that message, but it's the message that is heard that counts.

If it is because a parent thinks that allowing them to stay will send the kid the message that the parents are «condoning» who the kid is or the kid's behavior (that the parents object to), then we ask if the parents fully understand the possible consequences to their child in throwing them onto the garbage heap of life.

Parents in the local football and cheerleading league sent out a Facebook message, asking for volunteers to fix the damage before the family — particularly the 10 - year - old girl and 9 - year - old boy, who are members of the local sports and Girl Scout group — returned home.

If I tell my kids to pick up their trash, I'm not sending a message to every other parent on my block that their kids can litter because my kids will pick it up.

Cronin was not against skilled athletic trainers, physicians, or physical therapists deciding whether to ice or not, but he worries that telling «parents, coaches, and athletes to «skip the ice, it doesn't work» sends the wrong message and may «open up Pandora's box for other problems that ice helps limit.»

Parenting leave reforms a «lost opportunity» to modernise, FI warns The government's proposals for changing the system of leave entitlements for new parents, announced by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on November 13, send a perverse message to families.

While the parent feels she or he is giving their child a boost by smoothing any rough edges, they are, in fact sending some powerfully negative messages to their child.

XNSPY android snooping app enable the parents to monitor the child's text messages, whether these messages are sent as «SMS» or as chat conversation on various platforms including WhatsApp, Skype, Viber, etc..

THESE are the items which parents should be purchasing if you really want to break down the stereotypes and send the toy companies a message that the gender - specific toys that only do one thing just.

Hey Bettina: I meant to send you a message for a long time — I wanted to let you know that we formed a group of parents to control the unhealthy food given to students for celebrations, fundraisers and rewards at our school.

Other kids are much less likely to send middle of the night text messages if they think parents might intercept them.

Parents say it's sending the wrong message to the students.

It was so good to finally have a name for what we parents were enjoying: «Family Bed» says it all... «So in her memory, Bill and I are sending a donation dedicated to Tine - we love choosing a work that connects so beautifully with her message to families.»

That's precisely the message children derive from common discipline techniques, even though it's not the message most parents intend to send.

Coupled with the picture of a bottle - feeding baby, it sends a dangerous message to parents that there is a negative connection between breastfeeding and allergies.

From a parent's point of view, I love the messages it sends to kids.

But this does highlight how essential being in communication with your parenting partner can be, so that you're not sending mixed messages to your kids.

But there's no denying the mixed message it sends to dads and the parenting community.

They often know that they are doing bad things but they do them in order to send a message to the parents.

What message does this ad send to all parents — that moms can be working women as long as they still maintain control at home?

But hospitals should facilitate what research says is best, and they CERTAINLY should not undermine health recommendations through policies that send mixed messages and misinformation to new parents.

The continuing father involvement deficit across developed countries reflects three key factors: the gender pay gap between men and women which worsens when people become parents; unequal entitlements to parenting leave during the first year when long - term parenting patterns and core competencies are established; mother - focussed services that can easily marginalise fathers and send a message that dads don't really matter.

Communications — Coaches and other league staff have lots to communicate to players» families, so a team parent may serve as the key information source, sending emails or maintaining a private message board.

Once you and the other parent agree on a when and where, be sure to exchange contact information so she can call if she's running late or you can send her a message if your child gets ill and you need to cancel.

Madeline Levine, author of «Teach Your Children Well» and «The Price of Privilege,» has been working with her colleagues at the nonprofit organization Challenge Success («Success is measured, not at the end of a semester, but over the course of a lifetime») to create strategies for schools and parents working to send our children a different message.

Unless and until professional sports send a clear message that concussions are dangerous and need to be treated as the serious, potentially life - altering or - ending injuries they can often be, parents are going to be fighting an uphill battle in convincing their young warriors to likewise take concussions seriously.

If you let your fear of what other people think of your parenting skills get in the way, you're sending a message to your child that there are special rules that apply when you're in public and one of those rules is that he's the one in charge, not you.

Although it is not necessary to make spanking a crime to encourage alternative approaches to parenting, section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada6 sends the wrong message, stating, ``... a parent is justified in using force by way of correction... if the force does not exceed what is reasonable under the circumstances.»

This sends the message that the divorce really was between the adults, and that each parent really, truly wants the children to have a healthy relationship with the other.

Gorrell says she was trying to send the message that it's OK to have different experiences with parenting, and that parents should support and encourage one another rather than judging.

Please communicate directly with my other parent so that I don't have to send messages back and forth.

That analogy is perfect in every way to comparing the way we teach teens about sex and the message we send parents about infant sleeping.

ENJOY SUCCESSFUL PARENTING Roger McIntire This full - length tape, based on the book of the same title, offers practical strategies to help parents create an enjoyable atmosphere in their family by sending the right messages to their children.

As time goes on it becomes more, where we're sending a message to parents that it's more of a government's concern than their concern.

This week on Mom Talk Radio, Jennifer Lehr, author of PARENTSPEAK: What's Wrong with How We Talk to Our Children - and What to Say Instead, deconstructs «Parentspeak» and the disconnect between messages parents think they are sending and ones the children are actually receiving.

I also shared concerns, and plenty of parents stepped up to help me, even sending me private messages of support.

As parents we want to send the message that good behaviour is normal and exptected — not just when Mom or Dad is there to reward them with a treat.

And if they're using childcare for an older child, parents can teach the child how to send simple messages on a cell phone, tablet or school computer.

Other providers regularly take photos of children and send to parents, post daily or weekly blogs or e-newsletters online for parents to view, or even exchange emails or text messages throughout the day.

Some home providers have set up cameras and microphones, which they use to send live messages to parents on occasion.

«If you're unable to send an official birth announcement within the first few weeks after the birth, you can always send a short e-mail update or post a short social media message first and then follow up with a more formal, detailed announcement (electronic or paper) when you have time,» says Jessica Remitz at Parents Magazine.

VTech Kid Connect lets kids and parents stay close by sending text messages and stickers right from the InnoTab ® 3S to your smart phone.

If parents want their children to find happiness in life from a wife or a husband, they must look at the message they are sending by the example of their own marriage.

By filling their kids» lives with competing extracurriculars — Y and travel teams, chorus and field hockey — parents send the message that keeping your options open is more important than conscientiously committing to any one of them.