Sentences with phrase «more engaged parenting»

Our analysis suggests that both the higher incomes and the more engaged parenting of married parents count for a good deal.

Our analysis suggests that both the higher incomes and the more engaged parenting of married parents count for a good deal.

A well - rested parent is a more engaged parent, who is much better able to parent with love and patience.

I think these donors are well intentioned, but sometimes the growth of the charter school sector, which they have funded, has led to traditional neighborhood schools actually becoming worse as students with more engaged parents flee them.

Either way, you will see tremendous strides in improved school marketing and communications, better branding and reputation, and more engaged parents.

As schools of choice, these schools likely benefit from having a more engaged parent community than neighboring traditional public schools do.

Not exact matches

«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.

The social giant collects much more information than that, which results in at least 600 targeting options including household income, level of education, home type, home value, home ownership status, household composition, parents of children with specific ages, newly engaged couples, new vehicle buyers, expats, a variety of buyer profiles, people who frequently buy online, frequent travelers, and much more.

In fact, while loving parents usually avoid truly toxic behavior, they're actually more prone than less engaged parents to certain missteps that can lead their children to struggle later on.

When abortion is made easier to access, e.g. by assuring youngsters that their parents need never know, we would predict more youngsters to engage in risky sexual activity.

Through trial and error, we've learned that our family works best in this way with one parent more fully engaged during the day, but I know that I am privileged to be a work - at - home mother.

None of the parents knew that their beloved and winning coach — this glib, engaging soul who had lived with and among them, who had so generously baby - sat their kids, taken the youngsters to movies and bought them expensive gifts — had undergone more than five years of treatment in two state mental hospitals for child molesting.

With more than 25 years of experience, Champions is recognized for our leadership in delivering extended learning programs that are tailored specifically to a school's needs and that provide busy working parents with a safe, convenient program where their child's potential is fostered through engaging learning experiences.

Parents... your teenagers smart phone may lead them to be more sexually active and engage in risky sex.

We believe that when parents learn together about the importance of a balanced life, communities become stronger, families prioritize well - being, and kids are healthier and more engaged in school.

In the same way that responsive parenting in early childhood creates a kind of mental space where a child's first tentative steps toward intellectual learning can take place, so do the right kind of messages from teachers in school create a mental space that allows a student to engage in more advanced and demanding academic learning.

It may be that part of what produces positive results in health - based interventions like the Nurse - Family Partnership, or read - with - your - kids programs, or even the Jamaican experiment, is that they involve home visitors urging parents to play and read and talk more with their infants — to engage in more serve - and - return moments, in other words — and those up - close parental interactions may have the effect of promoting secure attachment, even if attachment was not the intended target of the intervention.

A parliamentary inquiry into parenting and social mobility has called on the next government to do more to encourage the UK's early years services to engage with men — and to fund a national reading campaign for dads and children.

Available free of charge on MomsTEAM's new SmartTeams concussion website, the #TeamUp4ConcussionSafetyTM program, developed by MomsTEAM Institute as part of its SmartTeams Play SafeTM initiative with a Mind Matters Educational Challenge Grant from the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Department of Defense, is designed to do just that: to increase reporting by athletes of concussion symptoms by engaging coaches, athletes, parents, and health care providers in a season - long, indeed career - long program which emphasizes that immediate reporting of concussion symptoms - not just by athletes themselves but by their teammate «buddies» - not only reduces the risk the athlete will suffer a more serious brain injury - or, in rare cases, even death - but is actually helps the team's chances of winning, not just in that game, but, by giving athletes the best chance to return as quickly as possible from concussion, the rest of the season, and by teaching that honest reporting is a valued team behavior and a hallmark of a good teammate.

Insofar as breastfeeding proxies for attachment parenting (and I'm afraid it does), the result is happier, healthier, and more productive future adult members of society, less likely to engage in destructive and self - destructive behavior and more likely to help others and generally increase the overall level of happiness in society.

When students feel able to meet parent expectations, they are less likely to be worried and stressed about their schoolwork and less likely to suffer from physical symptoms of stress and Students are more motivated and engaged in school, and are more likely to persevere when they feel supported by their teachers

A recent study showed that more than 75 percent of parents said they wished teachers would tell them more about the dangers of the «summer slide» and provide tips on how to keep their kids» minds engaged.

• Shake up the parental leave system so fathers can spend more time with kids under two years - old • 25,000 more dads per year to sign their child's birth certificate, to reach international standards and halve the number of those who don't • Dads able to stay overnight in hospital with their partner when their baby is born • Modern and relevant antenatal education for both parents • Dads reading with their children in all primary schools • Family professionals — midwives, teachers, health visitors, nursery workers, social workers — confidently engaging with dads as well as mums, and supporting all family types.

Teens who have a secure attachment with their parents or primary caregivers also collaborate and engage more with adults and make healthier decisions.

Research confirms that all kinds of positive outcomes result from autonomy - supportive parenting: Teens learn better and do better in school, they are more engaged, and they persist harder if the face of difficulty.

Begin by making brushing an enjoyable and engaging daily routine — and get more parent - tested pointers.

Additionally, as one of the most comprehensive surveys of Hispanic parents» attitudes concerning online safety, the study indicates that Hispanic children are highly engaged with technology (69 % of Hispanic parents say their child has three or more devices that connect to the Internet, compared to 55 % of white parents who say that about their child.

There will also be a discussion of how state school board associations can engage with other local stakeholders — advocates, parents, and members of the school community — to bring BIC to more districts in your state.

Nowadays, many of the parents that I see at the clinic are alarmed by their child's poor social skills; parents report their child to be isolated or engaging in more lonesome play.

Stephanie is an engaged parent, working to grasp some of the more philosophical aspects of parenting that have been proven to help children learn, grow and develop to reach their full potential.

Daughters raised by single mothers are more likely to engage in early sexual activity and become pregnant; their brothers are twice as likely to spend time in jail as their peers raised by married parents.

Having well - rested children AND parents makes for a much better family dynamic with more attentive and engaged parents, parents who tend to argue less, and children who are happier and more independent.

Your tween daughter is preparing for this when she starts closing her bedroom door or engaging more with friends than parents.

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber This bestselling classic includes fresh insights and suggestions as well as the author's time - tested methods to solve common problems and build foundations for lasting relationships, including innovative ways to: · Cope with your child's negative feelings, such as frustration, anger, and disappointment · Express your strong feelings without being hurtful · Engage your child's willing cooperation · Set firm limits and maintain goodwill · Use alternatives to punishment that promote self - discipline · Understand the difference between helpful and unhelpful praise · Resolve family conflicts peacefully Enthusiastically praised by parents and professionals around the world, the down - to - earth, respectful approach of Faber and Mazlish makes relationships with children of all ages less stressful and more rewarding.

I'll be participating in an afternoon panel which will address how parents can more effectively engage with their school nutrition departments.

Today's fathers are more engaged and passionate about parenting than ever before.

Engaging parents more effectively is something that we are already asking Local Authorities to do much more of.

From the dinner table to carpool lines to the voting booth, children engaged with their parents about the candidates and the campaign more than they might have during previous presidential elections.

And the more time teens spend with both their parents together in family time, such as during meals, the less likely they are to abuse drugs and alcohol and engage in other risky or illegal behavior.

Webster - Stratton (1985) explored the issue of engaging with two parents vs. one more systematically.

(RELATED: Ditch The Handbook: 3 Pieces of Unconventional Parenting Advice) However, some of the best current research in psychology tells us that by engaging in a more positive style of parenting we can empower our children and make them WANT to behave rather than guilt or shame them into Parenting Advice) However, some of the best current research in psychology tells us that by engaging in a more positive style of parenting we can empower our children and make them WANT to behave rather than guilt or shame them into parenting we can empower our children and make them WANT to behave rather than guilt or shame them into doing so.

Give her time to learn that you're serious about wanting to participate more and that you're competent and sincerely motivated be an engaged parent.

For nearly seven years we have worked hard to set the stage for a healthier next generation of kids by engaging stakeholders on all levels - parents, child care providers, schools, chefs, local elected officials, faith - based leaders, museums, and more.

Increased social pressure to be active and engaged parents means more men now face the type of competing demands that women face.

No one works harder, puts in more time and is more engaged in trying to make parents aware of the dangers that children may be exposed to while playing sports.

Her humor and sincere appreciation for parenting, the highs and the lows, keeps the audience engaged and wanting more.»

On some occasions a child may be engaged in more than one ongoing communication, and a parent may be required to «opt - out» of each communication individually.

This idea, and other parenting techniques I wouldn't normally engage in, are a lot more tempting precisely because what I'm doing now doesn't appear to be working.

Compared to formula - fed infants, breastfed infants may be more alert, cry less, and be better able to engage in interactions with their parents.

Meta - analyses of this expanded research base confirm the model's impacts on a range of risk and protective factors associated with child maltreatment.7, 8,9 In addition, all of the major home visitation models in the U.S. are currently engaged in a variety of research activities, many of which are resulting in better defined models and more rigorous attention to the key issue of participant enrolment and retention, staff training and quality assurance standards.10 For example, recent findings emerging from the initial two - year follow - up of the Early Head Start National Demonstration Project confirm the efficacy of home visitation programs with new parents.