Sentences with phrase «more focus on children»

Australian data has a strong focus on Indigenous children, but more focus on children from other cultural backgrounds is needed.

Because the parents who are drawn to charters are presumed to be more engaged and more focused on their children's education, many worry about the loss of positive peer influences and parental social capital for the students remaining in district schools.

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Blackburn conducted research focused on mothers caring for children with autism and other chronic conditions, and found that moms who were more resilient to stress — perceiving their situation as a challenge, rather than something hopeless or overwhelming — kept their telomeres longer.

He said that for the retrial, the defense focused less on mental health records and experts and more on getting jurors to see into the mind of the woman who Parnham said drowned her children because she thought that if she didn't they would be taken by Satan.

Focusing on other successes reminds not just employers and colleagues but women themselves that children and career success go together — more often than we sometimes realize.

She was a co-founder of Partners for Our Children, a nonprofit in Washington State that is focused on making the child welfare system more effective.

He started the Education Freedom Fund, which awarded more than 4,000 scholarships to underprivileged children in Michigan, the West Michigan Aviation Academy, (a High School that aims to provide a rigorous educational program through an aviation focus), and has served on the State Board of Education.

And in some instances, it has been Scalia and Thomas who have done so more than those who may think of themselves less as originalists (in one recent case in particular Scalia and Thomas dissented from the majority which held that convicted child molesters could be indefinitely imprisoned despite having fully served their sentences based on subtle shifts of language and the over-application of prior case law — no one wants a child molester free and about, but such results focused outcomes are always dangerous).

While Upbring has evolved over more than 135 years of service, our organization remains firmly focused on delivering innovative programs and services that address the root causes of child abuse and neglect.

Rather it frees governors and headteachers to focus more on deciding what type of sex education parents want their children to experience in school and, in the case of primary schools, whether there should be any formal sex education at all.

A study by JAMA Pediatrics, which focused on children in Denmark and Sweden, found that those who'd experienced the death of a sibling before age 18 were more than 70 percent more likely to die during the course of the nearly four decade study than those who had not lost a sibling.

I think he should focus a little more on spreading the word of God instead of bashing God's children.

Isn't there some more pressing issue you could focus on, such as starvation, child poverty, homelessness or nuclear disarmament?

As more parents express concerns about the consumerist and hedonistic youth culture that their children are exposed to in mass media, they naturally favor schools that filter out its worst elements and focus young minds on worthier things.

Our focus on helping children is evidenced through the sport and art projects of our broader group, Yildiz Holding, which has helped open doors for more than 2.4 million children in Turkey since 2007.

Short, concrete, and reassuring talks with young children, more detailed talks with middle age children focusing on their concerns and questions, and digging deep with interested teenagers around issues of values, inequality, and class divisions.

Her blog is focused more on the funny side of parenting young children, and it's perfect if you just want to blow some steam off and laugh at the whole parenting journey along with her.

However, you are very right, the things worth fighting for are NEVER easy and focusing on your husband and your marriage focuses on your children more than you can alone!

Bottom's analysis of the few studies from 1990 to 2011 that focused just on divorced father's well - being indicate that divorced fathers who were more involved in their children's lives and saw them more frequently, or who had sole custody were less depressed and had higher self esteem.

Home - visits focus on more than child health and development.

Dixie did not divorce, but it took having a supportive husband and a lot of self - awareness on her part; it's easy to put all your focus on your child — who legitimately needs so much more — instead of your relationship, which was a familiar theme I came across in «parents of special needs kids» chat rooms while researching for the HuffPo article.

Focusing on your child's need in that moment helps you to put aside the anxiety that a dysfunctional family label creates and gives you the opportunity to be more effective right now.

Baby essentials list when it comes time to buy more durable shoes, go to a store that focuses primarily on children's shoes.

Look up from your parenting duties to focus on one another, dedicating yourselves to communicating about more than just your children — and discovering ways to deepen your relationship as you move forward in your lives.

«It's most helpful to focus on the behavior of your child's friends, or more importantly, your child's behavior when she is with these friends.»

Activities in Waldorf early childhood education take into consideration the age - specific developmental needs of young children, from a focus on will - oriented physical activity in the first three years, then on imaginative play in the middle years of early childhood, and later a more cognitive approach to learning after the child enters school.

Our first in this three part series about passing on the babywearing tradition to the next generation focused on children's books featuring babywearing followed up with a post about fostering a love of caregiving in... READ MORE

As a parent, you'll be more effective if you focus on teaching your child the skills to process anger appropriately, and avoiding power struggles rather than trying to make your child feel a certain way.

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By the time your child's a teenager, you should be focusing on advanced skills like phone etiquette and more complex communication skills.

What do you want your child to be more focused on?

I think there needs to be more focus on such things as this and not on attacking ONE woman, who IS educated in natural child birthing methods and blaming her for infant deaths.

Juliana and Grace's mom - Please start focusing more on establishing boundaries for your child and teaching her respectful behavior!

If you stay at home, try to focus more on your child and put everything else on the back burner.

I like your focus on a «village» because as you point out, so many of a child's needs can be met by somebody other than Mom, more and more the older they get.

We should focus more on how to have unstructured play as adults instead of how to make our children grow up so very soon.

However, noting that even their increased earnings barely took the participants» income above poverty level, the evaluators recommend that an early focus on education and training rather than on income - generation may be a more productive long - term strategy for these young men and their children (Spaulding et al, 2009).

My schooling is in Child Development and Psychology and I knew I wanted to focus more on the human interactions rather than the physical places in each country because that is where my own personal interests lie.

On top of that what you should know is once your child hits kindergarten, first grade and second grade, much less focus is put on social / emotional development and do much more is put on academiOn top of that what you should know is once your child hits kindergarten, first grade and second grade, much less focus is put on social / emotional development and do much more is put on academion social / emotional development and do much more is put on academion academia.

When in a carrier the child won't be able to move around so much, he would be more focused on the breast, he would feel calmer and most of the time will take a short nap.

She is currently completing a Master of Social Work, to broaden her focus on understanding the child's perceptions and adapting family behavioural interventions to be more considerate of the child's cognitive and emotional abilities.

When they see that others have less, children usually feel moved to share, and become more appreciative of what they have and less focused on getting more.

The focus is on connecting with the child so they are less likely to act out, and so we have more influence.

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So instead of worrying about DeVos, we really should be focusing on: (1) Congressional Republicans, who've already shown great enthusiasm for weakening the nutrition standards for school meals and limiting their accessibility to low - income kids (see my Civil Eats piece, «3 Things You Need to Know About the House School Food Bill «-RRB-; (2) the as - yet - unscheduled confirmation hearing for Agriculture Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue, during which we're likely to get more information on how he views the NSLP; and (3) whoever eventually is appointed Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, the USDA official directly in charge of child nutrition programs.

If the benefits of marriage for children can be explained by other observable characteristics of the family, and especially money or parenting behavior, then policy may be more successful if focused on those pathways.

It's possible your child is waking up during the night because of pain from teething, so take some time to rule out that possibility before you focus more on stopping the co-sleeping habit.

With the first child, you could be more regimented and focused on potty training, but with the second, your attention is divided.

This works quite well for some students (our Campus and Community page discusses options for what your family can do in our neighborhood while you're in class); other students, however, find they can focus more on their studies when they are here alone and that their children are happier staying with a caregiver in the familiar environment of their own home.

Young children will feel more comfortable, and you and the movers will be able to focus on a quick and efficient pack - up without kids underfoot.