Sentences with phrase «more harm than good in»

Since several studies have shown that helicopter parenting causes more harm than good in child raising, experts said this parenting style needs to end.

Experts reveal that competitive parenting can do more harm than good in a child's performance; observations from nurseries and psychologists show that setting high expectations can actually lead to unrealistic expectations.

Job seekers» social networking profiles may do more harm than good in their job searches.

HDR mode helps this a bit, but in general HDR looks more fake and seems to do more harm than good in most situations; possibly one of the reasons why HDR is not automatic in the first place.

The judge went so far as to suggest that a premature mediation can do more harm than good in that, as well as wasting both time and money, it can result in «a hardening of the positions on both sides which makes any subsequent attempt of settlement doomed to fail».

While taking money right away may be enticing, it is important to realize that this will do more harm than good in the long run.

And while this seems like a good idea in theory, making it mandatory ultimately does more harm than good in practice.

Imposing cleanup costs on the innocent may get a small number of individual sites cleaned up, but it is bound to do far more harm than good in the long run.

As it is, it does more harm than good in the project of promoting science amongst the young.

So he's accuming people who don't believe in AGW of not being «happy» about policies to mitigate it despite the fact that they will almost certainly do more harm than good in the absense of AGW?

This species has been inadvertently planted by many gardeners with the hope of providing monarch host plants, but it can actually do more harm than good in that it can infect the larvae with a crippling parasite.

Sadly, after being in the industry for so long I have seen trainers who do more harm than good in the name of dog training.

I feel I have done more harm than good in training him to use the wee wee pads indoors.

We strongly feel that these steroids would do more harm than good in the long run.

First of all I applaud you for realizing that the steroids could do «more harm than good in the long run».

Falsifying a resume can help you get your foot in the door, but it can end up doing far more harm than good in the long run if the truth leaks out.

Forget all the «quick leak fix sealants» because they tend to make more harm than good in long run.

After six years, there is overwhelming evidence that the deeply flawed «No Child Left Behind» law (NCLB) is doing more harm than good in our nation's public schools.

Dishonored has talent, there's no doubt there; but in many ways, a famous cast can do more harm than good in a game.

When tackling the difference between letting mental illness go untreated vs. the draconian methods once put into place to cure it, the film scores points in its look at how medical treatments have done more harm than good in many instances.

At the first sign of a breakout, it's natural to reach for antibacterial wash or spot treatment, but these may be doing more harm than good in the long run.

This is unjustified, and probably does more harm than good in the long run.

This is why I think that some elimination diets (which I have tried before)-- particularly the avoidance of FODMAPs — might do more harm than good in the long - term.

Thus, it's a healthier alternative that consuming coffee or energy drinks, that usually do more harm than good in the long run

When you're battling your weight and body image, obsessively weighing yourself can actually do more harm than good in the quest for self - love and acceptance.

But by 2004, after researchers had completed two major parts of the Women's Health Initiative — which together formed a massive study of 27,347 women that compared treatment with a placebo in a scientifically rigorous way — doctors realized hormone therapy does more harm than good in most women over the long term.

The critics tell of drugs that have marginal short - term efficacy, may do more harm than good in the long term, and, on occasion, may cause a person to seriously deteriorate.

John Ioannidis risks doing more harm than good in driving out scientific papers that are wrong (22 November, p 32).

Former Mayors Could Do More Harm than Good in General Election, But... A candidate endorsement by Mayor Bloomberg may not bolster that candidate's prospects.

Does the Press do more harm than good in our democracy?

Whether children are bullied or not, they absorb a huge amount of artificial information about their peers in school, which may actually cause more harm than good in adult life.

Therefore, the study will likely, as others have, cause more harm than good in the form of guilt - ridden parents who are at their wit's end and have no place to turn for practical, realistic advice.

Be wary of giving a pacifier for this, however, as it may end up doing more harm than good in the long run.

But sometimes a mission statement can do more harm than good in a smaller congregation.

As evidenced time and again throughout history, the Christian movement has done far more harm than good in its efforts to control to governmental activies of a nation.

If not, then they do more harm than good in the church.

Augustine's psychologizing of love, removing it from biblical, prophetic justice, has done the West more harm than good in the long run.

While the currency has potential for good, a completely anonymous currency and payment system may do more harm than good in the long run.

Not exact matches

«Major tax increases or policy changes such as big hikes in the minimum wage will probably do more harm than good,» says Dahlby of the sort of programs necessary to satisfy vocal public - health boards.

But as bestselling author and Oprah - anointed happiness expert Shawn Achor pointed out on in an excerpt from his new book on the TED Ideas blog recently, that sort of praise — well intentioned as it might be — actually does more harm than good.

But in the modern world, where most risks we take aren't life - threatening, that overactive imagination can do more harm than good.

Some even argue that, in some cases, it can do more harm than good — if, for example, it engenders resentment rather than understanding.

However, if your employees are unable to execute them in a natural and sincere manner, these scripts can do more harm than good.

But A.I. in 2016 will do a lot more good than it does harm.

While that is often the point of launching a social - media campaign, many times an entrepreneur's strategy can backfire — resulting in more harm than good.

Some pharmaceuticals, in some circumstances, do more harm than good.

They suggest most women in their 40s should not have routine mammograms because the tests may cause more harm than good because of false positive results (follow - up testing proves negative for cancer).

Sometimes, efforts to reduce expenses can do more harm than good, and in extreme cases it can lead to disaster.

It might feel like pressing the snooze button in the morning gives you a little bit of extra rest to start your day, but the truth is that it does more harm than good.

According to Jayson Demers, «Building links can, in fact, do more harm than good — especially if you do it wrong.»