Sentences with phrase «more parents with small children»

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Parents of small families who are very concerned about having grandchildren around might reflect they are likely to see more of their celibate children than those with the care of spouses and families.

The goal of this narration is to make parents like Stephanie more conscious of the small interactions they are having with the children in their care.

When parents are armed with concrete parenting tools and also a process to help calm the big anger that can come while raising small children, their relationships and parenting experience can feel so much more enjoyable.

But auditors — and Children's Centre staff themselves — felt they needed to do more to identify and provide outreach services to families with high levels of need, and the NAO found that «less progress was being made in improving services for fathers, parents of children with disabilities, and for ethnic minorities in areas with smaller minority populationsChildren's Centre staff themselves — felt they needed to do more to identify and provide outreach services to families with high levels of need, and the NAO found that «less progress was being made in improving services for fathers, parents of children with disabilities, and for ethnic minorities in areas with smaller minority populationschildren with disabilities, and for ethnic minorities in areas with smaller minority populations».

When it comes to parenting, we all know that some of God's children are created with a remarkable strength of will, a powerful drive to explore and discover, an insatiable thirst for knowledge, an incredible need to know and be known, and with more energy than can be contained in a small body.

The parents, whose children range from toddlers to young adults, came with a variety of aspirations for this experience, including bringing more consciousness to their parenting; being more grounded and having more communication in their family life; creating more flow and less stress in their household; slowing down to better enjoy small moments and emotional connection with family; and reconnecting with themselves.

We could not be more grateful to Rachel and I wanted to share this with my friends who are parents of small children.»

Plenty of parents have to deal with certain mental disorders in children, but there are even more parents who start overreacting when something small happens.

«Finding children with autism to be more strongly bonded to smaller dogs, and parents reporting strong attachments between their children and other pets, such as rabbits or cats, serves as evidence that other types of pets could benefit children with autism as well,» Carlisle said.

Bear in mind, straight fruit juice is not recommended for children (see Taking the «Icky» Out of Picky Eaters for an explanation as to why), however, it is my opinion that using a small amount is a good compromise to make these nourishing beverages more drinkable and enjoyable — particularly for those parents trying to compete with commercial soft drink choices.

Commenting on the small differences in satisfaction levels among parents with children in the charter and chosen district sectors, Paul E. Peterson, professor of government and director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard Kennedy School, notes that «chosen district schools serve a smaller percentage of students of color than charters do, and they are more likely to use examinations as entry requirements, while most charter schools must accept all applicants or use a lottery to select among them.»

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The parents who mailed in all those applications believe that the new Wayne school will have a more motivated staff than most city schools (300 teachers applied for 14 jobs), that it will benefit from its association with the university, that it will be a magnet for philanthropy (before opening it had attracted $ 575,000 in corporate donations), that it will be smaller (city middle schools have 600 to 1,000 students) and have smaller classes (25 students versus 35 for city middle schools), and that it will demand more from their children.

Liberals: Create a flexible parental benefits plan allowing parents to receive benefits in smaller blocks of time — for example, once every two weeks rather than once per month — and make it possible for parents to take a longer leave — up to 18 months when combined with maternity benefits, although at a lower benefit level; scrap the Universal Child Care Benefit for the wealthiest families, and instead introduce the Canada Child Benefit that will give the majority of families up to $ 2,500 more, tax - free, every year (typically for a family of four).

Parents of small children might be surprised to discover that vaccination «best practice» for companion animals is now more advanced than that for children, with international vaccination guidelines for dogs re live vaccines recommending antibody titre testing rather than an arbitrary «booster», i.e. ``... the principles of «evidence - based veterinary medicine» would dictate that testing for antibody status (for either pups or adult dogs) is a better practice than simply administering a vaccine booster on the basis that this should be «safe and cost less»».

Hi Jodie this is the info we have from the hotels website: A fresh - water children's pool, complete with turrets and water slides, is the ideal place for kids to have fun in absolute safety, and two more adult pools with adjacent smaller areas so that parents can supervise their children while enjoying the refreshing water, make up the impressive pool area of the Gaia Royal Hotel http://www.gaia-royal.com/

• We reject the idea that parenting requires hard work • We pledge to leave our children alone • That should mean that they leave us alone, too • We reject the rampant consumerism that invades children from the moment they're born • We read them poetry and fantastic stories without morals • We drink alcohol without guilt • We reject the inner Puritan • We fill the house with music and laughter • We don't waste money on family days out and holidays • We lie in bed for as long as possible • We try not to interfere • We push them into the garden and shut the door so that we can clean the house • We both work as little as possible, particularly when the kids are small • Time is more important than money • Happy mess is better than miserable tidiness • Down with school • We fill the house with music and merriment

With the root cause of autism still only speculated upon, and everything from prescription drugs in the water supply to pesticides used to grow food and the manner in which vaccines are constructed potentially to blame, a new study shows socially aloof couples with a small circle of friends are more likely to parent autistic childWith the root cause of autism still only speculated upon, and everything from prescription drugs in the water supply to pesticides used to grow food and the manner in which vaccines are constructed potentially to blame, a new study shows socially aloof couples with a small circle of friends are more likely to parent autistic childwith a small circle of friends are more likely to parent autistic children.

For example, small children generally need more frequent contact with each parent for shorter periods of time, while teenagers tend to do well with schedules that have fewer transitions and longer blocks with each parent.

Many of the scales demonstrated weak psychometrics in at least one of the following ways: (a) lack of psychometric data [i.e., reliability and / or validity; e.g., HFQ, MASC, PBS, Social Adjustment Scale - Self - Report (SAS - SR) and all perceived self - esteem and self - concept scales], (b) items that fall on more than one subscale (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version), (c) low alpha coefficients (e.g., below.60) for some subscales, which calls into question the utility of using these subscales in research and clinical work (e.g., HFQ, MMPI - A, CBCL - 1991 version, BASC, PSPCSAYC), (d) high correlations between subscales (e.g., PANAS - C), (e) lack of clarity regarding clinically - relevant cut - off scores, yielding high false positive and false negative rates (e.g., CES - D, CDI) and an inability to distinguish between minor (i.e., subclinical) and major (i.e., clinical) «cases» of a disorder (e.g., depression; CDI, BDI), (f) lack of correspondence between items and DSM criteria (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version, CDI, BDI, CES - D, (g) a factor structure that lacks clarity across studies (e.g., PSPCSAYC, CASI; although the factor structure is often difficult to assess in studies of pediatric populations, given the small sample sizes), (h) low inter-rater reliability for interview and observational methods (e.g., CGAS), (i) low correlations between respondents such as child, parent, teacher [e.g., BASC, PSPCSAYC, CSI, FSSC - R, SCARED, Connors Ratings Scales - Revised (CRS - R)-RSB-, (j) the inclusion of somatic or physical symptom items on mental health subscales (e.g., CBCL), which is a problem when conducting studies of children with pediatric physical conditions because physical symptoms may be a feature of the condition rather than an indicator of a mental health problem, (k) high correlations with measures of social desirability, which is particularly problematic for the self - related rating scales and for child - report scales more generally, and (l) content validity problems (e.g., the RCMAS is a measure of anxiety, but contains items that tap mood, attention, peer interactions, and impulsivity).

Following a relationship breakdown in this time of cheap airfares, with the world becoming an increasingly smaller place, parents without the day to day care of the children are more frequently

Thus while a small minority of families may benefit from support in strengthening the child's relationship with both parents, father - child relationships may benefit from more targeted measures helping a wider group of families.

The results indicate that parents of preterm - born children experience only slightly more stress than parents of term - born children, with small effect sizes.