Sentences with phrase «more social pressures»

The education secretary said that schools were better funded - but he acknowledged that they now faced increased financial pressures and also more social pressures, such as children's mental health problems.

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Mobile phone proliferation, cloud services and social networking have coalesced into the perfect pressure situation, where people are now more aware than ever that they are generating a good deal of data that can be turned against them.

And they're not just saving money on rent and commuting costs, Matt tells CNBC: «We also need less stuff to fill our place, and we feel less social pressure to buy more things to match our living situation.»

David Kershaw, chief executive of M&C Saatchi, said that users of the social network were unlikely to delete their accounts en masse and that pressure from advertisers would be more likely to trigger real privacy reform by Mark Zuckerberg.

In the wake of an open letter in January from Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, exhorting businesses everywhere to focus on their social impact rather than simply maximizing profits, they wondered whether Moynihan might feel under more pressure to do so now that tax reforms would be lightening the burden in the future.

Pride, commercials, Hollywood, social media, parental pressure, success, disappointment, failure, the Devil, aging, bereavement, the church and so on have been far more successful at stealing our identities than any online thieves.

I have no problem with three or more people wanting to be in a relationship, provided none of them are participating because of social pressure or childhood indoctrination.

Until these external pressures became strong, our social location in the departmentalized university had more effect upon our way of working than did the conceptual models with which we worked!

Von Hayek and his comrades assert that the roots of the crisis are to be found in the ominous and excessive power of unions, and in a more general way, of the labour movement; according to them, unions have undermined the base of private accumulation (of investment) by their salary claims and by their pressure against the rise by the State of the parasitical social expenses without end.

While only about a third of American evangelical leaders said they currently experience persecution for their faith, more than twice as many believe they will experience persecution in the form of social, financial, and political pressure in the years ahead, according to an NAE survey conducted in October.

The list of benefits attributed to regular Transcendental Meditation — 20 minutes with one's mantra, twice a day — is reminiscent of the labels on bottles of «snake oil» sold from medicine wagons in former days: improvements in metabolism and blood pressure, relaxation from anxiety, clearer and more creative consciousness, improved social relations.

Social change is still accelerating and on a global scale; the population is expanding exponentially; technology is ever more powerful; the environment is under acute pressure.

Its appeal is complex, drawing on belief in anthropogenic global warming and trust in the «scientific consensus» behind it; the Great Recession and a protective reaction to rapid social change; a basic need for the concrete, local, and personal; the waning of religious observance; peer pressure, star power, money, and more.

Pop «christianity» is losing popularity, and we're not really seeing a shrinkage of the number of Christians and a gain in the «nones» (% of atheists has remained quite stable) but instead just more accurate reporting, as people don't feel social pressure to check the «Christianity» box.

The only way they can hold the existing party together is to hope for an evolution in thought over the next 4 years, producing a more socially liberal base (possible... but won't happen quickly) or to have some other very large even occur which puts the dems in such a bad light as to lift the pressure (possible, but won't reverse the social trends).

As much as I love being inspired, I don't really feel uplifted, I feel more under pressure to be a better person and I put that pressure on myself all from reading social media.

Not only are there social pressures and additional obligations such as sports or after - school jobs, but the academic requirements are much more rigorous than previous years.

The goal is to give your child opportunities for rewarding social experiences that will leave her wanting more rather than feeling pressured to do something she finds difficult.

But middle schoolers may also face numerous school rules, school dress codes, social pressures and more.

Today's preteens face even more challenges in middle school than you did, and social pressures can also be a challenge.

You want to give your child opportunities for rewarding social experiences that will leave him wanting more rather than feeling pressured to do something he finds difficult.

Unfortunately, social pressure can cause more damage than simple insecurity.

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

Eighteen women (1.1 %) were expecting twins; 10.2 % of women reported one or more medical or social risk factor during pregnancy (high blood pressure, diabetes, problems with baby's growth, problems with baby's health, depression, lack of social support during pregnancy, or housing difficulties).

The pressure to finish school, buy baby clothing and other baby needs as well as remain a part of their school social life is more than challenging.

Researchers in Sweden report that mothers are more burdened by time pressure than fathers, and the women most affected are either highly educated, financially stressed, or lacking in social support (Gunnarsdottir et al 2014; Gunnarsdottir et al 2015).

But if we recognise the foreignness of the past, and the very different ways in which people in different political settings responded to the pressures of social change and the emergence of more popular forms of politics at the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries, we may find ourselves able to ask questions of our present — and of our futures — that would not otherwise be asked.

Still, Long would likely be under pressure to back a candidate in the presidential race who is more in line with his social views, especially abortion.

Its supporters insist that it wants to transform Labour into an outward - looking, mass campaigning party that can tap the energy and idealism of social movements and pressure groups to promote a more equal and socially just society.

Mrs May argued the Government is putting more money into the system via the social care precept and said the pressures would be addressed tomorrow by Sajid Javid in his local government finance settlement.

Teaching teens about mental health is welcome amid exam and social pressures, but the wider rise of childhood disorders demands much more, says Sarah Brennan

In general, regions which already face social and economic pressure are hit harder that the more prosperous regions.

Gay men were more likely than heterosexual men to report feeling judged based on their appearance (77 percent vs. 61 percent), to routinely think about how they look (58 percent vs. 39 percent), to compare their appearance to others at social events (68 percent vs. 51 percent), and to feel pressure from the media to be attractive (58 percent vs. 29 percent).

Although the CDC largely withdrew from funding research on gun violence more than 20 years ago (under intense congressional pressure), there are active research programs in medicine, public health, law, and the social sciences under way in universities and think tanks.

Hotels find social pressure is more effective than environmental appeals in persuading their customers to adopt ecofriendly practices

To be sure, for more than a decade China's ruling Communist Party has been under pressure from the rise of information technologies — the Internet, blogs, social media.

Participants who used social technology more generally were more satisfied with life and had fewer depressive symptoms and chronic conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes.

One explanation for the similarities between dogs and humans is that the two species may have evolved under similar pressures that favored «survival of the friendliest,» with benefits and rewards for more cooperative social behavior.

Overall, it warns us, paleontologists, about the use of sagittal crests to characterize and classify species and look at it as a more plastic feature that may reflect some social pressure and need of competition for a successful mating.»

Being generous with your time, money, or your talents can do more than make you feel good; a 2006 study found that people who gave social support to those in their social networks had lower blood pressure than those who didn't.

Get The Forks Over Knives Plan by Alone Pulde MD and Matthew Lederman MD (2014) for a 4 - week guide to transitioning to a whole - food, plant - based diet, as well as calorie density charts, eating out guidelines, how to respond to social pressures when eating a vegan diet, and more recipes.

Erika Sandow, a social geographer at Umea University, found that people who commuted more than 30 miles a day were more likely to have high blood pressure, stress and heart disease.

I TOTALLY get you lovely, there is a lot of pressure on social media and us bloggers to always show perfection, but I think being real is so much more valuable.

Whether it's because of a similar social calendar, the arrival of a new baby, the presence of more than one kid (#omg), the pressures of a demanding job, a full course load — we're all pulled in a zillion different directions, and we're all in the same boat.

The additional social media pressures and networking required means waaaayyyy more than a full work week.

While traditional online dating sites let singles search for The One in a mostly solitary endeavor, Tandem is one of a growing number of Internet matchmaking sites like Circl.es and Acquaintable trying to make online dating a little more like it is offline: a social experience with more face - to - face interactions and less pressure to find a soul mate in every stranger.

There is however increasing pressure from the advance of a new breed of more intuitive, mobile, social dating applications.

However, lesbian sex is hardly characterized by economic or family ties; perhaps the incidence of lesbians in closet may be more prevalent among women belonging to higher economic strata or group due to extreme social pressure and status consciousness.

An introvert is often more comfortable dating an extrovert, for example, because it takes the pressure off of him or her in social situations.

Social Media and today's technology makes it easier for them to meet other teens that they wouldn't have otherwise met, and, it's also giving them the tools to apply a little more pressure.