Sentences with phrase «much about being a parent»

I have learned so much about being a parent.

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It turns out that parents spend far more time arguing with their kids about how much time they are spending online than they do discussing with them what they're doing online.

Unless you're living in a society with arranged marriages, however, this is much more about your children's choices than anything you can do for them as a parent.

Sure, they care about money — but they're used to the idea that they might not make as much as their parents did.

Much of parenting is about thinking ahead, but it comes with its fair share of curve balls.

Their first major campaign will be a series of ads aimed at parents and teenagers warning about the alleged psychological harm inflicted by spending too much time on social media.

How much do kids tell their parents about what is happening in their digital lives?

Google's parent company, Alphabet, famously doesn't give much detail about how its individual businesses are performing.

In reference to how Millennials were raised by their boomer parents, mentors and teachers, he says: «We would have been much better off hearing a little less about how special we were or how super diversity is, and a little more about how much it costs to own a house and how interests rates work.»

Most likely it was one or both of your parents, and it happened at an age when you pretty much accepted anything they told you without question, but that's not essential for what I'm about to describe.

Much of the discussion about bad choices by poor, uneducated parents is simply elitist paternalism.

Talking to the bullies parents might not do much better, because most of the time kids who are bullies have parents who are either bullies themselves, or just don't care that much about their kid.

Much of the fear that new parents face is that life will never be about anything other than kid.

I wonder then why Mr. Nye is wasting so much oxygen complaining about the great «harm» the teaching of Creationism does to children... though I may not personally agree with the tenets of Creationism, I do believe in the right of parents to pass their personal religious beliefs on to their children - whether those beliefs are Christian, Hindu, Muslim, etc....

It is not the much - talked - about innocence of children (which parents might well question!)

That is an odd thing to say about a Church that donates millions of dollars in medical and relief supplies to several different areas of the world for assistance after natural disasters, and that puts so much emphasis on strong marriage, dedicated parenting, forgiveness, and striving to be like Christ.

People tell you a lot about how much parenting will change your life and they're right.

Jesus is indignant that the scribes and Pharisees (1) will not enter the kingdom of heaven themselves and stand in the way of others entering it as well; (2) will do almost anything to win a proselyte only to make that proselyte twice as much a child of hell as they are; (3) confuse people by senseless oaths, telling them that if they swear by the Temple, their oath is not binding, but if they swear by the gold of the Temple, it is binding - the fools ought to realize, Jesus says, that the Temple includes all that is in it; (4) tithe some of their money but neglect justice and mercy and faith, which are weightier moral matters, when they ought both to tithe and perform these greater acts of righteousness as well; (5) are careful about outward cleanliness but careless about the inward disposition, so that they are filled with extortion and greed; (6) appear righteous but really are hypocrites, because their appearance hides all manner of iniquity inside; (7) pretend to revere the prophets of history whom their parents killed but continue to practice the evil of their parents by rejecting those whom God sends to them now (Matt.

I hadn't spent much time thinking about what it's like for gay kids to overhear their parents talking about gay neighbors with derision and fear, for example, or how narratives about judgment and hell can be processed by kids in some pretty destructive ways.

It's also about how much I need confidence as a parent — confidence to be in charge, to be the parent, be the grown - up, to create security and boundaries, a safe place, to raise my tinies to be citizens in the Kingdom of Love.

Elementary children in the Church can sometimes embrace their parents views and be much more dogmatic about them, so I would be very on guard for a potential negative comments from classmates and would want the leader to cut off any kind of negative peer response as quickly as possible.

In Jesus time when he fled Herod with his parents, the largest group of Jews where he possibly fled to, were located in Alexandria, a place where 300 years earlier Alexander, who conquered as far as India and tried to have his subjects learn about and understand each other... had followers that built the great library of Alexandria, holding much of the knowledge of the ancient world.

The are humans and If had the edu - cations and the proper jobs they would have not became ho - okers since most have children to support... although such job brings up much of the abor - tions that being complained about and many children born father-less and may be mother-less and such as those who did not experience love of their parents, will not be able to give love to their com - munities.

A teenager suddenly decides that his or her parents do not know anything about anything, that they are probably the two dumbest adults in the world; but by the time the teenager gets to be twenty - one or so, it is amazing how much his or her parents were able to learn in so short a time.

Those are not beliefs — not in the biblical sense of the term «belief» — or if they are a form of belief they are disconnected from any relevance to you and I. None of these «so called» beliefs affect much of what you do with your life — knowing about a virgin birth won't give you the tools to be a better parent — these «beliefs» do not function like that — they are more suppositions about the character of God.

«There is much cant about protecting the rights of children but, as Pope John Paul II said, the right of a child to be brought up under one roof by its natural parents should be seen as one of the most fundamental of all human rights.

«This is not just about how much time they have with each parent - although that is important - but it is also about how they experience the relationship between their parents.»

Yesterday, my son was quizzing me about how much I like truffles (he went on a covert CVS run with my parents for presents) and when I said I loved them, he said, «You don't even know why I'm asking.»

Yeah I wanted to get a pic w / ice cream in a bowl, but the light was already dying so much I was just about at my limits of allowable exposure time w / o a tripod when it first came out of the oven... My parents live in a forest and so good light goes early, even in the summer!

So, as a parent myself now for more than 18 years, I've allowed my kids to eat sweets so that they don't feel deprived but talked about limits and the effects of eating too much «less than quality food» — but that a small amount also be fine occasionally in the context of an overall healthy lifestyle.

The things you worry about... ok my friend, you just need more wine and you won't worry as much I worry and all of parenting feels like blind stabs in the dark some days, but we're all just doing the best we can do and you're an amazing mama!

That said — this dish has been much talked about lately and is high on my to try list — thanks for the input from your parents LOL!

He loves it so much he is calling his parents to tell them about it too!

All three kinds of love are strong, but while a family's love tends to be unconditional and pure (particularly if you're talking about the love our parents bestow upon us), love between friends as well as that between partners requires a lot more nurturing, the latter demanding much more than the former.

Some nutritional bits for you about brown rice: * Easier to digest as it's much «lighter» * Low GI, reducing insulin spikes (slow - release sugar) * High in Manganese * High fibre — good for weight loss * A «whole grain» * Rich in antioxidants * Perfect baby «first food» as it's nutrient rich (ideal as we're new parents!)

You will learn: ♥ The basics of attachment theory and parent education principles ♥ Why attachment is critically important for the family and society ♥ Attachment parenting as defined by API ♥ Cultural myths about parenting ♥ The myths about AP ♥ Hands on strategies and activities for teaching the parents you serve and much more!

The parents that gravitate towards telling you all the negative things about having a kid are wrong: there's not as much to worry about as they make you think.

Parents should not assume, however, that their child's doctor knows how to conduct a complete PPE and should make sure their child's doctor is knowledgeable about the required elements in today's PPE, which is much more sophisticated than the general health exam previously used.

I signed up for it and have been enjoying Scott's emails and finding that I can apply so much of what he writes about to my parenting journey.

I think you made some great points about IF parents choose circumcision for their baby, to be present for the procedure (which I can imagine is so much more reassuring to the baby to hear mom / dad's voice rather than being alone with a doctor) and insist on the anesthesia.

There is so much about being a new parent that can be completely overwhelming.

While much of what the speakers at the N.F.L. / USA Football luncheon I attended last week in New York City was concussions and football safety advice MomsTEAM has been giving parents for years, what impressed me the most was what we were told about the ongoing efforts by the league and its youth football partner to improve health and safety for football players from the pros down to the youth level, a topic which takes up more of N.F.L. commissioner Roger Goodell's time than any other.

: - / I know your kids are young enough that you maybe haven't thought much about kids reading your posts; you probably feel you're writing for parents.

I hadn't heard much about CIO before I became a parent; however, in my psychology training, one of the first things we were taught in terms of children and independence, is how important and valuable it is to assist children with sleeping independently.

I think the best advice any new parent can receive is to get as much information as you can about your choices — no, you don't have to birth without drugs, but yes, it's great to know what options are available to you.

The bad news is that concussion education of athletes and parents was much less extensive, with about a third of athletes and more than half of parents not receiving any concussion education beyond signing a concussion and head injury information sheet.

I've been thinking about these issues so much — not so much because of media spectacle, but because I've seen parent friends navigate their kids» paths, and also in my ongoing conversations with Laurel and Violet about differences and acceptance.

While you may not be traveling as lightly as you used to, and I often joke about my mammoth packing list, the reality is most parents are wise enough to choose a few select items for baby that truthfully don't take up too much room.

But here's the thing: Rather than indulging in a self - absorbed mommy - rant — and, believe me, I fully support the occasional outburst — I want to talk about the myriad ways in which parents are supposed to suck it up and keep it moving right along without so much as a crack in the veneer to suggest otherwise.

Many parents weren't strangers to this concept, often «reminiscing» on Facebook around a child's birthday, either about the child's developments or about the birth itself (sometimes in the form of «re-live blogging»), which I've chronicled in various columns with much confusion.