Sentences with phrase «of children in poor families»

What the Left has done pretty well is boost marijuana sales, create the vaping industry and help rob the bread from the mouths of children in poor families with smoking parents.

Not exact matches

When the child of a desperately poor family is taken in by parents from a wealthy country, the material benefits to that child are significant.

As a child, I often filled in these blanks with my very active imagination, and my poor mother would have to refute yet another wild story of mine about how I'd come to live with my family.

According to the Growing Gap, a study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, «In 2004, the richest 10 per cent of families raising children earned 82 times more than the poorest 10 per cent — almost triple the ratio of 1976, when they earned 31 times more.»

Her backstory of growing up in an African - American family of 10 children in inner - city Detroit is remarkably aligned with the foundation's mission of helping kids and families succeed in some of the poorest corners of the U.S. Among other things, under Tabron's leadership at Kellogg, the foundation has doubled down on its prescient — and bold — racial equity work.

But it is a different story if we use the low income measure, which looks at the gap between poor children and the middle class, calculating the number of children who live in a family which has less than one half of the income of a comparable middle income family.

In addition to the Child Tax Benefit, the Government of Canada introduced the Working Income Supplement, which was provided to working poor families.

For over 50 years, regardless of the political environment or changes in the economy, GLIDE has stood with the most vulnerable, including poor people, those with illness, people of color, immigrants, as well as all families and children fleeing war and oppression.

But most the time is when poor families can not support and in need of Money to support the rest of family members... it is pity but upon need should not we be surprised to see families selling their children or shipping them to the west for adaptation...?!

shall we compare that to Rosie O'Donnell's Tom Selek interview in which she eluded to that because she was rich and famous that her, her partner and their child should have the privilege of armed guards to protect them... but that us poor average folks should not have firearms to protect our family.

Can people in bad, poor areas break out of the cycle of family instability that puts children at risk academically, economically, socially, and emotionally — a cycle currently working its way through the working class?

1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (Death penalty for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women, children as spoils of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (Death penalty for a rebellious son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (Death for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women / children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God creates light, night and day, plants grow, before creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who believes in Jesus is saved, he that doesn't is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (Jesus references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure for animal sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (Death for cursing father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (Death for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (Death for gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly people, lame, dwarfs, not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (Strangers can be bought as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and give to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family and yourself to follow Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse for another is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions and give to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next to impossible for rich to get into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the gospel and don't believe go to hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (Jesus says he has come to enforce the laws of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast for Lent in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (Jesus comes with sword, turns families against each other, those that love family more than him are not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you're not with Jesus, you're against him) Matthew 15:4 (Death for not honouring your father and mother) Matthew 22:29 (Jesus references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (Jesus references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed for the sins of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence against children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (Unbelievers, among others, go to hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide for your family, you are an infidel)

Ministers cast about for responses to displaced farm families, to the deepening misery of the rural and urban poor, to the epidemic use of drugs in every strata of society, to half a million homeless children; they seek techniques for church growth, approaches to spiritual nurture and meaningful worship.

Unlike the skid - row «derelicts» who seemed to be the typical homeless in the «60s, the street people today embrace the whole gamut of humanity: the «new poor,» the mentally disabled, evicted families, elderly single people, hoboes, alcoholics, drug addicts, abused spouses, abused young people and cast - off children.

The latter had grown up in International Falls, Minnesota, the oldest of eight children in a family so poor that they lacked an indoor bathroom.

Children of single - parent families are far more likely even when they are not poor to do badly in school, get in trouble with the law, have poor mental and physical health, and have marital difficulties later in life.

They all belong in FEMA camps, except their poor abused children, who should be put in foster homes to protect the innocent from the lunacy of their dangerously deluded families.

Noonan et al (2005), examining the lives of families at high risk of living in poverty, found that having a young child in poor health reduced the father's probability of being employed by four percentage points.

And these days, unless children from poor families get a college degree, their economic mobility is severely restricted: Young people who grow up in families in the lowest income quintile (with household income below about $ 21,500) and don't obtain a B.A. now have just a one in two chance of escaping that bottom economic bracket as adults.

I think it is important to point out that this isn't just an issue for middle class families who care deeply about their child's diet and are able to provide abundant healthy food choices but school menus have great impact on many, many poor children who, through no fault of their own and often with no agency to change the situation, end up being pawns in the lunch tray wars.

I always felt like I'm an idiot because there are no gentle parents in my environment, I'm from Serbia and the education of children here is in a very poor level, not to mention family relationships....

Without help, many families can face the untenable choice of not working or leaving their children in unsafe, unstable, or poor quality child care arrangements.

For nearly 20 years, Geoffrey Canada has been president and CEO of Harlem Children's Zone, a nonprofit providing education and support programs for poor families in Harlem.

In any given year, nine out of 10 children from two - parent families avoid poverty, but one out of two children living in a mother - only family is pooIn any given year, nine out of 10 children from two - parent families avoid poverty, but one out of two children living in a mother - only family is pooin a mother - only family is poor.

By facilitating their involvement in parenting programs, these families will have the opportunity to change some of their parenting behaviours and beliefs, which may ultimately buffer children who are at risk of poor developmental outcomes because of genetic vulnerability, low birth weight, low socio - economic status, or cumulative environmental risks, among others.

In far too many school districts, there are students who would qualify for free meals, except for the fact that their family never fills out the form, either because they forget, or they don't understand that it is important, or (more often) the child is too embarrassed to self - identify as poor in front of his classmates, and so he either doesn't give his parents the form or doesn't turn it in at schooIn far too many school districts, there are students who would qualify for free meals, except for the fact that their family never fills out the form, either because they forget, or they don't understand that it is important, or (more often) the child is too embarrassed to self - identify as poor in front of his classmates, and so he either doesn't give his parents the form or doesn't turn it in at schooin front of his classmates, and so he either doesn't give his parents the form or doesn't turn it in at schooin at school.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

However, Alison Weir points out that more diaper banks are needed in more communities, and cites U.S. Census Bureau statistics that show that 5.6 million children under the age of three live in poor and low - wage families.

This IFS research puts the Budget's regressive impact beyond doubt: the poorest will be hit more than many of the richest in cash terms let alone as a percentage; poor and middle income families with children lose out more than any other household types and the very poorest families with children lose more than any other groups — with 5 per cent of their total income being cut.

In the first wave of # 6.2 bn cuts the Coalition has already: abolished BECTA, cut the Every Child a Reader Program, and cut the CTF even for children in poor familieIn the first wave of # 6.2 bn cuts the Coalition has already: abolished BECTA, cut the Every Child a Reader Program, and cut the CTF even for children in poor familiein poor families.

Cahill says he wants to do more to protect children at Charter Schools, who often come from the poorest families in the state, and says he sees it as «the civil rights issue of our time».

«This is going to be incredibly detrimental to children of color, to poor children, to the most vulnerable families and children in our country.»

Nearly six in ten poor adults are women, and more than half of all poor children live in families headed by women.

At 149 schools in the Bronx, less than one in ten can read or do math at grade level, and these schools disproportionately impact poor children of - color — 96 % of the 65,000 students in these failing schools are of - color, and 95 % come from families near or below the poverty line.

In a population - based Canadian study of children with epilepsy, each of whom had access to universal health care, those from poor families had the same medical course and remission rate as their wealthier counterparts, but they had a less favorable social outcome as adults.

In Dominican and African American families from poor areas of New York City, living in a neighborhood with dense traffic and industrial facilities increased a child's risk of developing asthma, according to Miller and other Columbia University researcherIn Dominican and African American families from poor areas of New York City, living in a neighborhood with dense traffic and industrial facilities increased a child's risk of developing asthma, according to Miller and other Columbia University researcherin a neighborhood with dense traffic and industrial facilities increased a child's risk of developing asthma, according to Miller and other Columbia University researchers.

The findings are especially relevant to families with children living in low - income households; these kids are at greater risk of health problems resulting from poor air quality.

«As the national debate on immigration has grown stronger, including immigrants» use of many social services, some have argued that the reason for the high child poverty rate has mostly been due to the large number of children in low - skilled, poor immigrant families,» Joo said.

«To give young children a fair chance of life success, we need to strengthen basic safety net policies, including Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF), expand Medicaid across all states so that parents will not be left in poor health without health coverage, and invest in programs that have proven effective in helping families overcome adversities so their children can thriveFamilies (TANF), expand Medicaid across all states so that parents will not be left in poor health without health coverage, and invest in programs that have proven effective in helping families overcome adversities so their children can thrivefamilies overcome adversities so their children can thrive.»

Analyzing the latest available U.S. Census data, NCCP researchers find that 44 percent of children under age 18 lived in low - income families in 2013, and 22 percent lived in poor families.

In Afghanistan and Pakistan today the Taliban have created thousands of madrassas, where children from poor families with no access to education can receive food and what passes for learning (but what is in fact quite the oppositeIn Afghanistan and Pakistan today the Taliban have created thousands of madrassas, where children from poor families with no access to education can receive food and what passes for learning (but what is in fact quite the oppositein fact quite the opposite).

NCCP defines a poor household as one where incomes are below the federal poverty threshold (i.e., $ 24,036 for a family of four with two children in 2015).

According to NCCP researchers, the number of children in low - income families increased slightly from 42 percent in 2009 to 43 percent in 2015, and the percent of poor children in the U.S. increased by 1 percentage point.

In 2014, 44 percent of children under age 18 (31.4 million) lived in low - income households and 21 percent lived in poor families (15.4 millionIn 2014, 44 percent of children under age 18 (31.4 million) lived in low - income households and 21 percent lived in poor families (15.4 millionin low - income households and 21 percent lived in poor families (15.4 millionin poor families (15.4 million).

Out of all the children, boys, children from larger families, as well as those with more cognitive, motor or behaviour problems, and poorer parent - infant relationships in infancy, had fewer friends, met them less and were less accepted by them.

Children of color accounted for approximately 49 percent of all young people in 2015, but were overrepresented among those living in poor and low - income families.

Families with earnings less than twice the poverty threshold are considered low income and include poor families (i.e., $ 48,072 for a family of four with two children iFamilies with earnings less than twice the poverty threshold are considered low income and include poor families (i.e., $ 48,072 for a family of four with two children ifamilies (i.e., $ 48,072 for a family of four with two children in 2015).

A family is considered poor if its earnings are below 100 percent of the poverty threshold (e.g., $ 24,008 for a family of four with two children in 2014).

Although one million fewer children lived in poverty in 2015 than the prior year, the percentage of children on the economic brink remains stubbornly high: 43 percent of children under age 18 (30.6 million) lived in low - income households and 21 percent lived in poor families (14.8 million).

«Alison cuts through all the extraneous language to focus in on what really matters: concrete steps one can take to go paleo and make it work in a modern world full of tempting junk food, skeptical family members, picky children, life and work - related stress, holiday treats, household budgets, and poor sleep habits.