Sentences with phrase «of commitment to children»

As part of its commitment to the Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County, the Collin County Association of REALTORS holds an Annual Holiday Breakfast in which winter coats and clothing are donated.

Our China adoption program has a long standing history of commitment to children and their adoptive families.

The latest edition of At a Glance — orange cover, if you must know — published by the Family Bar Association suggests that the advocated form of private agreement for maintenance downloadable from the CMS website is inaccurate and misleading in proclaiming: «This is not a legal document but signing this agreement is a clear statement of our commitment to our children.»

At the end of two years, many young educators, TFA or otherwise, feel a strong sense of commitment to their children and a desire to continue in education.

The state was also criticized for its lack of commitment to children in poverty.

NEA president Reg Weaver called the Teacher Project report «just another smoke - screen to blame so - called «union rules» for our society's lack of commitment to all children.»

The evening culminated with remarks by former Rochester Mayor William A. Johnson, Jr., who received the Lifetime of Commitment to Children and Education Award.

In support of this commitment to children, the CRC has established a set of social goals based on program utilization of the Both Parents Approach model to help highly conflicted parents involved in marital discourse, custody disputes, parental alienation, and relational inexperience better cooperate and collaborate in the best interests of their children following break - up of the family.

We would like to take this opportunity to recognize those businesses that have displayed a deep sense of commitment to the children of the homeless community through their charitable giving and sponsorship of Project Night Night.

Addiction to work provides a guilt - free rationalization for the father's lack of commitment to child - rearing.

You start with a presumption that both parents have an equal level of commitment to their child's well - being, in which case, yes, everything you're saying makes perfect sense, and i agree completely that responsible, caring fathers shouldn't be kept from their children.

The Jané Crash Test Research Centre was built in 2003 when, as a result of our commitment to child safety, we decided to create our own crash test tunnel where we could test our seats to the limit to achieve a level of safety that goes beyond the legal requirements.

Not exact matches

But even after leaving public office, her commitment to improving America's literacy continued — with initiatives like a partnership with NFL player J.J. Watt to encourage parents to read to their children — until the end of her life.

In honor of Yousafzai's commitment to international education for women and children, here are five quotes to inspire you to go out and make a change in the world today:

He maintained a punishing travel schedule, which included commitments to at least 18 outside organizations at various times, such as the board of Xerox (XRX), the U.S. - China Business Council, and the Business Round table, as well as personal interests, such as chairing the board of visitors at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business (his two children are Duke alums).

But with the disease still killing a child in Africa every few minutes, those eager to finish the job are worried that the presidency of the United States — a crucial funding source for international malaria control efforts — is now passing to a man whose commitment to global health projects is uncertain.

However, your government is already on record for its commitment to allow families with children under the age of 18 to split income for tax purposes; to extend the fitness tax credit to adults; to raise the threshold for Tax Free Savings Accounts to $ 10,000; and to reduce government debt.

NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI).

In recognition for reaching this goal, a portion of the neonatology unit expansion will be recognized as the «Marriott Vacations Worldwide NICU - wing» which will memorialize the company's long - standing commitment to children, especially the very tiniest newborns.

Its commitment to the super-project is profound, and even includes a series of slick, new, multi-language YouTube propaganda reels featuring singing children and an animated history lesson for the world's high - school students affirming the benefits of the project.

Valley Haven President Kristen Millon welcomed volunteers in the morning, thanking them for their commitment to Harlingen's kids and reminding them all of the difficult circumstances children who come to Valley Haven have endured.

This commitment continues to help make a difference in the lives of so many of Central Florida's children.»

Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Joe Oliver were so confident that this commitment was a «no - brainer» that the Prime Minister announced in a «mini-budget» in October, the Family Tax Cut, and increases to the Universal Child Care Benefit along with a number of other small initiatives.

It requires a commitment to a true partnership with aboriginal communities, with clear lines of accountability and a focus on children and youth.

In recognition for reaching this goal, a portion of the neonatology unit expansion will be recognized as the «Marriott Vacations Worldwide NICU - Pod» which will memorialize the company's long - standing commitment to children, especially the very tiniest newborns.

The bill appears to be heading toward the finish line, though at least three other Republican senators remained publicly undecided on Friday, including Mike Lee of Utah, who has allied with Mr. Rubio in pressing for an expanded child credit, and Jeff Flake of Arizona, who has been trying to extract commitments from Republican leadership related to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program.

Eight local Edward Jones Financial Advisors teamed up on behalf of school children, clearly demonstrating their commitment to family values.

«Our collective commitment to giving back to the communities where we live and work has meant that thousands of women and children have access to safe shelter and the chance to rebuild their lives after violence.»

It is simply too large of a time commitment and to weird for a lot of people to get into, ESPECIALLY people with young children who have to find babysitters.

Supporting the process instead of just the act of marriage could help couples link the various stages of their relationship, from premarital romantic infatuation to marital commitment to the possible procreation and rearing of children.

But when, by contrast, parental love is grounded in the facts of biological and historical bonding, the child lives in a setting offering the kind of acceptance human beings need in order themselves to become capable of adult commitment — a setting in which individuals who are separate but connected can grow and flourish.

Their work includes a Children's Centre, focused on single and impoverished families, a pilot micro loan program for education and business development, an ongoing partnership for home ownership within the community, and a deep local commitment to the spiritual growth, empowerment and development of the community.

Ann Marie worked for CPS at the time, and having recently wed her partner, Patricia (in a church commitment ceremony at which I served as celebrant), she decided to become a foster co-parent to Hailey, a child with special needs stemming from the chaos of her life's earliest months.

Children who are privileged to have a faithfully married mother and father who are functionally literate and have a desire to instruct their offspring, and a commitment to the Church, are privileged indeed: for such children, home is already a place of education and spiritual nourChildren who are privileged to have a faithfully married mother and father who are functionally literate and have a desire to instruct their offspring, and a commitment to the Church, are privileged indeed: for such children, home is already a place of education and spiritual nourchildren, home is already a place of education and spiritual nourishment.

A commitment to the larger good, a sense of wonder, and the ability to say «yes» to life and all it brings are caught by children who experience them in the need - satisfying adults in their early life.

This last can sometimes be impractical because of commitments to beloved children.

That Children Weep In an entreaty that she cites from The Book of Common Prayer, Agnes Howard challenges parents to decide what we believe and to consider how our behavior and attitude toward our teenagers, daughters in particular, reflects our core commitments («Hating the Teens We Indulge,» February).

Such commitment obliges us to witness to the unique and irreplaceable task of the family in bringing up and forming our children in particular with respect to education in the faith, family education and questions relating to the right to life; subjects for frequent discussion, learning and reading in the family.

Do you have any advice or ideas for those of us at home with small children, or working the daily grind 9 - 5 jobs, or in school full - time to honor our commitments to family, work and school while simultaneously working to benefit our communities?

The report went on: «The fact that so many Sharia rulings in Britain relate to cases concerning divorce and custody of children is of particular concern, as women are not equal in Sharia law, and Sharia contains no specific commitment to the best interests of the child that is fundamental to family law in the UK.

We need many more opportunities and ways to make common cause with others in the faith.How else can we learn to deny own wills in following after Christ, or foster a resilient moral commitment on the part of our children?

On June 1, 1996, more than 200,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., to demonstrate their commitment to «protecting and improving the quality of life for all children,» in the words of Marion Edelman, head of the CDF.

The more you conform to the practices the church blesses and honors for heterosexuals — public pledges of fidelity to another person, family commitment to the nurture of children — the less likely that you can be ordained and that you will be welcomed to work out your discipleship in most Presbyterian congregations.

In his recap of the visit, he urged the Church «to re-propose the sacrament of matrimony as a gift and indissoluble commitment between a man and a woman, the natural environment for the welcoming and education of children.»

Whatever legal and public policy solutions are reached in the coming years, Christians need to find a social, political and religious way to secure the well - being of women and children, involve fathers in the lives of their children, and support gays and lesbians who want to establish committed relationships and receive the benefits and blessings that go with this commitment.

Love as equal regard should also leave the marital couple with an ethic of commitment sufficient to live together, raise children, meet hard times, confront misunderstandings and remain integrated in the relationship.

The test of conscience for any sexual act is whether or not it is in accord with the central purpose of the family, which is to embody the ideal of individual worth through an unconditional covenant between husband and wife and unconditional commitment to children.

The child's obedience is not to be regarded as payment for benefits received from the parents; such an interpretation is ruled out by the unconditional nature of the parents» commitment.

She refers to the man in his 40s who divorces his wife because her commitment to church and to gardening and her dislike of tennis make him doubt that she will be a sufficiently amusing partner to cheer his retirement years; a young mother who admits that her husband is her best friend, but who divorces him because she no longer feels very romantic toward him; a woman who marries someone she doesn't especially like because she fears she may never find anyone better and then, after having several children, does find someone more to her liking.

This perspective unmistakably reveals the unwholesomeness, not to put it more strongly, of our way of life: our obsession with sex, violence, and the pornography of «making it;» our addictive dependence on drugs, «entertainment,» and the evening news; our impatience with anything that limits our sovereign freedom of choice, especially with the constraints of marital and familial ties; our preference for «nonbinding commitments;» our third - rate educational system; our third - rate morality; our refusal to draw a distinction between right and wrong, lest we «impose» their morality on us; our reluctance to judge or be judged; our indifference to the needs of future generations, as evidence by our willingness to saddle them with a huge national debt, an overgrown arsenal of destruction, and a deteriorating environment; our unsated assumption, which underlies so much of the propaganda for unlimited abortion, that only those children born for success ought to be allowed to be born at all.