Sentences with phrase «of gifted children who»

Continuing on our current path and ignoring this problem would be bad for the economy, for society, and for the hundreds of thousands of gifted children who now lack the opportunities they need to thrive.

[It's not just the parents of gifted children who get this one thrown at them.

I am interested in the needs of gifted children who are also learning disabled or AD / HD, have Asperger's Syndrome or other behavioral or mental health disorders, and I try to work with schools to provide for the unusual combinations of strengths and weaknesses found in these children.»

Not exact matches

For people who plan ahead and make annual gifts during their lifetime to children and grandchildren, this can be an effective tool in reducing the size and tax bills of future estates.

BFS Capital participated and employees and their families contributed more than 170 gifts for the children of South Florida who may not have had a present at Christmas.

If you read the sentence, the words — who the child in the mother's womb will be — mean what his / her life will lead him / her into becoming which kind of human, that is, what kind of temperament, attitudes, talents & gifts, and such that human will have.

I aim to get at some of the theological underpinnings of that unease in language that may seem unfamiliar or even unwelcome, but it is language that is grounded in important Christian affirmations that seek to understand the child as our equal» one who is a gift and not a product.

By God's grace the child is a gift who springs from the giving and receiving of love.

Partnering with organizations like WorldReach (who allows you to sponsor children) and Charity: Water (who lets you tell your friends to donate instead of getting you a birthday present every year) or finding a cause like ending human trafficking, supporting education or assisting the homeless can represent more than just one - time gifts or temporary passions.

We are not serving gifts of stone or snake for the children who ask, there is only a Father of Lights handing out bread to the entire hillside, this is a party.

God is not serving gifts of stone or snake for the children who ask, there is only a Father of Lights handing out bread and wine to the entire hillside, this is a party.

Little by little, though the irresistible development of those yearnings you implanted in me as a child, through the influence of gifted friends who entered my life at certain moments to bring light and strength to my mind, and through the awakenings of spirit I owe to the successive initiations, gentle and terrible, which you caused me to undergo: through all these I have been brought to the point where I can no longer see anything, nor any longer breathe, outside that milieu in which all is made one.

It advises lawyers to draft special exclusions from the Wills Act 1837, which allows gifts to pass to the children of an heir who has died, because this is not recognised in Islamic law.

After giving us his illustration of prayer, Jesus concludes his general advice to persevere in prayer with this promise (cited above in part): «If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!»

«God makes a gift of revelation, not to the erudite theologians but to the uncouth, to the children, to those who, with filial spirit, are able to say Abba opens the Kingdom» (Jeremias, 1974:142).

For us to receive this gift of salvation, we must BELIEVE and RECEIVE the gift from Him, «Yet to all who receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.»

This attitude is at complete variance to that behind Natural Family Planning (NFP), wherein a couple who have reason to space their children accept the gift of sexuality exactly as it is stamped in the human person by God and do not treat their fertility as a problem to be expunged by technology.

But it is not just creation alone which groans; we who have the Spirit as the first of God's gifts also groan within ourselves as we wait for God to make us his children and set our whole being free.

And not just the nonhuman created order — even we ourselves, as Christians, who have received the advance gift of the Holy Spirit, are now groaning within ourselves, for we are also waiting — waiting for the transformation of our bodies and for the full experiencing of our adoption as God's children.

-LSB-...] He reminds the couple in his sermon that their greatest achievement will be the nurturing of children like themselves; their greatest reward will be that which their own parents have here and now, when they stand in the benches behind their own children at their weddings; children who will thank God above all other things for the gift of a good and truly Christian mother and father.

He does not passively sit by awaiting our imaginations to be enlivened by misty - eyed images of a cosmic Santa Claus who gives gifts to every child because none are bad.

Here the figures of speech, the examples selected, and the persons addressed all belong to the villages of Galilee — the savorless salt thrown into the street, the one lamp that lights the whole household, the village blasphemer with his string of profanity and terms of abuse, the temple pilgrim offering his one gift, the village judge and the jailer, the local ruffian swift to strike, the king's man or garrison officer who compels the peasant to carry his baggage or to yield up his own cloak, the sinner's field wet with the same rain that falls on his righteous neighbor's, the local tax collector, the birds of the air and the lilies of the field, the child asking to be fed, the fruitful trees and the unfruitful, the wise and foolish house - builders.

Parents are urged to develop an atmosphere of mutual respect; to communicate on levels of fun and recreation as well as on discipline and advice; to allow a child to learn «through natural consequences» — that is, by experiencing what happens when he dawdles in the morning and is permitted to experience the unpleasantness and embarrassment of being late to school; to encourage the child and spend time with him playing and learning (positively) rather than spending time lecturing and disciplining (negatively), since the child who is misbehaving is often merely craving attention and if he gets it in pleasant, constructive ways, he will not demand it in antisocial ways; to avoid trying to put the child in a mold of what the parent thinks he should do and be, or what other people think he should do and be, rather than what his natural gifts and tendencies indicate; to take time to train the child in basic skills — to bake a cake, pound a nail, sketch or write or play a melody — including those things the parents know and do well and are interested in.

Justice Goodman learned that the couple, who don't believe in celebrating Halloween or saying Santa Claus is real, celebrated Christmas with the children, purchased gifts for them and shared photos of the holiday with their mother.

In part, of course, this is because it sets out the fundamental theme of your memoir: a wife who can not seem to become pregnant, who knows the story of Hannah and Samuel and prays that, if she is given the gift of a child, she, too, will dedicate her child to God's service.

Sadly you also throw around the term «child abuse» with a cavalier looseness that suggests you don't have the foggiest idea what child abuse is... it's a shame abused children everywhere can't write in and tell you about their trevails at the hands of an abuser... Jesus Christ was no abuser... if I'm wrong about Jesus, he was at least a Rabbi who loved his followers, and who taught, peace, compassion, forgiveness, and inclusiveness... If I'm right, Jesus is the most amazing, wonderful gift GOD could ever give to his beloved creation... in either event, belief in him, and sharing those beliefs with children is not abuse, it's loving and nurturing fact based belief, not mythology...

After all it is not difficult to understand the value of gift dimension for people who know the growing experience, for example of a child.

In this context, most Christians continue to hold up as an ideal for all who can reach it, a faithful union of a woman and a man who love each other and are open to the gift and responsibility of children.

Its authors, both of them mothers who have experienced infertility in their own marriages, have laid bare many of their own crosses and experiences to support others who may be suffering through the absence of the gift of children — that crowning gift of marriage — in their lives.

Though it is difficult to raise children in what might be called a «gender - neutral environment», part of the antidote to the current gender - laden environments in which children tend now to be raised is this view of the work of the Spirit in giving gifts as the Spirit chooses, which encourages those who are the teachers and guides of the young to observe the emerging qualities of spirit in each child and to bring those qualities to full flower rather than trying to redirect any «alpha» qualities in women or «beta» qualities in men towards any «norm.»

The misuse of God's gift of sexuality is the issue, for this applies just as much to those who gratify their desires outside of marriage (which for some reason many do not have an issue with) as it does to LGBTQ, child predators, etc..

This moment of getting the silver dollar, from a man who seemed to gift them purely for the joy of watching children's faces light up, is one of my indelibly printed memories of Hanukkah.

Just as Linus had high expectations for the arrival of The Great Pumpkin who would generously give gifts to children around the world, I anticipated an abundance of brown sugar and spice in the pumpkin cinnamon rolls I baked for this Halloween.

None of the parents knew that their beloved and winning coach — this glib, engaging soul who had lived with and among them, who had so generously baby - sat their kids, taken the youngsters to movies and bought them expensive gifts — had undergone more than five years of treatment in two state mental hospitals for child molesting.

Mike LayPort, who has the distinction of being the fastest roller skater in America, lives in a 22 - room mansion off Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, with (above, in descending order) his father, Lee, a realtor who in the mid -»40s converted the old Mack Sennett studio into a roller rink known as the Palace Arena; his mother, Vivian: his brother, Patrick, a former senior men's four - mile - relay roller - skating champion who now manages the family gift shop; Patrick's wife, Carolyn, and their children, Kathleen and Pat; his wife Donna, an artistic (or figure) roller skater; and Sam, a Labrador retriever.

The story is appropriate for all children and adults who desire to understand the gifts of love and family created through the adoption process.

Know that a gift in any amount will be greatly appreciated, not just by all of us at MomsTeam Institute, but by all the sports - active children in this country, and around the world, and their parents, who we help.

For many who experience early athletic success, the reason is that they are so - called early bloomers, children who simply develop ahead of their peers physically and / or psychologically, not that they are gifted athletes.

New Voices commissioned the production company, Footpath Pictures, to make the documentary, which offers insight into daily school life for children who are hampered in their speech or mobility but who have good academic potential, and some of whom are gifted.

Once I recognised that my children could no longer fit any more handmade toys or crochet blankets in their bedrooms and we had run out of friends and relatives who could receive handmade gifts, I knew I had to find an outlet for my creativity.

Some uses for them: — Force your child to get attached to one as his security bunny / bear / alien — Attach to the outside of a store - bought baby gift to make it more personalized — Place on a shelf in your house to remind yourself that you can make things besides babies — Give to your mom as a reminder that she is the mommy and you are the child who still wants her approval

Michelle Byus, who sought Betty's help after the birth of her first child, said the Leader had «a gift for putting people at ease.»

While breast milk is known to offer an array of benefits to infants, including supplying vital nutrients, several recent studies have revealed that women who choose breastfeeding after pregnancy may be giving their children the gift of more than just a steady food source.

I can not write about the beautiful, precious gift of motherhood and exclude the dear, courageous women who have lost a child.

Joovy Spoon Walker is the Perfect Combination of Walker and Chair, and it could be one of the best gifts for your child when they are learning to walk, its features like easy to assemble, light - weight and cost - effective make it a must have for the families who have kids.

The idea is that friends and fans, instead of purchasing gifts for a child that we all know will be well taken care of, donate money to Unicef, to help children who need it all over the globe.

When the end of the school year arrives, many moms scramble to find the perfect gift for that special teacher who helped nurture and teach their child.

Likewise, finding the perfect nanny requires a lot of researching people, finding someone who is going to fit well into your life, learning to trust them, and letting them watch over another one of your most precious gifts: your children.

A gifted child who is years ahead of his or her age - mates is not always years ahead emotionally or socially.

As a mom of children who are gifted and who have special needs, she totally gets that schooling at home does not look the same for everyone.