Sentences with phrase «of the disadvantaged children of»

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The brothers dream of creating a billion - dollar global company (they give themselves 15 years) that improves the culture by promulgating inspirational messages and — this is the important part, they say — by raising money and awareness for sick and disadvantaged children.

The inspiring changemaker founded the company in 2006 as part of his mission to donate new shoes to disadvantaged children.

«Instead of helping some of the most disadvantaged children in our communities, Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals spent $ 182 million on a computer mess,» said Michelle Mungall, New Democrat spokesperson for social development.

By the time W finished his second term, I had graduated from college, come to terms with the fact that the criminalization of abortion is highly unlikely no matter the party in power, expanded my definition of «pro-life» to include Iraqi children and prisoners of war, and experienced first - hand some of the major problems with America's healthcare system, which along with poverty and education issues, contributes to the troubling abortion rate in the U.S. I remained pro-life idealistically, but for the first time, voted for a pro-choice president, hoping that the reforms I wanted to see in the healthcare, the economy, immigration, education, and for the socioeconomically disadvantaged would function pragmatically to reduce abortions.

Women bear a disproportionate burden of poverty, and children growing up in poverty are often permanently disadvantaged.

Children raised in homes that are both unready and unwanting of the responsibilities that come with raising a child, are placed at a disadvantage so severe it is near incomprehensible - particularly if their mother did drugs while pregnant.

Unfortunately, Head Start serves only 18 per cent of eligible disadvantaged children.

Such children are disadvantaged whatever the income of their parents and whether their trouble is defined as mental illness or something else.

«I am particularly pleased that our highest - performing schools, Hampden Gurney, has secured fantastic outcomes with a significant number of disadvantaged pupils in Year 6 - demonstrating once again that a child's success should never be limited by their background.»

Actually, this is another scientist who understands that there isn't a SHRED of proof to indicate that any god exists, and that American kids who are taught creationism will be at a great disadvantage in the future when they try to compete for jobs against children with real educations.

But it makes a point at the expense of already disadvantaged men, women, and children who were counting on that funding for basic necessities.

The great interest of the study arises from the fact that, as the years went by, the researchers noticed that many of the children they had identified as «at high risk» (i.e., children subject to four or more serious disadvantages) were able to lead satisfying and socially productive lives as adults.

That's according to a new survey of parents by Christian charity Spurgeons, which helps disadvantaged and vulnerable children.

There appear to be no studies of children brought up by two male parents, and the few studies purporting to show that children with two lesbian mothers are in no way disadvantaged are typically flawed: they are taken from limited samples, have not followed the children's behaviour through time, and have generally been compiled solely on the lesbian parents» opinions.

We all need encouragement to exercise a new vision of the public good, and to join with others in sacrificial efforts to achieve that good in concrete ways, ranging from providing housing for the homeless to parks for everyone and enriched educational environments for disadvantaged children.

A larger percentage of such births are to children in disadvantaged / poor / broken households, who then often get poorer and less adequate educations than the general population does.

«One of the saddest moments during my time as Education Secretary was the day I took a call from a wonderfully generous philanthropist who had devoted limitless time and money to helping educate disadvantaged children in some of the most challenging areas of Britain but who now felt he had no option but to step away from his commitments because his evangelical Christianity meant that he, and his generosity, were under constant attack.»

Children who were «born unwanted» prior to the legalisation of abortion not only grew up in more disadvantaged households, but also grew up to be more disadvantaged as adults.»

Let us have as our objective the education and empowerment of all children and especially those in most disadvantaged circumstances.

Dukes built a beautiful Victorian house for the purpose of hosting disadvantaged, intercity children so that they can spend time on the beach.

The Nielsen - Massey Foundation was founded in 2009 with a mission to assist disadvantaged children and adults with education and leadership development, especially in the field of culinary arts.

The disadvantages include a larger incision, inability to use it in a growing child, knee cap fracture, and a higher incidence of anterior knee pain after surgery.

Finally # 20 raised from the lottery scheme can provide football boots for some of the most disadvantaged children in Leeds.

But preliminary results already show powerful gap - closing effects for Educare students: If disadvantaged children enter Educare before their first birthday, they usually are, by the first day of kindergarten, essentially caught up with the national average on tests of basic knowledge and language comprehension, as well as on measures of noncognitive factors like attachment, initiative, and self - control.

While the conversation lately has been about how many socioeconomically disadvantaged women are having children outside of marriage as well as the rise in choice motherhood, don't be surprised if we start talking instead about how more young couples are finding that it's a much better deal — and a heck of a lot easier — to find someone who'll be a good person to co-parent with than it is finding a soul mate.

My second book, How Children Succeed, considered the challenges of disadvantaged children through a different lens: the skills and capacities they develop (or don't develop) as they make their way through chChildren Succeed, considered the challenges of disadvantaged children through a different lens: the skills and capacities they develop (or don't develop) as they make their way through chchildren through a different lens: the skills and capacities they develop (or don't develop) as they make their way through childhood.

But what the research I've described here makes clear is that intervening in the lives of disadvantaged children — by educating them better in school, helping their parents support them better at home, or, ideally, some combination of the two — is the most effective and promising anti-poverty strategy we have.

Which leads to a new and pressing question: Exactly what is it in the daily life of a disadvantaged child that most acutely hampers the development of the skills he needs to succeed?

A very high number of boys take part and disadvantaged children make the greatest progress of all.

And yet neuroscientists, psychologists, and other researchers have begun to focus on a new and different set of causes for the problems of children who grow up in adversity, and their research is recalibrating how we think about disadvantage and opportunity.

The building - blocks model is, at present, mostly a theoretical framework, but it gives educators and anyone else concerned with child development a different and valuable lens through which to consider the problems of disadvantaged kids in the classroom.

And it may well prove to be true that children growing up in serious disadvantage require that kind of comprehensive, immersive intervention in order to catch up with their more advantaged peers.

In the same way that the zero - tolerance approach to discipline sends precisely the opposite psychological message to disadvantaged kids than what we now know they need in order to feel motivated and engaged with school, so do many basic elements of traditional American pedagogy work in direct opposition to what the psychological research tells us will help those children succeed.

Family Therapist Kim Bergman, PhD, explains the advantages and disadvantages of telling your children that they were born using assisted reproduction techniques

A growing number of statewide pre-K programs are universal, meaning that they are offered not only to disadvantaged children but also to children from better - off families.

As I mentioned above, one of the premises I'm working from here is that childhood is a continuum, and if we want to help improve outcomes for disadvantaged children, we need to look for opportunities to intervene in positive ways at many different points along that continuum.

None is perfect, but together they may point the way to a new approach to intervening early in the lives of disadvantaged children.

Mothers who don't work are mainly lone or otherwise disadvantaged mothers, for whom their own or a child's illness / disability or the cost of childcare are major reasons for their non-employment (Hales et al, 2007).

These are essentially questions of public policy, and if real solutions are going to be found to the problems of disadvantaged children, these questions will need to be addressed, in a creative and committed way, by public officials at all levels — by school superintendents, school - board members, mayors, governors, and cabinet secretaries — as well as by individual citizens, community groups, and philanthropists across the country.

But it's hard to find reliable evidence that programs like these result in long - term improvements in the language abilities of disadvantaged children.

Research shows that young mothers who feel supported by their baby's father adjust better to motherhood and behave more positively towards their children — for whom a good relationship with «my dad» proves protective in face of other disadvantage.

Ask children to consider alternative explanations and solutions to problems considering advantages and disadvantages of each.

«We will however make available information on best practice and «what works» for improving the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and I am clear that a valuable use of the premium would be schools investing in ways to encourage parents, including of course fathers, to engage in the education of their children.»

The main disadvantage of waiting this long is that it is almost like having a first child all over again.

One of the biggest disadvantages to having a second child in this timeframe is that your first is likely to feel jealous.

Most of the disadvantages of having children so close together are rather obvious.

We would also like to mention one important thing that can be the only disadvantage of this pillow; if your child has sensitive skin then you may need to purchase a pillow case for this pillow because many parents have reported that the surface of this pillow is «scratchy».

The disadvantage of using screws is that you will have holes in your door when it comes the time you won't have to child proof door handle lever any more.

The few young men who do have children with more than one partner tend to be not among the most powerful in their communities but among the most disadvantaged, including suffering from high levels of depression (Bronte - Tinkew et al, 2009).

I would either keep it and give my childs DS to someone who can't afford one or give thisone away to them — and there's plenty of disadvantaged kids out there!