Offer your children choices, whenever possible, to increase their sense of power over their lives.
If there is no choice, don't unintentionally
offer your child a choice.
offers the child a choice to say yes or no.
A child's defiance, however, could be reduced by
offering children choices.
You might, for example,
offer children a choice between two different household chores.
Not exact matches
The International Centre for Missing and Exploited
Children noted how anonymity
offered by Bitcoin has made it the currency of
choice for predators.
Catholicism has long stood fiercely against the protections and rights
offered by secular modernity, including women's equality, the freedom of sexual identity, respect for
children's autonomy and reproductive
choice.
On a more personal note I know (personally) murderers, wife and
child beaters, adulterers, fornicators, homosexuals / lesbians, robbers, liars, cheaters, drug users, idolators, false teachers etc. and have not once agreed with their
choice of death instead I
offer a new
choice of Life because the gospel compels me to Because of the new Life that is in me.
Some churches
offer a menu full of
choices: men's / women's; singles / couples; youth and
children's ministries (which will be more important as years go by); mentoring / discipleship; Sunday school.
Parental
choice in general, and Catholic schools in particular, got a big boost when Mayor Giuliani of New York took Cardinal O'Connor up on his long - standing
offer to accept a thousand of the poorest and most problem - ridden
children in the public schools, those performing in the bottom five percentile.
For example, what do you think about what you would call
offering your
children a «
choice» between the facts of evolution or intelligent design?
Ultimately,
children and young people will go on to make their own decisions about what they eat, but as long as schools
offer students the opportunity to think, discuss and debate the issues as well as to cook and eat good vegetarian food, a weekly meat free day provides them with the knowledge and experience with which to make informed, responsible and compassionate
choices.
When
offered healthy food
choices,
children respond by trying new items, incorporating greater variety into their diets, and increasing their daily intake of fruits and vegetables.
After rejecting the
offer, Robinson, who was intermittently on welfare from the time of the
child's birth in February 1992 until December 1995, filed a suit seeking more than $ 11,000 per month that claimed, «Mr. Howard's initial response... was that the birth was [my]
choice and therefore he should not have to pay
child support.»
In our briefing, Maternity Leave, Parental
Choice and
Child Welfare: Setting an Optimum Level for Maternity Leave, we argue in favour of extending the flexibility on
offer.
If you can let your
child follow his passions and make his own way — and enthusiastically support his
choices while
offering love and guidance — you'll likely create a happy, healthy, confident adult.
For too long we have accepted an unbalanced parenting leave system which
offers families precious little
choice over how to share the responsibility for earning and caring when they have
children.
Many authoritative parents have a line that is clear with their
children but
offer them more
choices that encourage more individual thinking or decision making.
French
children do not have a
choice - they must eat what is
offered that day, exceptions for allergies and religious reasons.
If it is lunch time and you already know what your
child will be eating,
offer them a
choice of which utensil or color of plate they would like to use.
Don't hesitate to mix up the rewards if your
child is getting bored, or
offer two
choices for your
child to choose from.
If you plan to introduce healthy foods to your
child's diet, make sure that you are eating the healthier
choices you are
offering your
child.
We hear so often about the importance of
offering choices but there're some critical things you need to know as a parent — HOW
choices affect your
child.
Offer a variety of
choices, including fresh fruits that are in season, and let your
child help pick them out at the grocery store or during a trip to a farmer's market
«What this study suggests is that the school system should just
offer healthy
choices, and then
children will eat them.
Even my background in
child nutrition and counseling kids about making healthy food
choices STILL doesn't give my own
children the «backbone» to say no when
offered grossly unhealthy treats.
So appeal to your
child's sense of needing to be in charge by
offering up some
choices at bedtime.
Keep in mind though, when you
offer a
choice to your
child, be sure to
offer up options that you will be happy with, no matter what your
child chooses.
In Montessori classrooms,
children make creative
choices in their learning, while the classroom and the teacher
offer age - appropriate activities to guide the process.
We hope their answers will
offer the always on - the - go sports parents we know you are some fresh ideas and
choices for healthy, easy - to - make breakfasts, lunches, dinners and between - meal snacks for your active
children.
We invited some old friends and some new ones to share their wisdom about nutrition and
offer always on - the - go sports parents fresh ideas and
choices for healthy, easy - to - make breakfasts, lunches, dinners and between - meal snacks for your active
children.
Salad Bars help increase participation as parents see healthy, fresh food being
offered to their
children, and as students are allowed to make their own
choices from the salad bar.
Years of working with non-verbal kiddos as a pediatric Occupational Therapist has ingrained in me the habit of
offering choices to every
child.
By choosing to primarily
offer fresh, nutrient rich foods as snacks I am hoping to develop a taste for fresh, healthy foods in my
children so that as they become more independent they will make healthy eating
choices on their own.
As a result, toys that
offer means to channelize your
child's bursting energy and the need to explore and do more will be the best
choice.
We must try to provide good healthy meal models for
children within a reasonable budget plus
offer food
choices that are varied yet palatable to
children and adolescent tastes.
There are several characteristics that can help you narrow down the food
choices you
offer your
child, and most of these come down to the safety of your baby.
Younger
children will need you to
offer them
choices, while mid-elementary aged kids and up can make
choices more independently, but discussion and coaching with all kids is helpful.
Just make sure that the
choices you
offer are acceptable to you, no matter which one your
child chooses.
Camps
offered by
child - care centers may be a good
choice.
An oral rehydration electrolyte solution is usually the best
choice, and you can
offer your
child 1 to 3 teaspoons of fluid every 5 to 10 minutes.
If your
child's school only
offers one option each day, you may be better off to include your
child in preparing a healthy packed lunch where you
offer healthy
choices.
The Summer brand
child proofing baby monitor is a great
choice that is inexpensive and
offers color LCD screens and several
choices in range.
Some ground rules: Don't
offer a
choice in situations where your
child really has no
choice.
If you have read about the benefits of skipping spanking and time - out in favor of other ways to guide
children but are not sure where to start, here are 12 alternatives that give parents and
children a chance to address
choices and situations with the intention to
offer guidance while maintaining a positive, respectful and peaceful connection.
During transitions, such as when you're headed out the door, leaving the playground, or getting ready for bed,
offering a
choice to a
child can help to diffuse tension by focusing your
child's attention and giving her control over a situation.
Choice of Champions
Child Development, located in Stone Mountain, Georgia, is an early childhood center that
offers educational day care programs for preschool
children.
Don't start a bad habit of
offering everything in the frig and giving your
child the chance to be overwhelmed with
choices, and power.
In many cases the
choices you
offer aren't really
choices so much as ways to clearly communicate to your
child what each of you has control and autonomy over.
Other tools include a cool down period,
offering limited
choices, using a timer and not taking your
child's bait and being drawn into arguments or discussions.