Sentences with phrase «on actual children»

Not exact matches

North Americans now spend more on pet accessories than they do on children's toys, and they treat their pets «as actual family,» says Little.

A surgical first was achieved last July in New York when doctors used a 3D replica of an infant's heart, created from an MRI scan, to guide them through an operation on the child's actual heart to overcome a congenital defect.

But substantive debates on actual issues - or even the occasional bickering disagreement about the best route to grandma's - won't do your child any harm.

In 1995, Calvin Klein faced an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department on allegations its advertisements constituted child pornography; now, American Apparel can barely draw press coverage by using actual porn stars in porny poses in its ads.

Finally, the objections are based on careful research developed by responsible experts and widely accepted by the public, in one case that children «s ads exploit children who are not yet old enough to discriminate, and in the other that violence on television causes violence in actual behavior.

No other subject on the curriculum would be allowed to get away with this inexcusable error which insults children, not just since there is a basic mistake of mathematics, but because no actual verifiable figures are provided — anything will do in a book about RE.

After an entire article of pin - the - tail on the semantic donkey based on the ficalness of word gender (different from actual gender, as I have never yet met a boat that was truely a «she»), the potentiality of a close friendship being more (when one of them went on to have several wives and children, one relationship so driven by lust for a woman that he took her from another man and tried to have her husband killed — so clearly not just marriages of social conformity), and a false analgy to slavery's restrictions in the Bible.

Indeed, he creates a virtual phantasmagoria of suffering from actual instances of human barbarity that he has read about in Russian newspapers: Turkish soldiers cutting babies from their mother's wombs and throwing them in the air in order to impale them on their bayonets; enlightened parents stuffing their five - year - old daughter's mouth with excrement and locking her in a freezing privy all night for having wet the bed, while they themselves sleep soundly; Genevan Christians teaching a naive peasant to bless the good God even as the poor dolt is beheaded for thefts and murders that his ostensibly Christian society caused him to commit; a Russian general, offended at an eight - year - old boy for accidentally hurting the paw of the officer's dog, inciting his wolfhounds to tear the child to pieces; a lady and gentleman flogging their eight - year - old daughter with a birch - rod until she collapses while crying for mercy, «Papa, papa, dear papa.»

Wenger won't use his actual wing players on the LW and he failed miserably by not acquiring the DM and CB backup that even young children who have never seen a football game knew were a priority.

What is most interesting to me about Turnaround for Children is that, unlike BAM, Turnaround's intervention involves not only the relationship toolbox but also the pedagogical toolbox: the actual teaching and learning that goes on in the classroom.

And both delineate gaps between the actual data and the woozles that have arisen from the study, including the alleged negative impact on the children and their relationships with their mothers.

The information I received from them was that there was little data on the actual effects that interferon had on a nursing child, but from what they did know about interferon being produced naturally in the body, there would probably be no effect at all.

The parent works through stages such as talking with the child about using a potty, introducing the child to the potty, letting the child sit on the potty while clothed and finally actual attempts at using the potty for real.

Intentionally making a child feel bad about himself or herself, as a person, instead of focusing on the actual behavior you're trying to change

** Many doctors in the USA are still using the charts from 1977, which are based on decades of measurements of actual children, most of whom were formula fed.

Any qualified young widow received 75 percent of the worker's primary insurance benefit and surviving children received 50 percent of the worker's primary insurance amount.59 For both survivors» and dependents» benefits, eligibility was based solely on marriage to a covered worker and without account for actual need.60

Spark Joy's section on «stuffed toys» involves teenagers and grown - ups throwing away dusty sentimental items — not actual beloved companions of actual children.

On a completely unrelated note, there are supportive online communities and then there are echo chambers of lunacy, where members appear unable to spot actual neglect and child abuse, but get all het up about safe, accepted and necessary standard medical care.

In the recent clamor on the subject of whether this generation of parents is hovering too much and oversteering, overmanaging, and otherwise spoiling their children, I've heard parents say, «But we don't know any actual helicopter parents.»

While I haven't navigated the actual moment of introducing new siblings yet, this post from Pick Any Two has three great tips for things to do at the hospital to help your child adjust to a new baby that we plan on following!

When a child?s confidence is not built on actual abilities, it can be devastating when that child gets into the?

In addition to helping you teach your child early to take part in household chores, using an item you already have around the house for both play cleaning and actual cleaning can save you from spending $ 20 or so on special toy cleaning supplies (yes, toy Swiffer - like sweepers exist).

We are so focused on a vision of a particular kind of perfect child that we fail to see the actual creature mucking about in his or her natural habitat.

An 1884 newspaper illustration, for example, depicted a skeleton disguised as a fruit seller offering produce to little children, suggesting that raw, unboiled fruits and vegetables led to cholera.17 The actual culprit, especially in such turn - of - the - century urban metropolises as New York City, with its inadequate, overloaded water and sewer systems, was most likely bacteria residing on the outside of the produce, or contaminated water or milk that happened to be ingested, rather than anything in the produce itself.18 Given the laxative effect of fruits and vegetables if consumed in excess, however, it is understandable that people assumed fresh produce might contribute to diseases with symptoms that included diarrhea.

When you put the cereal in the fridge despite your baby being an actual child now so you can't blame it on baby brain.

Connection: I'm sure it isn't the first thing on anyone's mind when they think about having a baby and all, but truth be told, the actual labor and arrival of a child into this world is a magnificent opportunity for the two people who created him or her to cash in on the kind of bonding that happens across the course of that special day, maybe even across just a few hours, but that perseveres and lasts for the rest of a lifetime.

The actual choice may be between being miserable together while hurting your children and taking a chance that you can work on yourself to become healthy apart.

Afraid it reflects badly on us and our abilities, many parents forgo voicing their need for support and actual help because we know people will say things like «you shouldn't have had children if you couldn't handle it» (what are parents supposed to do, put the kids back from where they got them?)

I believe that, in actual fact, most parents take both their children's needs * and * their own needs (and the needs of other people who depend on them) into account and balance them out in a complex combination of putting different people's needs first according to the particular circumstances and situation.

When you think about traveling with children, your first thought might be to feel overwhelmed and stressed before you have even gone on the actual vacation.

Errands, play dates, and activities are exhausting to keep track of on their own, without having to worry about transportation and the actual logistics of traveling with multiple children.

This week, new research supported what moms sick of parent shaming have long suspected: people often judge how dangerous a given parenting practice is based on their sense of how moral it is, not based on a reasoned assessment of actual danger to the child.

You couldn't wait to be freed of diapers, but now this process is stretching on forever, and your child seems no closer to being in actual underpants than they were a few months ago.

Younger children should probably only be in the birthing room for the actual birth, as being there during the entire process could be too hard on a younger child.

For example, you could invite your family for dinner the evening of your child's actual birthday and then host friends on the weekend.

In addition to the actual strategies I have learned from being on - the - job, I find that life as a pediatric occupational therapist who works with parents and other developmental professionals simply exposes to me to LOTS more opinions and approaches related to parenting and supporting children.

It's not based on the reality of people who have actual real experience dealing with the education of children.»

John Antonakis and Olaf Dalgas hypothesized that because «naïve» ratings based solely on facial appearance correlate with actual voter behavior, voters and children might have a lot in common.

«But people who live on SNAP benefits don't just have to get nutrients, they have to get actual calories, because they tend to have very physical lives, doing service labor and taking care of children and not necessarily being able to afford a car and so forth.»

This is not a very common occurrence but it depends on the actual antibiotic chosen and the way your child's body responds to it.

It should be noted that she packed on actual pounds to look as if she has lived through a pregnancy, and this is especially remarkable given that Theron herself has never been pregnant (she has adopted children).

The same goes for the armor - clad Teutonic princess, Hilde; her character profile on the Soul Calibur V site claims that she's now the mother of two children, but you'd never know that from playing the actual game.

C + We Bought a Zoo Rated PG for language and some thematic elements Available on DVD and Blu - ray Based on a true story, a widower (Matt Damon) needing to get away from it all takes his two children away from their city home and moves into a house located on an actual zoo.

According to the Department of Education3, on average, UK teachers work 57.5 hours a week, but tasks such as lesson preparation, marking, supervising children and other administration result in just 19.3 hours being spent in the actual classroom.

Taking into account the relationship between predicted and actual spending increases, we find that increasing per - pupil spending by 10 percent in all 12 school - age years increases educational attainment by 0.3 years on average among all children.

The forecast is based on actual data of preschool aged children obtained from GP registrations, data on the existing pupil population sourced from school census and information on new housing.

Then let children use connecting or linking cubes (or other tools of measurement) to measure the length of their actual legs, arms, torso, and so on.

The policies that were criticized were those that increased attention to academic outcomes at the expense of children's exploration, discovery, and play; methods that focused on large group activities and completion of one - dimensional worksheets and workbooks in place of actual engagement with concrete objects and naturally occurring experiences of the world; and directives that emphasized the use of group - administered, computer - scored, multiple - choice achievement tests in order to determine a child's starting place in school rather than assessments that rely on active child engagement, teacher judgment, and clinical opinion.

As NMM are already working on, this snapshot can also be used summatively to compare with previous efforts (by comparing actual scripts) and to evaluate strengths and weaknesses in individual's or groups of children's writing that can inform priorities and planning.

Average district per - pupil spending does not always capture staffing and funding inequities.14 Many districts do not consider actual teacher salaries when budgeting for and reporting each school's expenditures, and the highest - poverty schools are often staffed by less - experienced teachers who typically earn lower salaries.15 Because educator salaries are, by far, schools» largest budget item, schools serving the poorest children end up spending much less on what matters most for their students» learning.