Sentences with phrase «on reaching adulthood»

As expected, adolescents who reported that good citizens exercise their right to vote also reported that they anticipate being publicly engaged on reaching adulthood.

So, should we guarantee every citizen a grant of wealth on reaching adulthood?

Not exact matches

Indeed, it would probably seem to him that taking a couple of years out of a life that has not yet reached full adulthood, spending them on a few of the nation's lighter household chores, so to speak, and then being rather handsomely compensated for it would more accurately come under the heading of perk than of citizenly offering.

Millennials have become a much maligned generation — they're either living in their parents» basement, or spending too much time playing video games, or unable to buy a home because they're spending too much money on avocado toast or delaying marriage, aka «failing» to reach the traditional markers of adulthood (hey, maybe those markers need -LSB-...]

Use positive discipline to bolster his confidence throughout the years and he'll be prepared to take on the world when he reaches adulthood.

«There is an accumulating body of knowledge based on many studies that shows only minor differences between children of divorce and those from intact families, and that the great majority of children with divorced parents reach adulthood to lead reasonably fulfilling lives.»

Discusses the impact of adoption on adopted persons who have reached adulthood.

The rats who as babies were licked and groomed did much better on all sorts of things when they reached adulthood.

In his Agrarian Justice, published in 1797, Tom Paine argued that every citizen reaching adulthood should receive a capital grant from the state, paid for by a tax on inherited wealth.

Autism does not end when children reach adulthood — yet most public awareness, public policy and research about autism focus on the needs of children.

Understanding population dynamics is crucial for the conservation of long - lived species like albatrosses, but collecting data on albatrosses before they reach adulthood and begin to breed is challenging.

No one is sure just what conditions prevailed in the postasteroid apocalypse, but Wang speculates that the fast growth rates of modern birds, which let them reach adulthood faster and spend less time dependent on their parents, may have given them an advantage; likewise skilled flight may have been a boon.

Take the worker honeybees with the same father who as super-sisters share 75 per cent of their genes: by ensuring these sisters reach adulthood, more of their own genes get passed on in the hive.

The modified male insects are released to mate with wild pest females, they pass on these two genes, and over 95 % of the offspring die before reaching adulthood.

Many people who have naturally brown skin tones have very few problems with acne as teenagers, and then get cystic acne on the chin and neck when they reach young adulthood.

Let's face it, in 1845, or at least by the time they reach adulthood in 1860, nothing on earth — on earth!

The tenth time I saw The Final Countdown was on Blue Underground's loving, Limited Edition 2 - DVD set — and it's a viewing I approached with trepidation: the joys of childhood seldom reach across into the sober cynicism of adulthood.

One in 4 children experiences a mental health disorder annually, 73 and half of those who will have a mental health disorder at some point in their life will first be diagnosed at age 14 or younger.74 Furthermore, about half of all children will experience a traumatic event — such as the death of a parent, violence, or extreme poverty — before they reach adulthood.75 And as the opioid epidemic continues to grow, students are coming to school affected by a parent's addiction as well as the havoc and instability that it can wreak on family life.76 In addition, as students experience other issues — such as puberty; family matters, like divorce; and bullying — having supportive trained adults to talk to in school is critical for improving their well - being and attention to learning.

She and Lukas were raised on the commune in a parenting experiment — an experiment whose scars don't start to show until they reach adulthood.

Once the beneficiary reaches adulthood (18 or 21 depending on the state), control of the account is permanently transferred to that person.

Those who reached adulthood would have endured a series of ups and mostly downs while being passed on from home to home, ending up in a shelter in the best of cases.

Unfortunately, these children will be moved to several foster homes before returning to their own home, being placed with extended family members, finding a permanent placement with a new adoptive family, or reaching adulthood on their 18th birthday.

Depending on which breed more heavily influences your Daisy Dog, you can expect him to weigh in the range of 10 to 30 pounds once he reaches adulthood.

Tiny heartworm larvae are injected into the blood stream where they mature over the span of about 6 months until they reach adulthood in the veins of the pulmonary artery and lungs, where they reproduce and release microfilaria into the blood for the mosquito to ingest and pass on.

It's also important to bear in mind how big your dog will be when he reaches adulthood; you've got room for the puppy right now, but what about later on?

Pets, on average, age up to seven times faster than humans and by age two, most have already reached adulthood.

It can take on average, 3 - 4 weeks for eggs to reach adulthood.

Food & Water Watch, which is strongly opposed to the project, clarifies that the males are not actually sterile — they reproduce, but they pass on a lethal gene that prevents the offspring from ever reaching adulthood.

Some people purchase life insurance for children as they reach early adulthood to help them get a head start on life.

There are few restrictions on whom you may name as your life insurance beneficiary, but some do exist: several states only allow you to choose a relative if you are bequeathing the proceeds to an individual; also, a minor can only be named as a beneficiary if a guardian is assigned to supervise the life insurance proceeds and the spending of them until the minor reaches adulthood.

By making sure the teen is involved when you compare car insurance quotes on long term policies or something like 6 month car insurance, you will be teaching them how people go about the process when reaching adulthood and they will be more prepared when they are old and are responsible for finding their own car insurance for young people.

Back when I was a child my parents carried a small whole life policy, not because they were overly concerned with my premature death, but because they wanted to pass it on to me when I reached adulthood.

When they reached adulthood, all of the children in this study who had been court ordered to visit a parent on a rigid schedule grew up angry.

Whilst there is a considerable literature on the difficulties faced by young people leaving local authority care, much less is known about how children who have been brought up in kinship care get on as they reach their late teens and early adulthood.

Pediatricians should be vocal advocates for the development and implementation of new, evidence - based interventions (regardless of the provider or venue) that reduce sources of toxic stress and / or mitigate their adverse effects on young children, as they are likely to produce better outcomes and potentially be more cost - effective than trying to treat or remediate the numerous consequences of excessive childhood stress that reach far into adulthood.

Discusses the impact of adoption on adopted persons who have reached adulthood.

Survey after survey suggests that these uncertain economic times, in which many Millennials have reached adulthood, are shaping their views on debt and home ownership.