Sentences with phrase «parenting on the playground»

Clucking anxiously about how worried you are as he climbs that play structure may make you feel better, and it may impress the other parents on the playground with your attentiveness, but it won't help your child.

Although there are always parents on the playground who brag they trained their child in a day, the study — published in the December 2009 issue of the Journal of Pediatric Urology — found timing was more important than technique.

You'll also be the coolest parent on the playground (#respect).

Not exact matches

Soon after, parents filled the same classroom, where they were given a look at the kids designs but now - they gave their input on what they wanted their kids to get out of a playground, and what safety / age appropriate features did they feel a playground needed.

They taught me too that our biggest questions, our deepest desires and fears and joys, often meet us in the quotidian challenges of marriage, parenting and home life — at the 3 a.m. feeding, in the tantrum at Costco, amidst piles of dirty laundry, at the community playground, in the bouquet of weeds left carefully on your pillow.

We can't predict which of this season's new shows will be proud parents — 19 Law and Order spinoffs and counting — and which will be the outcasts on the playground that most of us don't even notice, but someone counts as a best friend.

«The concept is a family outing where the kids can come play on the playground and have ice cream while the parents shop,» he says.

When we arrive for drop off, most of the kids are sitting nicely, waiting with their parents, while T is running around, hollering and leading dance parties on the playground.

Your kids can play on the Lazy Daze Playground at Bond Park and enjoy activities in the Children's Village, sponsored by Carolina Parent.

Parents should be taught easy and fun ways to elicit these skills throughout daily activities at home such as playing on the playground, completing chores, going to the movies, eating a meal with family, shopping for groceries, packing a lunchbox, walking through a parking lot, etc..

I've even had a parent demand we serve Flamin» Hot Cheetos and tell me that trans fats don't matter because their child will «run them off on the playground anyway.»

Free - Range Parent - Why can't your child walk to the park alone and then play on the playground by herself for an hour or two?

My favourite kind of parks are the ones with parents who use the park as a babysitter, and every child on the playground is swearing / hitting / pushing / pulling hair and the parents are sitting on a bench five hundred miles away from where they should be, chatting on the phone.

As a parent, of course you want to protect your children from danger, and that includes on their playground.

I remember my parents telling me, well, just go up to a kid on the playground and say «hey my name is Anna B, what's your name?

We offer vital information to help parents deal with issues from children biting and kids» temper tantrums to learning issues and bullying on playgrounds and in schools.

-LSB-...] ways to make exercise more time effective, including a number of hints I've already covered, like turning playground visits into parent workout time, going on family jogs, turning workout into an activity you can do with your kids and these other -LSB-...]

It's easy to feel vulnerable as a parent — embarrassed or ashamed that your child is the one on the playground that no one wants to get near for fear of his behavior.

If you're always the only parent who seems concerned about your 6 - year - old playing on the monkey bars at the playground, or you can't stand the thought of your 13 - year - old crossing the street with friends, it can be tempting to assume it's because you're more caring than the other parents.

As a parent, it's tough having to deal with keeping him safe from everything from a classmate eating a peanut butter sandwich while sitting next to him or the friendly child on the playground who just wants to share her cookie that may be loaded with your child's food allergies.

«The kids need things to do on the playground,» said parent Sue Dickson of Mt. Prospect.

Parenting writer Meagan Francis has said she hates the playground, giving loads of women the okay to confess that they, too, don't like standing outside getting sand in their shoes for hours on end.

Sure, you can make plenty of mommy friends on the playground, but if you're hoping to meet other parents who grew up on Sesame Street before Elmo, you may want to join a specialized playgroup or meetup.

Keep up with friends or family, connect with other parents in the BabyCenter Community or on social media, or just check in on the «outside world» at a nearby coffee shop or playground.

Maybe you've heard about the «lighthouse» approach to parenting from other moms and dads on the playground, or maybe you saw it somewhere online mixed in... more

(You may remember an earlier, provocative piece by Sittenfeld asking parents to keep their children from running around with snacks on the playground to protect kids with allergies.

Parents also can book rooms for birthday parties, use an on - site baby - sitting service or let their children roam around an indoor playground.

Being the lone mom or dad on a playground full of parenting couples every Saturday morning can get old pretty fast, as can being stuck at home every evening with only your colicky baby for company.

Judging by the parent talk on the playground, I know I'm not alone.

Not only do parents have to pick a name that sounds right for them, but one that their child can hold up on the playground.

As a parent, you play an important role in keeping your child safe on the playground.

And parents aren't always shy about giving their opinions on others» parenting style — be it on parenting blogs, articles, books or at the playground.

I'm not just talking about images of sex on TV or what kids gossip about on the playground, but even more so, what their parents are modeling to them about their view of sex.

get at least 30 minutes daily of structured (adult - led) physical activity like playing on the playground, going for a walk, or being in a parent - and - child tumbling class

Neediness can also come about when parents give children the sense that they can't do things on their own — as when you step in too quickly to help with puzzles or don't let your kids take minor risks at the playground.

Why parents love it: This playground is nestled on the banks of the DuPage River and Knoch Knolls Nature Center is right next door.

Find the latest scoop on family - friendly events around town, the best parks and playgrounds, local shops, and boutiques worth checking out, and anything that might make parenting in Dallas a little easier and a lot more fun.

Sometimes when we're at the playground some other parent will say to their kid «no swinging on your stomach» or «no going down the slide backwards» or «no shouting» or «no jumping in puddles» or some other perplexing rule that I never thought of, and then their kids (no dummies) say «But he's doing it!»

Parents of twins with an older kid have to routinely do things that aren't double stroller friendly, like spotting an older child while she climbs on the playground, filing into a crowded theater to watch a dance recital, or going into an attraction at an amusement park after having to park the stroller.

People just like you want to experience that sense of nostalgia from being around the fun playground toys they used to love, and many of these people are parents and caregivers who want to pass on the fun of the Playplace to another generation.

However, after reading about other parents being arrested for making similar choices, I felt compelled to keep our older child indoors for fear of the neighbors calling the cops if they saw her walking to the playground on her own.

Non-helicopter parents tend to judge women who spend time at the playground with their kids instead of on the sidelines, and women who «hover» over their kids and engage in all aspects of their lives day in and day out are sometimes said to be causing them more harm than good.

Jacob K. Javits Playground, at the southern entrance of Fort Tryon Park, is on the Parks Department's eventual list of repairs, but meanwhile, it's deteriorated to the point that parents are starting to avoid going there, they said.

Also signed off on were three bond resolutions one for a document management software system that will modernize government and save taxpayer dollars ($ 2 million); one for a playground for court - ordered visitation at the Pomona complex in service to child and parent visitation requirements ($ 375,000); and one for the continued repurposing of the Pomona complex with an eye on ensuring a complete one stop shopping hub for health and human services here in Rockland ($ 300,000).

WEST VILLAGE — City leaders kicked off construction on the new Minetta Playground Monday, clearing the way for West Village parents and children to replace the rats and garbage currently inhabiting the space.

«Over 100,000 Connecticut children are in underperforming schools,» the narrator says in the ad, which features shots of Foley holding an iPad surrounded by children and standing on a playground talking to parents.

The decision represents the end of a years - long battle over the future of Playground 89 on West 89th Street that pitted fellow parents and residents against each other over the renovation, which many argued was needed to prevent injuries to kids.

Those in support of the plan — including the current principal and PTA from the playground's adjoining school P.S. 166, elected officials, Community Board 7, parents and nearby residents — shared perspectives, bringing the commission up to speed on past debates and public meetings.

The date of its opening has been a hot topic on the neighborhood online group InwoodKids, with parents frequently asking when the playground will reopen.

Worms is one of those rare kiddie flicks that successfully adopt a child's - eye view of the world, where nothing is more important than saving face on the playground and where parents are as distant and clueless as storybook giants.