Sentences with phrase «parents acted in ways»

When we were children, our own parents acted in ways we didn't understand.

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To put it another way, it is the person, not the self, whose nature is inextricably bound up in the web of obligations and duties that characterize our actual lives in history, in human society — child, parent, sibling, spouse, associate, friend, and citizen — the positions in which we find ourselves functioning both as agents and acted - upon.

In this activity of procreation and care for children the self - regarding and self - serving ways of the parents are to a large degree transformed into acts of self - giving and self - sacrifice.

Jesus is indignant that the scribes and Pharisees (1) will not enter the kingdom of heaven themselves and stand in the way of others entering it as well; (2) will do almost anything to win a proselyte only to make that proselyte twice as much a child of hell as they are; (3) confuse people by senseless oaths, telling them that if they swear by the Temple, their oath is not binding, but if they swear by the gold of the Temple, it is binding - the fools ought to realize, Jesus says, that the Temple includes all that is in it; (4) tithe some of their money but neglect justice and mercy and faith, which are weightier moral matters, when they ought both to tithe and perform these greater acts of righteousness as well; (5) are careful about outward cleanliness but careless about the inward disposition, so that they are filled with extortion and greed; (6) appear righteous but really are hypocrites, because their appearance hides all manner of iniquity inside; (7) pretend to revere the prophets of history whom their parents killed but continue to practice the evil of their parents by rejecting those whom God sends to them now (Matt.

(3) In such persons, the free, effective Adult takes information from the Child, the Parent, and from external reality, and then makes a decision to act in a way that will result in movement toward constructive goalIn such persons, the free, effective Adult takes information from the Child, the Parent, and from external reality, and then makes a decision to act in a way that will result in movement toward constructive goalin a way that will result in movement toward constructive goalin movement toward constructive goals.

There can be many reasons why a child acts out, and API believes that it's our job as parents to identify the unmet needs of the child and help him express his needs and feelings in more positive ways, rather than punish him for the challenging behavior.

In light of a few things that happened of late — the Supreme Court's ruling on marriage for same - sex couples, the addition of the word cisgender into the Oxford English Dictionary, the rise of the transgender movement, with Germany leading the way for parents to register their baby as something other than just boy or girl, the increase in stay - at home dads and egalitarian marriages, universities recognizing a third gender, the desire by some to be called they versus he or she, the declaration that 2015 is the year of the gender - neutral baby, it's clear we are moving toward a society that is busting up traditional views of gender and what men and women, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers look and act likIn light of a few things that happened of late — the Supreme Court's ruling on marriage for same - sex couples, the addition of the word cisgender into the Oxford English Dictionary, the rise of the transgender movement, with Germany leading the way for parents to register their baby as something other than just boy or girl, the increase in stay - at home dads and egalitarian marriages, universities recognizing a third gender, the desire by some to be called they versus he or she, the declaration that 2015 is the year of the gender - neutral baby, it's clear we are moving toward a society that is busting up traditional views of gender and what men and women, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers look and act likin stay - at home dads and egalitarian marriages, universities recognizing a third gender, the desire by some to be called they versus he or she, the declaration that 2015 is the year of the gender - neutral baby, it's clear we are moving toward a society that is busting up traditional views of gender and what men and women, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers look and act like.

Many parents of children who act in an overbearing way find it effective to come up with a cuing system with their child to signal that they're «doing it again.»

* Every situation, every baby, every parent is different... and not being tied to any one way of acting — in other words, being flexible — allows intuitive responses to those situations that work far better than anything mandated «just because.»

We all know that kids can act in many disrespectful and rude ways to parents: they can slam doors, roll their eyes, and tell you they hate you, to name a few.

If you feel that the most effective way of asserting your authority as a parent is to act out the scene between Liam Neeson and Tim Roth in Rob Roy, well, then you've got bigger issues than a disobedient teen.

We candidly look at the parent response in these hard moments — how to manage yourself as a parent when your preschooler is not acting the way you want.

Bruno Bettelheim, the child psychologist, writes in A Good Enough Parent that «acting on the recommendations of others can not evoke in us the feelings of confirmation that well up in us only when we have understood on our own, in our own ways, what is involved in a particular situation, and what we can therefore do about it.»

The kids are learning different ways to show God's love in the community, and parents are given little paper angels on which we are to write the acts we've observed at home.

One of many ways it does so is by presenting its Be Kind Award, which is given to those young athletes, coaches, parents and officials who go above and beyond in showing an act of kindness during the youth sports season.

It's offensive to hear a child act in such rude and disrespectful ways towards a parent.

Conscious parenting is parenting from a mindset of self examination, questioning the assumptions of parenting strategies, and acting in such a way that the child, the parent, and the planet are respected.

Their frequent challenges to «the way things are» can feel overwhelming to the most patient of parents, and their sometimes epic meltdowns when all of that extreme energy explodes out of their small frames can act like a tidal wave of emotion that gets everyone swept up in the maelstrom.

The way to know if you are truly acting as your child's emotional partner, and in alignment with your authentic parenting style is to check in and see how you feel after resolving a conflict with your child.

Your job as a parent is to help your child recognize that the behaviors associated with a tantrum are not acceptable ways to act either at home or in public.

A loving parent also helps their child through this phase by setting firm boundaries, creating consistent rules, and modeling for their child appropriate ways to act, both at home and in public.

So you might feel pretty confident in your role as a parent when your child is nine, but then everything changes again when he moves on to the tween years and starts acting out in new, unimagined ways.

When a loving parent instinctively acts in a way that meets their baby's needs, it usually falls into the attachment parenting category.

While shouting at your child for acting out in such a display is an automatic reaction for some, there are better ways to handle such a situation with positive parenting.

As a parent it's your job not just to treat coughs, colds, toothache and occasional bruises and scratches, but also to act in a preventative way at all times; that is, to take every precaution to keep your child physically and emotionally well.

And here's the really good news — when a parent responds in different ways there is no choice for the teen but to act differently too.

Lying about the acts of the other parent in a way which harms his or her reputation and results in actual injury can constitute defamation.

The Gentle Discipline Book will help parents to understand why their child acts in the way that they do, how they can get their child to listen to them and how to get them to behave in more appropriate ways, both now and in the future.

For example, some parents used psychological control by saying, «If you really cared for me, you wouldn't do things to worry me,» while others acted less friendly toward their teens when the adolescents didn't see things in the same way the parents did.

We can see, even if perhaps Verona can not, that the couple will be good parents; not so much in their dismissal of the Arizonans (anyone in their right minds would do that) but in the way they care and in the way they act with each other.

The economist Milton Friedman was the first to propose vouchers as a different way of distributing public funds for the education of all children, rich and poor - with the assumption that parents, as consumers, would act in ways that improved education for all students, not just their own children.

Assisting parents with more opportunity to connect and share in this way not only provides parents with ideas, but can act as a regular reminder for parents of the importance of home reading.

An article in the Contemporary Educational Psychology journal claims that when teachers and parents have high expectations of students, they themselves act in a way that encourages them to be met.

Involve parents in appropriate ways (for example, as a sounding board to help students summarize what they learned from the homework) without requiring parents to act as teachers or to police students» homework completion.

She firmly declares that the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act earlier this year, the major federal education overhaul, opens the way for her members, in partnership with parents and other groups, to reinvent education for the better — this time, with an eye toward equity and educating the whole child.

However, often times the social pressure is so great that parents feel as if they must «act in ways validated by the school system, or their participation is not recognized or may be resented» [xi].

Many of these narratives focus on experiences in school and in youth groups where teenagers received powerful messages from teachers, peers, Nazi officials, and parents about the proper way to act and think.

Recognizing the critical need for parent - teacher communication, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires that schools communicate with all families and involve them in ways that enhance students» success (Lewis, 2002; U.S. Department of Education, 2002).

The article also provides two sections with related information: 1) a «glossary of testing terms,» which explains fundamentals of standardized tests and how these tests will be used in the context of new federal legislation (the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002) which requires states to give standardized tests annually, analyze data in specific ways, and track progress toward a required goal; and 2) «frequently asked questions about standardized testing,» which addresses many of parents» concerns about how standardized tests may be used with and affect their children.

The Trust has no way to verify that schools are in compliance with standards outlined in the SOAR Act, including whether schools are maintaining valid certificates of occupancy, are providing information on student achievement and accreditation status to parents, are financially viable, and employ only teachers with bachelor's degrees for core subjects.

An Academies Act, passed in the summer, paved the way for groups of parents, teachers and charities to set up their own «free schools», and for the expansion of the academies programme, under which schools are being encouraged to «opt out» of local authority control.

In Why Gender Matters, psychologist and family physician Dr. Leonard Sax leads parents through the mystifying world of gender differences by explaining the biologically different ways in which children think, feel, and acIn Why Gender Matters, psychologist and family physician Dr. Leonard Sax leads parents through the mystifying world of gender differences by explaining the biologically different ways in which children think, feel, and acin which children think, feel, and act.

Each of these issues can be frustrating for pet parents, who may be clueless as to why their cat has chosen to act out in such a way.

Whether it's taking a hands - on approach inside our Adoption Center or Pet Health Centers, acting as a foster parent to animals in need of a little extra love and attention, or providing assistance during off - site events, there are no limits to the ways our volunteers can better the lives of every dog, cat, puppy, and kitten who finds themselves in our care.

However, for many new pet parents, it's a shock to find that some dogs may experience separation anxiety, which causes them to act out in unexpected ways when their owners are away.

, you are lying on the floor of your place looking up, a small draft runs through the room, between the door and the window, and all things seem perfectly still, wind only disturbs concrete in imperceptible ways, or it may take millions of years to be noticed and, as the air runs through the space, all your plants move and all is animated and all is alive somehow, and here are the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me, and that wind upon your plants is the common air that bathes the globe, and we have no ambitions of universalism, and I'm glad we don't, but the particles of air bring traces of pollen and are charged with electricity, desert sand, maybe sea water, and these particles were somewhere else before they were dragged here, and their route will not end by the door of this house, and if we tell each other stories, one can imagine that they might have been bathed by this same air, regrouped and recombined, recharged as a vehicle for sound, swirling as it moves, bringing the sound of a drum, like that Kabuki story where a fox recognizes the voice of its parents as a girl plays a drum made out of their skin, or any other event, and yet I always felt your work never tells stories, I tend to think that narrative implies a past tense, even if that past was just five seconds ago, one second ago was already the past, and human memory is irrelevant in geological time, plants and fish know not what tomorrow will bring, neither rocks nor metal do, but we all live here now, and we all need visions and we all need dreams, and as long as your metal sculptures vibrate they are always in the Present, and their past is a material truth alien to narrative, but well, maybe narrative does not imply a past tense at all and they are writing their own story while they gently move and breathe, and maybe nothing was really still before the wind came in, passing through the window as if through an irrational portal to make those plants dance, but everything was already moving and breathing in near complete silence, and if you're focused enough you can feel the pulse of a concrete wall and you can feel the tectonic movements of the earth, and you can hear the magma flowing under our feet and our bones crackling like a wild fire, and you can see the light of fireflies reflected in polished metal, and there is nothing magical about that, it is just the way things are, and sometimes we have to raise our voice because the music is too loud and let your clothes move to a powerful bass, sound waves and bright lights, powerful like the sun, blinding us if we stare for too long, but isn't it the biggest sign of love, like singing to a corn field, and all acts of kindness that are not pitiful nor utilitarian, that are truly horizontal as everything around us is impregnated with the deadliest violence, vertical and systemic, poisonous, and sometimes you just want to feel the sun burning your skin and look for life in all things declared dead, a kind of vitality that operates like corrosion, strong as the wind near the sea, transforming all things,

to reach and encourage a critical mass of young people to teach their parents and schools how to reduce their carbon emissions in order to galvanize the US public — adults and kids alike — and create a paradigm shift in the way that society views, and acts to abate, global warming.

Babywearing is the act of «wearing» or carrying your baby or small child in a way that keeps them close, supports them, and promotes that important parent - baby bonding while keeping your hands free.

«Fertility tourism» is the somewhat derisive term for cross-border travel to access artificial reproductive services that are restricted or unavailable in the traveler's home country.123 Such tourism can be a two - way street.124 Canada, for example, imposes severe penalties on anyone who provides compensation to a gestational surrogate.125 The risk of a serious fine and even jail time acts as a deterrent to Canadians who have no access to altruistic surrogates within Canada.126 The restrictions encourage Canadians to access ART services in the United States or other countries.127 On the other hand, Canada can be an attractive destination for intending parents who are not Canadian but who have access to an altruistic Canadian surrogate because the public health system greatly reduces the medical costs for the pregnancy and birth of the baby.128 India has a growing reputation for providing low - cost gestational surrogacy as it allows women to be compensated for providing such services.129 All of these scenarios present potential LRW problems addressing contract interpretation and enforceability.

Honestly, in this case, I'm not sure that there are material differences between common law and civil law systems or law v. equity, so much as there are differences between particularly countries regarding how child welfare is protected when there is a concern that a parent is acting in a way that harms a child's welfare under relatively recently adopted statutes.