In the first, the rudder of a child's ship is firmly removed from the child's hands again and again as
the parent and child struggle for control of the ship.
Our You Can Ask kit, designed after 9/11 to address such events, has proven a powerful ally to
parents and children struggling to cope.
Not exact matches
Parents of the new crop of digital natives are
struggling to manage what their
children watch, listen to
and play, creating strong demand for better tools to regulate how much time
and money
children spend online —
and giving developers whose apps have robust controls an edge in the hyper - competitive business of digital entertainment for kids.
There is no official support for
children who lose their
parents in the air strikes
and it is a
struggle for aid workers to access them, so many rely on members of the community to take them in.
Among many other audiences, working
parents, in particular, show great interest in flexible work arrangements, as many
struggle to balance the pressing demands of both their career
and raising
children.
Right from the beginning
parents and their disabled
children face many hurdles
and struggles to obtain quality of life.
While they hoped to shelter their
children from these harsh realities, Blanca's daughter Connie tells her mother how much
children can really see of their
parents» lives —
and the inspiration they draw from their
struggles.
From day one,
children are facing poverty as
parents with disabilities
struggle to make ends meet
and put food on the table.
«They are
struggling to support
children in a school system Christy Clark tore down,
struggling to support their
parents at a time when Liberals have left 9 in 10 residential care facilities understaffed,
and struggling to make ends meet when we have the slowest wage growth in the country
and the highest cost of living.
I commend
parents who rise to the occasion
and provide a phenomenal world for these
children, but I have sympathy for those who
struggle.
When adoptive
parents recount their emotions, their
struggles, their worries
and their faith, the clear theme emerges of receiving a
child as a gift from God.
Mothers
and fathers learn that in
struggling with the demands of nurturing their
children they develop a love that seeks the good of those
children, not simply the good that
parents alone can bestow.
As
children living in the aftermath of divorce, we
struggle deeply with the inability to forgive the
parents that abused us, abandoned us,
and alienated us.
I long for a society in which modernity would have its full place but without implying the denial of elementary principles of human
and familial ecology; for a society in which the diversity of ways of being, of living,
and of desiring is accepted as fortunate, without allowing this diversity to be diluted in the reduction to the lowest common denominator, which effaces all differentiation; for a society in which, despite the technological deployment of virtual realities
and the free play of critical intelligence, the simplest words — father, mother, spouse,
parents — retain their meaning, at once symbolic
and embodied; for a society in which
children are welcomed
and find their place, their whole place, without becoming objects that must be possessed at all costs, or pawns in a power
struggle.
They have
parents in bad health, spouses
struggling to pay the bills
and children they want to do well in school.
We may put ourselves on a list to adopt
children with disabilities in order to provide a backup for someone who is
struggling with the decision, Churches tempted to aim for yuppie - friendly perfection in their church pageants
and Sunday school instead may need to reconfigure the expectations of the
parents they seek to attract.
Had this form of racism not been uncovered, the
children and their
parents would have been left to
struggle, believing a lie that would inevitably affect them for the rest of their lives.
Over the past year I have heard from many
parents who see this painful
struggle in their
children and ask how they should respond.
A
child's growth phases
and struggles are really an invitation to continuing growth on the part of his
parents!
It is people who can offer hearts to other people as they
struggle to remove as many strings as possible to
children,
parents, family, friends
and even strangers.
Struggling to get the ideas in this book on paper has reminded us again
and again of those persons who have taught us the most about
parent -
child relationships — our own
parents and our three
children.
I long for a society in which modernity would have its full place, without implying the denial of elementary principles of human
and familial ecology; for a society in which the diversity of ways of being, of living
and of desiring is accepted as fortunate, without allowing this diversity to be diluted in the reduction to the lowest common denominator, which effaces all differentiation; for a society in which, despite the technological deployment of virtual realities
and the free play of critical intelligence, the simplest words» father, mother, spouse,
parents» retain their meaning, at once symbolic
and embodied; for a society in which
children are welcomed
and find their place, their whole place, without becoming objects that must be possessed at all costs or a pawns in a power
struggle.
This harm consists in the irreversible scrambling of three things: genealogies, by substituting «
parenting» for fatherhood
and motherhood; the status of the
child, who would go from being a subject to being an object to which others have a right;
and sexual identity, which rather than being a natural given would have to give way to orientation as an individual expression, in the name of the
struggle against inequality, perverted into the elimination of differences.
This harm consists in the irreversible scrambling of three things: genealogies, by substituting «
parenting» for fatherhood
and motherhood; the status of the
child, who would go from being a subject to being an object to which others have a right;
and sexual identity as a natural given, which would have to give way to orientation as an individual expression, in the name of the
struggle against inequality, perverted into the elimination of differences.
So all you
parents who are
struggling with fussy fruit eaters, just serve the fruit as an ice cream
and you will make sure that your
child gets enough fruit:).
«Talking to
parents, I realized they are
struggling to feed their
children healthy meals they will actually eat
and don't require hours in the kitchen after a long day at work.
From what he could see, the
parents taking their seats in the auditorium were the ones he had hoped to attract: typical Harlem residents, mostly African American, some Hispanic, almost all poor or working class, all
struggling to one degree or another with the challenges of raising
and educating
children in one of New York City's most impoverished neighborhoods.
Whatever It Takes is a tour de force of reporting, an inspired portrait not only of Geoffrey Canada but of the
parents and children in Harlem who are
struggling to better their lives, often against great odds.
If you're the
parent of a pre-schooler, you've likely
struggled with what videos
and TV shows your
child should...
It's the best 8 weeks we've ever committed to anything
and I recommend it for every
parent with a
child struggling with anxiety.
An inspired portrait not only of Geoffrey Canada but also of the
parents and children in Harlem who are
struggling to better their lives, often against great odds.
So far we've discussed why you want to read this book, «should» thoughts causing power
struggles, power
struggles being futile when the person is engaged with the other person, the difference between being in charge
and being in control, seeing
and accepting the
child you have,
and forgiving our
parents.
Educators across the country are intimately familiar with the
struggles of
children experiencing adversity, as are social workers, mentors, pediatricians,
and parents.
My words of wisdom to any new
parent struggling with pets
and new babies is do your best now but know that watching the bond between an older
child (4 years +)
and a pet is a beautiful thing.
Listen, I'm not trying to throw my
parents under the bus but the reality was that they were extremely busy
and stressed raising 7
children, our growing up was chaotic
and disruptive,
and my school
struggles were not met with unconditional love
and support.
Author Amy McCready writes that many
parents struggle to say «No» to their
children when they most need to hear it in order to develop compassion
and gratitude.
Amy McCready, author of «The Me, Me, Me Epidemic» (Tarcher / Penguin, $ 26.95), writes that many
parents struggle to say «No» to their
children when they most need to hear it in order to develop compassion
and gratitude.
Consider for a moment those helicopter
parents we often read about:
parents micromanaging homework
and rushing in to rescue
children from the first sign of
struggle.
Signing up for something at the library or asking your
child's teacher for assignments, or using educational apps or computer games helps to take some of that
struggle between
parent and child away.
I've worked with many
parents and children caught up in power
struggles in the home — they argued over bedtime, homework, curfew, video game time — you name it, they fought over it.
The maker of Huggies plans to give away millions of diapers starting this week
and raise awareness about
parents who
struggle financially to provide them for their
children.
Generally, in the case of a power
struggle,
parents feel that their power is being tested
and challenged by the
child.
Many
parents, myself included,
struggle to balance the widespread use of electronic media devices (tablets, computers, etc) at many schools
and at homes, with a desire that our
children spend more time reading, playing with friends,
and creating.
When a
parent gets locked in a power
struggle with a
child of any age, the
parent is the one that needs to have sufficient skills to avoid
and manage it.
She uses fun, entertaining videos to help students understand the power
struggles that can arise between
parents and children and what can be done to minimize tantrums
and tears.
Though wholly discredited today, the «refrigerator mother» diagnosis condemned thousands of autistic
children to questionable therapies,
and their mothers to a long nightmare of self - doubt
and guilt») Could it be that more
parents are providing more support because more
children are
struggling with mental health issues that are completely unrelated to how they were
parented?
Whether your
child is
struggling with clinical depression or experiencing a rough patch in their development, as
parents we need to be on alert to support our teen
and determine what sort of help is needed.
Full of warmth, clarity, humor,
and respect, Becoming the
Parent You Want to Be gives
parents permission to be human: to question, to learn, to make mistakes, to
struggle and to grow,
and, most of all, to have fun with their
children.
As a
parent, you'll be more effective if you focus on teaching your
child the skills to process anger appropriately,
and avoiding power
struggles rather than trying to make your
child feel a certain way.
Everyday I
struggle with being a gentle
and loving
parent and then when faced with a hard moment (like 2
children screaming in the grocery store), I remember that I am human
and not perfect... this is empowering because it makes me feel okay about asking others for help.