Sentences with phrase «parents are in competition»

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Fluent in English (she won third place in a national speech competition), the China - born investment banker wanted to study overseas, but her parents would only let her go as far as Japan, where all she could say was hello and goodbye.

Meanwhile some of the other startup competition — A123 and Ener1, the parent company of EnerDel — declared bankruptcy in 2012 and were acquired, respectively, by Chinese and Russian companies.

In 1999, we are no longer reduced to «guessing» whether he was inspired or speaking only as a man: • adultery has lost its moral significance and become commonplace; • chastity has become a symbol of unhealthy development; • contraception in expectation of fornication is taught to children in the schools; • respect between the sexes has been replaced by mutual exploitation and / or competition; • marriage has lost its sacramental nature and its enduring promise; • statistically, divorce is common, teenage pregnancy is widespread, single parent and serially parented families increase, sexual disease is epidemic, intercourse is recreational, abortion is ubiquitouIn 1999, we are no longer reduced to «guessing» whether he was inspired or speaking only as a man: • adultery has lost its moral significance and become commonplace; • chastity has become a symbol of unhealthy development; • contraception in expectation of fornication is taught to children in the schools; • respect between the sexes has been replaced by mutual exploitation and / or competition; • marriage has lost its sacramental nature and its enduring promise; • statistically, divorce is common, teenage pregnancy is widespread, single parent and serially parented families increase, sexual disease is epidemic, intercourse is recreational, abortion is ubiquitouin expectation of fornication is taught to children in the schools; • respect between the sexes has been replaced by mutual exploitation and / or competition; • marriage has lost its sacramental nature and its enduring promise; • statistically, divorce is common, teenage pregnancy is widespread, single parent and serially parented families increase, sexual disease is epidemic, intercourse is recreational, abortion is ubiquitouin the schools; • respect between the sexes has been replaced by mutual exploitation and / or competition; • marriage has lost its sacramental nature and its enduring promise; • statistically, divorce is common, teenage pregnancy is widespread, single parent and serially parented families increase, sexual disease is epidemic, intercourse is recreational, abortion is ubiquitous.

According to the Random House website, 1,122 blogs entered in this year's competition and five finalists were announced in each of the competition categories: Lifestyle (408 entries), Personal / Parenting (350 entries), Business (84 entries), Commentary (119 entries) and Words / Writing (161 entries).

After the Obesity Policy Coalition, Parents Jury and the Australian Dental Association lodged complaints against the advertisement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Council (ACCC), the ACCC found that the messages delivered in the advertisement «were totally unacceptable and misleading.

Awoniyi is Mouscron's top scorer with ten goals in all competitions, and his form which has already earned him fresh terms at his parent club Liverpool has led to interest in his services from top clubs especially clubs in Belgium.

That can lead to jealousy and competition with their child's caregivers, which can cause negative consequences, she notes, such as creating «distance between caregiver and parent or inadvertently place the child in a loyalty conflict where she feels she is betraying her parent when she cares for another adult.»

Life costs money and it seems like parents are constantly in competition with others to give their children the most and the best.

Once an athlete is removed from play, the coach must notify the athlete's parent or guardian and the student may not return to play or participate in supervised team activities (games, competition or practices), until they are evaluated and given written clearance to return to play.

The sheet must be signed by their parent or guardian prior to participation in practice or competition.

Information on the school board's concussion and head injury policy must be a part of any written instrument that a school district requires a student athlete and his or her parents or guardian to sign before participating in practice or interscholastic competition.

Simply put: love a child for who he or she is, not for how many achievements he or she can garner in your competition with other parents.

Lastly, We discuss the «mommy wars» and different techniques on how to move past the competition that exists within the mommy groups, the information that is shared, and what one should do to parent in a way where you are comfortable.

It was around that time that parents were bombarded with news stories about child abductions, academic competition, and, ultimately, competition in a global economy.

«The competition of youth sports is becoming more intense,» says Dr. Mathew Park, assistant professor of sport psychology at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, Calif. «Parents are becoming more like fans of professional sports teams than parents.Parents are becoming more like fans of professional sports teams than parents.parents.»

Here are some tips from Vosloo on things parents should be aware of in their behavior or words as to not add pressure to their child before competition.

Just as what our society experienced with La Leche League International's breastfeeding revolution, begun more than 50 years ago, we at Attachment Parenting International (API) hope to be looking at a different kind of society in coming generations — one where disconnection is discouraged and healthy, securely attached relationships are valued above competition and shame.

Some parents feel pressured to buy the highest - end stroller possible, and in certain circles it's almost like there's a competition to «prove» how much you care about your kids by spending a small fortune on their strollers.

We were thrilled when we found out that Sonoma Family Life was honored at the international Parenting Media Association's (PMA) Editorial and Design Awards Competition, which recognizes regional family publications across the country for excellence in journalism, photography, and design.

Junior Chef (or «Iron Chef») Competitions are an innovative and effective way to engage students of all ages, their parents, local chefs and community members in your school food program.

Ultra ™, Express & Go ™, Perfect Prep ™ and our Steamer Blender beat off stiff competition in the awards which were voted for by parents.

Whether we like it or not parenting in the 21st century has become a bit of a competition, and sleep training has somehow become the bench mark for how good you are at this parenting thing.

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As Lisa Belkin writes in her New York Times article, «Let the Kid Be,» there is a new wave of parents who are exploring «slow parenting» or «free - range parenting» as an alternative to the rigors, pressures, and competition of the over-involved approach.

Pupils, teachers and parents from across the UK will be gathering in London this afternoon (Thursday) for the 2014 Arts & Minds competition, organised by the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK.

«Now that you are doing well in physical fitness and football competitions, there is the need for you all to take your education seriously as well as your priority because it is best legacy you could bequeath from your parents.

Radford, whose council also supported several of their own candidates, said the election was one of the most highly politicized in years, with unions aligned against the business community as well as the parent group — a competition that's still playing out.

30 per cent of women experience sexual violence in their lifetimes — bad parenting, low respect and the glorification of male competition are to blame

The surprise is that Clinton, which routinely smacks down affluent schools in these competitions, is not full of college - bound kids from fancy neighborhoods; it is full of everyday kids whose parents work in blue - collar jobs.

If there is a key takeaway for young athletes and their parents, Bell says simply, «Make sure your children are getting breaks in competition.»

The study found that higher achievement goals were linked to higher levels of worry, with the highest levels of worry observed in child athletes whose parents wanted him or her to outperform others in the upcoming competition, or to not lose to others (performance - approach and performance - avoidance).

At what age is competition appropriate, and what do parents need to keep in mind?

A champion in her youth, she recalls not even wanting to take part in her first yoga competition at age 9 - she had always been more interested in track and field but at the urging of her parents, she practiced yoga.

Competition is open to all parents and guardians of children aged between 4 - 12 in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland.

This girl is trying to fit in, in a world of struggling parents, richer classmates, brighter friends, prettier competition, pretentious well - off brats sitting next to private swimming pools and declaring they «don't like being rich», and boys who wait for her to make the first move — in her own ways.

Nursery University (Unrated) Head start documentary explores the cutthroat competition among anxious parents trying to place their Ivy League - bound toddlers in one of Manhattan's most exclusive preschools, where tuition is as much as $ 40,000 a year.

It's parenting as a form of barely repressed competition and vengeance, yet LaVona, a mentally warped stage mother, shapes Tonya in one defining way.

Stiff competition from Pirates and Hangover; the scaled back promotion from the studio; or this author's hypothesis: Parents are putting their needs in front of their kids.

Secondly, whilst in more recent times there is more emphasis on the need for places, in fact the genesis of the idea behind the free school programme was to allow those who could demonstrate they could run schools successfully (be they parent groups, foundations and sponsors or indeed other schools) to be allowed to do so in an attempt to use competition to drive up standards.

Now, in an era when choice and competition in education are gaining acceptance among both parents and policymakers, it is the educational community itself that may need to heed a lesson from the past.

Competition, though, for students and parent help in an age of school choice and limited time is prompting some educators to take a lesson in customer service from the retail field.

Attitudes: support for diversity (racial integration), a perception of inequity (that the public schools provide a lower quality education for low - income and minority kids), support for voluntary prayer in the schools, support for greater parent influence, desire for smaller schools, belief in what I call the «public school ideology» (which measures a normative attachment to public schooling and its ideals), a belief in markets (that choice and competition are likely to make schools more effective), and a concern that moral values are poorly taught in the public schools.

Mississippi legislators are considering a charter school proposal that proponents say could better position the state for the federal Race to the Top competition and provide an option for parents with children in struggling schools.

As long as teacher unions act like Mary Poppins to parents, media elites, and others, the general public is willing to suspend their normal inclination to desire choice and competition in the goods and services they consume.

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The democratic - populist current was largely submerged, as the interests of parents of current students trumped the interests of the community or the nation as a whole and as competition among schools overrode any willingness to share ideas or to move in untried directions.

For example, those arguing for a return to zip code assignment of students to schools because such schools are somewhat more likely to be racially balanced than schools of choice have to discount: 1) the strong preference of parents to choose their children's schools, 2) the likelihood in some districts that a voluntarily segregated school of choice will provide a much better education than a child's marginally less segregated neighborhood school, and 3) the impacts of the competition among education providers that occurs when school enrollment is determined by choice.

The ECT will acknowledge that School Voucher programs are not 100 % perfect — however we continue to believe (as demonstrated in other States today) that putting Parents in charge with School Vouchers and market based competition between neighboring Schools will be a big improvement over what Colorado has today.

Charter schools are competition, and parents choose charters in droves when given the opportunity.

Their schools are small, they have one public school system for the entire country, they do not engage in competition or standardized tests, teachers make individual student success the priority and have the resources and freedom to do so, every school has the similar resources no matter its location, and all parents receive money from the state to help support each child... to name a few strategies explored.