Sentences with phrase «parents at my daughter»

I was a teenage mother, and there is generally a good 10 -15-years» age difference between myself and the other parents at my daughter's school.

Interestingly, I can say that at least 30 percent of the parents at my daughter's school are Jewish.

De La O says that the parents at her daughter's school «exchange information to find the best camps and programs for our kids.»

A parent at my daughter's school described kids from a nearby housing estate as «feral».

He has learned to keep quiet about his work in his casual conversations with parents at his daughters» school.

Not exact matches

Researchers at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom found that parents who set super-high expectations for their teenage daughters — and who constantly reminded them of those expectations — had daughters who were less likely to become pregnant, drop out of school, or wind up in lousy, low - wage jobs.

It's delivering great products and being able to go to a birthday party with my daughter and say, «I work at Zulily,» and parents telling me, «I love it!

The premise of «three parents set out to prevent their daughters from having sex» does not read well when given at face value.

At age 27, Jobs found out that he had a biological sister, Mona Simpson: his biological parents had married and given birth to a daughter two years after giving him up for adoption.

The report features an Oklahoma mom, Colleen, who used Credible to find a lender to refinance high - interest federal parent PLUS loans she'd taken out to help her daughter Olivia pay for her $ 33,000 - a-year tuition at Arizona State University.

I mean, if you are a parent, when was the last time your son or daughter walked in the door and said, «I'm not going shopping at [insert company here] due to the recent contracting in Gross Domestic Product»?

At Star of David, Alyssa's parents gave emotional speeches about their daughter as the group of mourners, clad in white shirts and blue jeans, reflected on her life.

Her mother Angelina and other parents of abducted children began to meet at the Catholic cathedral every Saturday to fast and pray for their daughters.

How in the name of all things right and good did we get to this wrong place, and how does every parent look at their sons and daughters and write a different narrative?

Also, as a head's up, it has a parent section at the beginning and end that might not be appropriate for little ones to come across on their own (i.e. it talks about child abuse stats) but it will help you have the conversations that need to be started with our daughters (and sons) even at a young age.

At a meeting of the cheerleaders» parents and school officials, the mother of one of the four girls announced that her daughter had had an abortion.

We believe that imposing this burden on our men and women in uniform would undermine recruiting and retention, impact leadership at all levels, have adverse effects on the willingness of parents who lend their sons and daughters to military service, and eventually break the All - Volunteer Force.

One way to look at it is through the eyes of a parent of an addicted son or daughter.

The contrast even gets a bit Goofus and Gallant at times: Drunk Fascist volunteers to break the news of their daughters» death to the parents; Sensitive New - Age Cop vomits at the sight of a corpse.

A parent can teach their daughters to marry for money or to not marry at all.

His parents, 60 - year - old Bryan and Karla Holcombe, 58; brother, 36 - year - old Marc Holcombe, and Marc's 18 - month - old daughter, Noah, were also killed when Devin Patrick Kelley, opened fire at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, killing 26 people and injuring 20.

As a result, he reports, he has freed up more family resources for his daughter, prevented the conversation at home from being dominated by kids, and generally found it easier to be a parent, all out of a spirit of generosity for the planet (and not the selfishness of the contraceptive mentality).

Indeed, he creates a virtual phantasmagoria of suffering from actual instances of human barbarity that he has read about in Russian newspapers: Turkish soldiers cutting babies from their mother's wombs and throwing them in the air in order to impale them on their bayonets; enlightened parents stuffing their five - year - old daughter's mouth with excrement and locking her in a freezing privy all night for having wet the bed, while they themselves sleep soundly; Genevan Christians teaching a naive peasant to bless the good God even as the poor dolt is beheaded for thefts and murders that his ostensibly Christian society caused him to commit; a Russian general, offended at an eight - year - old boy for accidentally hurting the paw of the officer's dog, inciting his wolfhounds to tear the child to pieces; a lady and gentleman flogging their eight - year - old daughter with a birch - rod until she collapses while crying for mercy, «Papa, papa, dear papa.»

In the Lucia procession at home the oldest daughter brings coffee and saffron bread to her parents while wearing a candle - wreath and singing a Lucia song.

It was mid-afternoon, and Moss was returning their two - year - old daughter, Sydney, to Offutt at her parents» house in St. Albans, W.Va.

Ko was only one at the time, but Sirak noted that her parents» ambitions for their daughter grew out of Pak's dream season.

There are multiple — and sometimes complex — issues at play in the dynamics between grandparents, parents and children, including the grandparents» shift in role from parent to grandparent, and the parents» shift in role from son or daughter to parent advocating for his or her own child.

A Raleigh family reveals how cochlear implants and early intervention from parent educators have helped their daughter flourish at school.

Not every parent is as diligent as you are, nor is every child as well - behaved as yours... Try to laugh it off and just be grateful that it's not your son climbing the display to punch Mr. Moose in the face, it wasn't your daughter pushing toddlers out of the way at the top of the slide, and it was someone else's husband that almost knocked me down trying to get on the elevator as I was getting off.

Now she has a more balanced mother who looks after her needs too, who has interests outside of herself and is more able and happy to attend to her daughter's needs because she is using her brain and advocacy values to make the world a better place and learning how to be a better parent at the same time from other moms in the same boat.

Here he is adjusting to being a new parent seamlessly and almost flawlessly, while I am a anxious wreck, who frequently screws up the schedule, forgets tummy time, makes our daughter listen to rap music, and when she was five days old, I'd already yelled at her six times.

Way back when, when I was researching online for our first family vacation with our daughter, I surprised at the lack of online resources available to parents hoping to travel with their children.

We know that as parents we all have limits when it comes to patients, but we do suggest that you take time on your daughter and refrain yourself from shouting at her when she can't get your point.

On the fifth day of my gentle parenting experiment, I took my daughter to the local children's museum with her friends while her brother was at school.

I found myself in the exact same position with my daughter, but over the past 16 months learned how important it is to avoid looking at parenting (or anything really) in such black and white terms.

When this happens, you will have to speak with your daughter's best friend's parents about your young girl staying at their place.

The windows and the ventilation on the ceiling will allow the parents to take a peek at what their daughter is currently doing.

We are lucky that the school my daughters attend, host workshops to teach parents more about the ways and things their children learn at school.

As a trustee of her daughter's school and President of its parent association, she found herself answering many questions at school Open Houses and education events.

So when an article about giving a small child 1 «pass» to leave their room at night was making the rounds around the parenting cyber-world a few weeks ago, it got me thinking of how much it helped me to not pick sleep as a battle and to instead, surrender to my daughter's needs and rhythm.

And most parents have heard their teenage daughter make self - deprecating statements about her body, such as «I'm so fat,» or «Look at how big my thighs are!»

Nighttime has confronted us with some of the most challenging parenting moments we've faced so far, but being present for our now 14 - month - old daughter at 3:00 in the morning is just as important as it is at any more reasonable hour.

We started seeing a family counselor (just us two parents) and after 2 years with some improvement but still not really a good outcome, we've started making heavy use of the local children's crisis line (we, or sometimes my daughter, calls them at night to get help containing her emotions) and are also now seeing a different counselor who meets all three of us.

Just as with any other parent, I was alarmed at the rate at which my daughter's teeth were getting cavities and...

This summer, knowing that her older daughter would be starting at Palm Harbor University High, Goldsmith was more determined than ever to follow all the back - to - school tips posted to parent blogs — especially the one that advises returning children gradually to an early - to - bed, early - to - rise sleep schedule.

And, a little while back, I won a couple of little purses for my daughter made my Mom at The Art and Science of Parenting.

Shopping at Waddle n Swaddle and befriending the amazingly talented ladies that own the stores have helped shape how I parent my daughter.

I'm usually at home in the trenches, looking after my daughter, and having the odd skype call here and there where I get to be a «parenting expert.»

But when your daughter is 16 or 17, and she's either driving a car or being driven by her friends, at some point she's going to end up at a gathering where the parents are supposed to be home but they aren't, or there isn't supposed to be drinking but there is.

It behooves mothers, if they really want to stay connected with their daughters and help them make smart decisions in their social life, to take another look at the kind of relationship they have, and their own parenting style.