Sentences with phrase «parents get a leg up»

Not exact matches

I watched as quarterback Kirk Farmer broke his leg after getting pushed out of bounds during Homecoming against Iowa State; I was on the hill on the north side of the stadium with my parents, so unlike most of the student section on the east side, I apparently missed witnessing him screaming, throwing up, and passing out.

But parents should be aware of the hidden costs of trying to get an athletic «leg up» for their kids.

The new students are getting older (more parents are «redshirting» — a practice of holding their children back to give them a leg up).

I don't have to put up with my husband not doing his fair share of the housework (actually, we were both equally crap at that), not being involved enough as a parent (erm, I was the one being caned for not doing enough craft with the kids), leaving his fingernail clippings piled on the arm of the sofa (geez that used to get on my goat) and hogging the bed covers (that wasn't a problem either, he was a lizard shivering under the doona while I constantly had a bare leg sticking out to cool down).