Sentences with phrase «parents of second children»

By which I mean we often, with our first children, tell ourselves and everybody else that we HAVE to let our babies sleep on us / co - sleep / rock them to sleep / take them out in the car or buggy to get them to sleep out of necessity / can not allow them to cry even for a second — but how many parents of second children are afforded the time to do the same?

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Since estate taxes are assessed only when bequests are left to someone other than a husband or wife — most commonly, when estates pass, after parents» death, to the children — it's smart to buy enough second - to - die coverage in the name of the beneficiary to pay off future estate - tax bills.

The children who were willing to delay gratification and waited to receive the second marshmallow ended up having higher SAT scores, lower levels of substance abuse, lower likelihood of obesity, better responses to stress, better social skills as reported by their parents, and generally better scores in a range of other life measures.

For readers unfamiliar with the work, but generally familiar with Locke, it puts a great deal of flesh on the bones of his treatment of the parent / child relationship in the Second Treatise.

My parents and in - laws are children of the second - generation; born in America and raised in the last years of the depression, they inherited the immigrant's unconditional passion for the new country, and happily melted into the pot» Americanizing their own names and Christening their children John instead of Gianni; Mary instead of Maria.

This is the second post in a weeklong series entitled «Submit One To Another: Christ and the Household Codes,» which will focus on those frequently - cited passages of Scripture that instruct wives to submit to their husbands, slaves to obey their masters, children to obey their parents, and Christians to submit to one another (Ephesians 5:21 - 6:9, Colossians 3:12 - 4:6; 1 Peter 2:11 - 3:22).

Second, these children and infants were expressly judged and executed for the acts of their parents in direct contradiction of the basic Christian tenet of divine judgment based on an exercise of free will to choose evil or reject god.

Never mind that these are parents who have dreams of their children in danger all the time, a mom having a dream of their infant in danger happens... um... I don't know every 5 seconds?

A number of parents threatened the school with legal action over the summer after their children were prevented from beginning their second year of A-levels because they didn't achieve at least three B - grades in their first year tests.

Even if a few parents of transgendered children are seeking 15 seconds of fame, hopefully, the majority of such parents are trying to signal to another parent... a signal that may say something like this, «Jimmy is OK.

Locke — the first philosopher of liberalism — on the one hand acknowledges in his Second Treatise on Government that the duties of parents to raise children and the corresponding duties of children to obey springs from the commandment to «honor thy father and thy mother,» but further claims that every child must ultimately subject his inheritance to the logic of consent beginning in a version of the state of nature, in which we act as autonomous choosing individuals.

This reliving process can become a constructive thing, giving parents a second chance to do unfinished growth work with their «inner child of the past.»

I've been through the loss of both parents and the stillbirth of a child, and not for a second did I feel the need to seek out «god» or some other idiotic deity for help.

Homosexual adoption thus risks aggravating the trauma of the abandoned child, for the generational chain would be doubly broken: first in the reality of the child's abandonment, and second, symbolically, in the fact of the homosexuality of the adoptive parents.

To the best of our ability, their father and I raised our children to see both parents working in the home and without as normal, and when they grew up, our daughters, our only children, had no second thoughts about giving time to their careers, nor to the advantages of breastfeeding and the importance of providing healthy, whole foods to their families.

Luckily with my second child I have the confidence to take all the «best bits» of other people's advice and mix it in with my own world view / instincts / parenting style.

Perhaps not; while about 15 percent to 45 percent of first marriages end in divorce about 60 percent to 80 percent of second marriages end in divorce (although numbers vary on how many of those second marriages are to the former spouse or a different one with assorted children from different parents all trying to live happily a la «The Brady Bunch» under one roof).

* U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute on Drug Abuse — Preventing Drug Use among Children and Adolescents — A Research Based Guide for Parents, Educators and Community Leaders, Second Edition

Yet each Independence Day, thousands of parents don't give a second thought to giving their children sparklers — lighted sticks that can burn at a temperature up to 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit.

Most parents choose to have their second child within five years of the first, but there are some good things about waiting longer.

By appealing to mothers» propensity to guilt and fear, the PSA assumed a few things: first, that the target audience was committed to a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby; second, that they were committed to the nutrition of their children; and third, that they were committed to being the best parents possible.

If this is a second or subsequent child, one of you may already be nursing, and it may be a natural progression to continue breastfeeding the baby carried by your partner, in «tandem» with the first child and in tandem as parents.

Once my second child became a toddler, I thought I crossed my biggest parenting hurdle: 5 years of sleepless nights and the suffocating dependency.

I've been thinking about that conversation, and why it is that the experience of parenting the second child (or subsequent children) is so different from being a first - time parent.

You'd be surprised how many parents who are on the verge of divorce send their children to sleep away camp thinking that a couple of weeks without the children will give them the time to make arrangements for finding a second place to live, etc..

Those kinds of statistics haven't gone unnoticed, thus the increasingly vocal group challenging parents to change their ways, among them David Code, an Episcopal minister and family coach, who writes, «To raise healthy kids, simply put your marriage first and your children second.»

The birth of my second child was crash refresher course in Attachment Parenting.

According to Dennis Allen, CEO of Hattie Larlham Center for Children with Disabilities, parents should seek a second opinion on their child's needs.

His second book, Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children & Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane) was the # 1 parenting book of 1999.

The other principle that may help parents of special needs children is seeking a second opinion.

When a parent of a first child gets pregnant with a second, often they struggle with a question, «How will I have enough love to spread between the child I have and the child that I will have?»

The Playgroup Altercation, Part 2: When Your Child Is the Victim Judy Arnall, Canadian author of Discipline without Distress, returns with her second part in the two - part series on handling the playgroup altercation — this time, your child is the victim and the other parent isn't sympathChild Is the Victim Judy Arnall, Canadian author of Discipline without Distress, returns with her second part in the two - part series on handling the playgroup altercation — this time, your child is the victim and the other parent isn't sympathchild is the victim and the other parent isn't sympathetic.

In the second, the rudder remains in the child's hands as the parent guides, instructs, and leads the way with their little steamboat sheltered alee of the parent ship.

The second year of life is an amazing, spontaneous, engaging, yet challenging, time for the emergent child and his parents.

This is true for all parents of multiple children — we are not the exact same for our first child as for our second, or third, and so on.

The second half of child rearing is a close encounter of the undefinable kind, unfurling life lessons from every quantum cranny of the parent - child universe.

Some research has shown children growing up with permissive parents are less likely to respect rules and authority, and like the second of our four parenting styles, authoritarian, teenagers maybe prone to experimenting with alcohol, drugs or risk taking behavior.

Well, I have news for my rookie - pregnant self and any of you rookie parents - to - be: a second - time around mom may be more comfortable with the new baby, but she's still living on the frontier of how to deal with her older child PLUS more to juggle and even less time for a nap.

Yes — a child is considered to have a second parent in KY if a legal parent voluntarily chooses to create a family unit, and cedes to the second «parent» a sufficiently significant amount of parental responsibility.

This sounds like an attempt to scare parents into second guessing themselves and having their children buy the school lunch instead of bringing their lunch from home.

* anatomy and physiology of second births and beyond * special considerations for parents planning a VBAC * preparing for the birth process with other children at home * a review of comfort measures for labor * how to work with your previous birth experiences * a review of postpartum recovery, breastfeeding, and newborn care * sibling support and integration

While most parents I know have strict limits on their first child even looking in the vague direction of the iPad, show me a second child who hasn't accidentally seen Frozen a zillion times, over their sibling's shoulder and I'll show you... oh wait, I'm too tired to argue.

If one parent's job is fairly low paying, it may make sense to simply quit and eliminate child care costs, especially after the birth of a second child.

After the birth of the first child, most parents feel too overwhelmed to consider having a second one.

Twenty - four percent of parents surveyed said that they switched seats before their child's first birthday, and only 23 percent of parents kept their kids facing rear until their second birthday, which is what is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

These pushchairs are worth considering if you're just starting out as parents and plan on having a second child within a couple of years.

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Years ago, I heard a child psychologist tell parents that bad news should be delivered to children during the first ten seconds of the conversation.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is changing the rules on car seat safety by advising parents to keep toddlers rear facing until they reach the weight and height limits of their particular car seat or until the child's second birthday.

I have been that parent, who is otherwise able to empathize with my child's strong emotions but who second - guessed herself after a decade of Attachment Parenting, because of an old lady's furrowed brow when my kid — with an especially high whine — complained about the length of the grocery trip.