On that day,
parents shadow their children as they move through a typical school day.
Not exact matches
Are you ready to become more conscious in your
parenting, so that you can know «beyond a
shadow of a doubt» that you are nurturing your
child with the inner skills necessary to live an empowered, happy life?
Labour's
shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt was quizzed on Mumsnet today and admitted the issue of when summer - born
children start school was a growing concern for both
parents and admissions authorities,
As I understand it, Labour's
shadow education minister Tristram Hunt is promising to reinstate the requirement that the
children's centres in the poorest areas must provide childcare suitable for working
parents.
Taking the family analogy further, the most successful adaptations are often like wayward
children who break away from the
shadow of their famous
parents to forge an identity of their own.
Education systems could strengthen their career advice and orientation services by forming networks across schools and creating partnerships with local business groups and trade associations, and by inviting
parents to offer job -
shadowing opportunities and «bring your
child to work» programs.
Parents meet with the principal for an introduction, and then the group
shadows the principal through all of the classes at their
child's grade level.
«Our Principal's
Shadowing Program gives
parents an opportunity to spend two hours of a typical day with the principal learning about their
child's grade level expectations and walking through classrooms to see the teachers and students in action.
Missing is even a
shadow of the improved student achievement for
children around the country whose
parents have choices in education.
The
child specialist may even «
shadow» the
child as the youngster moves through some of his or her daily activities and interactions with
parents and others.
Within the education community,
Parents as Teachers (PAT) has gained prominence as a program for promoting
child development and school readiness after achieving promising results in Missouri.12 In New Zealand, Scotland, and other countries, recent development of home - visiting efforts have replicated American models, thus indicating that the promise seen in this country with home visiting is envisioned beyond our shores.13, 14 Lisbeth Schorr, in her 1988 book Within Our Reach: Breaking the Cycle of the Disadvantaged, stated: «[Home - visiting] programs that succeed in helping the
children and families who live in the
shadows are intensive and comprehensive, flexible, and staffed by professionals with the time and skills to establish solid relationships with their clients.
Descriptions of the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral problems of
children who unreasonably reject a
parent in the
shadow of that
parent's disparagement by the other
parent clearly fit in this category.
Or it may be the trembling voice of a
child cowering in the
shadow of an emotionally abusive
parent, who, no longer having a spouse to intimidate, control and beat, now uses the
children to fulfill the same pathological aims.