Sentences with phrase «perceived as a serious problem»

What is perceived as a serious problem to black people doesn't seem to matter as much (or at all) to others.

Not exact matches

Today, outgoing MP Louise Mensch seized on both men's comments as evidence of a serious problem in the way people on the left and right perceive rape.

Boston — Public - school teachers are far more likely to perceive student absenteeism, use of alcohol, and tardiness as serious problems at their schools than are their private - school peers.

Of four indicators of social disruption — students using drugs, students destroying property, fighting, and missing classes — district parents are on average 8 percentage points more likely than charter parents to perceive a problem as serious or very serious.

Whilst many perceive the wrinkly faces of flat - faced pooches as appealing and adorable, in reality, dogs with short muzzles are predisposed to a plethora of serious and often life - threatening health problems, such as tracheal collapse (obstruction of the airways), heart disease, ulcers, and skin infections.

He became concerned with such issues as: the evidence of a causal relationship between common feeding practices and serious health problems; the perceived disconnect between the nutritional requirements of felis silvestris catus and all other species of cats; an industry with a vested interest in grain as the basis for its products; a veterinary education system with little nutritional teaching, subsidized by commercial pet food industries; a questionable government concept approval and oversight process; the economic inertia of maintaining the status quo; and the rejection of science - based belief systems on the extremes of both sides of the issue.

Adolescent emotional and behavioural problems result in great personal, social and monetary cost.1, 2 The most serious, costly and widespread adolescent problems — suicide, delinquency, violent behaviours and unintended pregnancy — are potentially preventable.3 In addition to high - risk behaviours, such as the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs; parents of adolescents also express concerns in everyday parenting issues, such as fighting with siblings, talking back to adults and not doing school work.4 These parental concerns are often perceived as normative during adolescence and the impact on family dynamics, such as parental stress and negative parent — adolescent relationships, is often undermined.