Sentences with phrase «pester parents»

They are a lot like kids, and when kids get bored, they pester their parents relentlessly.

«My interest in shelter medicine has stemmed from my teenage years being spent at the local municipal shelter and coming home to pester my parents to let me foster «just this one.»

It's even odder that the prepaid card is being targeted at teens, who are vulnerable to peer pressure and often pester parents for funds to keep up with the latest trends.

There is only one reason why they are there: to get kids to pester their parents for the meals.

This kind of marketing induces kids to want the products, pester their parents for them, and throw tantrums if parents say no.

But whether your child is begging you to stay up an hour later or he's repeatedly pestering you to go to the playground, all kids pester their parents at one time or another.

Kids pester parents for two main reasons — they want to get their way and they don't want to feel bad.

Hugely popular with children as young as five, Minecraft is creating dilemmas for pestered parents across the country, such as:

There's also talk that Sega may want to emulate Activision's success with Skylanders; specifically, the Skylanders toys that eager children have pestered their parents into paying high prices to acquire.

«Under the Gooseberry Tree»... If us kids kept pestering our parents they would turn round and say» Go to the bottom of the garden and look under the Gooseberry bush because that's where the elf and faerie people live.

Purists might prefer a knife, but ask a busy chef or pestered parent and they'll both agree the food processor is an absolute essential.

Not exact matches

The clergymen have been spearheading a campaign in the House of Lords to have payday loans banned before 9 pm, because children are using «pester power» to pressure their parents to take out the high interest credit in order to buy them things.

Ronny Gottschlich, managing director, Lidl UK, said: «We know how difficult it can be to say no to pester power, so by removing sweets and chocolates from our tills we can make it easier for parents to reward children in healthier ways.»

Lidl has banned sweets and chocolate bars from the checkout at all 600 of its UK stores after surveying parents about the «pester power» of their children.

On road - melting summer days in Arlington, Texas, when his parents were at work and all his older sister and brother wanted to do was go slack - jawed in front of their favorite TV shows, Jeremy's pestering would make them so crazy that they'd invite him to follow them through an upstairs bedroom window onto the roof, then slip back inside and lock the window, marooning him up there for the rest of the day.

(To this day she pesters me about whether I'm sure my breast - fed babies are getting enough to eat; the parenting magazines would classify her as «unsupportive» and warn me to stay away.)

If your child has a bad habit of whining, pestering, and begging, you may want to take a step and look at your overall parenting practices.

«We want to help parents to give their children healthier food and reduce «pester power» in shops.

«For now,» notes Dr. Emond, «our best advice to parents is to switch their child to commercial - free TV programming to help avoid pestering for foods seen in commercials.»

Tom and Jerry online on Myntra.com — Naughty and loving it The Tom and Jerry in India assortment at Myntra is an opportune segment — it will bring some much - needed respite to all those parents whose kids have been pestering them for merchandise from the house of their beloved TV characters (not ONLY will it help quieten mischievous youngsters, it will also satisfy your prerequisites of sturdy comfort).

But despite parents» good intentions, pester - power from kids is relentless.

The school has to pester families, for instance, to sign their child's voucher checks that come to the school from the state (and are made out to the parent) three times each year.

Activity camps are just for kids, which means they get some time to relax, have fun and hang out with their friends without their parents pestering them.