Sentences with phrase «protective of small children»

Many Chabrador owners say they're very protective of small children, however, a Chow Chow tends to become aggressive when others don't respect her territory, and so does the Chow Lab Mix.

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The meta - analysis showed that breast - feeding reduced the risk of obesity in childhood significantly... Breast - feeding seems to have a small but consistent protective effect against obesity in children.

Whilst it is clearly accurate to say that that the risk of not breastfeeding is greater with some conditions than others, what is a small protective effect in one child is likely to have a much more dramatic effect across a whole population.

Most models are set up to carry two smaller children at a time, with a maximum combined weight of 80 — 100 lbs, and have a protective cover to keep the rain and bugs off of the passengers.

They can be quite protective of their families, especially small children.

It is good with children, especially protective of those in its family, but it is sometimes overly boisterous in play for small children.

Because of its strong protective instinct, it should not be left unsupervised with small children.

They are a lovely companion to live with, gentle with the smallest child yet exuding an air of protective authority.

Recent theoretical work suggests that bullying might arise out of early cognitive deficits — including language problems, imperfect causal understanding, and poor inhibitory control — that lead to decreased competence with peers, which over time develops into bullying.14, 15 A small number of studies provide circumstantial evidence that such a hypothesis might have merit7: 1 study found a link between poor early cognitive stimulation and (broadly defined) inappropriate school behavior, 16 and another found cognitive stimulation at age 3 years to be protective against symptoms of attention - deficit disorder at age 7 years.17 A study of Greek children found that academic self - efficacy and deficits in social cognition were related to bullying behavior.18 A large US national survey found that those who perceive themselves as having average or below - average academic achievement (as opposed to very good achievement) are 50 % to 80 % more likely to be bullies.8 Yet these studies are based on cross-sectional surveys, with the variables all measured at a single point in time.

Experts know that cases of abuse or neglect that are substantiated by a child protective agency represent only a small fraction of children who are maltreated.122 That being the case, it would be far more useful to gain a better understanding of child maltreatment so that it can be prevented (and strategies to prevent it can be assessed) before it becomes necessary for the state to intervene.

A recent investigation from the UK Millennium Cohort Study found that a variety of parenting, home learning, and early education factors explained a small portion of the socioeconomic status (SES) gradients in children's cognitive ability by age 5.2 Although some US studies have examined selected factors at different stages of childhood, 24 — 27 few have had comprehensive data to examine the socioeconomic distribution of a wide variety of risk and protective factors across early childhood and their role as potential independent mediators of the SES gradients in cognitive ability at kindergarten entry.

It is this small group of separated parents that tie up the vast majority of not only the Court's time, but also time from many other community services including police, child protective services, counseling and medical services and domestic violence shelter services.