Sentences with phrase «rather than teens»

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If brands want to build a relationship with teens, they should really consider helping teens discover someone new and exciting, rather than only partnering with influencers with a million followers.

In addition, two out of three teens believe the oil and gas industry causes problems rather than solves them, the survey showed.

Rather than finding that most teens are reverential toward the symbols that represent what is most meaningful to them or even the symbols most closely associated with their own tradition, as Fowler asserts in his oft - cited argument of adolescent faith development, I found that teens actually approach all religious symbols more like what Frederic Jameson called bricoleurs.

According to a recent study by PEW and reported by The Verge, teens increasingly find Facebook to be «stressful, an extension of their daily lives at school and home rather than a place where they can relax and be themselves.»

But I think most children would rather Pops not hop a private jet, with a dozen or so mates, fly halfway round the world, and attack and injure fellow athletes and event staff, in a wholly unjustifiable effort, using tactics more suited to misguided teens than nearing thirty years men.

Plenty of teens spend their spring hunting for a summer job rather than a camp.

They pathologize teens» Internet use as an addiction rather than get curious about what's really going on.

With T.V., movies, computers, and video games becoming more and more popular, it has become so much easier for teens to be by themselves rather than going out with friends.

When parents are staring at their phones, rather than giving their teens their undivided attention, their communication is affected.

But personal best is something that we want children to understand and to measure themselves against rather than having society or teachers or classrooms always hold up perfectionism as a goal or a standard for children or teens.

Most parents will attempt to help their teen change while living with the family at home, rather than immediately sending their troubled teen away to a private boarding school for troubled teens.

The film includes video diaries of preteens and teens who are fighting obesity and, rather than being exploitative, their stories make the viewer feel on a visceral level just how intractable this problem is.

Through a holistic, relationship based approach, rather than behavior modification, teens learn how to handle their day to day challenges and successfully transition home.

Teens often believe that having a high tolerance and being able to stay in these games longer than others is a sign of strength, rather than of one's susceptibility to alcoholism.

[Teens born prematurely had less atherosclerosis if fed donor human milk rather than preterm formula.]

The higher estimate relies on Fiscal Policy Institute data — drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau — that shows teens work 52 weeks a year, rather than the 35 weeks a year assumed in Cuomo's estimates.

The Buffalo - area teens began planning the event with Collins in mind, calling it a student forum rather than a town hall.

US teens are more likely to vape for the flavorings found in e-cigarettes rather than nicotine, suggests research published online in the journal Tobacco Control.

By analyzing BMI distribution rather than using cutoff points, University of Pennsylvania postdoctoral fellow Jonathan Mitchell says his team detected much stronger sleep effects among already obese teens.

Sleepier adolescents reported significantly worse self - regulation, as did teens who tended to be «night owls» rather than «morning larks.»

But by the time we've hit those «midlife» years, some of us are reckoning with less than perfectly toned arms, abs we haven't seen since our teens, and «assets» we'd like to reduce rather than see expand.

Dating it seems, has been simplified to text messaging, rather than even talking on the phone - 72 of teens text their romantic partners every.

Given the rather sophisticated allegorical treatments that TV audiences have been treated to in recent years courtesy of «Battlestar Galactica,» «The 4400» and the like, I find V's first episode falling short, other than a fairly obvious allusion to Hitler Youth in the aliens» outreach to teens.

An extended cut of the film's previously - released trailer (see above) offers a better look at Hazel's daily life, via a talk with her parents - one that's rather different than the conversations most teens have with their mom and dad - as well as an extra moment or two between she and the young Augustus Waters (Elgort): a teen amputee and bone cancer survivor, whose thirst for life and upbeat personality make it all but impossible for Hazel to be immune to his charms (or so the trailer informs us, anyway).

However, it would be far better for parents to show their teens the original Star Wars film series rather than paying the extra money to go to the theater to see this movie.

While most of the deaths and injury are bloodless and implied rather than shown, this swashbuckling action is better suited for older children and teens.

I have no idea how this got a T rating rather than an M. Maybe the ESRB doesn't parse the dialogue of these games, so the fact that the game's various rapes happen off - camera somehow makes it okay for teens?

What if, rather than beginning with the Congress and Supreme Court, teens began the semester by walking their neighborhoods and asking questions?

In this sense, one could argue that the key to ensuring the success of pregnant teens isn't so much dependent on their segregation from a regular student body as it is the school's ability to provide them with a network of support that is sufficient enough to allow them to focus on school, rather than having to navigate the difficulties of pregnancy alone.

Appearing with the statement is a symbol denoting primary use or appeal: YA, for those books of general YA interest; YA / C, for books of curriculum use; YA / S, for books that will appeal most to teens with a special interest in a specific subject; and YA / M, for books most suitable for mature young adult readers of any age capable of adult judgment and able to respond to the book as a whole rather than reacting to isolated parts or incidental aspects.

Marilynn, thank you for your comment, but I think the point is to give the teens a way to voice their thoughts and feelings, rather than to require them to meet adult literary standards.

Take away lesson: don't over protect your children, it's easier for them to recover from failure in their teens rather than their late twenties and thirties.

I'm in wait and «show me» mode, but f I have a chance to exit in the high teens (rather than in the low 30s which I originally thought) I might move on to another investment.

Moreover, for some reason the killer is basically incapable of navigating things like windows in a competent manner, so like we covered getting hold of the terrified teens means predicting where they are going to go rather than just following after them.

Having pursued the instrument into his teens, he improved his skills in a cover band that played jazz and rock music — mainly the songs of Deep Purple and progressive rock group Emerson, Lake, and Palmer — though he chose not to grow his hair like his fellow band members, always mesmerised by the music rather than the image.

Rather than an across - the - board challenge to a New Hampshire parental notice law, Roberts suggested, perhaps a better approach would have been for doctors to bring a «more focused» challenge to the adequacy of emergency procedures available to teens who did not want to tell their parents.

Millennials have lived through economic uncertainty as teens and have learned from the mistakes of their parents» generation when it comes to the responsible use of credit, buying a home before they're financially ready, and looking for value rather than brand names when making major purchases.

Animated Driving School Lessons - Sacramento County teens prefer our course because it is loaded with customer interactive Flash lessons that allow students to participate in the learning process, rather than just read page after page of dry, boring material.

Rather than tuning out in a boring traditional classroom setting, teens taking classes online are captivated by interactive tutorials that allow them to go at their own pace and to logout when they become tired.

Rather than letting teens lose interest in the material, the course utilizes cutting - edge, innovative techniques such as the video I shared above to keep individuals entertained and amused while they learn.

Rather than bore teens with mindless memorization just to pass a test, their time is better spent on a comedy defensive driving class that grabs their attention and keeps it there through the whole class.

One issue Amazon could run into is that teens prefer going to physical stores rather than shopping online.

They also come much later to medical study than non-Indigenous students — in their early 30s rather than late teens.

It seems reasonable for parents to want to do this, but sadly prior studies say this may only make weight gain more rather than less of a problem for these older children and teens.

Given the huge amount of time and energy teens spend online, parents can be the emotion coaches their teens need by harnessing rather than fighting the technology to help learn valuable life lessons.

When teens do manage to wrest praise from adults, it is often for what they don't do — for toeing the line — rather than for the positive things they can do.

'» Instead, this is a journey for parents and teens to go on together, rather than the parents being supervisors.