Sentences with phrase «rather than the kid»

If you look more like the parent of someone about to go to the prom rather than the kid in the rented tux, are your chances of finding support for your entrepreneurial ambitions lessened?

Sure, they mostly talk about bikes, urban planning, and geeky tech stuff (so they tell me) rather than kids and pesky wives, but I love that he has a dad posse to convince him we're normal.

Many kids would rather have their peers view them as the «class clown» rather than the kid who can't do the math.

I hope it gives school time more of a classroom comeraderie rather than each kid being in a different phase of life.

There * is * a growing problem of overweight kids and adults in HK, but I think it tends to be on the salty - fatty spectrum of foods & portion control, rather than kids bringing in cup - cakes to school (which is not a tradition here).

Ratzinger chose to protect the priests rather than the kids they were raping.

The film's narrative, set in multiple eras and told through different styles, might suggest a work aimed an audience of sophisticated film historians rather than kids, but Haynes, Lachman notes, had faith in the younger audience and he screened it for audiences of children.

«I need a full range of problems within the classroom so the kids are doing the thinking, but they're doing the thinking at their level... so rather than kids being bored because it's too easy... or not being able to do the [problem], they're actually being given problems that are targeted specifically to their thinking.»

CREDO found that non-profit schools made much larger test gains than for - profit ones, prompting AFT president Randi Weingarten to thunder «this CREDO study confirms that for - profit charter and virtual schools serve the interests of corporations» rather than kids.

And I think if we're doing that we are genuinely creating life - long learners rather than kids who are learning this now and it's not actually applicable next year or throughout their lives.

JoEllen Lynch stated, «We believe the problem is that the school does not fit the kids, rather than the kids not fitting the school.»

... Public education •... Coming into the 2013 Legislature, lawmakers are set to tackle a number of hot - button issues, including a proposal by Sen. Aaron Osmond, R - South Jordan, to create a state - funded preschool program for at - risk kids; a resolution, SJR5, by Sen. Stuart Reid, R - Ogden, to give the governor and Senate control over the employment of the state superintendent; and, yes, even a bill, SB39, touching on sex education, except this time for parents rather than kids, also sponsored by Reid.

What's more, this is a show on a normal channel like ITV rather than kids only or overly niche one, which shows that Nintendo are actually targeting prime time!

Not exact matches

Shy, but charismatic, «[Buterin] is a very bright young kid who is passionate about learning difficult subjects,» says Lombrozo, though he notes the coding prodigy has a tendency to try to reinvent things rather than build on existing work.

The goal is always to encourage kids to develop a growth mindset, rather than a fixed mindset.

We plan on relying on dividend income rather than the 4 % safe withdrawal rule to achieve FIRE, simply because we want to pass on our dividend portfolio to our kids in the future.

Some people will say, «Well, I almost won here, we led a few laps there, I qualified on the pole there...» I'd rather take a kid who wins every single weekend at his local track than someone who always runs 15th in a higher series.

I'd rather spend 20 minutes talking to one of my kids about a bike trip or a dating relationship than accomplish something great in the workplace these days.

Rather than using screens as digital babysitters while they get on with other chores, parents should watch along with their little ones if they want their kids to get any educational benefit out of what they're viewing.

Parents are handing perfectly good old machines down to their kids, rather than going out and spending a lot on a shiny new model.

In essence, spending a lot of time with your kids while also trusting them to make choices for themselves (rather than ruling every aspect of their lives with rules) seems to be the magic formula for well - adjusted offspring.

Several people Business Insider spoke to who move in hacking circles were also dismissive of «Vamp,» describing him as a «skid» — an abbreviation of the derisory term «script kid,» or someone who is reliant on scripts and pre-written code to hack, rather than using their own skill.

The idea worked well, because it created a safe space for kids to communicate with their parents, rather than feeling stuck in a less than optimal situation.

The trouble, according to a host of psychologists, is that using this sort of general encouragement for every little thing teaches kids to value your praise rather than the intrinsic satisfaction of true accomplishment.

When your kids ask frank questions about your finances, try to view it as a teaching opportunity rather than a breach of privacy.

Of course, Hansen emphasized that this applies for kids adopted out of the foster care system, rather than private or international adoptions.

You and your kid does not trump the right of every single passenger around you who would rather sleep than hear your whining child.

Whether its learning to colour - in between the lines, or discovering that art work belongs on paper rather than on your parents» walls, being creative as a kid allows us to develop our skills at the same time as having fun.

But, rather than fighting child poverty on First Nations reserves, the government has been spending literally millions of your dollars and mine to fight against equal child welfare support for First Nations kids.

Or perhaps there's another explanation for why the increases took place in late winter rather than the usual price hike season, just before the kids get out of school.

«I want to see people have more time to spend with their kids, with their friends, and watching the game, rather than being stuck in gridlock for hours every day.

Parents who are trying to teach older kids should expect that their job may be harder, said financial literacy advocate Susan Beacham, since they're changing mindsets rather than shaping them.

Rather than treating China with kid gloves, the president should be much tougher with China — as he promised he would be on the campaign trail.»

The Narcissism Epidemic traces the root causes of narcissism to the triumph of the therapeutic mentality, beginning in the 1970s; to changes in parenting styles (parents wanting their kids» approval rather than children striving for parental approval); to celebrities who are «famous for being famous» and the media that transmit their endless, self - absorbed chatter; to the MySpace / Facebook / YouTube phenomenon (dubbed Web 2.0); and to easy consumer credit (which recently came crashing down).

This blog has been a place of refuge for me... a place that questions everything rather than just drinking the kool - aid like obedient little kids.

«We are taking as many kids as we can, investing in their lives and reinserting them back into their own society, rather than taking them out,» Anderson.

So Catholic doctrine is not so much about pushing people to have kids but demanding they use a «hit and miss» technique rather than a «sure fire» technique, when the people DO N'T wan na have kids?

Accompanied — almost drowned out — by the kids» rock band, the words point out the practical value of the recommended behavior, rather than exhorting.

What I do know is that Rick is correct in that had people simply honored their marriage committments to begin with and put the supposed love of their life first rather than adopt the Hollywood lifestyle of divorce families woud be stronger and kids healthier.

I would much rather have him (or Paul Ryan, or Jeff Flake) watch my kids than Donald Trump.

Virginity past 18 is very rare, and rather than spend so much energy denying that and hiding behind archaic beliefs, they need to educate their kids in how to protect themselves.

Yet rather than telling kids to wait until marriage, most tell kids to wait until they are «older,» as we are.

My kids get asked «where do you go to church» rather than «do you go» because it's assumed you attend somewhere here in the south.

How many times they had to take a back seat in activities, or not be defended as another parent probably would have because it would be seen as «the pastor» is playing favorites with his kid, rather than a father is defending / supporting his child.

Beck sometimes depicts Adam as an otherworldly savior rather than a flesh - and - blood kid, and her syncretistic Mormon / New Age theology is eccentric, to say the least.

Thank goodness — that's one pretty sick cult — the kids get raised to be breeding stock — girls to marry unquestioningly the old man being rewarded with another young bride, the boys to be very obedient in hopes they'll get a bride, rather than kicked out (when you have polygamy, you have to maintain a very high female to male ratio — guess how they do that).

But hey, I must admit, I'd rather my kids go to a Christ Omlin concert than Pantera.

It is a sad day when parents would rather buy a new truck than buy their kids a pair of shoes.

I also learned that Edison High School holds another tragic record - the most graduates to be killed in the Vietnam War of any high school in America (54 kids), no coincidence that it is located in North Philly rather than the suburbs.

Because kids get sick, and sometimes, the husband has to work late, and summery days occasionally mesmerize me into digging for freezer ingredients rather than hitting the grocery store.