Sentences with phrase «rather than young children»

However, Spartan IVs are all made up of volunteers this time around, rather than young children who are persuaded into the program.

Chihuahuas can be good with children if socialised and brought up with them, but their small fragile size and loyal temperament makes them ideally suited to adult families rather than young children.

By leaving nursing mothers out, or covering them when they're shown, these media depictions reinforce the false idea that breasts are sex organs, and that their primary purpose is to serve straight men's sexual interests rather than young children's nutrition and immune systems.

Celebrating this spooky holiday is a lot different as a new parent rather than a young child going door to door in your favorite Halloween costume.

Not exact matches

College administrators treat students as if they were biologically mature children rather than young men and women.

Wedding rites originally intended for young women passing from their fathers» protection to their husbands» have remained surprisingly unchanged, even though the bride may be self - supporting, a substitute must be found for an absent father, and she may be surrounded by her children rather than her girlish friends.

The demon's victim is again female, only this time she is a young adult named Casey (Hannah Kasulka) rather than a child.

As mentioned above, young children are similarly looking for the essence behind the appearance — the relatively constant, universal thing, rather than just the immediate appearance.

For example, in the case of the Action for Children «s Television call for a ban on commercials for children too young to discriminate, or the church «s protest against excessive and gratuitous violence, the criticism was aimed at a class of programming rather than against an individual Children «s Television call for a ban on commercials for children too young to discriminate, or the church «s protest against excessive and gratuitous violence, the criticism was aimed at a class of programming rather than against an individual children too young to discriminate, or the church «s protest against excessive and gratuitous violence, the criticism was aimed at a class of programming rather than against an individual program.

As a child I used to suffer tortures of shyness, and if my shoe - lace was untied would feel shamefacedly that every eye was fixed on the unlucky string; as a girl I would shrink away from strangers and think myself unwanted and unliked, so that I was full of eager gratitude to any one who noticed me kindly; as the young mistress of a house I was afraid of my servants, and would let careless work pass rather than bear the pain of reproving the ill - doer; when I have been lecturing and debating with no lack of spirit on the platform, I have preferred to go without what I wanted at the hotel rather than to ring and make the waiter fetch it.

I would suggest that it's due to an awakening to the real pain that promiscuity and abortion entail; others might say that it's actually based in «rights talk,» that young people identify with aborted children (as of this January 22, anyone under the age of thirty could have been aborted) and see abortion as an attack on their siblings and classmates, rather than a matter of women's self «determination.

College administrators treat students as if they were biologically mature children rather than young men and....

Though it is difficult to raise children in what might be called a «gender - neutral environment», part of the antidote to the current gender - laden environments in which children tend now to be raised is this view of the work of the Spirit in giving gifts as the Spirit chooses, which encourages those who are the teachers and guides of the young to observe the emerging qualities of spirit in each child and to bring those qualities to full flower rather than trying to redirect any «alpha» qualities in women or «beta» qualities in men towards any «norm.»

Rather than branding these men as «feckless», politicians should focus on creating services which work hard to support young dads» vital involvement, while also helping their children's mothers.

Stop bashing young dads — and support them to help their children The Fatherhood Institute calls on government - funded services aimed at supporting parents to identify and support young fathers as well as young mothers, rather than dismiss them as «feckless» and reduce their role to that of cash providers.

It also sets off a bureaucratic chain of events which backs up the message that fathers can treat parenting as optional, as health visitors talk to mothers rather than fathers, children centres build their services around what they perceive to be mothers» (rather than families») needs, schools fail to record contact details of fathers and, when a young person ends up in court for misbehaviour, magistrates hand down parenting orders to mothers rather than fathers, even when the father is resident in the household and present in the courtroom.

Furthermore, young and small children will probably have absolutely no benefit from using a regular seat belt rather than a car seat, and might even be exposing themselves to further injury due to an ill - fitting seat belt.

All i - Size car seats offer better head and neck protection for young children, with a required rear facing position of 15 months, rather than the current nine months.

In most cases, that's not an issue — if it's not a full flight most people would happily switch to allow a parent to sit with their young child (if not out of a sense of goodwill than certainly because they'd rather not babysit someone else's toddler).

However, noting that even their increased earnings barely took the participants» income above poverty level, the evaluators recommend that an early focus on education and training rather than on income - generation may be a more productive long - term strategy for these young men and their children (Spaulding et al, 2009).

It illustrates that people are hungry for an alternative to the status quo where content is increasingly brought through computers rather than teachers, academic learning is being pushed down to younger and younger children, and the focus in the classroom is «teaching to the test.»

Harried parents, often of multiple young children, who spank (but usually refer to it as an occasional «smack» or «slap» rather than spanking).

Rather than disciplining young children, you might take a few minutes to model appropriate behavior.

Rather than dismissing schoolyard bullying as «a phase» that children will eventually outgrow, parents have the unique opportunity to alter these behaviors by helping young children overcome the very fears, anxieties, and insecurity that place them at risk.

Rather than take young children door - to - door, reserve the tradition of Halloween night for visiting family members or destinations hosting large - scale parties for baby Halloween - ers.

Give your child chances to socialize with other young children, but realize much of their play will still be side - by - side rather than truly interactive.

Young children do not understand the concept of time, so it's better to say «I'll be back after you finish your snack» rather than «I'll be back at 3:00».

The distribution shows how infants and young children grow under these conditions, rather than how they grow in environments that may not support optimal growth.

But organizing this phenomenon with specific learning material can focus comprehension on specific educational outcomes, rather than encourage the younger tyke to imitate the older child's messy bedroom habits.

Especially with children this young it seems like the important thing is for them to enjoy the process rather than worrying about specific acts of service.

I'd rather my child taste real ingredients and know what food is meant to taste like than be exposed to artificial sweeteners and other chemicals at a young age.

It is much more effective to tell young children what TO DO rather than what NOT TO DO.

The relationship between what program staff do and how parents enhance the social and emotional development of their young children is often implicitly rather than explicitly stated by parent support program builders.

Young kids only lie because they're trying to make their parents happy, so by telling your child that the truth will make you happy, you're challenging the original thought that hearing good news (rather than the truth) will please you.

Public and private sector entities and individuals who wish to support infants and young children and their mothers and caregivers in this emergency should donate funds rather than send goods.

As a result, mothers might prefer to use follow - on formula that is manufactured in - country (using Philippine labor and technology) rather than rely on such imports for young children more than one year of age.

(we have a potty chair rather than a standard potty as you can sit a child in it as young as 3 weeks quite easily with it supporting their back and head so you don't have to.

Emery's response to our rejoinder did not address our major criticisms of their research; rather, he claims that absent strong evidence about the effects of infants and very young children spending overnights with each parent, the burden of proof lies with those who advocate for the co-parenting position, rather than with opponents of co-parenting.

Turning what was once conventional wisdom on its head, a new study suggests that many, if not most peanut allergies can be prevented by feeding young children food containing peanuts beginning in infancy, rather than avoiding such foods.

I wish I had been one of those women, a woman who could choose when to stop nursing rather than to have that choice / time forced upon me by my children.I don't think I'll ever quite get over the fact that both of my children self weaned at such a young age.

It's best if children eat fruit rather than drink fruit juice; however, if young children do drink juice, all natural vitamin C - fortified juice is best, and toddlers should not exceed 4 oz.

Young children are unpredictable when it comes to eating, and as parents it's important that we don't assume, that we stay calm and rational, and that we react in a way that will nurture long - term healthy eating habits rather than create bigger issues.

Breastfeeding (or nursing [1]-RRB- is the feeding of an infant or young child with breast milk directly from human breasts rather than from a baby bottle or other container.

By your logic about «scarce public funds», surely it would be fairer to give the Child Trust Fund only to poorer families, rather than as a capital endowment for all young people?

«Rather than foster greater social mobility, this Government will only exacerbate the inequality and injustice we are already witnessing in our society, with children and young people bearing the brunt.»

«Yet scandalously, rather than embarking on a strategy to tackle poverty and inequality, it now appears the Government plans to change the definition of child poverty in an attempt to mask the terrible toll its policies are taking on our children and young people.

«The Coalition Government was repeatedly warned about the growing crisis in school places, but rather than addressing the needs of children and young people, it has decided it is more important to fund its ideological free school programme.»

«Teachers now say that they believe they are working to meet the needs of inspection rather than the needs of the children and young people they teach.

«This new study was unusual in focusing upon the sexual and dating behavior of single parents rather than partnered parents of young children.»

«Social attitudes rather than differences in the brain's wiring may be why young children do better»