Sentences with phrase «risk children and parents»

Beginning in Grade 1, high - risk children and their parents were asked to participate in a combination of social skills and anger - control training, academic tutoring, parent training, and home visiting.

The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting, or MIECHV, program provides federal resources to expand home visiting to at - risk children and parents.

The Home Visiting service offers an outreach therapeutic program for at - risk children and parents.

Eight existing home visiting programs met the minimal legislative threshold for federal funding: Early Head Start, the Early Intervention Program, Family Check - up, Healthy Families America, Healthy Steps, Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters, Nurse - Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers.40 In August 2011, the Coalition for Evidence - Based Policy built upon the government's review by evaluating the extent to which programs implemented with fidelity would produce important improvements in the lives of at - risk children and parents.41 Through this review, one program was given a strong rating (the Nurse - Family Partnership), two were given medium ratings (Early Intervention Program and Family Check - up), and all other programs were given a low rating.

But so many at - risk children and parents face that exact scenario, with stakes much higher than winning or losing an athletic competition.

Resources would initially be focused on at - risk children and their parents, but the group proposed that efforts be expanded6eventually to offer «universal access» for all...

Eight existing home visiting programs met the minimal legislative threshold for federal funding: Early Head Start, the Early Intervention Program, Family Check - up, Healthy Families America, Healthy Steps, Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters, Nurse - Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers.40 In August 2011, the Coalition for Evidence - Based Policy built upon the government's review by evaluating the extent to which programs implemented with fidelity would produce important improvements in the lives of at - risk children and parents.41 Through this review, one program was given a strong rating (the Nurse - Family Partnership), two were given medium ratings (Early Intervention Program and Family Check - up), and all other programs were given a low rating.

Not exact matches

Set an example, trust your children to solve many of their own problems, and encourage risk - taking while also asserting your authority as a parent when it's sensible, advises former Navy SEAL commander (and now Missouri governor) Eric Greitens.

When parents go overboard protecting their children, they don't allow them to take risks and reap the consequences.

* Create parenting centres to offer resources and information to parents * Phased - in full - day Kindergarten and half - day Junior Kindergarten for children at risk.

The parents not only risked their lives, but they risked the lives of their children... To read how wealthy this man became and read he sent a care package, wow... I would be ashamed to meet this man today...

Although parents (and indeed governors and teachers) are often uneasy about early or explicit SRE or providing access to family planning services, their feelings are sometimes ambiguous due to a concern that, if they do not follow such a course, children will be at greater risk of underage pregnancy.

Gov. Christie has expressed concern about this bill's effects on how parents raise their children, but said that research has made it clear that this sort of therapy poses «critical health risks including, but not limited to, depression, substance abuse, social withdrawal, decreased self - esteem and suicidal thoughts.»

A skyrocketing percentage of our children lack any chance of having a stable, two — parent family, and as a result, are increasingly at risk of abuse and of following a life of crime.

Of the 698 children born on Kauai in 1955, 201 were in the high - risk category, exposed to various combinations of perinatal trauma, family discord, chronic poverty, and alcoholic, under - educated, or mentally disturbed parents.

As the Trump administration has shifted policies on undocumented immigrants and individuals with temporary protected status (TPS), putting more individuals at risk of deportation, Christians have quickly brought up the dilemma of mixed - status families, whose children are US citizens but parents are not.

Not surprisingly, teenagers growing up with only one parent are at greater risk of dropping out of school, of having a child of their own during the teen years, and of being neither in school nor in the work - force during young adulthood.

Homosexual adoption thus risks aggravating the trauma of the abandoned child, for the generational chain would be doubly broken: first in the reality of the child's abandonment, and second, symbolically, in the fact of the homosexuality of the adoptive parents.

Some parents strive to keep their homes and vehicles peanut - free even if their own children aren't allergic because it lessens the risk for young family members and friends who visit.

The children, parents, and teachers were not informed that the rice was genetically - engineered, that it was «Golden Rice, and that there were health risks with consuming this rice.

As someone who has been educating sports parents about head trauma in sports for the past seventeen years, and about the very real risk posed by chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) for the last decade, it is not surprising that I receive emails from parents all the time expressing deep concern about stories in the media that have led them - wrongly - to fear that playing contact or collision sports, or suffering a sports - related concussion, especially one slow to heal, makes it inevitable that their child will develop CTE and is at greatly increased risk of committing suicide.

That the closer relationship between children (even young adult children) and parents helps ease transitions, encourages risk taking, and makes developing friendships easier.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued juice - consumption guidelines for children to help cut the risks of obesity and tooth decay; and Consumer Reports is advising parents to follow those same guidelines to reduce arsenic exposure.

In addition to educating young athletes about both the importance of hydration and the dangers of heat - related illness, ensuring that they drink enough fluids, and taking precautions to reduce the risk of heat injury in children, especially when they are exercising in hot and humid weather, parents and coaches need to watch children for signs and symptoms of impending heat illness:

This was a turning point in my life, and although a difficult decision, I left my work again, to risk, and to start a magazine that filled the need of mothers like me, who love crafting, but could not easily find sources for natural materials and patterns that fit a natural lifestyle and conscious parenting, for mothers who not just enjoyed doing crafts with their children, but wanted to sit down at the end of a hard day's work and read, and create, within a community they belong to.

The couples who are most at risk for serious problems after the birth of a child, write parenting scholars Carolyn Pape Cowan and Philip Cowan in their book When Partners Become Parents, are those who were on the rocks before the child came along.

Parents should also be careful not to create a barrier that keeps a child getting out of bed safely or sheets and bedding that are tucked in so tightly or are so heavy as to create additional child suffocation risks.

There's absolutely no reason to risk your child's safety and well - being in the name of co sleeping, so it's always a good idea to understand what the basic attachment parenting principles are when it comes to proper sleep safety.

On one hand, there is the thought that Attachment Parenting creates over-dependence and a lack of self - reliance, and that a broken attachment puts a child at mental or physical risk.

However, some medical and parenting experts frowned upon the practice, citing it as a risk for SIDS and claiming that it could generate sleep problems for children as they grew up.

We're not talking about examples of helicopter parenting run amok such as parents of college - age kids calling professors to argue about grades; but not supervising 9 - year - olds at all to the point that parents don't know who their friends are or what they are doing is not only opening a child up to potential risks and bad choices, but making them stressed as well.

Uninvolved parenting is associated with the worst outcomes for children: Kids who are raised with this style of parenting tend to be emotionally withdrawn, anxious and may be at greater risk for delinquent and dangerous behaviors as well as substance abuse.

However, there is a risk of passing the trait on to their children, and if the other parent is also a carrier, they can have a child with SCD.

The University of Nebraska study found that the children of authoritative parents were more likely to eat healthier foods such as fruits and vegetables and make choices that reduced risk of injury, such as wearing bike helmets.

Children whose parents talk to them regularly are at much less risk for experimenting with cigarettes, alcohol and drugs.

In the end, it all comes back to education: In the ideal world, a parent's decision about whether to allow a child to start playing or continue playing collision sports before high school under current rules of play (which are evolving in the direction of safety, fortunately, as seen, for instance, in USA Hockey's ban on body checking at the Pee Wee hockey level and below, and limits on full - contact practices instituted at every level of football, from Pop Warner, to high school, college, and the NFL), will be a conscious one; a decision in which the risks of participating in a particular sport - provided it is based on the most up - to - date information about those risks and a consideration of other risk factors that might come into play for their child, such as pre-existing learning disabilities (e.g. ADHD), chronic health conditions (e.g., a history of history of multiple concussions or seizures, history of migraines), or a reckless and overly aggressive style of play - are balanced against the benefits to the child of participating.

• Child welfare workers in many countries tend to have negative stereotypes of men in families in which children are at risk, assuming the fathers to be uncommitted and uninvolved parents, and unable to cease drug use (Zanoni et al, 2014).

Some children, particularly young children, worry that their parent is not being fed or could be hurt, she says, while older children can have a heightened sense of the risks of depression and suicide.

With statistics showing that one in five children will grow up to develop skin cancer and that protecting skin from the sun during childhood and adolescence is important to reducing the risk of cancer later in life, it's vital that parents become educated about sun safety, take steps to protect their kids against the damaging effects of the sun and build safe sun habits into the family routine.

There are many uses for such a questionnaire, such as: a) helping place at - risk children (e.g., abused, neglected, diagnosed) with safe and nurturing parents, b) potentially reducing the number of failed adoption placements, c) protecting children from at - risk adults, and d) screening foster / adoptive families to reduce the possibility of abuse and / or neglect.

Children of divorced parents and unusual family structures are more likely to experience emotional turbulence in their own relationships and have a higher risk of going through breakups in their marriages, study after study claims.

The finding that parental separation (and also being born to parents who have never lived together) poses a risk to the quality of both parents» relationships with their children should increase the urgency of developing policies to support these families.

Parents and coaches should be aware that being involved in sports may place their children at greater risk for excessive alcohol use and the many problems that can result.

Ofsted's new inspection framework makes clear that children's services should pay attention to all parents and carers when children have been maltreated or are at risk of maltreatment or neglect.

A survey by C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and the University of Michigan of parents of children age 12 to 17 years playing school sports reported a surprising lack of knowledge by parents of concussion risks, although six in ten were at least somewhat worried their children will suffer a concussion while playing schoolChildren's Hospital and the University of Michigan of parents of children age 12 to 17 years playing school sports reported a surprising lack of knowledge by parents of concussion risks, although six in ten were at least somewhat worried their children will suffer a concussion while playing schoolchildren age 12 to 17 years playing school sports reported a surprising lack of knowledge by parents of concussion risks, although six in ten were at least somewhat worried their children will suffer a concussion while playing schoolchildren will suffer a concussion while playing school sports.

It is up to parents to decide for their family whether to allow their child to start, or continue, playing football, not some present or former player, journalist or scientist who takes the position that football is either too dangerous to be played by anyone or safe enough to be played by all (October 25, 2015 update: this is exactly the position adopted by the American Academy of Pediatrics in its 2015 Policy Statement on Tackling in Youth Football in which it leaves parents - presumably in consultation with their child's pediatrician - to «decide whether the potential health risks of sustaining... injuries [in tackle football] are outweighed by the recreational benefits associated with proper tackling»); and

It is up to parents to make sure that the helmet their child wears fits properly, maintains that fit over the course of a season, and has been properly reconditioned, and, if the football program does not buy impact sensors for the whole team, to consider buying one on their own, weighing the benefits of knowing the magnitude and frequency of the hits that their child is taking to the head against the risk that adding a two - ounce piece of plastic to the inside or outside of their helmet may void the manufacturer's warranty and NOCSAE certification or increase the risk that the protection the helmet's polycarbonate shell provides against skull fractures will be compromised;

Respectful of ourselves and our children, #TLBsafeKids aims to help each of us, parents and children alike, to tap into our own power to make confident decisions assessing risk, utilizing products, and employing strategies that allow us to live life to the fullest while being safe.

There are all kinds of horrible truths about the risks to children and as much as I'd like to be blissfully unaware, as a responsible parent, I owe it to my child to understand all the dangers so that I can at least try to keep her safe.

I have seen this in many parents, no matter their child - rearing approach — attachment parenting or no — and most often in new parents or in parents trying something new that they hope will create better results but, they realize, stepping out from the familiar carries risk and with that risk comes fear.