Sentences with phrase «role do parents»

What role do parents have in informing their children about the changing nature of the family structure?

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Apart from the founder's or CEO's entrepreneurial role, his (or her) life as a spouse, partner, parent and community member needs just as much focus as the front side does.

But it did acknowledge it was «possible» that parent company SCL «sent one or more persons abroad to help in elections in a non-strategic role, but on incorrect visas.»

A high price and volatile markets played a role, but the $ 27 bln parent isn't doing enough to resolve a conflict - of - interest scandal.

Our role as parents, I believe, is the same as our role as Christians: to do the best we can with what we have and what we know; and, after that, to live our entire lives in a constant state of humility and repentance.

I have not been to a church in 38 years but I do acknowledge the role it played in my development through my parents who were devoute Christians.

Evrything this man has done has damaged our national security and compromised our freedoms, from suing states who want to initiate simple voter safeguards to working to help the public «schools» usurp the role of child - rearing from parents.

So great and splendid is the educational ministry of Christian parents that Saint Thomas has no hesitation in comparing it with the ministry of priests: «Some only propagate and guard spiritual life by a spiritual ministry: this is the role of the sacrament of Orders; others do this for both corporal and spiritual life, and this is brought about by the sacrament of marriage, by which a man and a woman join in order to beget offspring and bring them up to worship God.

Apparently our country didn't have good parents and now wants the government to step in that role and raise us.

Parent growth groups which also emphasize the crucial role of fathers and stress the enrichment of marriage (which ours did not) are, in the long run, more helpful to both children and parents.

The role of your parents, in - laws, siblings and friends all shift the moment you say «I do,» because when you join together as one, you've chosen to put your spouse above all others.

Evelyn Duvall observes: «Fathers and mothers who continue their growth as persons beyond their roles as parents do better in letting their children go.»

The Birmingham programme could do more in looking at how parents can be supported in actually living out their primary role.

They — parents, that is — do have some role, the report admits.

The evangelical Alabama parents, unlike the fundamentalist Tennessee parents, have no desire to remove their children from the public schools; they wish consistently to have a cultureshaping role — not to keep themselves from the world, as fundamentalists do in many ways.

A necessary consideration is that in Canon Law it is parents who are given all the rights over the education of children and not the state, not even bishops whose role is the very limited one of providing Catholic schools where they do not exist and inspecting and regulating them.

But it also does have specific roles designated for men and women within the context of the family, and specifies how masters and slaves, children and parents, etc., should treat each other.

Just don't try to play the role of my parent.

Traditional religious institutions continue to have a role in supporting and supplementing what parents can do.

So before you think the worst and judge someone because they are not doing what you are doing, find out what they ARE actually doing and even if you do not agree, respect their role as a parent who is not perfect and is still learning just like you.

Same - sex couples, especially lesbians, typically do have more equitable partnerships when it comes to household and parenting responsibilities, making them role models for equality - seeking hetero couples.

Practical guidelines that recognize the critical parenting role and related challenges can help parents attend to their infant's needs at night while avoiding risky products or products that do not provide the full benefits of sleeping in proximity, such as baby monitors, and avoiding falling asleep in chairs, rockers or sofas.

Attitude surveys, and more in - depth research, show that when attention turns to policies designed to support men and women in their sharing of breadwinning and childcare roles, this is in line with the aspirations of the vast majority of parents, who do not want to organise their household duties along gender lines.

When labels are applied to anything as complex as all of the choices and love and anguish that go into being a parent, that role is immediately trivialized and for some frightening reason parenting is converting into following a set of rules (or «principles») rather than living in the moment, responding to your child and doing the best you can with what you've got.

It doesn't take much creativity to have a female parent work full - time and assume the role of «father» while the male parent stays home full - time, does all the nurturing, and assumes the role of «mother» (or, more frequently, have both parents be «father» and nanny be «mother») What takes creativity is to totally reimagine what both «mother» and «father» mean, and create new roles that never existed for anyone before.

Let's not diminish the amazing families formed through adoption, surrogacy, or foster care, or the role of dads, transgender parents, and other caregivers who can't or don't want to breastfeed, by saying «breast is best.»

And that just does not fit with the functional role of a parent.

«A house divided against itself...» If you are parenting with a spouse or partner, don't get stuck in good cop / bad cop roles, where one parent is always enforcing the rules and boundaries and the other is not.Aside from causing tension in your relationship, splitting your authority like this gives your teen the message that consequences are all about the «tough» parent being, well, tough.

By realizing the role you are playing as a parent, you can learn how to do things differently in order to help change your child's behavior.

The bottom line is that ineffective parenting roles do not promote change, and they fail to promote accountability in a child.

As scary as it might be for a parent, actively playing a role in your teen's driving career is the best thing you can do to ensure his or her safety.

«So many of the single moms and dads I have worked with feel completely alone, and unfortunately, being a single parent is a role that our culture just does not do enough to honor and uphold.

So what role do you see adoption agencies playing in the process and what can prospective adoptive parents and birthparents do to make sure their adoption is ethically as well as legally sound?

Because having children was something we waited to do until we were as ready as we could be, we take full responsibility for every aspect of our roles as parents.

How do you and your significant other divvy up the parenting roles and responsibilities at home?

Her parents» role is to give her the OPPORTUNITY to do whatever she is ready to do.

As a parent, all you need to do is make food available, within reach, and to act as a role model by including the baby in your own mealtimes.

«Don't Sleep with Big Knives»: Interesting (and Promising) Developments in the Mother - Infant Sleep Debate While the AAP will probably never come straight out and recommend bedsharing, it would be helpful if they acknowledged that it will likely continue, and that our role is to help all parents sleep as safely as possible - either with or near their infants.

There are runaway dads, often unconfident in their parenting role, and excluded fathers, desperate to see their children but prevented from doing so because the acrimony of the split makes any court order unenforcable.

If you'd like to share the diapering duties, but your little one is used to just one parent doing the changes, start by having the non-diapering parent assist for a few changes, then switch roles, but continue to do it together until your baby is comfortable with the new routine.

While there are some who do not have the ability to take on the role of parent; the majority however, do.

Be supportive of the other parent's role in your child's life Remember just because your Ex wasn't a good partner doesn't mean they can't be a good parent.

We do this by clearly defining our principles, staying in our role as a parent, and sticking to our bottom lines.

Most parents feel it's their child's responsibility to get their chores done, not only to help out around the house, but also to share in tasks and responsibilities as part of their role as members of the family.

In other words, children of continuously married parents do not outperform other children just because their parents show better parenting behavior, but it does play a large role in the marriage gap.

This happens because the parents don't really understand their roles in the lives of the children.

My role as a parent is not to appease society or to do solely what makes me «look good» as a parent.

Check out this article by Lisa Belkin with The Huffington Post: Parents» Roles and Stereotypes: Who Does What in Your House?

Yes, toddler toilet training is a challenging and rather gross segment of time in your role as a parent, but don't lose sight of what's ahead... cherished memories with your kids as well as the opportunity to tell their children about their potty training mishaps when they are parents themselves!

Dana, I don't know where you ever got the idea that it was not a parent's role to be the bad guy from time to time.