Sentences with phrase «same numbers of parents»

The problem is that Sure Start is failing to attract anything like the same numbers of parents.

Not exact matches

In other words, it took millennials a third of the time to go through almost the same number of jobs as their parents» generation.

To hold that same - sex marriage is part of the fundamental right to marry, or necessary for giving LGBT people the equal protection of the laws, the Court implicitly made a number of other assumptions: that one - flesh union has no distinct value in itself, only the feelings fostered by any kind of consensual sex; that there is nothing special about knowing the love of the two people whose union gave you life, whose bodies gave you yours, so long as you have two sources of care and support; that what children need is parenting in some disembodied sense, and not mothering and fathering.

(The number of Christian counselors who tried to convince Justin that his same - sex attraction was his parents» «fault» is one of the most sickening, heartbreaking parts of this story.)

I have a number of friends who are my parents» age, and all of them (and my therapist, who is the about the same age) have suggested that I contact La Leche League for support because they are a wonderful, knowledgeable resource.

First it is quite affordable, it fits well with a number of infant car seats and supports two at the same time — this is cools for any family that has twins, the pair of lockable front swivel wheels provide easy movement when jogging, the pneumatic wheels are easy to maintain, and the parent - baby trays allows both parent and kids to enjoy a bite along their runs.

I have found great comfort and advice in this area from a number of books (Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves, Unconditional Parenting, I Love You Rituals, and Gordon Neufeld's latest book) All of these books are sending the same message: harsh treatment of our little ones leave long - lasting and damaging effects on them.

You also learn about the challenges and trials of parenting a large number of children who are all going through the same things at the same time.

It is a fact that there is a greater demand of children of the same race as the parent and hence there are more number of transracial children available to be adopted in all parts of the world, thus making the process easier.

I've had the privilege of working with Elly on a number of collaborations over the years — we presented a workshop at one conference and a poster session at another, were on the same panel at the Parenting 2.0 2014 conference, and also created a Facebook group for Relationship Focused Birth Professionals.

I base this opinion on the fact that at any given age, a huge number of babies will be displaying the same sleep «issues» (sorry for taking you back to 1992 with the lingo), no matter what their parents have done or are doing with regards to sleep.

This means that when a child spends an almost equal number of days with each parent, each parent is providing about the same care for the child and accrues about the same costs.

While parents who are paid a higher hourly rate may indeed qualify for support by working a low number of hours per week, those who earn national minimum wage or national living wage will effectively have to work more hours to qualify for the same type of support - but those extra hours may not be available to them.

«The Minister is an Igbo and knows full well that just as a count is not taken of the number of children a parent is blessed with in Igbo tradition, the same tradition holds the burial rites and attendant expenses even more sacred to warrant such display of figures.

Studies of tiger salamanders and the Asian salamander Hynobius retardatus have found that cannibal morphs develop when larvae are crowded in large numbers and are mostly unrelated (same species but from different parents).

At the same time, she points to a number of studies that seemed to suggest that the rest of a child's personality is shaped more by peers than by parents.

About the same time, scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Long Island, N.Y., focusing on families with one autistic child, reported that an estimated 10 to 30 percent of all reported cases of autism may be caused by new (or spontaneous) mutations in the number of copies of genes in children (that were not found in either parent).

While in some ways it's true that we're all the same on the inside, just as our parents told us, there are a good number of ways in which we're vastly different.

As Brown's aged, long - estranged mama, Davis — with the aid of terrific star Chadwick Boseman and some pretty expert makeup artists whose numbers Clint Eastwood should find immediately — manages to reinvigorate a set - up familiar from any number of tortured artist - biopics (i.e. absentee parent comes groveling years later to abandoned child - turned - superstar at the peak of his fame) with the same smart, electrifying clarity of character and tender yet tough - minded emotionalism that should be long - recognizable by now to anyone who has seen Doubt or Antwone Fisher or Solaris or Won't Back Down, or else Fences, King Hedley II, or Seven Guitars on Broadway, or, more likely, witnessed Davis» extraordinary, one - woman rescue job on Taylor's The Help.

«It is great news that more children than ever before are achieving the expected level of development in the early years, because parents should be confident that while their children are out of their care, they're not only happy and having fun, but at the same time developing important skills - building confidence with numbers and letters - to ensure they fulfil their potential.»

Across the country, a small but growing number of parents are doing the same thing.

The number of principals who have been threatened with violence by parents increased from 19 per cent in 2011 to 25 per cent in 2014; and violent threats made by students increased from 17 per cent to 24 per cent over the same period.

Year 6 Science Assessments and Tracking Objectives covered: Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function Describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on / off position of switches Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram

The numbers of parents paying by cash are similar across both stages of education, which suggests that all schools are moving away from it at the same rate - more than half of parents appear to have moved past cash, but only secondary schools have dedicated software as a clear alternative, perhaps suggesting that some primary schools do not fully understand the benefits of parental payment software.

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And even as we watch in wonder as high - performing urban charter schools send increasing numbers of low - income minority students to college, it is hard not to be discouraged by the many more who remain trapped in schools that simply do not work, left to wander through the same opportunity void as their parents before them.

At the same time, a number of young TFA alumni, especially in Detroit, were becoming active in charter school unionization efforts, the type of old - fashioned lefty politics anathema to the technocratic parent organization.

At the same time, there were a number of educators in our family and my parents had a great degree of respect for education and especially public education.

All of the «options» Florida is offering have the same issues as public education: they are only as good as the quality of programs & people - administrators, teachers, evaluators, etc. implementing them - and more importantly, in the voucher plan there are two huge issues: 1) poor and uneducated parents rarely are aware of the range of quality and number of schools available (which I am sure the politicians are counting on) 2) Even if every parent were saavy in the needs of their child and the kind of school they should look for, there aren't enough of those schools available...

Already well over one hundred thousand parents have decided to opt their children out of the Common Core tests in New York State and growing numbers of parents are taking that same action here in Connecticut.

(A new bill by state Rep. Michael Molgano would reduce the number of parents on the school governance councils to five, leaving them with the same amount of power as the teacher unions.)

I offer a two year written health guarantee and all pups come with an AKC registration form, as well as an official AKC Litter Certificate, which authenticates the litter by providing litter birth date, number of pups in the litter, breeders name, and a family history of the parents the same as a pedigree certificate would.

The «Big C» is a word every pet parent dreads and because senior cats can often be battling a number of diseases at the same time it can be difficult to immediately diagnose.

These programs allow children age 12 or younger to ski free for the same number of days as a parent or grandparent when the parent or grandparent purchases a 5 - day lift ticket at the non-discounted rate.

Families can save with Steamboat's Kids Ski Free and Grandkids Ski Free programs, which allow children 12 years or younger to ski free for the same number of days as their parents or grandparents when the parents or grandparents purchase a 5 - day or more adult lift ticket at regular price.The luxurious amenities at Torian Plum start right at the front door, where guests are greeted by a check - in desk that is open until midnight during peak summer and ski seasons.

A private adoption agency could not justify its exclusion of same - sex prospective parents by arguing that this policy would keep open a source of funding that would otherwise dry up and reduce the number of adoption placements.

The United States also participates in a number of bilateral reciprocal child support enforcement agreements, under which the United States will collect child support for a custodial parent residing in a partner country from a U.S. resident who is a non-custodial parent, and the other country will do the same for U.S. custodial parents.

He also added a reproductive element to the mathematical game, meaning that a win results in a greater number of units with the same characteristics as its parent unit.

Studies consistently indicate, however, that children in stepfamilies exhibit more problems than do children with continuously married parents and about the same number of problems as do children with single parents.26 In other words, the marriage of a single parent (to someone other than the child's biological parent) does not appear to improve the functioning of most children.

Furthermore, the number of cohabiting couple families has increased by 3 % and lone parent families has risen by 2 % over the same period.

«Mixed» couples and their families are part of a growing number of family types such as same sex couples, step - families and single parent households.

Your son lived with you 180 nights during the year and lived the same number of nights with his other parent, your ex-spouse.

Initial modelling of job loss including both sets of parents in the same model revealed significant interactions between family type and a number of the explanatory factors.

For some parenting measures, because there were a large number of cases all with the same score, it was not possible to subdivide parents into three groups that were identical in size.

According to a number of academic and bureaucratic (e.g., the Census Bureau) definitions, families do not need to include children (couples count); they do not need to include more than one adult and they do not need to include two people in a sexual relationship (single - parent families count); when they do include two adults, those adults do not need to be married (cohabiting couples count) and they do not need to include a man and a woman (same - sex couples count).

However, even this turns into a larger net loss in buying power for the custodial parent because of inflation during the same time period...» [Presumption of joint custody] legislation increased the number of motions to modify or enforce parenting time or child custody... the number did increase significantly (and almost doubled) following enactment of the statute.

The number of required training hours would remain the same, but counties would have the power to require that a foster parent or applicant receive additional specialized training for certain populations that may be at high risk of placement disruption.

The same can't be said for a number of divorced or separated parents.

This will ensure that over year to year, each parent is afforded the same number of long weekends as well as family holidays.

Results indicate the number of tests demonstrating significant changes in parenting constructs (PT) and significant mediation (M) out of all tests conducted; n / a: did not test for mediation; + assessed changes in the mediator and outcome (s) during the same time periods using growth models; temporal ordering could not be ensured but assessing change over multiple time points