Sentences with phrase «schools and parents often»

Paradoxically, this rejection by school and parents often leads to more unstructured and unsupervised time and further opportunities for trouble.

Not exact matches

High school students and parents who had just buried their friends and children asked agonizing questions to lawmakers, ones often repeated after mass tragedies: Why did this happen, and what can be done to prevent it?

Paul Critelli, one of the program's teachers, told me that many parents feel overwhelmed trying to get two or three kids ready for school each morning, and that their instinct is often to «sacrifice the anxious kid» in order to avoid morning hysterics and keep the family train running on time.

«I often tell parents, «You're going to take your kids to Sunday school or whatever to learn the Koran and to learn Islam,» said Abdullah.»

Often such parents are aware of the fact that external and conventional ways of doing this — attending church school and saying grace at meals, for example - are not in themselves adequate, unless something else is also present.

Schools with the best facilities and the highest «paid teachers often fail because they are ultimately accountable to bureaucrats for regulatory compliance, instead of to parents for results.

Often both parents are working or are in school, and their young are peddled around just as many poor children are — to various neighbors, to tenement centers, or casual and haphazard child care arrangements.

He writes with feeling to a parent of the school, «I often think what poor creatures we priests are, who, like gentlemen of England, sit at home at ease, while you, married men, have all the merit of anxiety and toil which the care of a family involves.

Parents, very often, we focus on making sure our children are growing strong and healthy physically, and we send them to school to develop mentally — but what steps are you taking to make sure they are developing spiritually?

It is not the will of God that children suffer from hunger and malnutrition and grow up in unsanitary slums with lack of proper education, that persons because of the color of their skin are debarred from schools, hospitals, employment, or housing projects; that persons are denied other basic human rights; that personalities and homes are broken through drink and that great numbers die on highways through drunken driving; that marriage vows are often taken lightly and that easy divorces shatter home after home and leave children the pawns of the parents» selfishness.

Deplore as we may the existence of the parochial school, its challenge to the separation of church and state, and its attempted inroads on the public treasury, the fact remains that parochial schools exist primarily because Catholic parents, who pay their public - school taxes, think it worth while to submit to additional cost and often to much inconvenience to see to it that their children receive the religious instruction denied them in the public schools.

Parents are urged to develop an atmosphere of mutual respect; to communicate on levels of fun and recreation as well as on discipline and advice; to allow a child to learn «through natural consequences» — that is, by experiencing what happens when he dawdles in the morning and is permitted to experience the unpleasantness and embarrassment of being late to school; to encourage the child and spend time with him playing and learning (positively) rather than spending time lecturing and disciplining (negatively), since the child who is misbehaving is often merely craving attention and if he gets it in pleasant, constructive ways, he will not demand it in antisocial ways; to avoid trying to put the child in a mold of what the parent thinks he should do and be, or what other people think he should do and be, rather than what his natural gifts and tendencies indicate; to take time to train the child in basic skills — to bake a cake, pound a nail, sketch or write or play a melody — including those things the parents know and do well and are interesParents are urged to develop an atmosphere of mutual respect; to communicate on levels of fun and recreation as well as on discipline and advice; to allow a child to learn «through natural consequences» — that is, by experiencing what happens when he dawdles in the morning and is permitted to experience the unpleasantness and embarrassment of being late to school; to encourage the child and spend time with him playing and learning (positively) rather than spending time lecturing and disciplining (negatively), since the child who is misbehaving is often merely craving attention and if he gets it in pleasant, constructive ways, he will not demand it in antisocial ways; to avoid trying to put the child in a mold of what the parent thinks he should do and be, or what other people think he should do and be, rather than what his natural gifts and tendencies indicate; to take time to train the child in basic skills — to bake a cake, pound a nail, sketch or write or play a melody — including those things the parents know and do well and are interesparents know and do well and are interested in.

The book as a whole focuses mainly on the relationship between parents and children within a large Catholic family in a suburban setting, often home - schooling, with a non-working mother.

«A Teachable Moment,» August 17, 2008 «While it is true that for decades the children of New Orleans toiled in a substandard school system, they have also continually faced countless other obstacles to success — inadequate health care, poorly educated parents, exposure to high rates of violent crime and a popular culture that often denigrates mainstream achievement.»

We know that schools and parents want up - to - date research to help inform their decisions, but they often don't have time to sort through all the data and interpret the findings.

In the talks that I give to parents and schools, the message is clear: although sports have traditionally been a means of play and release, they too often serve now as another task or job for kids.

This workshop examines the tension that parents, students, and teachers often experience over issues such as homework, grades, and the culture of competition, and offers tools for creating a healthier school climate.

Communities often feel a sense of pride when their local school makes the list, and parents may believe that their child's attendance at one of the ranked schools will help with college admissions and / or future jobs and careers.

But as I mentioned above, new friends are often made, especially when your kids start school and make friends, and you cross your fingers that their friends» parents are cool and can be your friends, too.

He and I have discussed privately in emails how hard it can be for any school food provider, whether a private catering service like Choicelunch or public schools participating in the National School Lunch Program, to serve many masters, i.e., parents and administrators with countless — and often competing — agschool food provider, whether a private catering service like Choicelunch or public schools participating in the National School Lunch Program, to serve many masters, i.e., parents and administrators with countless — and often competing — agSchool Lunch Program, to serve many masters, i.e., parents and administrators with countless — and often competing — agendas.

«If the child sees their parents fighting often, they may need an outlet to release their own stress and may take it out on kids at school,» ASeverson says.

It does falter somewhat, though, in its practical relevance to a world where parents are often pinched between their own desire to «garden» and the demand from schools to be «carpenters.»

school of parenting, one that creates fear rather than respect for parents, and often leads to adults who have trouble thinking for themselves while too often acting out of rebellion and insecurity.

Despite the fact that parents might not serve all the fresh fruits and vegetables at home that we do, they are often surprised that once students get to school the children aren't immediately jumping at those fresh fruits and vegetables.

Working parents are often scrambling for childcare while kids are off school and trying to fit in as much family entertainment into the off hours as possible.

But while schools often provide help and support for pupils who are going through the break - up of their home, few take into account the effect that having a parent in prison can have on a child.

Often schools have no idea that a child's parent has been jailed, and it is only when the pupil starts behaving badly that they realise anything is wrong, she says.

a review of 20 years of research on fatherhood, by Charlie Lewis, Professor of Psychology at Lancaster University and published in June 2001 by Fathers Direct, NFPI and other parenting charities: · Involvement of dads with children aged 7 - 11 predicts success in exams at 16 · Where dads are involved before the age of 11, children are less likely to have a criminal record by the age of 21 · Pre-schoolers who spend more time playing with their dads are often more sociable when they enter nursery school · Nine out of ten dads attend the birth

A child with a parent in prison often chooses not to speak about it at school, fearing stigma and humiliation.

When a child loses weight, he or she often improves academic performance in school, as well as day - to - day social interactions with peers, parents, and teachers.

Schools and districts in Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah can apply NOW for breakfast - in - the - classroom grant money to cover the upfront costs often associated with the startup and implementation of breakfast in the classroom and «grab n» go» programs, such as purchasing equipment, outreach efforts to parents, program promotion, and other related expenses.

In fact, parents, teachers and school administrators who propose swapping double - fudge brownies for apple slices are often met with resistance or sometimes even become targets.

You wouldn't serve your child something that has been sitting on the counter for half a day, yet that's what parents often send in school lunches, says Bessie Berry, acting director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Meat and Poultry Hotline.

But one of the complaints I most often hear from parents at more affluent schools is that their kids are «double - dipping» at breakfast, eating a full meal at home and then eating some or all of the school meal as well.

I still believe that parents of children without food allergies often speak and act without compassion when stating their «need» to feed their child nuts or nut butters in school.

And even though parents packing school lunches often need to include a drink, many kids» lunchboxes don't come with a water bottle for kids» drinks.

Parents often notice tibial torsion about the time a baby begins to walk, and it often corrects itself before a child heads to school.

When seeking accommodation for their child's needs in schools, parents are often unaware of all of their rights and how to work most effectively with administrators.

In life, it's not often we are working for our parents and we generally won't get special treatment in school, work or life.

A major concern is enforcement of the state law prohibiting tobacco and alcohol use on school property, according to school board member Nancy Binion, who said parents attending events sponsored by youth athletic associations often violate that prohibition.

Students who eat dinner with their families often are more likely to do well in school (40 % more likely to earn As and Bs in school), be emotionally content and have lower levels of stress, have positive peer relationships and healthier eating habits, refrain from smoking, drinking, and doing drugs, and believe their parents are proud of them.

And that's a rare occurrence in any school; those are often difficult conversations for teachers and parents to haAnd that's a rare occurrence in any school; those are often difficult conversations for teachers and parents to haand parents to have.

When it comes to making changes to school lunch options around the country, food service directors are often met with resistance from staff, parents, and students.

When a child is first born to the world from their mother's womb, the parents are filled with joy and they often wait longingly for them to reach milestones such as their first steps, first day of school, first day of college and many more.

Parents are often the most invested in school district concerns, but every community member in the district has a voice, and various groups represent different perspectives.

Often, custodial parents have more rules because they are dealing with things like homework, bedtime on school nights and getting ready for school in the mornings.

While back - to - school may dredge up pictures of harried parents rushing their children through the store to gather up last minute supplies of crayons and glue sticks, back - to - school today often means online classes, business people purchasing huge textbooks and moms dropping their children off at grandma's house while they head to a late - night college class.

Often celebrated with events, special guests, custom menus and nutrition education activities, the purpose remains to help educate students, parents and communities about the nutritional value of school lunch.

Middle School and Early High School Years Parents are often worried or confused by changes in their teenagers.

Unfortunately, this is also the time when the kids get busy with school, sports and youth group activities, and parents are often at the peak of their careers.