explains the important differences between using this tool and
simply spending time with your child
Some family counselors will take a child to events, such as a ball game, or to
simply spend time with a child one - on - one.
Not exact matches
Simply spending quiet
time with your
child, without Mom, can help you feel closer to your little one.
While this may seem like a reasonable goal at home, the reality is that
with the rigorous demands of
simply making ends meet, many young
children are
spending increasing amounts of
time away from parental oversight and under the watch of professional caregivers.
It distracts the parent and decreases parent -
child interaction.30, 31 Infant vocabulary growth is directly related to the amount of «talk
time» or the amount of
time parents
spend speaking to them.32 Heavy television use in a household can interfere
with a
child's language development
simply because parents likely
spend less
time talking to the
child.33
Quality programs may provide
children and youth
with academic support and enrichment (1), supportive social environments (2, 3, 4), or
simply serve as a safe space for
children and youth to
spend their out - of - school
time (5, 6).
«Outside of work, Rebecca enjoys
spending time with her
children as much as possible; together they take trips to SeaWorld, to Gatorland, or
simply enjoy each other's company while gardening or indulging in delicious baked goods.
The judiciary is often faced
with two capable and loving parents who
simply can not agree how much
time their
children should
spend with each of them.
A very general Parenting Order may
simply state that each parent has equal parenting
time, meaning the
child spends an equal amount of
time with each parent and all decisions regarding the
child are equally shared.
Instead of saying «primary residence,» says Chaiton - Murray, you could
simply say «the
child has two homes, one
with each parent, and
spends time with them in accordance
with the following schedule.
These days, couples
with children simply spend too much
time devoted solely to their kids.
Simply put, it means «being there» for your
children — but it entails much more than helping them
with their homework, picking them up from school, putting dinner on the table, taking an occasional day off to
spend «quality
time»
with them.