Sentences with phrase «smaller than both of its parents»

If the mom is a lion, she may bear a tigon, which is often smaller than both of its parents.

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Drive - thrus are valuable to the elderly, the immobile, parents with small children and, believe it or not, are actually better for the environment than cars in parking lots — or so says TDL, the parent company of Tim Hortons.

The corporate trend has been towards smaller more focused companies that can make specific strategic decisions and better capital allocation plans rather than being obscured by the overall mass of the parent company.

The children of small families are no more selfish than any other kids — but are the parents?

Parents of small families who are very concerned about having grandchildren around might reflect they are likely to see more of their celibate children than those with the care of spouses and families.

So, as a parent myself now for more than 18 years, I've allowed my kids to eat sweets so that they don't feel deprived but talked about limits and the effects of eating too much «less than quality food» — but that a small amount also be fine occasionally in the context of an overall healthy lifestyle.

I would say probably half the people I know in my small town have had Lyme disease (some of them more than once) and both my parents have had it, too.

«First, this is relatively small regional sample from a population with which this group has done quite a bit of work, so these parents may be more knowledgeable about concussions than other parents across the country.»

Rarely do I hear of couples who are about to marry — other than the small percentage who actually enter into a prenuptial agreement — contemplate financial, wealth acquisition or parenting issues.

When it comes to parenting, we all know that some of God's children are created with a remarkable strength of will, a powerful drive to explore and discover, an insatiable thirst for knowledge, an incredible need to know and be known, and with more energy than can be contained in a small body.

This is especially true of small children, who have much shorter wakefulness windows than their parents.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no media use at all for kids younger than 2, but many parents allow a small amount of screen time.

It's a much smaller company than many of the others listed here, but it remains popular with plenty of parents and caregivers worldwide.

Independent observations of change were on the whole smaller than parent - report (SMD of 0.4 compared with 0.7), and very few (7/25) of the included studies had provided an independent assessment of outcome.

A relatively small class size, say no more than ten parent - and - child pairs, is important so you can hear the teacher and have plenty of room in the pool.

We are a family owned and operated company who has been serving the parents of small children for more than a decade.

If they feed the baby, it is on a parent - imposed schedule that does not take the child's needs into consideration (e.g. giving 2 large bottles of formula per day to a newborn rather than smaller more frequent feedings throughout the day).

Lots of parents wonder whether their child is bigger or smaller than other kids the same age.

«It's possible that parents who want their kids to benefit from a democratic parenting style should realize that their kids might require more direction when they're small; young children of democratic parents might be more likely to question parents» instructions or to get off - task because they're used to being a bit more independent than other kids.»

-LSB-...] parents tend to focus on issues like getting a child to eat veggies or learn to read rather than on the small details of a child's speech or language development.

Many parents find that fitted diapers make a great overnight cloth diapering system, because the entire fitted diaper is absorbent all around, rather than just the smaller rectangular area of absorbency found in a pocket diaper or AI2.

In early 2009 Jonathon Porritt, chair of the government's Sustainable Development Commission, whacked a hornet's nest by calling parents of more than two children «irresponsible» and blasting mainstream environmental groups for «betraying» their members by fearing to call for small families.

However, the offspring of these adults, when reared in hypoxic conditions showed less ability to regulate their oxygen uptake and were significantly smaller than those of normoxic parents, potentially because they were having to expend more energy simply to survive in those conditions.

New Ph.D. researchers with «stronger academic ability,» as indicated by having received university support in the form of a fellowship or assistantship or by having at least one parent with a college degree (which, especially in poor or middle - income countries, places the family among an educated class that is much smaller than in a rich country) are likelier to stay than those who lack these presumed correlates of academic strength.

A NASA telescope taking a nose count of planets in one small neighborhood of the Milky Way registered more than 1,200 candidates, including 54 residing in life - friendly orbits around their parent stars.

The violence is not more than one would see in the old Warner Brothers Cartoons, but there is an ample supply that might make parents leery of bringing in very small children.

Retaining the gentle, non-verbal comedy and daffy sight gags of the popular stop - motion TV series — itself a loose spinoff from Aardman's cherished «Wallace and Gromit» franchise — while assigning Shaun and his flock an urban escapade more expansive than their usual short - form gambols, the film should reward small fry and parents jaded by more synthetic kiddie toons.

Media coverage has stressed negative effects of center care experience for behavior problems, often ignoring text from the press release that the effects were small, considerably smaller than parenting.

When parents see Csar Chvez, they see a small school in good academic standing offering a host of extracurricular activities, and with fewer discipline problems than other public schools.

In my research I have identified 34 different examples of charter school innovation, including small size; untenured teachers; contracts with parents; real parent and teacher involvement in school governance; outcome -(rather than input --RRB- based accreditation; service learning fully integrated into the curricula; unusual grade configurations; split sessions and extended school days and years to accommodate working students; and computer - assisted instruction for at - risk and other frequently absent students.

Commenting on the small differences in satisfaction levels among parents with children in the charter and chosen district sectors, Paul E. Peterson, professor of government and director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard Kennedy School, notes that «chosen district schools serve a smaller percentage of students of color than charters do, and they are more likely to use examinations as entry requirements, while most charter schools must accept all applicants or use a lottery to select among them.»

While the millions of dollars parents raise is equivalent to less than 1 percent of total school spending, the concentration of these dollars in affluent schools results in considerable advantages for a small portion of already advantaged students.9

Throughout Washington, D.C., and around the country, parents are raising hundreds of thousands — even millions — of dollars to provide additional programs, services, and staff to some of their districts» least needy schools.7 They are investing more money than ever before: A recent study showed that, nationally, PTAs» revenues have almost tripled since the mid-1990s, reaching over $ 425 million in 2010.8 PTAs provide a small but growing slice of the funding for the nation's public education system.

If I know for sure that my efforts can make a concrete difference in the lives of the relatively small number of kids, teachers, and parents I interact with every day, why divert a single ounce of energy to reaching out to lawmakers who seem more intent on bickering with each other than listening to the people they represent?

But in Kentucky, where more than 85 percent of schools have site - based decision making councils, the number of parents running for council positions and voting in council elections remains dismally small.

One DCPS official told a concerned parent in an email that a longer testing window has allowed schools to rotate smaller groups of students through tests rather than testing everyone at the same time, «so that instruction, student services, field trips, science fairs, performances and the like can continue.»

And StudentsFirst has received more than $ 1 million in small contributions of less than $ 100 each from parents and other grassroots supporters, the staff said.

At least three - quarters of parents said a midsize or large vehicle is safer than a small one.

Tangible libraries in small towns have more functions than just lending books, but they also provide parents with an easy way to get their kids out of the home and discovering the love of reading.

«I had parents who let me take dog, horse, and go...» Not quite for me (too many chores, etc. — and yes, small livestock was part of it; Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail were DELICIOUS), but different generation and MUCH more freedom than is common today.

The Liberals also promised to create a more flexible parental benefits plan that would allow parents to receive their benefits in smaller blocks of time — for example, once every two weeks rather than once per month.

Liberals: Create a flexible parental benefits plan allowing parents to receive benefits in smaller blocks of time — for example, once every two weeks rather than once per month — and make it possible for parents to take a longer leave — up to 18 months when combined with maternity benefits, although at a lower benefit level; scrap the Universal Child Care Benefit for the wealthiest families, and instead introduce the Canada Child Benefit that will give the majority of families up to $ 2,500 more, tax - free, every year (typically for a family of four).

The Liberal party has also touted a flexible parental benefits plan allowing parents to receive benefits in smaller blocks of time — for example, once every two weeks rather than once per month — and make it possible for parents to take a longer leave — up to 18 months when combined with maternity benefits, although at a lower benefit level.

As you see, there are some downfalls to IBR... but... having to pay a smaller amount for longer, may be better for people than having to get a 2nd or 3rd job just to attempt to pay ridiculously high monthly payments... and potentially defaulting on your loans... AND hurting your credit... AND not being able to get out of your parent's house or buy a car....

Congress decided to limit the tax benefit from shifting income to children, so we now have a law that says certain children that have more than a small amount of investment income have to pay tax at their parents» tax rate.

Size matters, too; a larger or smaller than normal Labrador mix can indicate the size of one of the parents.

The Shar - Poo is a Designer Dog so likely dates back to the 1980s or 1990s when breeders first began mixing 2 different pure - bred dogs to produce puppies with the ideal traits of the parent breeds such as smaller, hypo - allergenic, gentler and often healthier than the parent breeds.

Even though we all have two copies of every gene, one from Mom and one from Dad, there is a small subset of genes (less than 2 %) that is only ever expressed from one copy: and the choice of that copy is dependent on the parent from which it was inherited.

Maybe the only breed of dogs smaller than the Chiweenie is his parent, the Chihuahua.

Parents of small children might be surprised to discover that vaccination «best practice» for companion animals is now more advanced than that for children, with international vaccination guidelines for dogs re live vaccines recommending antibody titre testing rather than an arbitrary «booster», i.e. ``... the principles of «evidence - based veterinary medicine» would dictate that testing for antibody status (for either pups or adult dogs) is a better practice than simply administering a vaccine booster on the basis that this should be «safe and cost less»».