Sentences with phrase «smarter than their kids»

Did they have to actually be smarter than their kids?

I think parents have to be smarter than their kids when it comes to technology because obviously we're trying to protect them.

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But a smart marketing campaign targeted at a new demographic — households with no kids — is helping it grow, which should keep the McCains more than comfortable.

p.s. that pastor should know that kids are smarter than he thinks, they know Santa is not real, but they know that the presents are real if they go along with the gag.

Like all kids, I was arrogant and just like you, thought I was smarter than «the system».

I just hope his kids are smarter than he was, and decide against following in their father's footsteps (and ultimately, his early grave).

Kids, it's ok to be smarter than your parents and not buy into the lies.

He's a smart kid who knows better than to offend anyone — an easy thing to do in the age of the internet — and put his sponsorships or public perception at risk.

I had lofty dreams of how our days would be and how much smarter my kids would be than so many others.

I believe I can bring up kids who are smarter than this, even if they sleep in a pink painted room wearing pink PJs.

The result is the Jiobit Smart Tag, a new wearable tracker smaller than an AA battery that pairs with an app to keep kids and parents connected.

Kids are smarter than many of us think.

Can you think of a smarter or yummier collaboration than one between PBS Kids and Whole Foods?

Fun Features & Big Benefits: Five SMART skills: Social Skill Basics, Mealtime Manners, Art of Conversation, Restaurant Behavior and Technology Talk More than 100 pages of kid - approved activities Game format with a ticket incentive system Practical tips for busy parents BONUS!

Every Friday, the Smart Sacks program sends more than 2,000 kids home with a 1 - pound pack of healthful food.

We wish there was a foolproof solution to keeping kids from being smarter than us.

Well i have 3 kids 6 yrs 2 yrs and 1 yrs and i just went over to barnes and nobles or borders or even the library and get some books with pictures to read to them i think that makes it alot more easier for them to understand cause my kids got a hang of it or show them some friends that preggo or preggo ladies in the store or with babies and talk to them cause tots are alot smarter than you think

Kids are smarter than that.

Breastfed children are smarter than formula fed kids.

Still an active researcher focused on computer simulations of solar system dynamics, Grazier told Discover Associate Editor Gemma Tarlach that Hollywood is less a shark tank than a sandbox full of smart kids.

The same phenomenon emerged: Kids told they had a reputation for smarts were more likely than the other children to peek at the cards.

Children who live in «smart growth» neighborhoods — developments that are designed to increase walkability and have more parks and green space areas — get 46 percent more moderate or vigorous physical activity than kids who live in conventional neighborhoods, finds a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

These kids are * thriving * and seem way more smart and emotionally stable to me than other kids, but I'm very biased on those subjective points..

I'm funny smart and definitely still a kid on the inside but I'm more mature than I can act and I'm shy but I'll get around to being outgoing

Here she plays the role of smarter - than - adults kid and is clearly designed to be the patriotic heart of the film.

He's a smart kid, homeschooled by his mother Isabel (Julia Roberts), but it's more than book smarts.

Employing as much adult oriented humor as kid - aimed cracks, Hotel Transylvania «s script includes some smart one - liners, funny sight gags and rude jokes (often about fecal matter), most of which are more chuckle - worthy than laugh - out - loud.

While it's unfair to reduce these animated ventures to a case of kids vs. adults, Rango is most certainly a film in which the adults come out ahead, as the children — still smarter than most give them credit — come along for the colorful, rowdy ride.

I would have loved to have a mentor — somebody older than me who tried to show me the ropes — because I was more than happy to be the smart kid that was hiding in the shadows and failing quietly.

Will someone correct me, but weren't public schools created to make up for bad parenting skills and poverty by teaching kids to be better and smarter than their parents?

Research suggests that kids who eat dinner with their families are healthier, better - adjusted, smarter, and better - looking * than kids whose families don't dine together, but what are people actually supposed to talk about during these family meals?

You're surrounded by kids like you — some smarter than you — and taught by capable teachers who welcome the challenge, teachers more apt to have doctorates or experience at the university level than high school instructors elsewhere.

Night of Math Games Preps Families and Kids for Tests «The most memorable moment from our testing kickoff and math game night event was the evening's icebreaker activity — a round of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

One of the things that bothered me, and I noticed it particularly when I was up at Bremer State High School in Ipswich [Gould's last teaching role], was that the kids seemed to be a lot smarter than their results showed.

But while it may appear that rich kids are doing better in school, it's unlikely that they are getting that much smarter than their non-private school peers.

Smart boards have replaced chalkboards, and kids are more likely to use computers than spiral notebooks to take notes.

Smart was a product of a system based on sorting — some kids were smart, and the other kids were... well, we didn't really call them anything aloud, but the implication was that they were less than sSmart was a product of a system based on sorting — some kids were smart, and the other kids were... well, we didn't really call them anything aloud, but the implication was that they were less than ssmart, and the other kids were... well, we didn't really call them anything aloud, but the implication was that they were less than smartsmart.

I try to reach out to those who do not understand giftedness, especially in our children, in the hopes that they will try to see that there is more to a gifted child than just a smart kid who should be doing everything he is told and to do it all exceptionally well.

Do we really still believe that wealthy kids are naturally smarter than poor kids?

Smart kids from well - connected, upper - middle - class families more often than not will receive a solid education.

Smart Toys features the toys our kids (and adults) love to play, Software Favorites lists titles that last more than a day (or hour!)

After reviewing preliminary results of the Smarter Balanced Assessments, LA Unified officials say the test scores are lower than what parents typically see but want them to know «it does not mean our kids are getting dumber.»

Even more disappointing for a kid's tablet, the Kurio Smart's software pre-load consists of nothing more than a handful of shareware titles you could download for yourself on any tablet, along with desktop shortcuts to Microsoft's built - in Windows parental controls.

As a tablet, the Smart measures 0.4 inches thick and weighs 1 pound, which is thinner but heavier than the 7 - inch Amazon Fire Kids Edition (1 inch, 0.89 pounds) and thicker and heavier than the 7.9 - inch Apple iPad Mini 2 (0.29 inches, 0.73 pounds).

- Kirkus Reviews «Teens looking for adventure, and a story in which a kid shows himself to be smarter than most of the adults around him, will find this novel wholly satisfying.»

Emery's focus is on keeping the kids out of your emotional «stuff» with your ex — perhaps easier said than done, but this smart, achievable playbook will help.

As a child he was known for his web - feet, his pockmarks, his lame gait and a left arm shorter than the right - a vicious little urchin, and a natural leader, he was constantly in street fights, but he also wrote poetry, had the best voice in the choir and was the smartest kid in class.

At the same time, most parents do want an eReader for their kids — reading makes kids smarter, it's a far better use of free time than TV and video games, and it can also be used for school - work.

These kids are in the Gifted class, which generally means that they are smarter than me and have a tendency to ask questions that make me stutter.

Hound Is a Digital Assistant That's Smarter Than Siri, Google Now and Cortana (ReCode)-- The new kid on the block sounds interesting.