Sentences with phrase «spent with children as»

Don't promise your children more than you can deliver; be realistic about your plans, including new living arrangements, time spent with children as they try to find a new sense of security in their lives

The report argues that: «it would not be appropriate to include time spent with children as part of the cost of a child.

Instead, it describes the time parents spend with their children as time - sharing.

Not exact matches

As a teen, she spent time working with children born to women in prison and volunteered at a relief camp in the wake of a devastating earthquake in 2005.

As a child, Buterin didn't spend much time socializing with other children.

Not only is she setting an example for her daughter as a busy executive who prioritizes spending high quality time with her children, her son sees his father helping in the kitchen and with other household matters.

Now, in the third year of running my own business, the hundreds of hours I spent with Mr. Clarke continue to shape my daily decisions, something I had never anticipated as a child.

«When we first started Fairy Tales Hair Care for Children, a salon - only line of organic products created to deep clean and condition as well as prevent head lice, we spent thousands of dollars on a direct - mail piece bundled with other salon - only products,» says Barash, 43, who started her NYC - based company in 1999.

«Now it depends solely on your good sense and your way of life whether you die as an ordinary musician, utterly forgotten by the world, or as a famous kapellmeister, or whom posterity will read... whether, captured by some woman, you die bedded on straw in an attic full of starving children, or whether, after a Christian life spent in contentment, honor, and renown, you leave this world with your family well provided for and your name respected by all.»

I am extremely lucky to work in a job which causes me to be thanked countless times a day to which i have always replied with «no problem» or «no worries» and although my customers never seem to mind it drives me crazy mostly because I spent many years learning to speak and have spent many years teaching my children and think the constant use of one or two phrases over and over is limiting so just recently I have tried to use different phrases such as «your welcome» and «my pleasure» and anything else which springs to mind and is more suited to each scenario.

With this account, you can help your child learn about and begin to use money, as you save, share and spend together.

As you can imagine, spending this much time with family inevitably leads to conversations about raising children.

I concluded at the time of the riots that of all the things the government now needed to do, it was the married family which most urgently needed to be rebuilt: I was and remain as certain of that as anything I have ever written, and I have been saying it repeatedly for over 20 years: I was saying it, for instance, when I was attacking (in The Mail and also The Telegraph), as it went through the Commons, the parliamentary bill which became that disastrous piece of (Tory) legislation called the Children Act 1989, which abolished parental rights (substituting for them the much weaker «parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smackChildren Act 1989, which abolished parental rights (substituting for them the much weaker «parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smackchildren, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smackchildren the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smack.»

The camp's Kurdish community also welcomed the photographer as he spent time with mothers, fathers and children.

And in the case of this story, if the RCC hadn't spent the last several decades inst.itutionalizing se.xual abuse and conspiring to cover it up and protect the offenders, or alienating folks with their stance on reproductive rights and birth control which is decidedly misogynistic and has contributed to the spread of HIV and other STDs, or if agents of the Church hadn't kidnapped and effectively sold thousands of Spanish, Irish, Australian and American children from the 1940s to as recently as 1987 — then folks wouldn't be leaving the Church in droves and you wouldn't be seeing stories like this one either.

the earth just like the «tops» you played with as a child will eventually slow down that the earth will spend a day with one side facing the sun... however by the time that happens humans would have been dead for a few billion years.

He defines the «new man» as the father and husband who supports his wife's work outside of the home, spends time with the children, washes the dishes, attends Johnny's soccer games, helps with the school work and brings home his share of the cash.

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 interested in.

People seek the «freedom» to leave their marriages, abandon their children, operate their business for profit and greed, eat as much as they want, spend their time how they want, and treat other people with disdain and neglect.

«We need to prepare our children for the day when we're not there and we do that gradually giving them more and more responsibility as they get older and we do it by talking about them and by spending time with them - putting those boundaries in place.»

One perhaps could argue that the 17 average hours that parents spent with their children per week in 1985 could have been quality time and therefore just as good as, or even better than, the greater number of hours they spent together in 1965.

As I've spent the past few years struggling with doubt and grasping for faith, I've found that being ready with an answer does not do justice to the seriousness of questions like, why does God allow innocent children to starve to death?

This is as dangerous and misleading a model for working with youth as a parent's rationalization, «I don't spend a lot of time with my children, but what time I do spend is quality time.»

While I am partial to a lot of other cuisines as well this one just reminds me of all the summers I spend their with my family as a child!

But as time goes on and life gains more speed with work, home and growing children, the one thing we need to figure out is to find ways to spend more time together in coming years..

As a child we spent some time staying with family in California.

we spend it with my husband's grandma who is 96 years old and her 10 children and their children and spouses and as many friends as possible.

As a child, I spent every summer in France with my maternal grandparents.

The new restaurant is named for Jim's great - grandmother, a passionate cook and wonderful hostess who passed along her delight in cooking and flair for fine hospitality when Jim spent summers with her as a child.

It was, however, a great day spent with my Mom and Hannah — I mean, really more for my Mom since she was not only with her favorite child, but also her favorite grandchild as well — the double whammy!

Bottom line is, I spend a lot of time being grossed out as I watch my children do unspeakable things with Cheez - Its.

He now spends his time helping youngsters in football with Street Child United, and he works in fundraising and as an ambassador for the charity.

Considerations such as time spent with the child and the income of the mother are factored into a complex equation and can slightly reduce or increase the award.

Rohan spent time living in his father's sprawling home on Hope Road in Kingston, a place described in Timothy White's 1983 biography of Bob, Catch a Fire, as «a religious hippie commune, with an abundance of food, herb, children, music and casual sex.»

She started spending more time in South Korea — seemingly trying to find out who she really was after being sent as a child to live with a nanny in the U.S. so she could develop her golf skills.

While her father fought in a special division known as The Black Cloud, Asya's mother took the children and spent four years living with the Uzbek in Middle Asia.

British fathers of under fives spend about the same amount of time at weekends as mothers (1:10 / day) on reading, playing and talking with their children (EOC, 2003).

Communicate any changes in schedule, such as guests coming to your home or shopping that must be done, especially if it will impact that time you usually spend with your child.

I gave up my «proper job» as research manager for a publishing company so I could spend more time with my children and get my fledgling jewellery business off the ground.

In fact, they often spend a great deal of time (even as much as the mother) with their children and are very important to them and their long - term outcomes.

When I was a child, New Years Eve was spent watching «Its A Wonderful Life» with my family and occasionally close friends as well.

Try to spend as much quality time with them as possible and really listen when your children tell you about their days; or when your husband's football team wins the playoffs.

It features a host of ideas for games and things to make and cook with your children — all beautifully described and illustrated, and presented in such a way as to encourage dads to value and spend quality time with their children.

• Shake up the parental leave system so fathers can spend more time with kids under two years - old • 25,000 more dads per year to sign their child's birth certificate, to reach international standards and halve the number of those who don't • Dads able to stay overnight in hospital with their partner when their baby is born • Modern and relevant antenatal education for both parents • Dads reading with their children in all primary schools • Family professionals — midwives, teachers, health visitors, nursery workers, social workers — confidently engaging with dads as well as mums, and supporting all family types.

She recommends travel, meditation, and spending time with and learning from children, as well as teaching them.

If you didn't have a great home life as a child, spend time with other families to see how they interact and solve problems.

Working mothers spend about twice as much time with their children as working fathers do (13.5 hours per week for mothers in 2011, compared with 7.3 hours for fathers).

She is no longer sad and is enjoying her time as an only child spent with Mama's full attention.

I used to spend loads of time drawing with rocks as a child, but you've got me noticing that my own kids never do — though they use chalk often.

By building a firm foundation — first as c0 - parents and then with the individual child — family life can flow harmoniously, freeing up time for the best part of parenting — connection and enjoying time spent together.