Sentences with phrase «stability in the lives of children»

Concerned with consistency and stability in the lives of children, judges might prefer giving sole physical custody to the parent who has been primarily responsible for taking care of the child.

Not exact matches

«Women with children are often excluded from full participation in the labour market due to challenges in balancing work and family life, or they work part - time, which often means lower wages and fewer benefits, including lack of a pension, paid vacation and sick leave, as well as less job stability,» the document states.

The chance to have the kindness and stability in his life that is the right of every child,» said New Democrat children and families spokesperson Melanie Mark.

In the name of stability of life and values, our children are presented with role models of adults who (at least on the surface) make every effort to block out the feelings and influence of the child.

I worry that many of the children of those immigrants will assimilate all too well into the actual country we live in, with its horrendously unequal distribution of social capital and family stability.

The lesson of Okinawa is the lesson of consent, the lesson that indicates that if a child is well - mothered and well - guided by both parents, then the child given the best of all possible starts in life and seems well on his way to emotional stability.

Friends can help your child regain a sense of stability and control in his or her life.

She is recognized for championing efforts to improve the lives of women and children in a myriad of facets including economic stability, health and wellness, education, and empowerment.

«If child poverty really is to be abolished, the Government's anti-poverty programme must reach beyond raising incomes, and address the human dimension of poverty in a holistic way - increasing good parenting, aiding family stability, raising levels of educational attainment and healthcare and thus boosting children's life chances.»

The study reveals 44 % of renting parents believe their child's life would be better with more stability in the home and 13 % of parents who have moved in the last five years claim moving was stressful and upsetting for their child.

He also called on the Federal Government to rise up to its responsibility of protecting lives and property in the country, while urging parents to call their children to order to ensure peace and stability.

No one can prevent a child's grief, but you can serve as a source of stability and comfort at one of the most crucial times in a student's life.

Highland Park incorporated its own version of restorative circles in some classrooms and there's no doubt this strategy, when practiced effectively, can slowly restore the peace and trust schools must foster since they are the safe havens so many children look to for stability in their lives.

«Women with children are often excluded from full participation in the labour market due to challenges in balancing work and family life, or they work part - time, which often means lower wages and fewer benefits, including lack of a pension, paid vacation and sick leave, as well as less job stability,» the document states.

While renters can attempt to provide the same stability for their children, some factors may be out of their control because they live in properties that aren't their own.

Is it too much of a leap to say that through his leadership role at Exxon in maximizing oil and gas extraction across the globe — regardless of the growing threat to the stability of Earth's climate system and thus the livability of the planet for our children, their children, and future generations — Tillerson has been endangering the lives of children the world over to the point of abuse?

(1) the temperament and developmental needs of the child; (2) the capacity and the disposition of the parents to understand and meet the needs of the child; (3) the preferences of each child; (4) the wishes of the parents as to custody; (5) the past and current interaction and relationship of the child with each parent, the child's siblings, and any other person, including a grandparent, who may significantly affect the best interest of the child; (6) the actions of each parent to encourage the continuing parent child relationship between the child and the other parent, as is appropriate, including compliance with court orders; (7) the manipulation by or coercive behavior of the parents in an effort to involve the child in the parents» dispute; (8) any effort by one parent to disparage the other parent in front of the child; (9) the ability of each parent to be actively involved in the life of the child; (10) the child's adjustment to his or her home, school, and community environments; (11) the stability of the child's existing and proposed residences; (12) the mental and physical health of all individuals involved, except that a disability of a proposed custodial parent or other party, in and of itself, must not be determinative of custody unless the proposed custodial arrangement is not in the best interest of the child; (13) the child's cultural and spiritual background; (14) whether the child or a sibling of the child has been abused or neglected; (15) whether one parent has perpetrated domestic violence or child abuse or the effect on the child of the actions of an abuser if any domestic violence has occurred between the parents or between a parent and another individual or between the parent and the child; (16) whether one parent has relocated more than one hundred miles from the child's primary residence in the past year, unless the parent relocated for safety reasons; and (17) other factors as the court considers necessary.

Although gray divorces usually are spared from child custody conflicts and child support disputes, given that the couple's children should be adults, the end of a marriage this late in life may have a huge impact on the future financial stability of both spouses.

(1) The relative strength, nature, quality, extent of involvement, and stability of the child's relationship with each parent, siblings, and other significant persons in the child's life;

The length of time the child has lived in a stable, satisfactory environment, and the desirability of maintaining stability.

All through life, you work hard to provide comfort and financial stability to your family in the form of a house, a car and good education for your children, among other things.

The adoption may come after early experiences of neglect or trauma, and in some ways the stability of a new home life can seem to make problems worse because it creates a safe place for the child to explore and process that past trauma.

Child welfare agencies try to minimize the number of placements a child lives in while in out - of - home care to promote stabiChild welfare agencies try to minimize the number of placements a child lives in while in out - of - home care to promote stabichild lives in while in out - of - home care to promote stability.

The custody lawyers at the Kramer Law Firm share your concerns for the well - being of your children, and work hard to uphold stability in your child's life.

Includes information on working with children and youth in out - of - home care; working with birth families; recruiting, preparing, and supporting resource families (i.e., foster, adoptive, and kinship families); independent living services; placement decisions and stability; and systemwide issues.

To win sole physical and legal custody, you must show the court that awarding you custody is in the best interests of your child due to factors such as your existing relationship with the child; stability of the home life you provide; inability of the father to meet the child's needs; father's lack of involvement in the child's life; father's failure to financially support the child; father's violent behavior toward you or the child; or father's substance abuse issues.

the importance of continuity in the child's life, considering the stability of the child's current home, school, and community;

The categorical dummy variable provides information on stability and change in family structure during the first 5 years of the child's life.

The court will consider the following major factors: emotional ties of child with parent; parental ability to provide child with necessities; stability and continuity in the child's life, mental and physical health of parents; and home, school and community record of the child.

The judge considers all factors he or she believes relevant, such as the wishes of the child or parents, the relationship of the child with parents or siblings, the need for stability in the child's life and any domestic violence in the family.

In humans, both the HPA system and the autonomic nervous system show developmental changes in infancy, with the HPA axis becoming organized between 2 and 6 months of age and the autonomic nervous system demonstrating relative stability by 6 to 12 months of age.63 The HPA axis in particular has been shown to be highly responsive to child - caregiver interactions, with sensitive caregiving programming the HPA axis to become an effective physiological regulator of stress and insensitive caregiving promoting hyperreactive or hyporeactive HPA systems.17 Several animal models as well as human studies also support the connection between caregiver experiences in early postnatal life and alterations of autonomic nervous system balance.63 - 65 Furthermore, children who have a history of sensitive caregiving are more likely to demonstrate optimal affective and behavioral strategies for coping with stress.66, 67 Therefore, children with histories of supportive, sensitive caregiving in early development may be better able to self - regulate their physiological, affective, and behavioral responses to environmental stressors and, consequently, less likely to manifest disturbed HPA and autonomic reactivity that put them at risk for stress - related illnesses such as asthmIn humans, both the HPA system and the autonomic nervous system show developmental changes in infancy, with the HPA axis becoming organized between 2 and 6 months of age and the autonomic nervous system demonstrating relative stability by 6 to 12 months of age.63 The HPA axis in particular has been shown to be highly responsive to child - caregiver interactions, with sensitive caregiving programming the HPA axis to become an effective physiological regulator of stress and insensitive caregiving promoting hyperreactive or hyporeactive HPA systems.17 Several animal models as well as human studies also support the connection between caregiver experiences in early postnatal life and alterations of autonomic nervous system balance.63 - 65 Furthermore, children who have a history of sensitive caregiving are more likely to demonstrate optimal affective and behavioral strategies for coping with stress.66, 67 Therefore, children with histories of supportive, sensitive caregiving in early development may be better able to self - regulate their physiological, affective, and behavioral responses to environmental stressors and, consequently, less likely to manifest disturbed HPA and autonomic reactivity that put them at risk for stress - related illnesses such as asthmin infancy, with the HPA axis becoming organized between 2 and 6 months of age and the autonomic nervous system demonstrating relative stability by 6 to 12 months of age.63 The HPA axis in particular has been shown to be highly responsive to child - caregiver interactions, with sensitive caregiving programming the HPA axis to become an effective physiological regulator of stress and insensitive caregiving promoting hyperreactive or hyporeactive HPA systems.17 Several animal models as well as human studies also support the connection between caregiver experiences in early postnatal life and alterations of autonomic nervous system balance.63 - 65 Furthermore, children who have a history of sensitive caregiving are more likely to demonstrate optimal affective and behavioral strategies for coping with stress.66, 67 Therefore, children with histories of supportive, sensitive caregiving in early development may be better able to self - regulate their physiological, affective, and behavioral responses to environmental stressors and, consequently, less likely to manifest disturbed HPA and autonomic reactivity that put them at risk for stress - related illnesses such as asthmin particular has been shown to be highly responsive to child - caregiver interactions, with sensitive caregiving programming the HPA axis to become an effective physiological regulator of stress and insensitive caregiving promoting hyperreactive or hyporeactive HPA systems.17 Several animal models as well as human studies also support the connection between caregiver experiences in early postnatal life and alterations of autonomic nervous system balance.63 - 65 Furthermore, children who have a history of sensitive caregiving are more likely to demonstrate optimal affective and behavioral strategies for coping with stress.66, 67 Therefore, children with histories of supportive, sensitive caregiving in early development may be better able to self - regulate their physiological, affective, and behavioral responses to environmental stressors and, consequently, less likely to manifest disturbed HPA and autonomic reactivity that put them at risk for stress - related illnesses such as asthmin early postnatal life and alterations of autonomic nervous system balance.63 - 65 Furthermore, children who have a history of sensitive caregiving are more likely to demonstrate optimal affective and behavioral strategies for coping with stress.66, 67 Therefore, children with histories of supportive, sensitive caregiving in early development may be better able to self - regulate their physiological, affective, and behavioral responses to environmental stressors and, consequently, less likely to manifest disturbed HPA and autonomic reactivity that put them at risk for stress - related illnesses such as asthmin early development may be better able to self - regulate their physiological, affective, and behavioral responses to environmental stressors and, consequently, less likely to manifest disturbed HPA and autonomic reactivity that put them at risk for stress - related illnesses such as asthma.

Many of these factors emphasize stability in your child's life — courts don't want to pluck a child from one home and move him to another without very good cause.

The parent seeking modification carries the burden of proof that a change is necessary because stability in the child's life is always the court's priority, particularly, for example, if the custodial parent is now unfit.

The Child and Family Services Reviews incorporate the following seven outcomes in evaluating State child welfare programs: (1) Children are, first and foremost, protected from abuse and neglect; (2) children are safely maintained in their homes whenever possible; (3) children have permanency and stability in their living situations; (4) the continuity of family relationships and connections is preserved for children; (5) families have enhanced capacity to provide for their children's needs; (6) children receive appropriate services to meet their educational needs; and (7) children receive adequate services to meet their physical and mental health nChild and Family Services Reviews incorporate the following seven outcomes in evaluating State child welfare programs: (1) Children are, first and foremost, protected from abuse and neglect; (2) children are safely maintained in their homes whenever possible; (3) children have permanency and stability in their living situations; (4) the continuity of family relationships and connections is preserved for children; (5) families have enhanced capacity to provide for their children's needs; (6) children receive appropriate services to meet their educational needs; and (7) children receive adequate services to meet their physical and mental health nchild welfare programs: (1) Children are, first and foremost, protected from abuse and neglect; (2) children are safely maintained in their homes whenever possible; (3) children have permanency and stability in their living situations; (4) the continuity of family relationships and connections is preserved for children; (5) families have enhanced capacity to provide for their children's needs; (6) children receive appropriate services to meet their educational needs; and (7) children receive adequate services to meet their physical and mental healtChildren are, first and foremost, protected from abuse and neglect; (2) children are safely maintained in their homes whenever possible; (3) children have permanency and stability in their living situations; (4) the continuity of family relationships and connections is preserved for children; (5) families have enhanced capacity to provide for their children's needs; (6) children receive appropriate services to meet their educational needs; and (7) children receive adequate services to meet their physical and mental healtchildren are safely maintained in their homes whenever possible; (3) children have permanency and stability in their living situations; (4) the continuity of family relationships and connections is preserved for children; (5) families have enhanced capacity to provide for their children's needs; (6) children receive appropriate services to meet their educational needs; and (7) children receive adequate services to meet their physical and mental healtchildren have permanency and stability in their living situations; (4) the continuity of family relationships and connections is preserved for children; (5) families have enhanced capacity to provide for their children's needs; (6) children receive appropriate services to meet their educational needs; and (7) children receive adequate services to meet their physical and mental healtchildren; (5) families have enhanced capacity to provide for their children's needs; (6) children receive appropriate services to meet their educational needs; and (7) children receive adequate services to meet their physical and mental healtchildren's needs; (6) children receive appropriate services to meet their educational needs; and (7) children receive adequate services to meet their physical and mental healtchildren receive appropriate services to meet their educational needs; and (7) children receive adequate services to meet their physical and mental healtchildren receive adequate services to meet their physical and mental health needs.

In the Federal Child and Family Services Reviews, placement stability is one of the four composites used as the basis for national standards for Permanency Outcome 1: Children have permanency and stability in their living situationIn the Federal Child and Family Services Reviews, placement stability is one of the four composites used as the basis for national standards for Permanency Outcome 1: Children have permanency and stability in their living situationin their living situations.

In 1987, when he was still a law clerk, he saw the great need among children to have a home and life that offered a promise of stability and the hope of a healthy, happy future.

(1) The relative strength, nature, quality, extent of involvement, and stability of the child's relationship with each parent, siblings, and other significant persons in the child's life;

It forces children to live in suitcases and without stability of having one home!

Younger children who have already moved homes several times and are in need of the stability afforded by remaining in a single living environment.

All children, but particularly those going through the transition of living in a home without both parents, need the stability of a consistent schedule.

continues to provide pertinent information on the well - being of all children in areas of health, education, safety, and economic stability and features a special commentary on the period of life known as emerging adulthood.

New research — made available for the first time in this third edition of «Why Marriage Matters» — suggests that the rise of cohabiting households with children is the largest unrecognized threat to the quality and stability of children's lives in today's families.

As eighteen noted family scholars stated in a 2011 report from the National Marriage Project, «cohabitation is not the functional equivalent of marriage,» and it is «the largely unrecognized threat to the quality and stability of children's lives today.»

While the majority of cohabiting couples are childless, about 40 percent have children while living together, increasing the ramifications of any differences in stability between cohabiting and married couples.

Not only is the Parenting Coordinator an unsung hero in the lives of children subject to ongoing parental conflict, but often the only line of defense tasked with bringing some sense of peace and stability to better assure a reasonable developmental outcome for children who deserve better.

Determining profiles of co-occurring externalizing and internalizing problems in preschool children, their stability over time, and their relations to gender may allow for future identification and intervention for the most affected children later in life.

However, there are more children living in single parent households, an indicator of economic stability, and more children living in areas of concentrated poverty.

provides pertinent information on the well - being of all children in areas of health, education, safety, and economic stability and features a special commentary on the period of life known as emerging adulthood.

With one out of three children in the U.S. living in father - absent homes, the Commission examined the potential benefits of more - involved dads to single mothers, and to our children's emotional stability, academic achievement, social maturity, physical safety, and future marital success.

Although the record for these programs is mixed, the most established program, the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative, has achieved successes in improving the quality and stability of low - income relationships.59 Given the fragility of family life among low - income, twentysomething couples with children — especially cohabiting couples — federal and state policymakers should continue to experiment with programs that give these couples skills that will help them stay together and thrive.