Sentences with phrase «standards than those of their parents»

Writing in the New Statesman last week on «how if you are young in Britain today, you are being taken for a ride», Danny Dorling, the Halford Mackinder professor of Geography at the University of Oxford, points out a new trend where young adults «face the prospect of having lower living standards than those of their parents».

Not exact matches

Productivity — the ability to eke out sustained gains in wages and profits — is the thing that determines whether you have a better standard of living than your parents, whether your children live more comfortably than you.

Because the EITC is a tax credit, rather than a deduction, even low - income parents who take the new, larger standard deduction of their tax returns would still benefit.

Older members of my parish reported their sense that the standards by which they had struggled to live their lives had been betrayed, and parents were less than grateful.

Already there are many thousands of present - day parents who were brought up with no religious faith and few standards, and they have had almost nothing, and sometimes less than nothing of spiritual value, to pass on to their children.

Furthermore, while an intact family composed of two parents of the opposite sex and their biological child or children may provide the best standard family unit in society (and should, therefore, be given support), we would be naive and cruel to dismiss the possibility that differently configured families (e.g., families with single parents or homosexual parents or adopted children) may produce family situations that are as good as, or, in some cases, better than, those of families that fit the standard.

I know you are going to argue the consenting adult issue but a 17 year old raised by gay parents will have a very different understanding of relationships than will a 17 year old raised by Christ's standards.

You said, «I know you are going to argue the consenting adult issue but a 17 year old raised by gay parents will have a very different understanding of relationships than will a 17 year old raised by Christ's standards.»

Clinical psychologist and mindfulness instructor Inga Bohnekamp defines mindfulness in this API post as «presence of heart» and mindful parenting as «parenting from the depths of our hearts,» rather than letting us be guided by a set of pre-fixed, often unreflected, standards or rules about what is right and wrong.

Grandparents have the right to require the grandchildren to observe a certain level of civility in their presence, even if the standard is higher than what is expected by their parents.

Regarding the science criticism, it's impossible to scientifically prove by a placebo - controlled, double - blind, randomized study (the gold standard in science) that AP works better than a more distant style of parenting.

A crib, bassinet, portable crib, or play yard that conforms to the safety standards of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), including those for slat spacing less than 2-3/8 inches, snugly fitting and firm mattresses, and no drop sides, is recommended.21 In addition, parents and providers should check to make sure that the product has not been recalled.

Also, application of this principle in regard to post-divorce parenting means that a different standard is applied to children of divorce than to all other children in regard to removal of a parent from their lives... a form of discrimination based on parental status.

Even the type of organic infant formula from Europe has different standards than the United States but is highly regarded by parents around the world.

The state Education Department announced proposed revisions to the controversial Common Core learning standards after two committees made up educators and parents recommended changing more than 55 percent of the standards

«Our members need skilled employees now more than ever, and our schools must provide our children with the skills necessary to compete outside the classroom,» said Heather C. Briccetti, Esq., president and CEO of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. «This study proves that New York is leading the nation — not only by setting high standards, but by taking the time to listen to parents and teachers about improving them.

In spring 2015, the boycott grew so large — with parents pulling more than 200,000 students out of testing in English language arts and mathematics, about 20 percent of those eligible statewide — that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo called for a sweeping review of the state's academic standards and exams.

The researchers used the gold standard data from the Head Start Impact Study (HSIS), a randomized trial, to examine the effect of Head Start on parent outcomes rather than on child outcomes.

Figure 2a shows that, holding constant all demographic measures other than income, an increase of one standard deviation in the single - parent measure is associated with a drop in children's completed schooling of one - quarter of a year.

The results, which showed far lower rates of proficiency than the prior test, which was tied to the previous state standards, provoked an outcry from teachers and parents, who complained that schools and students had not been adequately prepared for it.

Thus they face an even tougher form of accountability than state standards and tests: the ability of parents and students to leave the school if they aren't satisfied.

However, AP forces parents to predict the consequences of Common Core rather than simply asking whether they support or oppose the proposal, thereby reducing the apparent level of support for the standards.

The parents of a student whose performance is 1 standard deviation above the mean are about 8 percentage points more likely to make a request than the parents of an otherwise similar student whose performance is 1 standard deviation below the mean (19 percent vs. 11 percent).

However, they did note a principle concern for parents was that «there is a lack of objective standards [in student reports] that parents can use to determine their children's attainment and rate of progress», suggesting a desire for more than grades, scores and marks to be able to monitor their child's growth in learning over time.

The commissioner may also place under preliminary registration review any school that has conditions that threaten the health, safety and / or educational welfare of students or has been the subject of persistent complaints to the department by parents or persons in parental relation to the student, and has been identified by the commissioner as a poor learning environment based upon a combination of factors affecting student learning, including but not limited to: high rates of student absenteeism, high levels of school violence, excessive rates of student suspensions, violation of applicable building health and safety standards, high rates of teacher and administrator turnover, excessive rates of referral of students to or participation in special education or excessive rates of participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment, excessive transfers of students to alternative high school and high school equivalency programs and excessive use of uncertified teachers or teachers in subject areas other than those for which they possess certification.

Ron Berger provides a vision of educational reform that transcends standards, curriculum, and instructional strategies, describing what's possible when teachers, students, and parents commit to nothing less than the best.

All else being equal, endorsing voting as a mark of good citizenship boosted anticipated engagement by about one - eighth of a standard deviation - a slightly larger impact than resulted from an increase in parents» education of one standard deviation.

And more than two - thirds of free school heads say they are having a positive impact on schools in their local area - driving up standards and ensuring more parents have a great school in their neighbourhood.

That's slightly more than the general public and tracks with numbers released last week by the Joyce Foundation, which showed 48 percent of parents felt they'd heard at least a moderate amount about the new standards.

As we have seen in New York, lower rates of student proficiency than parents and educators were used to seeing under the former state standards can sometimes produce political blowback.

For parent engagement advocates, California's new Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) was a significant victory because it made parent engagement one of eight statewide priorities and holds districts to a higher standard than in the past.

After Lewis finished explaining that under the new system, the charter boards will run the schools and the Orleans Parish School Board will set standards for them, he opened the meeting up for questions — including several from a group of more than a dozen parents and children wearing shirts with the «Our Voice / Nuestra Voz» logo.

My son is one of the more than 250 students in his grade who met those requirements and parents want to make sure those standards remain in place.

Held to a higher standard of accountability than traditional public schools, but with the benefit of added autonomy that puts local school leaders and teachers in charge, Tennessee's public charter schools are empowered to create a challenging and focused learning environment for students, while giving parents even more direct and meaningful opportunities to participate in their children's education.

In terms of temperament, Mini and Tiny Bernedoodles may have a slightly higher energy level than the standard, to reflect the same in the Miniature and Toy Poodle parent.

Standard families (two parents and 1 or 2 kids) are now less than 50 % of the Spanish families, and people have other needs.

A sum of money awarded by the Court to the custodial parent to correct any disparity in the financial circumstances of the parties if the court finds that the disparity has resulted or will result in a lower standard of living for the child than the child would have if living with the noncustodial parent.

In order to show undue hardship, the support payor must first establish that his or her household standard of living would be lower than that of the other parent if the Table amount were enforced.

The payer must show that the standard of living in their household is lower than the standard of living in the household of the parent receiving the payments.

Legal barriers in the courts: The «best interests of the child» standard is often illdefined; courts can make custody and parenting decisions based on a mental health diagnosis, rather than parenting abilities

The primary objective of our review is to systematically review and meta - analyse evidence to determine if parent skills training programmes for parents who have a child with a developmental disorder produce greater benefits than no treatment or standard care on child functioning and on parental or family functioning, as measured across multiple domains, and to use meta - analytic techniques to determine which programme components are most reliably associated with the most successful outcomes of parent skills training programmes.

Behavior therapy is considered probably efficacious for childhood depression, and a number of other experimental interventions show promise but require further evaluation.12 Currently, only 2 research groups have focused on psychosocial interventions for childhood bipolar disorder.13 - 15 Hence, increased attention to creation and testing of treatments specifically targeting depression and bipolar disorder in children is needed.16 In particular, studies should focus on children's developmental needs, address comorbidity, involve family members in treatment, demonstrate treatment gains as rated by parents and clinicians rather than children themselves, and compare experimental interventions with standard care or treatment as usual (TAU) rather than no - treatment or attention control groups.12, 17,18 In addition, parental psychopathology may affect treatment adherence and response.

That your household's standard of living is lower than the other parent's household's standard of living.

If the household of the parent claiming undue hardship has a higher standard of living than the other parent's household, the undue hardship claim can not be accepted and the child support amount should not be changed.

If there is a downside to high levels of nurturance in child rearing, it is the risk that nurturant parents might be more lax than other parents in challenging their children to measure up to developmentally appropriate standards for behavior.

Under such circumstances, and where the non custodial parent's household standard of living is higher than the custodial parent's, then the argument for increased support could be made.

The standard possession orders in the Texas Family Code are intended for children over the age of 3 who live less than 100 miles from a parent.

If the parents live more than 100 miles apart, the parent who does not live with the children may follow the standard orders set out in the Family Code, or might choose to have longer periods of possession during school breaks.

A claim for undue hardship can only be accepted if the parent making the claim can show that their household's standard of living is not higher than the standard of living in the household of the other parent.

California policymakers say they intend to create a different system for reporting results of the upcoming tests on the Common Core standards than parents and schools have become used to in the era of the No Child Left Behind Act.