Sentences with phrase «statements about being a parent»

Parents were asked to rate on a five - point Likert scale the extent to which they agreed with a series of statements about being a parent, with higher scores suggestive of higher levels of parenting stress.

Not exact matches

How about the statement, «For the first 230 years of our history, parents, not government, were in charge.

And most parents have heard their teenage daughter make self - deprecating statements about her body, such as «I'm so fat,» or «Look at how big my thighs are!»

About the candycane caper: another blogger that I read had a comment from a person who had watched another news video and in it a parent claimed the principal made the statement that «not everyone is cheerful at Christmas or wants to be cheerful, so maybe they should just keep their Christmas cheer to themselves!»

«Fostering parent - child interaction always has and always will come first at The Baby Einstein Company, and we know that there is an ongoing discussion about how that interaction is best promoted,» Susan McLain, vice president and general manager, said in the statement.

It may seem to be a challenge to get the conversation past the idea of babywearing being a fad or fashion statement, but I encourage you to use this assumption as an icebreaker, so to speak, about the benefits of not only babywearing but also attachment - based parenting.

She looked uncomfortable as she started to tell me about there being no proof — it sounded like she had learned of that statement to assure and most likely quieten any doubts parents may have.

Certainly, there is a cadre of individuals working for local child protective services and infant mortality review boards and SIDS prevention subgroups that use inflammatory language and make condescending statements about bedsharing parents and maintain that «good parents» would never bedshare under any circumstances.

The purpose of this educational statement is to provide information about healthy hip development to guide manufacturers in the development of safe designs of infant equipment, and to help parents make informed choices about the devices they use for their babies.

«We know parents may be concerned about a recent report on lead in foods and want to reassure them that Gerber foods and juices are safe,» the statement read.

To parents with little knowledge of how school food programs operate (i.e., the vast majority), this statement from FSIS would seem to settle the question — and provide solid reassurance for those concerned about Chinese - processed chicken being fed to their kids at school.

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Ceop's statement that parents «could and should do more» is clearly linked to its concern about the use of webcams when linked to instant messaging technology.

In announcing the postponement in a statement, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said, «After reviewing concerns raised by parents and public officials about this year's Citywide and Community Education Council elections, I have concluded that the process could and should have been handled better.»

Instead of reacting defensively to the criticism that parents express — or offering to send home blanket statements about how much students will benefit — it's worth doing some research to better understand parents» concerns.

Maybe you are proudest of your school's test results, your athletic teams» prowess, your teachers» skills at involving parents in the classroom, your school's many cultures and how they blend into a true family, your service - learning program, your media center, your Your six pride statements should tell about the biggest successes, your proudest accomplishments, your most valued resources.

62 % of parents «agree» to «strongly agree» with the statement that «being a parent has made me more concerned about the environment» - a result that Jen Gale from mymakedoandmendlife.com can support: «If we carry on as we are, the planet that my kids will have to live on will be vastly different.

Judith Silver, a Florida attorney who practices Internet law, says teachers need to use common sense when disclosing information about students, parents, or employers online or when making statements that could be libelous.

More middle - school principals also agreed with the statement that parents are worried about violence in the school.

With word that some parents are already organizing on social media about efforts to have their children «opt - out» of the standardized tests in the coming school year, Cuomo released a statement Thursday saying that while he agrees with the goal of Common Core standards, he believes the implementation by the NYS Education Department has been «deeply flawed.»

Does Hall High have parents who are more savvy than Conard parents and who are making a statement about their values and the kind of learning that they want for their children?

«As urban parents, we have to work ten times as hard, be ten times as engaged, and be ten times as savvy about the system to give our children even a slim chance of getting into a quality school,» said Jessica Martinez in a statement, the mother of one of the plaintiffs.

Beginning a conversation with a list of negative statements about a child is never a good way to work with parents.

By Rodolfo Aguilar, MPU Parent Leader When we talk about public education in Massachusetts, Governor Baker is proud that we are rank among the top states with improved scores in math, science and language, the statement is true but falls short in describing that there are two types of public education, the suburban public education where schools are better equipped...

I see this refusal to consider breaking that relationship with Pearson as just a real statement about — regardless of the remuneration, regardless of the conflict of interest — where she stands in this debate, which is not with teachers, not with students, not with parents.

Perhaps the most troubling development of all is that despite repeated attempts to get Commissioner of Education Dianna Wentzell to address these attacks on students and parents and to set the record straight about the rules concerning forcing children to remain in the testing rooms or requiring children to log - in before they can opt - out, the Commissioner and her staff have refused to make any statement whatsoever.

Gossiping about colleagues and administrators, making negative public statements about students and / or our schools, spending time at school taking care of personal business or doing personal posting on social media, and failing to adequately communicate with parents are but a few of the ways we can undermine our professional capital.

Out - of - school activities in the United States also often include school sports, which are unfairly attacked in The Smartest Kids in the World, Ripley tells anecdotal stories about touring private schools with groups of parents who do not question the guide admitting the math program was weak but balk at the same statement about the football program.

However, because standardized testing is a matter of public concern, a local speaking as a union, or an individual member speaking as a parent or citizen, about educational concerns over standardized testing, for instance, in a letter to the editor or in a statement to the Board of Education, is protected by the U.S. Constitution at least so long as they are not encouraging other parents or students to opt out from a test.»

A request for an investigation and appropriate disciplinary action has already been filed with appropriate officials but if any parents are aware of specific instances where children were required to remain in the testing room or have been told that their child will be forced to stay in the testing room, they are asked to send statement that includes when the violation took place, where it took place and any information about which school officials were involved in the breach of the SBAC test protocol.

Regarding the rights of parents, ESSA includes a «rule of construction,» or a statement about how the ESSA assessment requirement is to be taken, or «construed» (page 76):

We went on to pose a series of statements about academies and asked the responding parents whether they thought they were true or false (or they didn't know).

«If you're concerned about mismanagement of funds, make sure your parents include a clause in their POA document that requires the decision maker to submit periodic financial statements to your parents» accountant, adviser or lawyer,» says Andreana.

«Years ago, terms like byproducts and fillers weren't something that pet parents talked about, but now a food brand's mission statement against these less - nutritive types of ingredients are key tenets to their success,» said Joshua Roth, vice president of Pet Pantry Warehouse, a store with five locations in Connecticut and New York.

North Dakota has a presumption (a legal assumption) that a paying parent is underemployed if one of two statements about earning capacity is true:

For me that's less of a concern about privacy or cloud security and more about the statement a parent is making to their child when they opt to record their actions.

In a statement, Facebook has said that it suspended Cambridge Analytica and its parent group Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL) after receiving reports that they did not delete information about Facebook users that had been inappropriately shared.

Nor is any negative statement about the other parent to, or in front of, the children.

His statement tells us about who he presumes to be neglectful parents — that they are Indigenous and / or poor, and should be subject to regulations and controls over daily life in ways that families in white and wealthy communities aren't.

To measure changes in the child's behaviour, we used the preschool version of a clinically validated measure of childhood emotional and behavioural problems the Parent Account of Child Symptoms (PrePACS).60 Data on positive and negative interactions were gathered using a video of a child's mealtime coded according to the Mellow Parenting Scheme61 and a 5 min speech sample capturing parents» descriptions of their children and their relationship with each child, coded according to the warmth of their initial statement and the percentage of negative comments about the child.62 Speech samples and videos were coded following the training of researchers by the developer according to the developer's manuals.61, 62 Researchers received training in the administration of the PrePACS from the developer.

Method: N = 327 participants (83 % female; age: M 31y; SD: 10,82 y; 75 % attended high school) filled in YSQ - S3R, and retrospectively indicated their parent's parenting style, adding statements about their own temperament following Big Five dimensions.

About the theme: «Nurturing Peace for World Harmony» is the theme for AP Month 2016 and a statement that healthy, secure attachments between parents and children isn't just one child or one family, but extends to whole communities, nations and even the world.

«Testimony by an expert knowledgeable about the strategies that parents use to promulgate and support alienation, the extent to which children can be manipulated to reject and denigrate a parent, the extent to which children are suggestible, the mechanics of stereotype induction, and the psychological damage associated with involving children in parental hostilities, may assist the court in determining the proper amount of weight to give a child's explicitly stated preferences and statements regarding each parent.

The parent's intense angry outbursts (even if they are rare), intense sadness, and intensely negative statements about the other parent may be absorbed unconsciously by the child's brain, without the child even realizing it.

With Mother's Day being just around the corner, think about your children and what behavior will help them have the best experience instead of turning your Mother's Day into a power struggle, battlefield, or statement about who is the better parent.

As the therapist guides the child in play therapy, the therapist is able to provide observations, reflections about the child's feelings (statements, not questions), and interpretations to help children make sense of confusing life circumstances such as a parent's divorce, grief and loss, adjustment issues, trauma, etc..

I couldn't agree more with the statement on your web site «When we speak of high conflict separation however, we are talking about angry parents who get caught up in high conflict litigations, not realizing the negative impact it has on the entire family, especially the children, who suffer life long psychological damage.»

They were also described as using brainwashing techniques such as repetition of negative statements about the targeted parents and black / white thinking.

Attempts to alienate the child can be done in many different ways: from moving far enough away (though legal) to make it terribly inconvenient for the parent who may not have physical custody, to making overt / covert statements (better known as «bad - mouthing») about the other parent.

These are just some of the more common statements alienating parents say to their children about the targeted parent.