Sentences with phrase «study focused on the children»

While the study focused on children from two - parent homes, study authors plan on following up their research by examining what day - to - day actions affect children most.

This study focused on the children who got their five - shot series during that transitional period between vaccines.

Recent studies of mortality trends paint a gloomy picture for many middle - aged and older Americans, but a new study focused on children reveals a more optimistic future.

The matching method used by Figlio also results in a limited number of voucher participants whose test scores could be analyzed; the study focuses on children who would have attended relatively high - performing program - eligible public schools.

The study focussed on children between 3 - 7 years old.

This study focuses on child care center directors...

This study focuses on children of separated parents, with shared residence or living with one custodial parent.

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A study by JAMA Pediatrics, which focused on children in Denmark and Sweden, found that those who'd experienced the death of a sibling before age 18 were more than 70 percent more likely to die during the course of the nearly four decade study than those who had not lost a sibling.

«What this study says is what we all agree on — we need to focus on education, for both parents and children, on what a balanced diet looks like.»

The Parent's Corner allows you to see each child's progress and where they need help so you know which items to focus on during your other studies.

Bottom's analysis of the few studies from 1990 to 2011 that focused just on divorced father's well - being indicate that divorced fathers who were more involved in their children's lives and saw them more frequently, or who had sole custody were less depressed and had higher self esteem.

The studies that have been done tend to focus on what happens with dads and their relationship with their kids post-divorce, and how it the loss of contact negatively impacts the children.

Many parents focus attention on their children's grades and extracurricular activities, such as by making sure kids study, do their homework, and get to soccer practice or dance lessons prepared and on time.

Many studies that have been done have focused on the safety of co-sleeping for the child, but there isn't a lot of research on how co-sleeping affects parents.

Sometimes we get so focused on the latest study or research that tells us that the average child needs «x» amount of sleep for optimal brain development, or how many naps the average child needs, or what time the average child should go to bed or wake up that we forget we aren't growing an «average» child.

This works quite well for some students (our Campus and Community page discusses options for what your family can do in our neighborhood while you're in class); other students, however, find they can focus more on their studies when they are here alone and that their children are happier staying with a caregiver in the familiar environment of their own home.

I recently read a study about the massive positive effects of just spending 15 minutes with a child every day — 15 minutes with 100 % focus on the child.

Her education is focused on nutrition and early childhood studies, making her an expert when it comes to writing about health and children's growth and development.

Every child has unique study needs, whether your family is focused on getting those As or turning frustration into confidence.

While all parents in the study wanted their child to perform to the best of their ability, 34 percent reported that they wanted their child to avoid doing worse than others and 43 percent were focused on their child outperforming others.

Dr. Emery's research focuses on family relationships and children's mental health, including parental conflict, divorce, child custody, family violence, and genetically informed studies of all these topics, as well as associated legal and policy issues.

The swim - lesson study, for instance, which focused on a small sample of parents teaching their kids to swim, found that «fathers tend to stand behind their children so the children face their social environment, whereas mothers tend to position themselves in front of their children, seeking to establish visual contact with the children.»

Be sure to share your Shoes That Fit tote bag creations on social media and let others know about this great program that will offer children the opportunity to focus on their studies and not worry about what's on their feet.

In grade 3, children learn the practical study of issues in daily living with a focus on food, farming and gardening.

There has been concern raised about a resurgence of vitamin D deficiency and rickets among infants and children, with reports emerging in the United States from Alaska, 1,2 Iowa, 3 Nevada, 4 California, 5 North Carolina, 6 Texas, 7 and mother - infant pairs in Boston, 8 among others.9 The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in young children also appears to be high in other countries, including England, 10 Greece, 11 and Canada.12, 13 One study from China found a 65.3 % prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among 12 - to 24 - month - olds, but few cases (3.7 %) of radiographic or clinical rickets were noted.14 Previous studies suggest risk factors to be dark skin pigmentation1,3 - 12 and breastfeeding without supplementation.1 - 7, 9,12,13 To date, reports have focused primarily on young infants compared with toddlers.

In a convenience sample of 45 children during a 1 - week training workshop provided by child psychologists and psychiatrists, inter-paediatrician agreement was high, with Pearson correlation coefficients of 0.80 (95 % confidence interval: 0.67, 0.89) for vocabulary, 0.72 (0.54, 0.83) for similarities, 0.80 (0.67, 0.89) for block designs and 0.79 (0.66, 0.88) for matrices.16 Since we previously reported that the intervention resulted in significantly higher verbal IQ scores in intention - to - treat analysis, 16 we focused on results for verbal IQ scores in the present study.

«So a study like this puts fathers on the map and where we need to focus our energy because ultimately as a pediatrician I see children thrive when parents thrive and if we can make sure that the moms and dads are doing well in that transition to parenthood, there's a better chance of the child doing well,» he said.

The majority of this research focuses on school - aged children with few studies investigating parent interactions with younger children.

While the study focused on the judgment many women face from their own families and friends, society at large feels all - too - comfortable passing judgment: Moms are judged if they have children too early or too late in life.

There are about a million or more good things parents can do to help their children grow up to be stellar individuals, but study after study has found there are some simple, doable things parents can focus on to give their children the best chance at being successful and happy throughout their lives.

• Naturalistic driving studies for child occupants incl a focus on driver distraction, Sjaan Koppel PhD, Monash University, Australia

«Past studies have looked at the effects of differential parenting on the children who get more negative feedback, but our study focused on this as a dynamic operating at two levels of the family system: one that affects all children in the family as well as being specific to the child at the receiving end of the negativity,» explains Jennifer M. Jenkins, Atkinson Chair of Early Child Development and Education at the University of Toronto, who led the child at the receiving end of the negativity,» explains Jennifer M. Jenkins, Atkinson Chair of Early Child Development and Education at the University of Toronto, who led the Child Development and Education at the University of Toronto, who led the team.

As the press release notes, this study was different from most research done on breastfeeding, as it focused on older children (4 - to 14 - year - olds), rather than on infants and toddlers.

Most studies concerning the effects of TV watching focus on television's impact on children.

Although most studies of parental depression have focused on mothers, the impact of depression in fathers has received increasing attention.2, 3 Using data from the 2002 National Comorbidity Replication Survey, the Institute of Medicine report also estimated that 4.3 % of men with a child under 18 years old had a major depressive disorder within the previous 12 months.1 In addition, a recent meta - analysis4 suggested that the prevalence of paternal depression within the first year of a child's life was 10.4 %.

Part of the original focus of the study was to understand fathers» interactions with their children, and, therefore, a concerted effort was made throughout the study to interview fathers directly rather than relying on maternal report of fathers» information.

Mary Anne teaches undergraduate courses that focus on children and families that combine play studies with interpersonal neurobiology and is an active community partner serving in various roles with her local Head Start.

It also reorganised secondary education into two basic types: grammar schools, which focused on academic studies, with the assumption that many of their pupils would go on to higher education; and secondary modern schools, which were intended for children who would be going into trades, and which therefore concentrated on basic and vocational skills.

Our new draft programmes of study in core subjects are both challenging and ambitious — focusing tightly on the fundamental building blocks of study, so that every child has the knowledge and understanding to succeed.

Children's charities have called for a new focus on children after a Unicef study revealed British youths are the least happy in the developeChildren's charities have called for a new focus on children after a Unicef study revealed British youths are the least happy in the developechildren after a Unicef study revealed British youths are the least happy in the developed world.

«In addition to INSIGHTS» focus on individual children's strengths and needs, our study illustrates the importance of understanding and supporting classrooms as a whole at the transition to formal schools,» said McClowry, professor of applied psychology at NYU Steinhardt and the study's senior author.

Their study, which focused on the relationship between mid-life women and young children, found that women who underwent rapid menopause, caused by the surgical removal of ovaries, had fewer hot flashes and night sweats when young children lived in their homes.

The study is also the largest research project in Finland that focuses on early detection, intervention and prevention of mental health problems in families with children.

A team of nurse - researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) published a study in the Journal of Pediatric Nursing in which they gathered perspectives on coping mechanisms from focus groups with 14 mothers of critically ill infants, and explored the feasibility of mindfulness as a stress - reduction technique.

While there have been advances in early detection and many studies involving the treatment of children with ASD, few efforts to date have focused on interventions for adults.

Jacobs said the study focused on minority children to show that chemical exposure is ubiquitous, building on 2005 research on cord blood from 10 anonymous babies.

He suspects the study underestimates the mental health benefits of legal protection for a child's family members, because it focuses only on mothers, not fathers, siblings, or grandparents.

Some of the fathers in the study had more than one child, but the study focused only on their interactions with one son or daughter.

While other studies have focused on caregiving within the home or between specific groups, such as middle - aged parents and young children, most have not looked at caregiving by subgroups of people, or a range of caregiving scenarios both inside and outside the home — for example, babysitting a friend's children or taking a niece or nephew out on weekends.

The study focused on fathers because there is less research about fathers» roles in rearing young children than mothers, Mascaro said.