Sentences with phrase «suggested having fewer children»

«No textbook suggested having fewer children as a way to reduce emissions, and only two out of ten mentioned avoiding air travel.

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Some experts suggest that, particularly young children exhibit more anxiety and stress when they have permissive parents who give little guidance or set few limits.
«Our findings suggest that children had fewer behavior problems over time when their parents were less stressed (and had more satisfying couple relationships),» Farr said.
Many studies suggest that children raised in a two - parent family have a higher standard of living and fewer behavioral and emotional problems.
Ideally, you want your child to try using the potty training underwear for naps on the big day; however, if you are concerned about her sensitive skin, I would suggest a pull - up - but in a different brand - because she is all grown up and now only wears underwear - and then the pull up goes on just before nap and comes off right after the nap - most of us urinate within a few minutes of waking up and you don't want to give her the opportunity to go in the pull up because it causes confusion - so try to remove it before she urinates and try and have her urinate in the potty.
The few scholars who have addressed the question of how to parent these children suggest that honesty is usually the best choice.
If you find yourself getting overly frustrated, some experts suggest calmly leaving the room for a few minutes and returning after your child has stopped crying.
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.
The report suggested that children with a well rounded, «U-shaped» dental arch, which is found more commonly in breastfed children, may have fewer problems with snoring and sleep apnea in later life.
Whether infants cry intensely for a few months or fuss frequently for the first year of life, a systems approach to development would suggest that the impact of extremes in crying on the infants» immediate environment may have negative consequences for the dynamics of the parent - child relationship, which in turn would have implications for the child's psychosocial development.
Depending on the five elements, namely fire, water, wood, earth and metal, the consultant will apprehend the right balance and then suggest a few names that would assure happiness, success and peace in your child's life.
She added, «The study adds to the mounting scientific evidence which suggests that children born by spontaneous vaginal birth, without commonly used medical and surgical intervention, have fewer health problems.»
Routine: In order to be ready for that first day, I would agree with the experts who suggest you should start your early - to - bed routine a few nights ahead of that first morning rush, or even a few weeks early according to Elizabeth Scott, M.S., but let's be honest, you should probably set your own alarm for 4:00 a.m. that first day if you have any chance at force - feeding your children breakfast, combing their hair, brushing teeth, getting dressed, going to the bathroom, packing lunches, arguing over footwear, dragging a comb through your own nest of hair so you look presentable in front of the other, scrambling neighbourhood parents before shooing the kids out the door.
Studies have suggested that children who were breastfed have higher IQs than those who were not, but few separated out boys and girls.
As birth rates decline in countries that include parts of Europe and East Asia, threatening the economic slowdown associated with aging populations, a global study from the University of California, Berkeley, and the East - West Center in Hawaii suggests that in much of the world, it actually pays to have fewer children.
Considering that some researchers have even suggested that in the future oxytocin might be used to overcome problems in early parent - infant interaction, there have been surprisingly few studies that test the effects of intranasal oxytocin in mothers of young children.
«The findings suggest that compared to what we already know about LGBT youth in the U.S., children and youth in these countries have fewer support system resources, which impacts their resiliency.
«This finding supports the argument that it's not just a few students who are having trouble using retrieval - based strategies when they are expected to do so, and the prevalence of this problem suggests that researchers need to stop looking for explanations that are based on cognitive deficit, which are thought to originate with the child, but focus more on understanding how teaching practices can contribute and even hinder children's development of basic number fact fluency.»
The number of years that K - 3 pupils spend in classes with fewer children seems to have little effect on their academic achievement, a study suggests.
New studies published in medical and psychiatric journals, and some that are now in press, suggest that, for the most part, young children who were exposed to cocaine in the womb appear to have few impairments distinct from those common among children born of poverty.
A recent poll has suggested that the majority of adults believe children today go on fewer school expeditions and trips than when they were at school — with the cost highlighted as the main reason
To some experts, this research suggests that a teacher with a large number of low - achieving minority children in a classroom, for example, might have a more difficult job than another teacher with few such students.
What I suggest is in no way a criticism of the judges or shortlisted books: few awards have such a rigorous judging process involving such passionate advocates of children's literacy.
Whether this will have a lasting impact on birth rates is yet to be seen, but a study done by Janet Currie of Princeton University suggests that it may result in 427,000 fewer children born in the U.S. over a 20 - year span.
Robin repeated and amplified Farah's point about the hugely disproportionate impact of people in the developed world, noting the conclusions of a 2017 study that suggested having one fewer child is by far the most effective individual measure to reduce emissions for a person in the developed world.
Evidence suggests that many women in poor, fast - growing countries would have fewer children if they had the resources and freedom to plan the number and timing of their births.
You can bring some items from home and we also suggest picking up a few new toys that your child hasn't played with before.
Finally, increasing the share of adolescents in two - parent families to the 1960 level suggests that nearly three - quarters of a million fewer children would repeat a grade.
For example, some have found significant differences between children with divorced and continuously married parents even after controlling for personality traits such as depression and antisocial behavior in parents.59 Others have found higher rates of problems among children with single parents, using statistical methods that adjust for unmeasured variables that, in principle, should include parents» personality traits as well as many genetic influences.60 And a few studies have found that the link between parental divorce and children's problems is similar for adopted and biological children — a finding that can not be explained by genetic transmission.61 Another study, based on a large sample of twins, found that growing up in a single - parent family predicted depression in adulthood even with genetic resemblance controlled statistically.62 Although some degree of selection still may be operating, the weight of the evidence strongly suggests that growing up without two biological parents in the home increases children's risk of a variety of cognitive, emotional, and social problems.
Christine Buchanan, Eleanor Maccoby, and Sanford Dornbusch found that adolescents had fewer emotional and behavior problems following divorce if their mothers remarried than if they cohabited with a partner.31 Similarly, two studies of African American families found that children were better off in certain respects if they lived with stepfathers than with their mother's cohabiting partners.32 In contrast, Susan Brown found no significant differences between children in married and cohabiting stepfamilies.33 Although these data suggest that children may be better off if single mothers marry their partners rather than cohabit, the small number of studies on this topic makes it difficult to draw firm conclusions.
These findings suggest that welfare policies that increase employment, but do not affect income, have few effects on young children.
Although adolescent mothers with more education, less parenting stress, and higher social support satisfaction are more likely to have secure attachment patterns with their children (Emery, Pacquette, & Bigras, 2008), evidence suggests that in general, young mothers tend to be less responsive to their infants than older mothers, have fewer positive interactions, and vocalize less with their infants (Borkowski, Farris, Whitman, Carothers, Weed, & Keogh, 2007; Culp, Appelbaum, Osofsky, & Levy, 1988; Tarabulsy, Moran, Pederson, Provost, & Larose, 2011).
Although findings do not suggest a grim outcome for most children with ADHD, quite a few had very negative outcomes.
Interestingly, of the parents who never swear, 19 % believe their children are learning to swear from parents, suggesting there are quite a few Australian families where one parent has more colourful language than the other.
An evolutionary perspective suggests that father involvement has been important in the increased fertility of human hunter - gatherers compared with the other great apes.21 - 23 That observation contrasts, however, with a world today where fertility levels are plummeting in most countries, with fathers typically investing large amounts of resources and care in few offspring over prolonged periods.6, 24 In this latter case, the time and resources provided by fathers may help develop a child's social and educational capital, in turn helping him / her succeed socially as an adult.25
A study released in May 2007 by the Department of Justice (Canada), Children's Development of Social Competence Across Family Types, points out that «A few studies suggest that children with two lesbian mothers may have marginally better social competence than children in «traditional nuclear» families, even fewer studies show the opposite, and most studies fail to find any differencesChildren's Development of Social Competence Across Family Types, points out that «A few studies suggest that children with two lesbian mothers may have marginally better social competence than children in «traditional nuclear» families, even fewer studies show the opposite, and most studies fail to find any differenceschildren with two lesbian mothers may have marginally better social competence than children in «traditional nuclear» families, even fewer studies show the opposite, and most studies fail to find any differenceschildren in «traditional nuclear» families, even fewer studies show the opposite, and most studies fail to find any differences.»
Within the realm of child illness, studies have suggested that parents with greater social support show fewer psychological symptoms than those with less social support (Kazak et al., 1997).
Additionally, we asked whether a better emotional understanding in children would be associated with less anxiety, fewer emotion regulation difficulties, as well as more secure attachment relationships with parents, as suggested, in theory, by the literature.
Some evidence suggests that first - time parents may have fewer risk factors such as prior involvement with the child welfare system or the stresses associated with caring for multiple children.
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