Sentences with phrase «takes kids some time»

Most of all, remember that it takes kids some time to adjust to any change.

«It takes kids time to get over the idea that they have to raise their hands to speak.

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With five kids and a busy life, he didn't take time to argue, but contacted his insurer, who told him to use a glass servicer.

By taking the time to think about it, you may also realize that you could use help figuring out how to finance your kids» college educations, plan for a comfortable retirement or determine if you have the right types and amounts of insurance coverage.

Jon Bon Jovi on how he feels Steve Jobs and iTunes have altered the music - buying experience... for the worse The Sunday Times, March 2011 Kids today have missed the whole experience of putting the headphones on, turning it up to 10, holding the jacket, closing their eyes and getting lost in an album, and the beauty of taking your allowance money and making a decision based on the jacket, not knowing what the record sounded like, and looking at a couple of still pictures and imagining it.

Women's retirement - savings balances generally tend to be lower on average than men's, due to the ongoing gender wage gap and the fact that women are more likely than me to take time off to raise kids or act as caregivers for other friends or relatives.

Because in most cases you simply can't work if you have to take care of kids at the same time.

I was the kid scrambling to class who couldn't listen and take notes at the same time.

One person often takes time off to raise kids, which makes it harder to make the payments.

We live in anxious times, and it's taking a serious toll on our kids.

The ravages of older age take more of a toll on us all each year, with previously good friends now finding all of their time taken up by kids and family, a never - ending crush of career - related busy - ness, or just plain, simple laziness.

Canada may have a pretty generous policy towards maternity and parental leave — especially compared to the U.S. — but many women still encounter significant career setbacks or experience the so - called «motherhood penalty» when they take time off to have kids, and many employers still wrestle with how to accommodate the disruption of employees going on leave.

It wasn't a revolutionary idea — college kids and moonlighting teachers have done it since the time of Socrates — but by vetting tutors, most of whom are state - certified teachers or professionals like CPAs or engineers, Lucas took a lot of the guesswork out of private tutoring.

The first few weeks were an adjustment, she concedes, but after she settled in to the NextKids routine, popping over to visit her daughter replaced the regular coffee breaks she would take at a traditional office (and eliminates time spent guiltily wondering how her kids were doing).

Employees rave about a culture where karaoke matters as much as contracts, and where lawyers take time off to accompany underprivileged kids to Disney.

So next time you're about to despair because of how many hours your kid is staring at screens, take courage in the fact that science gives you an ironclad case for stepping in.

At many companies, men already take «invisible leave» to spend time with their children — they might take an afternoon off to take the kids to their baseball game, for example, while allowing their employer and co-workers to think they're meeting clients.

For Rachel Huse, whose days were typically spent homeschooling her kids, sewing children's clothing for her Etsy shop and co-leading a volunteer organization that took nearly 30 hours a week of her time, the foray three years ago into direct selling centered around one goal: «I definitely saw it as an opportunity to get a house cleaner,» she said.

Remote workers who can set their own schedules may have more opportunities to get up and move throughout the course of the day, whether it's doing tasks around the house, taking a gym break during off - hours (and avoiding the lunch - time rush), or staying active with their kids.

After selling Double Line Partners to a private equity company, Young took a year off to spend more time with her kids and family.

Because later on you know five 10 years later and I'm looking back I was having a conversation with my kids one time and I was saying well you just have to take 100 percent responsibility for anything that happens in your life.

VICTORIA — It's time for the B.C. Liberal government to stop taking money out of the hands of B.C.'s poorest kids say the New Democrats.

We had to rent in many places due to affordability issues and my kid has taken the brunt of all the moves... in terms of not having a constant set of friends both at home and in school... especially in school due to the many times we have moved and changed schools.

On the other hand, take the time to think about more important things, such as the terms and conditions of your mortgage, where your kids are going to school, your retirement accounts, etc..

I believe anything is possible, did some kids in the late 1800's early 1900's (I forget the time, but there is a movie about it) claim to of taken pictures of fairies?

Watching TV specials will take up most of the day, said over a third, whilst 17 per cent admitted that the kids will usually spend their time on tablets, phones and games consoles.

My wife framed a poster decades ago, Take time» picture of a daddy holding a kid.

Sure, there have been times when Ned took his religious zeal a little too far — like attempting to baptize the Simpson kids without telling their parents — and is prone to the occasional existential crisis («I think I'm coveting my own wife!»)

She knows that every time we choose open - door living — whether in our homes or by taking hospitality on the road just like Jesus — those we invite in get to experience the lived - out Gospel, our kids grow up in a life - lab of generosity, and we trade insecurity for connection.

Sometimes its as simple as sitting with their family member so they can take a leisurely bath or a walk, go to their kids school, spend some unhurried time with their mate, or go to church and pray for strength them selves.

You understand why I'm taking the time away from the unending needs of what one person told me is «the garbage of humanity» (the homeless, and this includes homes youth) to write these kids» stories.

The other case involved a coach whom I thanked because years before he had taken time to encourage me, a kid utterly inept at sports.

I knew my kids would be better off at the time because I was not taking good care of them.

They don't give 2 chits about starving kids, or homeless old people... But they do take time out of their busy schedules to whine about how oppressed they are, which is also fantastic, and helps society tremendously.

He writes about the sixteen days he spent sailing the Pacific Ocean with five buddies and a crate of canned meat, the time he took his kids on a world tour to eat ice cream with heads of state, his stubbornness in getting into law school by sitting on a bench outside the dean's office for seven days until they finally let him enroll, his «office» at Tom Sawyer Island at Disneyland, the flowers he sent to the elderly woman who nearly killed him running a stop sign, the work he's done to free Ugandan children from prison.

They take a lot of time to prepare, record, edit, and publish, and since I have a full time job, a wife, three kids, and am trying to write books, prepare courses, and run my blog in there as well, I sometimes wonder if this Podcast is worth the effort.

Jennifer Luitwieler with «Of Swallows and Softballs» «Kids are like that; because they want to play, and because they long for peace, they can experience anger, hurt and forgiveness in the time it takes to play an inning of softball... Do you see?

How many times they had to take a back seat in activities, or not be defended as another parent probably would have because it would be seen as «the pastor» is playing favorites with his kid, rather than a father is defending / supporting his child.

Never mind that I'm living in a town where the population is 127 people, and I barely have time to work at my job, and spend time with my wife and kids, and take care of the house, and write a blog post every now and then.

And I'm not kidding you it took a few months of praying and it definitely turned to tears at times, but in one day in my office we found $ 200,000 hiding in places — it was truly money from the sky.

(Yes, sp - an - k - in - g is far easier than sitting down with them teaching respect, and having lots of kids just takes time, but forget that for a moment.)

Start somewhere — take 10 minutes on your lunchbreak, on the bus or after you put your kids to bed to spend some time in Scripture.

We were just there 2 weekends ago and took both kids sight - seeing around town for the first time for them, of course they both loved it and were dazzled by all the new discoveries in the big city.

We simply underestimated how much time and attention three kids on summer holiday takes.

This time you'll fill the jar half full with flour, add a little sugar if desired, crack in the egg, but only add enough milk to take you to 3/4 of the way up the jar... you can even teach your kids about maths while making these!

Despite the discouragement that can come with these parent vs child food wars, please remember that any opportunity to nourish your kids with real food is never wasted, even if it takes some time (and maybe a few tantrums) to get there.

Honestly I'm just kidding, but at times I've been so desperate I've almost gotten a bottle of chocolate syrup and said, «Here kid, pour a little of this on top of your dinner and take a freakin» bite for crying out loud!»

Take time before the kids wake up or after they go to bed.

Another time it takes 16 hours, there's hardly any rise, and the bread is as sour as some kids nasty sourstuff candy.

Sheet pan meals just take the fuss out of dinner time madness, especially with kids during those hours.