Sentences with phrase «than school age»

Games are kind of social poison for anyone older than school age, and I'm far enough removed from that to have spent my school gaming time defending Nintendo from the Sega obsessed cool kids.

Every mother with a job outside the home worries about the impact of her absences on her children, especially if they are younger than school age.

Keep in mind that children younger than school age may swallow toothpaste, so she should only use a pea - size amount.

Not exact matches

While many people believe that spring break is nothing more than an excuse for wild college debauchery, it is actually the ideal time to get away from work, school, and cold weather — no matter your age.

He was interested in doing more than just owning buildings; he graduated from Carleton University's School of Architecture in 1997, at the age of 75, and later donated $ 5.5 million to the program.

Among kids currently ages 8 to 14, 65 percent say they learn more about money from their parents than they do at school, according to a T. Rowe Price survey released last month.

One recent (if small study) that followed a diverse group 183 teens who attended public high school for a decade, starting in middle school, found that «by the age of 22, these «cool kids» are rated as less socially competent than their peers.

After all, he understands better than anyone how important resources are to veterans transitioning to civilian life: Parsons enlisted in the Marines at age 17, heading to Vietnam straight out of high school.

Here I was, standing two feet taller than my elementary - aged girls as they schooled me in how to take a breath, set aside work conflicts, and stay in the moment.

Women are heading to business school in larger numbers than ever before, and at younger ages to boot.

Gordon L. Flett, a psychology professor at York University in Toronto, says more than 50 percent of today's Western school - aged children exhibit the perfectionist traits hinted at above.

Because d.light estimates that each light improves the lives of five people, the company claims to have «empowered» more than 40.9 million lives, including more than 10 million school - age children.

Both are fairly small, intimate experiences with the school entering less than 100 students in each of the past two years — and both are filled with a good bit of experiential learning opportunities to offset the younger age of the students here who tend to have a bit less work experience.

Studies have shown half to two - thirds of the rise in non-participation is due to demographic changes as baby boomers reach retirement age and teenagers choose to focus on school rather than working part time.

A 2016 SurveyMonkey Intelligence report found that Uber's U.S. drivers are mostly male, white, high - school graduates between the ages of 30 and 49 who make less than $ 50,000 per year.

Even though the current Millennials ages 25 to 32 are better educated than the generations of young adults who preceded them, 14 the survey found only one significant generational difference in the overall perceived value of their education in preparing them for a job and career — some 41 % of Millennials ages 25 to 32, 45 % of Gen Xers and 47 % of Baby Boomers say their schooling was «very useful» in getting them ready to enter the labor force.

-- Newfoundland and Labrador schools have lost a third of their students since 1996; more people have died than were born in the province for each of the last three years and the average age is almost three years older than the Canadian average of 41.

«It's appalling that students in the Vancouver school district will be stuck with leaking roofs and damp classrooms because the premier is playing politics rather than looking after the needs of aging school buildings in B.C.,» said New Democrat education spokesperson Rob Fleming.

More than 30 companies, including Starbucks, are conducting more than 1,700 interviews throughout the day at the event for those ages 16 to 24 who aren't in school or working.

Social Security sets out a few key rules for eligibility: The child must be unmarried, under the age of 18 or 19 years old, and in school no higher than grade 12.

There are more than 20 elementary and middle schools in the city, which serve almost 20,000 school - aged children and their families.

Recent polls consistently show that African - Americans, especially poorer, inner - city people and those with school - age children favor vouchers more than do middle - class whites.

But, at age 35, I would be officially out of school for the first time in 30 years, and I leaped into the decade with a blessing in my pocket worth more than the Ph.D. — unbounded enthusiasm for the theological vocation.

For instance, a hypothetical public high school teacher who advanced New Age ideas and attitudes under a neutral or secular wrapping would be far less vulnerable to legal challenge than would be a teacher who spoke of God by name or who expounded on the biblical foundations of Western thought.

Mintz does not refer at all to research by developmental psychologists such as Jay Belsky of London's Birkbeck College and Alan Sroufe of the University of Minnesota; nor does he cite the huge, multicenter National Institute of Child Health studies, all of which suggest that more than 20 hours per week of child care beginning before the age of one correlates with a higher incidence of interpersonal difficulties by early grade school.

He spoke from a culture in which caring meant controlling, directing, making decisions for children of far older than nursery - school age.

But they wore their youth and bright future so carelessly, and I found myself applauding until my palms tingled for the men and women like my brother - in - law who had to battle through school with so many other demands on their attention, for the women older than my mother who have finally finished their degree long after their nests emptied, the middle - aged men with a circle of whiskers on their shining bald heads.

I've spent far more time than I care to admit combing through complementarian literature, reading debates about whether women can read Scripture aloud in church, whether female missionaries should be permitted to give presentations on Sunday evenings, what age groups women should be allowed to teach in Sunday school, whether women can speak in small group Bible studies, what titles to bestow upon worship leaders and children's ministry coordinators so that they don't appear too authoritative, and on and on and on.

In their research, economists Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz determined that an individual who had a college degree could expect to make $ 1.2 million more from ages 22 - 64, than their peers who have just a high school diploma.

This new ethic — that abortion is more moral than interrupting schooling or employment — is held not only by writers for New York fashion magazines and Californians infused with New Age spiritualism, but also by an aging feminist movement.

The Dengvaxia scandal exposed the inadequacy of government regulation on health, which has put the lives of more than 800,000 school - age Filipino children at risk.

Every time I'm inspired to do something out of my comfort zone (royal icing, fondant, cake pops), the result looks more like it was created by an elementary school - aged child than it does a Bakerella piece of edible art.

In the Philippines, vitamin A deficiency still affects approximately 1.7 million children (15.2 %) aged 6 months to 5 years while in Bangladesh, more than half of preschool and school children are affected.

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More than 1.7 million school - age children in the United States have better access to fresh fruits and vegetables thanks to new salad bars donated to schools through Let's Move Salad Bars to Sschools through Let's Move Salad Bars to SchoolsSchools.

This recipe comes highly borrowed from these super-old school crunchy topped better - than - crack brownies I shared here on the site AGES ago.

He is going to be world class he is so calm on the ball and looks like he is playijg at school and is alot better than the rest of the players his age.)

Coaches often are are quite good at teaching this part of the sport and high school - age athletes are technically better than they've ever been.

Student athletes are being recruited at younger ages and committing to schools of their choice earlier than ever before.

At the age of 38 he weighed less (166 pounds) than he had when he was swimming in high school (170).

The fact is that there are more than 100,000 ACL injuries per year in the United States alone, and 30,000 of these are females of high school age.

With year - round camps, seven - on - seven opportunities, friendly weather, and massive high school stadiums, players are fine - tuned from an early age, often entering college more polished than competition from other states.

Balancing the needs of three school age children is proving harder than I ever thought possible.

«I have great respect for the researchers at Harborview and think this was a good study, and was great to see somebody providing data on youth younger than high school age,» said Dawn Comstock, an epidemiologist at the Colorado School of Public Health who has studied extensively sports injuries at the high school school age,» said Dawn Comstock, an epidemiologist at the Colorado School of Public Health who has studied extensively sports injuries at the high school School of Public Health who has studied extensively sports injuries at the high school school level.

As a parent of an elementary aged child, and having shared meals in the school cafeteria with my child's class, on more than one occasion, this may actually work.

Due to the age - appropriate developmental approach of our curriculum, students begin First Grade later than in non-Waldorf schools.

I am thrilled to be avoiding the mainstream school environment at such a tender young age, while teaching my child much more than she could learn elsewhere.

School - age kids are capable of understanding why it's important to eat healthy, but more than ever they look to the people they love as role models.

With homework, activities, lessons, and sports, school - age kids are busier, and probably more independent, than ever.

Since boys at highest risk of becoming early fathers can be identified from age eight (see below) engaging with such young males in highly specialised programmes early on (to teach basic life skills, address negative peer influences, promote school success and direct them to alternatives other than early parenthood) is indicated, in order to reduce sexual risk - taking and early fatherhood (Thornberry et al, 2004)