Sentences with phrase «than some first time parents»

We're all for birth plans but those of us who've been doing this for a while are more realistic than some first time parents.

Not exact matches

«Inspiring children through play and creativity is crucial to early development and no company has done more in that space over many generations than Mattel,» said Georgiadis in a statement «As a parent, I have seen this first hand and am honored to be joining the Company at this exciting time of renewed focus.»

Due to the financial crisis and then the ensuing spike in real estate prices that priced many first - time homebuyers out of the market, young people are living with their parents longer than ever before.

In less than a week over 600,000 four - year - olds will start school for the first time with the research also showing over half of parents want more help in preparing their child for the start of school.

The curse of plentiful rich food may mean that young Australians become the first generation in a long time to live shorter lives than their parents.

Don't be disappointed if it does not work out at first, as new parents report the scheduled date strategy works less than half the time.

Just as first - time parents need information on how to manage life with a baby, second - time parents need guidance on how to handle life with more than one child.

Today alone, over 11,000 children will be born in the United States, and more than half of these infants will be to first - time parents.

For the first time in history, the current generation will be less well educated than their parents.

And the parents, particularly Victoria's mom is probably much prouder of her reaction at the time than if she'd lost control and spanked Victoria instead of calling me first to talk her down.

For the first time in recorded history, this generation of children is projected to have a shorter lifespan than their parents.

This not only enables you to put more money towards more important things than simply décor, but it also enables you to learn what exactly are the needed items in a nursery if you're a first - time parent.

In terms of the children's relationships with their parents, sibling rivalry, and their own self - esteem, Jeannie Kidwell, a former professor of family studies at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, says the best time to have another baby is either when your first is younger than 1 or older than 4.

Those that are going to be first - time parents may not know how their body works when carrying a baby — they can come much sooner than you think.

The average risk is in the first 3 months and is 5.1 (2.3 to 11.4) times greater than if the baby is put to sleep supine on a cot in the parents» room (table 3).

Although some parents bathe their babies every day, until a baby is crawling around and getting into messes, a bath isn't really necessary more than three times a week during the first year.

Dr. Sears is noted by TIME as «The Man Who Remade Motherhood» and author of many parenting books, including The Baby Book: «First published in 1992, The Baby Bookis now in print in 18 languages, with more than 1.5 million copies sold.»

Considered a little gentler than full - blown «cry - it - out,» graduated extinction calls for parents to ignore their child's cries for two minutes, gradually increasing the response time for up to six minutes in the first night, according to Forbes.

(It's way easier than regular swaddle for a first time parent too!)

Kids born first get as much as 3,000 more hours of quality time with parents than younger siblings do at the same age.

When you're a first - time parent, it's better to sound silly than be sorry.

Ideal for first - time parents or those wanting to do things drastically different than a previous birth and postpartum experience.

First time parents are, understandably, a bit more on edge and cautious than more «experienced» parents.

For the first time in the history of our nation, children's lifespans will be shorter than that of their parents.

First - time parents tend to score lower in all six areas than those who've been through it before.

For the first time, a teen will experience being under the authority and supervision of an adult other than their parent or teacher.

As a second - time parent, I tend to cut corners more than I did with the first kid.

Eligibility has been defined to focus on the most vulnerable families: first - time pregnant women, and first time parents with a child less than 6 months of age.

If millennials and their employers can manage to smooth the way, say experts, we can expect great things from Gen Y. «For the first time in employment history, the youngest generation knows more... than their parents and their grandparents put together,» Henry says.

It was the first Kepler planet found in the habitable zone of its parent star, but the world is considerably larger than Earth — about 2.4 times our planet's size.

For the first time since exoplanets, or planets around stars other than the sun, were discovered almost 20 years ago, X-ray observations have detected an exoplanet passing in front of its parent star.

The team identified hundreds of regions of the genome where spontaneous mutations are implicated in autism. Spontaneous mutations are those that arise for the first time in an individual, rather than being inherited from parents.

For the first time in centuries, the current generation of children will have a shorter life expectancy than their parents...

By the final time span, living with a single parent all three years between ages 14 and 16, rather than none, was associated with reduced probability of graduating from college of 16.6 percentage points compared to a reduction of 8.1 percentage points in the first period.

In the study involving questionnaires filled out by more than 1,100 English and Spanish speaking parents of children in kindergarten through grade 12, researchers found children in the first grade had up to three times the homework load recommended by the NEA and the National PTA.

For the first time in history we have a generation of children who are growing up less fit than their parents.

It's also a time when parents, teachers and students in places like Chicago, Philadelphia, and Washington DC are feeling more dread and despair than the excitement that usually accompanies the first day of school, because we can see so how the privatization and austerity moves in these cities are threatening every fundamental of our children's education.

Passed legislation allowing CHARTER SCHOOLS in Maine for the first time; so that Maine is now part of the more than 40 states in the country which have this option for parents and students.

«[C] hildren who are in school today will be the first generation of Americans to be less well educated than their parents were for the first time in the history of our country.»

The Mustang came along at the right time, when the first of the baby boomers were coming into young adulthood and their forty - ish parents, about to be free of their offspring, could think about something other than four - door sedans and station wagons.

It was my first time buying a new car and I had less than pleasurable... experiences at other dealers in the Philadelphia Area so when i went back to New York to visit my parents I went to MINI of Dutchess and the rest is history.

I think he might have realised their short - comings as parents ahead of Zelda, and rather than hiring a strict Nanny to restrict their access to their child -LCB- as I think Zelda did feel, especially whilst in France & Italy -RCB-,... I think the harder issue at hand might be that motherhood didn't at first come naturally to Zelda, but it grew in time.

One commenter recommended that parent PLUS loan borrowers not be allowed to borrow more for all their children than they can afford to repay in ten years, or by time the parent retires, whichever comes first.

Child's age is 19 or less, or a full - time student less than 24: First $ 1,000 of unearned income is tax free; next $ 1,000 of unearned income is taxed at the child's rate (if no earned income); above $ 2,000 of unearned income is taxed at the parent's marginal tax rate (if no earned income).

First, the time horizon is usually shorter: even if you start contributing to an RESP when your child is born (and most parents don't), you'll start tapping the funds in no more than 18 years.

If you're an experienced pet parent you may feel more prepared for adopting a puppy than a first time pet parent would.

Even when I was about 10 years old, around the time Melee first came out, my parents didn't want me playing T or M rated games yet, but they actually let me play Melee, because they saw me play a demo of it at a Walmart before, and they didn't think the game looked any worse than games I've already played.

When it becomes necessary that a child be cared for by a person other than a parent or a responsible household family member, the parent needing the child care shall first offer the other parent the opportunity for additional parenting time, if providing the child care by the other parent is practical considering the time available and the distance between residences.

Whether the estrangement was caused by bad decisions, alienation by the other parent, geographical constraints, service in the military and separation from the child for a long period of time, or other reasons, there is no better time than the present to take the first step.

And for the first time in more than 130 years, the No. 1 living arrangement among 18 - to -34-year-olds is with their parents.