Sentences with phrase «than the average child in»

In a conference in March sponsored by the investment firm Morgan Stanley, Mr. Packard said that «our kids are doing as well or better than the average child in a brick - and - mortar school.»

This is also a community where asthma is epidemic: children in West Oakland are seven times more likely to be hospitalized for asthma than the average child in California.»

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Kenneth Wolfe, a spokesman for the Administration for Children and Families, the division of HHS caring for the undocumented children, said in an email that most undocumented children have a stay of «less than 30 days on averageChildren and Families, the division of HHS caring for the undocumented children, said in an email that most undocumented children have a stay of «less than 30 days on averagechildren, said in an email that most undocumented children have a stay of «less than 30 days on averagechildren have a stay of «less than 30 days on average.»

«Growing up in a home with 500 books would propel a child 3.2 years further in education, on average, than would growing up in a similar home with few or no books,» the Pacific Standard noted.

Parents could deduct no more than the average cost of child care in their state.

Parents of highly creative children had an average of fewer than one rule,» writes Grant in the op - ed.

There are plenty of people out there who have pretty positive self - assessments: Ninety percent of drivers think they have above average skills behind the wheel, an even higher percentage of college professors think they're better than average teachers, and, as we all know, every single child in Lake Wobegon is above average.

On average, renters earn about half as much as homeowners, and the percentage of families with children that rent rather than buy has increased sharply in the past decade, the study said.

In 1976, couples with children outnumbered couples without; in 2006, that changed, and couples without children became the majority - yet couples with children earn, on average, more than those withouIn 1976, couples with children outnumbered couples without; in 2006, that changed, and couples without children became the majority - yet couples with children earn, on average, more than those withouin 2006, that changed, and couples without children became the majority - yet couples with children earn, on average, more than those without.

He proposed a new indictment of priestly celibacy, pointing out that by the year 2000 «more than one million» «above - average» Catholics will not have existed because the forty thousand «on average, above average» priests living in 1900 could not marry and have children.

Public schoolteachers in central cities are far more likely than the average central city resident to send their own children to private schools.

While property is relatively more affordable in other parts of the country (six times the average salary in the North - east rather than 14 times in London) it's impossible to ignore that even in the most affordable areas house prices are geared towards two - earner families with two or fewer children.

Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower, Mary Ann Mason reports that while women in so - called «fast - track professions» have fewer children than does the average American woman, female faculty are almost half as likely as female physicians and slightly less likely than female lawyers to have a child at all, even though academia offers far more flexible hours than the average law firm or hospital.

Personally, I don't put these people in any lower esteem than the average religious child abusing brain - washer.

One perhaps could argue that the 17 average hours that parents spent with their children per week in 1985 could have been quality time and therefore just as good as, or even better than, the greater number of hours they spent together in 1965.

Other witnesses argued that, inasmuch as almost 25,000 married couples in France have been approved but wait an average of five years to be able to adopt because fewer than 5,000 adoptions take place each year, it is possible to provide every adoptable child with a father and a mother who will offer him or her the best chance of integrating into a new family.

It costs more than $ 9,000 a year on average to send children to child care centers, which is more than yearly full - time, in - state tuition at N.C. State University.

• If one parent is better - educated than the other, some children may benefit from the better - educated parent undertaking more care: e.g. in Norway, girls (but not boys) have been found to do better at school when a father who was better educated than their mother took longer - than - average leave (Cools et al, 2011.)

The canopy that this stroller features is much larger than the average sunshade and features a peekaboo window for children to see what is above and around them, even when the canopy is in use.

Participants with support orders in place paid an average of $ 90.32 in child support in the month before the follow - up interview, significantly more than was paid by comparison group fathers (an average of $ 38.13).

Parents can spend anywhere from $ 55 — $ 100 a month for an average of 30 months on disposable diapers and wipes, or they can have a single investment of $ 100 — $ 500 in cloth diapers, which will last potentially through more than one child.

«In two studies of breast - fed infants involving more than 3,000 children in Britain and New Zealand, breastfeeding was found to raise intelligence an average of nearly 7 IQ points if the children had a particular version of a gene called FADSIn two studies of breast - fed infants involving more than 3,000 children in Britain and New Zealand, breastfeeding was found to raise intelligence an average of nearly 7 IQ points if the children had a particular version of a gene called FADSin Britain and New Zealand, breastfeeding was found to raise intelligence an average of nearly 7 IQ points if the children had a particular version of a gene called FADS2.

It is important to keep in mind that the time frames presented are averages and some children may achieve various developmental milestones earlier or later than the average but still be within the normal range.

In fact, it seems like you've put more work into helping your child to overcome life's challenges than the average parent.

Even before I started The Lunch Tray, I'd read in Janet Poppendieck's Free for All: Fixing School Food in America references to data showing that, on average, children who regularly eat the federally subsidized school meal consume a wider variety of nutrients than those who consistently eat a home - packed lunch.

adolescent homeschooled students slept an average of 90 minutes more per night than public and private school students, who were in class an average of 18 minutes before homeschooled children even awoke.

• There were 13 divorces an hour in England and Wales in 2012 • Women were granted 65 % of all divorces • 9,703 men and 6,026 women aged over 60 got divorced • One in seven divorces were granted as a result of adultery • 719 (less than 1 %) divorces were granted because of desertion • The average age at divorce was 45 for men and 42 for women • 9 % of couples divorcing had both been divorced before • 48 % of couples divorcing had at least one child aged under 16 living with the family • It is expected that 42 % of marriages will end in divorce

Today, the average age at which American children complete potty training is higher than at any time in history: 36 months for girls and 38 months for boys.

We know discipline is important in raising healthy children, yet how can you properly discipline a child who feels things more acutely than average?

Parents who work in low - wage jobs can face real difficulties affording quality child care — in 2013, the average cost of full - time care for an infant at a child care center was about $ 10,000 per year — higher than the average cost of in - state tuition at a public 4 - year college - and much higher in some locations.

The average middle - class family spends more than $ 225,000 in the first 18 years of a child's life.

Each kit is priced a little higher than your average children's medical kit at $ 49.95, but the quality far supasses any kits my children have had in the past.

When you take into account the fact that today's women caregivers are part of the Sandwich Generation, both raising their children and caring for their parents (or, for us, their grandparents), it's not surprising that the depression rates in caregivers is also higher than that of the average population.

British children were twice as likely as the average to have been drunk by the age of 15, and significantly less likely to be in two parent families than those elsewhere, were more likely to have tried drugs and had one of the worst diets in the developed world.

One in three children in North Carolina experiences food insecurity, which is higher than the national average.

The report found that nearly 12.2 million children participated in the School Breakfast Program on an average day, nearly 70,000 additional students than compared to the year before.

Dual - income fathers spend about 11 hours more than mothers in paid work per week, but mothers make up their hours by spending more time on average time in child care and housework.

In the late 1970s, the average mother at the end of her childbearing years had given birth to more than three children.

As a registered nurse and the injury prevention coordinator for Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis, Winkler teaches safe sleep practices in East St. Louis, an area plagued by a higher than average infant mortality.

Overall, fathers spend significantly more hours each week in paid work than do mothers (40 hours vs. 23 hours, on average), while mothers» time in unpaid work (child care and housework) is much longer than that of fathers (31 hours per week vs. 17 hours).

In contrast, when moms stay at home and dads work for pay, they average about 26 hours per week in housework and about 20 hours in child care, more than three times as much as what their working partners put into these activitieIn contrast, when moms stay at home and dads work for pay, they average about 26 hours per week in housework and about 20 hours in child care, more than three times as much as what their working partners put into these activitiein housework and about 20 hours in child care, more than three times as much as what their working partners put into these activitiein child care, more than three times as much as what their working partners put into these activities.

Looking at 15 Kids LiveWell participating chains, researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that the average restaurant kid's meal in 2015 still contained twice the calories recommended for small children and more than 60 percent of their recommended daily allotment of sodium.

If you think your child may be sleeping excessively during the day which in turn is leading to lower than average nightsleep (i.e. much lower than 11 hours for most children) then you may want to look at capping naps during the day.

If in doubt, order the Looping 3 size, especially if your child's head measures larger than average.

Fathers, in particular, are spending a lot more time - 59 minutes a day - with their children than fathers spent with their children in the 1960's, when they averaged only 16 minutes a day of time spent parenting.

The Cambridge Community Breastfeeding Group is arguing that in the long run this decision would add to hospital costs, an argument backed by at least one study which found each baby who isn't breastfed costs the health system on average $ 1500 more than a breastfed child.

Keep in mind that a cute little rounded belly is absolutely normal for a toddler, and your child more than likely fits into this average shape.

At an average rate of six diapers per day per child (and more than double that for newborns), diaper - wearing children in poverty in the United States require more than 5.8 billion diapers annually to keep them clean, dry and healthy.

The mothers of included children were on average 1.3 cm taller than those not included, whereas there were no differences in prepregnancy weight, age, level of education, and number of cigarettes smoked at conception (data not shown).

Children are the most vulnerable in emergencies — child mortality can soar from 2 to 70 times higher than average due to diarrhoea, respiratory illness and malnutrition.