Sentences with phrase «there's a parent»

A retired prison warden, he's seen teachers, parents and grandparents bring kids in to «make sure they never wound up in [a prison].»

When T.J. Maxx and Marshalls parent TJX (tax) reported the chains» first quarterly comparable sales drop in memory in November, many observers wondered whether the off - price juggernaut was running its course after years of aggressive store expansion.

You just have to be able to remember what your grandmother told your parents who told you that your privacy should not be compromised.

A college education is one of the most expensive investments anyone can make in themselves, so it makes sense that either they or their parents will want to celebrate in a lasting way.

New iPad pricing makes this an interesting choice for parents vs. Chromebooks.»

One of the most difficult things I saw as a youngster was my parents arguing over whether my dad had an extra dollar to give to my mother.

(The top - five list also includes Google parent Alphabet (goog), Facebook (fb) and Microsoft (msft).)

Perhaps most remarkable is the collective imagination of students across the United States, who dared to take on a challenge that their parents, aunts, and uncles had all but abandoned: stopping the scourge of gun violence.

For pet parents who can't stand being away from their four - legged friends, PetChatz offers a Skype - like solution.

In 1975, after working in Walmart's real - estate department for a few years, Jim joined his parents» bank, later renamed Arvest Bank Group.

«With our daughters, I never raised them how I was raised [with the assumption they'd join the family business,]» says Oddo, who has written a book on the principles of parenting.

«Parenthood isn't just a women's issue, it's an economic issue and one that affects all parents — men and women alike,» Duckworth said in a statement Monday.

That explains why Restaurant Brands International (RBI), the Oakville, Ont. - based parent company of Tim Hortons and Burger King, will shell out US$ 1.8 billion in cash to acquire Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, an American fried chicken chain.

«I was inspired by how she felt that scientific research was a deeply worthwhile, even noble, calling and that she also had a family (two daughters) and was a devoted parent, as well as an iconic researcher,» recalls Blackburn.

I'm fairly sure my parents paid for that computer, just like I've paid for subsequent Apple (AAPL) laptops, phones and tablets.

«As tough as juggling the demands of motherhood and being a Senator can be, I'm hardly alone or unique as a working parent, and my children only make me more committed to doing my job and standing up for hardworking families everywhere.»

(Disclosure: Time Inc., TIME and Fortune's parent company, was acquired by Meredith Corp. in a deal partially financed by Koch Equity Development, a subsidiary of Koch Industries Inc..)

And young entrepreneurs: if you're just starting out, and had been on your parents» insurance policy through college, you should very soon be able to stay on your parents» coverage until your 26th birthday.

And the parent company's 2017 forecast suggested little relief was coming for a brand that not long ago could do no wrong.

«These Gen Zers have seen their parents struggle financially [due to the recession and student loan crisis], so parents are having conversations about finances, money and debt with kids earlier.

While only 18 percent of U.S. organizations offer paid parental leave, according to the Society for Human Resource Management's 2016 Employee Benefits Survey, many high profile employers have begun announcing plans that both increase the amount of paid time off for new parents and offer it regardless of gender.

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But even after leaving public office, her commitment to improving America's literacy continued — with initiatives like a partnership with NFL player J.J. Watt to encourage parents to read to their children — until the end of her life.

The next generation of parents will wish for the days of Instagram selfies when the virtual reality world takes hold.

There's the other parent... He or she shares authority with you, and you'll need their buy - in on major decisions.

Alphabet, for those unfamiliar, is the parent company of Google.

Parents looking to save a buck on a real - life babysitter will have to wait to find out how much all this hard - wired plastic convenience will set them back.

Many soon - to - be parents come up with creative ways to announce their pregnancy and reveal the gender of their babies long before they've given birth.

When Musk was a child, he would often gaze into the distance while his parents were speaking to him, which led them to believe that he might be hard of hearing.

Lythcott - Haims asks parents: If you drive or walk your kid everywhere, how will he or she develop the essential adult skill of finding «his way around a campus, the town in which her summer internship is located, or the city where he is working or studying abroad»?

The growing number of Canadians tasked with caring for elderly parents are turning to their iPhones for help

Our kids are being victimized by a bunch of crazy granola - heads and «procto - parents» («helicopter parents» doesn't accurately describe it) who are systematically ruining our kids» respect for rigor and sucking the stuffing right out of them.

That and the ESPN app represent the latest efforts by Disney, parent company of ESPN, to target «cord cutters» or «cord nevers,» those customers who primarily use mobile devices and computers to consume media.

By the time of the sale, Mark was the majority owner in PokerStars's parent company.

According to Ted Conley, who heads up North American marketing for the condom maker's parent company: «The category has traditionally been strong at times of economic downturn and we are getting anecdotal evidence that the same can be said for today.

Meanwhile, parents can get the Kindle for Kids Bundle for their young readers.

One deeply flawed, since - retracted study of 12 children made some parents fearful that there might be an association between vaccines and autism.

Still, sales growth at its parent company Yum Brands was weaker than expected, hurt by a chicken shortage at KFC chain restaurants in the U.K. and Ireland.

«When your parents give you their house money, you damn well better succeed,» Rosenthal says.

Disclosure: CNBC parent company NBCUniversal is an investor in Hulu, and NBCUniversal parent company Comcast owns Dreamworks Animation.

«If you're a parent and you live with that kind of behavior, you're probably pretty resigned to kicking and screaming.

Bernard Arnault's LVMH houses 70 luxury brands from Louis Vuitton to Hennessy to Dom Perignon, all controlled by family parent company Groupe Arnault.

His parents split up early, and Cornell was only 6 when he last saw his father, who died young.

DACA recipients» fears are not unfounded — the same fear surfaced several years ago after the Obama administration in 2014 attempted to expand DACA and implement a program known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, which sought to shield from deportation the parents of American citizens or lawful permanent residents.

Those are the ones that make parents proud.

But while there may be grounds to criticize this popular parenting style, Brooks insists that what really afflicts fragile young people isn't a lack of experience of hardship, but a lack of purpose.

Its users come to the platform to tune into their interests, from fashion and entertainment to health and parenting.

It would also follow another recent IPO win for NBCUniversal: The company invested $ 500 million in Snap (snap), the parent company of social media app Snapchat, making NBCUniversal a major beneficiary when Snap went public earlier this month in the hottest IPO of 2017 so far.

... Parents know that half of college graduates are unemployed, underemployed or have given up on their search entirely and they want to prepare their children for their future,» says Dan Schawbel, founder of Millennial Branding.

The youngest successful founders were those who had received funding from New York City - based venture capital firms, although even then their average age was 38.7 — old enough to have been Mark Zuckerberg's parent when he started Facebook from his dorm room at 19.