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Universities are increasingly opening Kosher dining facilities because they recognize that it shows their interest in recruiting and keeping Jewish students. More parents looking at schools are asking a threshold question of whether there is a Hillel on campus.

Very few parents do save for college in their child's early years. When I counsel young parents, I make it clear that they have emergency reserves to protect them for unexpected events and so they don't have to use these education funds as a first line of support.

Work plays a significant role in the lives of working families, not only in the amount of time they spend at work but also with their attitudes toward work and how these attitudes and expectations spill over to the home, Overworking is very pervasive, but parents don't have the mechanisms to put the brakes on.

Working parents are taking work home and not necessarily being compensated for it. The number of hours parents are spending on work is astronomical.

With the increasing use of vulgarity during major award shows and even the Super Bowl half-time show, parents are becoming increasingly outraged.

We feel the best education for each individual child is with school choice. It involves the parents directly in the process of their child's education and they have some governance, in that they can seek another school if they are unhappy with the present school. And historically, our kids do well at whatever school they attend.

We're providing all the supplies and dinner. Parents just bring in pictures they want to put in the scrapbook, and the essay the kids wrote will be the centerpiece. It will pull a little at the heartstrings because the essay and pictures are so meaningful.

We're finding that across the country that these tutoring programs, afternoon sessions are making a big difference. But we're also finding that not enough parents and students are knowledgeable about the options.

We're fortunate to have a strong group of supportive parents who have done a fine job with field improvements for our baseball program. They're a blessing to us.

We're fortunate that we had family to help us evacuate. If not for them, we'd probably be in a shelter somewhere with all those other people. My father wired us money from Maine and Robert's grandparents and parents also wired us money for the trip. Everybody in the family wanted us to leave Gulfport.

We're not asking to let Stanley out, ... We don't want him killed, that's all, because we think his message is important. Williams has without question gone through a personal redemption, has repudiated his past and has made contact with thousands of kids, teachers and parents across the country.

We're based on our friends' couches and in our old rooms at our parents' houses. What we have in common is that our parents loved to travel, so touring comes natural to us. We're a band of gypsies.

We're back on the prowl looking for space. We had kids coming in from Highland, Griffith and other areas in the region. I've already had parents call to see what they can and I think we'll be having a meeting soon to weigh our options.

Throughout our lives, we were in the system. Our parents weren't stable enough.

Throughout my life, I have talked to Heavenly Father regularly through prayer. I am very grateful to my parents for teaching me that Heavenly Father lives and that He always listens to us. He listens to me, and He listens to you. I know that He will always be there for you.

We're really excited and strongly support the provisions. We are just trying to make sure that parents are involved in their minor daughters' decisions.

We're really at the beginning of the movement. We need to establish statewide policies that support parents in teaching their children to make the right choices, rather than continuing to allow the financial interests of soda and fast-food companies to win out over the health of our children.

We're real good friends with his parents still.

With the Ontario lift on the tuition fee freeze and the rising costs associated with sending a child to post-secondary education, it is becoming increasingly important for parents to start saving as early as possible. Not only will saving early set the financial foundation for a child's education, it also demonstrates to a child that you are taking steps to help them pursue a post-secondary education, helping to align their goals from an early age.

Ultimately, any loss of child care could potentially be a crisis. We're always seeing a demand for it, especially with the economy being a factor in both parents needing to work.

Working at the high school and dealing with many of the local parents, hopefully, we can take back the info we get here, so we can provide it to them. In turn, we can work together to better our communities and high school.

We're seeing a big increase in these benefits. Flexibility is the number one program parents are looking for in the workplace.

We're looking for an upscale crowd who knows beers. The target market is your parents and grad students. It's a sleek, elegant place where faculty can come.

We want to reach out not just to sports fans, but parents who are involved in their kids' lives.

We have schools teaching yoga, rock-climbing, martial arts, fly-fishing, ... If a kid is in a program that hasn't changed from when the parents were in school, it's just not OK.

We have to go back to some of the basics. Those basics are the parents have to get involved in the young people lives. The parents have to know what their kids are doing. The churches are going to have to get involved. We are going to have to start educating our kids.

We have assessed our situation and are making adjustments as needed based on the crisis in the Gulf that has impacted our state and our nation. We are making every effort to ensure we continue our delivery of service to students without interruption, understanding that some measures may have to be taken given the daily status of the situation. We will keep staff, parents and students advised of any measures that will impact them directly.

We have not always been as careful as we could have been. The current ratings system provides a solid foundation for helping parents guide their children and the enhancements that we propose today offer substantial potential for improvement.

We have not always been as careful as we could have been, ... The current ratings system provides a solid foundation for helping parents guide their children and the enhancements that we propose today offer substantial potential for improvement.

When you're young, you don't care about your parents and what they're doing. But then you get to your 20s, and you start watching their movies. And then you become an actor, as I did late in college, and then you're really watching them. And they were really very good.

We want parents to talk to kids. It's free speech. We can't stop students from participating. But if they do this, first of all, it's skipping school. And second, talk to them about safety. If you're walking across town, be careful.

We want parents to be more aware of the child care they select.

We want parents if they have children that have been on any of his teams, we want them to sit down and talk to their children about any inappropriate contact.

We want to tell American parents that they and they alone have total power to control every hour of television programming that comes into their home.

We want to see more support for parents in improving children's diets at home and more pressure on the food industry to advertise responsibly.

We want students to bring their parents and family members to see this. Everyone needs to know what can - and does - happen when people drink and drive, or let others drink and drive.

We are holding the meeting to quell parents' fears. We are working very quickly to identify those people we feel had the most serious risk of exposure so we can get them tested immediately.

We developed some uniform guidelines for filling the Schultueten. Parents were asked to fill them with healthy treats.

What we're getting ready for in this country is something that you won't believe. Your parents probably talked to you about the Great Depression. We're on our way. I can tell you that.

There are some people who don't want to think about teenagers having sex at all, in real life or in literature, ... Some parents don't want their kids reading about gay and lesbian characters.

The only consistent quote was that it brought peace to the house. Parents argue with their kids about media all the time, almost daily. After using Bob for one or two days, the kids accept that 'this is Mum and Dad's rule, and we can't do anything about it'. It becomes a non-issue.

The only way we could be closer is if we had the same parents.

The only way to protect children is with education. You cannot depend on filtering. You can't depend on creating a .xxx. That's not going to work. You have to make sure that parents and their children really understand the Internet.

We really enjoy bringing old clocks back to life. These clocks often have a lot of sentimental value to their owners. Sometimes they got them from parents or relatives who are no longer living.

We're a different entity coming in from the outside, and we have to put our resources where our moth is and show parents we can do a better job. Displaced parents were able to see what a better school system looks like, and they are now calling us and demanding that we provide the same, if not better. And we agree.

We're able to make more successful connections between student sitters and parents.

We're a product of our parents, whether we like it or not.

We're always worried that the parents are going to be shocked.

We hear griping initially. When people are made to do anything, there's some resistance. Some parents are irritable that they have to take time out of their day.

We heard from a lot of parents around Christmas who were concerned about this. And the congresswoman told them to contact their local school boards and local officials and make their voices heard.

We hear a lot from parents that it was just this time, just a short distance, or they didn't have their seat with them. There are a lot of circumstances, but the fact is parents really need to ensure they properly restrain kids on every trip they take.

We hope we can teach what healthy relationships are about. Parents can definitely benefit from this.

We hope to provide the tools to parents of children with ADHD so they can have the information they can talk with their doctors about.

Yes, she was treated differently. She was treated better by my parents than she's been treated her whole life.

We didn't want to find ourselves in the middle of a large-scale evacuation and not have any lead time to warn parents if we had to close.

We didn't think we should be the ones to tell him. We didn't lie to him, but we thought his parents should tell him.

We have reached the point of saturation a vicious revolving door of never-ending seasons. Children can't even take a couple of months' hiatus from a sport for fear of falling behind their peers and being excluded from teams the following seasons. Those elite teams, all those trophies that's what the parents want.

We have reached the point of saturation - a vicious revolving door of never-ending seasons. Children can't even take a couple of months' hiatus from a sport for fear of falling behind their peers and being excluded from teams the following seasons. Those elite teams, all those trophies - that's what the parents want.

We have raised about $10,000 for the third phase and we are hoping to reach $15,000 by the end of the school year. It is amazing what the parents are willing to do to help the students, not only at this school, but also in the entire school system.

We have people who come back year after year, ... Parents who brought their children are now bringing their grandchildren as well. One family has been coming for 45 years.

The fact that parents who smoke can exert a protective anti-smoking effect on their children might seem counter-intuitive. Other research has already found that strong parental attitudes and actions against smoking reduce the odds of children using tobacco. Our study found that the same is true even when the parents themselves are smokers.

The courts will become involved with parents to see if the place is cleaned up. Get them parenting skills classes so they can learn to be better parents.

The fact is parents spend time and money because that's their job. They are loving parents.

The procedure that's outlined in our transportation manual is that bus drivers may drop off students, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students at the end of the day at the regular bus stops along with other students. They are not required to stay and wait for parents or guardians before dropping off their students.

There is a lot more choice for students in terms of housing, whether they want to rent or if their parents want to make an investment. Condos are on the market that parents will buy for students and investors who will rent to students.

There is clearly a third group out there now: Parents who feel they can do a better job than the public schools,

There is a stereotype to the word travel being somewhat of an all-star team. Why else would parents want to do it?

When I was 13 I was diagnosed with malignant brain cancer. I spent 13 weeks in the hospital getting treatment, and my parents had to mortgage the house to pay for it. I spent Christmas in the hospital. When I got out my father had bought me my first Lionel train set, a model Union Pacific line.

When I was 11 years old, my family had to leave East Germany and begin a new life in West Germany overnight. Until my father could get back into his original profession as a government employee, my parents operated a small laundry business in our little town. I became the laundry delivery boy.

The outcry from the parents was so terrific. Safety issues.

The popularity of the game will increase once the publicity of it goes into affect, Parents beware!

We have an understanding with our parents - schoolwork can't slack. Academics are definitely something we pride ourselves on. We'd be upset if we didn't do well.

We're here talking about child safety seats. I'm impressed with the attendance and we've talked to lots of parents and grandparents.

We're hard at work trying to make parents better understand that they have total control today over what individual programs they allow into their homes. We want to show a closer rapport between the TV ratings system and the movie ratings system.

This program provides critical resources to new parents experiencing not only the joys but also the challenges of a new baby.

This program offers a dynamic tool to help parents ground their young adult children in real world money management skills, while training them to protect their financial futures.

This program is a great opportunity for students as well as parents to be educated on education debt. We are here to help students and parents figure everything out.

There are things to learn in the reviews of how primary schools and nurseries alert parents of child absences. That is on-going.

The psychological trauma of hurricanes and floods impacts children the hardest. Why do children exhibit psychological trauma? There are two sources of security for a child: The security of their parents and the predictability of their physical environment. During a hurricane both are threatened,

The Providence program is successful because of good coaches, a good administration, great parents and kids who are dedicated to athletics. Any new job comes with a great deal of anxiety, and there are things I am not familiar with or aware of. But I will be surrounded by great people on all fronts, and they will help lead the way.

We've seen a lot of interest -- and a lot of questions -- from parents and students looking for either a laptop or desktop depending on their needs. And related accessories are doing well, like blank CDs and flash memory drives.

Whenever you start an entirely new state bureaucracy like this initiative proposes, the costs always exceed initial estimates. When that happens, parents of preschool children could be charged a fee or the legislature could raise taxes on all Californians to keep the new bureaucracy going.

When you're 17 and you have an idea, people don't really listen to you. I came out of an environment where my parents were always pushing me to do what I wanted and be creative, and I was not used to the industry's way of thinking.

When you put on that black robe and assume your spot on the Supreme Court, you will surely bring with you your heart and your soul, the values you learned from your parents and others that you learned as you grew up in the wide open fields of your youth, ... I must say, sir, they must never leave you.

When I was at Eloy Santa Cruz, we only had 23 kids, so you don't have any choice but to use kids on both sides of the ball. But the more kids you can play, the more you keep them happy, motivated and their parents happy.

When I grew up, we played in the woods we played sports, ya know? Even spin the bottle was more enjoyable than graffiti. So there's many more things to do out there than graffiti. It's just not the right thing, and parents need to know what their kids are doing.

When I got to college age, my parents suggested, why don't you go to cooking school instead of going to a traditional college? I said that's not for me. That's ridiculous.

When I look back to when I was young, when parents said no they meant no, no matter how much you cried and how many times tears would run out, it would be useless. We knew that losing our temper and crying would not get us what we wanted so we wouldn't dare to lose our temper or cry easily.

The primary thing as parents that we can do is make sure that we have mostly healthy food around the house for our kids to eat, keeping particularly healthy snacks around.

We need a sampling of 25 percent of parents (for the surveys). That is the amount of parents we usually have.

We need to make sure someone is taking care of them, so they are not there alone. It is really providing temporary shelter for these children until their parents can find them.

When you coach different sports, you have to deal with athletes and parents. But with the Special Olympics, these kids are just glad to be out here and play sports.

When we started doing this, we weren't sure what response we'd get from students and parents. It has exceeded our expectations.

When we sent the note home to the parents we indicated that this was something that had affected our school community, and that one of our students had leukemia and had been treated for it.

When we see how large the tournament has grown and how many old friends come out and support us, it really makes me, my sister and my parents so happy. All this is in memory of their two sons.

When this opportunity was presented to me, it was just the perfect combination of taking my 30-plus years of experience and reconnecting to the heart and soul of public education the students, parents and teachers.

We want to make sure that our testing process is absolute integrity. Parents need to know that the academic results are real. They need to know that children are learning.

The place to control what is displayed on a home computer screen is in the home. It's up to parents -- not the government -- to control what kids see online.

There are two kinds of parents. The parents who want kids and the kind who really, really don't.

There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.