Example sentences of "[noun] about a child [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many factors which socialization theories predict will affect sex roles , like the same-sex parent 's masculinity and femininity scores , parental expectations about a child 's masculinity and femininity , warmth of relationship between parents and child , presence of same-sex parent , and , for boys , father absence , have contradictory or insignificant effects . |
| 2 | There is a fascinating folk-tale about a child 's pre-birth experience which adds weight to this , though it is not reserved to the Kohanim . |
| 3 | At first sight the schedules are daunting — a 30-page booklet for each age group asks specific questions about a child 's health , educational progress , family and social relationships , identity , social presentation and emotional development . |
| 4 | There is often a fatalistic predict-ability about a child 's future achievements in certain structures which , while helping some , can unwittingly limit the progress of others . |
| 5 | He argues that such procedures and the decisions about a child 's acceptability within mainstream education which may follow from them , are underpinned by competing philosophies about a child 's acceptability as a human being . |
| 6 | Too much neurosis about a child 's progress is therefore unproductive . |
| 7 | There are many reasons why it may be regarded as helpful to gather information about a child 's language , and the uses to which any formal assessment results may be put will influence decisions about how assessments can best be carried out . |
| 8 | Developmental charts and checklists are an attempt to provide a simple , non-technical procedure for gathering information about a child 's language . |
| 9 | However , such items are liable to some variability in terms of how they are applied by different people and , furthermore , they convey little in terms of specific information about a child 's command of language . |
| 10 | An important criterion for the use of tests involving a qualitative assessment is that the test user is fully familiar with the theoretical basis of the test and is competent to translate variations in test performance across items into valid generalisations about a child 's linguistic ability and , if necessary , into recommendations for treatment . |
| 11 | He argues that such procedures and the decisions about a child 's acceptability within mainstream education which may follow from them , are underpinned by competing philosophies about a child 's acceptability as a human being . |