Not only must NGOs working for children be strengthened to push politicians to change but children must be consulted and informed.

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Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag said that the eruv would enable Jewish people to push their children and disabled relatives to the synagogue on the Sabbath and to live with "less restriction and difficulty".

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There is currently a citywide push to ensure that all children in Edmonton can read competently by grade three (88% now can).

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Then when we needed someone to push the cause of inner city children struggling to avoid a life of crime, or to bring the benefits of high technology to ordinary Americans, or to clean the environment in a way that created new jobs, or to give small businesses a better chance to make it, John Kerry said: Send me.

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The government says it wants to push ahead with proposals announced last year to reform the system for identifying children with special educational needs and providing support services.

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They point to school league-tables, which are often blamed for encouraging schools to push pupils towards easier subjects and to manipulate admissions so as to get rid of hard-to-teach children.

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Parents also push their children into extracurricular activities in an effort to nurture flickers of talent in such areas as music, dance, painting and computer skills.

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We're here because we want our children to have good schools, the kind of schools that push them, the kind of schools that inspire them and prepare them for good jobs. (Applause.) That's why we're here.

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Companies that have tried to push the envelope have been chastened with a cooling-off period, another time out for the misbehaved children.

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Another concern is that women will push the age of motherhood to an extreme, endure more difficult pregnancies, risk premature labor and deny their children the chance of spending much, if any, time with their grandparents.

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