Sentence examples for preferred child from inspiring English sources

In U.S. history, as the Industrial Revolution moved the workplace from farm to factory, employers often preferred child workers because they were less likely to strike and were usually cheaper, according to the Child Labor Public Education Project.

When children must be removed from their homes and placed in foster care, family reunification is the preferred child welfare strategy.

In her old age, with only a patchy memory of the past, it still hurt her that her older brother had been the preferred child.

Each parent critiques their partner's relationship with their preferred child, but cannot view their own relationship with their own child as realistically.

But the hypothesis was completely wrong: Firstborns actually reported feeling they were the preferred child more often, while younger siblings said "they could sense the firstborn bias and that it affected their self-esteem -- much more so than older kids," Science of Us wrote.

The employers also preferred children because of ease in management, discipline and lack of labour unions.

A recent study conducted in north-west Ethiopia showed that the majority of contraceptive users prefer child spacing to limiting [ 27], which supports findings from other parts of Africa [ 33].

Although the sexual preference hypothesis can explain why some offenders prefer children, this does not provide a comprehensive understanding, particularly when considering offenders who target both adult and child victims.

The best schools prefer children carrying a "glorious certificate for one-child parents".

He did have some reservations: he prefers children's early experiences with money to be more tangible so they can see the piggy bank or jar filling up with coins.

Adults who want children often prefer children of a particular sex, or a "balance" of male and female children, perhaps born in a particular order.