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Water loss
Alternate term for dehydration, in infants a possible medical emergency.
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Water-breaking
In pregnancy, the breaking of the sac holding the amniotic fluid that protects the baby, generally just before the onset of labor.
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Walking
Movement of the body by lifting the feet alternately in a chosen direction, with one foot returning to the ground before the next leaves it, a complicated set of movements controlled by the brain in response to the body’s signals about changes in position and balance (as monitored by the inner ear). Newborn infants exhibit…
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Wage attachment
Withholding of money from a person’s paycheck to pay off debts, such as to pay child support or alimony. In some states, the wage attachment law applies automatically to everyone who has been ordered to pay child support. Sometimes an obligated parent may have wages voluntarily withheld to pay for child support.
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Voucher system
A program under which school taxes go into a special fund, from which parents are given redeemable coupons called vouchers that enable them to “purchase” education (up to specified amount of money) for their children in the school of their choice, whether public or private. Under the present system, many parents whose children attend private…
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Vocational schools
Schools that provide a special curriculum oriented to preparing students for employment after graduation; often a type of magnet school or school of choice. Though the term has traditionally been used to refer to schools that focused on instruction for non-college-bound students, such as those offering automobile mechanics or printing, schools also may be termed…
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Vocational curriculum
A type of curriculum that focuses on teaching students skills to be used on jobs after graduation.
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Visual skills
A set of overlapping skills that involve the eyes, often in combination with motor skills.
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Visiting teacher
An educator who travels among several schools, providing special instructional services, or who teaches homebound students.
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Visitation rights
The right of a separated, divorced, or otherwise absent parent living elsewhere to see his or her children on some agreed-upon basis; some noncustodial parents dislike the implication that they are visitors and prefer the term parental access. The ability to visit one’s children is a basic parents’ right; the father of a child born…
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