Sentences with phrase «as godparents»

Kinship care is the care given to a child whose parents are unable to provide the care and support for a child and this responsibility is taken on by a family member such as a grandparent, aunt, uncle, sibling or other connected adults to the child such as godparents or close friends of the family.

The article discusses the strengths of Latino and other immigrant kinship families due to their social networks, which include both close and distant relatives and friends that may be considered family, such as godparents.

Grandfamilies Generations United (2016) Works to enact policies and promote programs to help grandfamilies — kinship families in which children reside with or are being raised by grandparents, other extended family members, or adults with whom they have a close family - like relationship, such as godparents or close family friends.

They have served as godparents and, more recently, attended the funerals of two of their classmates, Daryl Pelletier, Ed.D.» 63, and Albert Benson, Ed.D.» 64.

Grandfamilies, or kinship families, are families in which children reside with and are being raised by grandparents, other extended family members, and adults with whom they have a close family - like relationship such as godparents and close family friends.

P.S. if you had really been committed to baptizing your baby in the Faith, why would you choose as Godparents people who have turned away from it?

However, in later years, he refused to serve as a godparent, because he did not believe in the dogma of the Trinity.

They offered us a stranger who could act as a godparent in return and I was disgusted, once again.

If Uncharted and PUBG had a baby with Resident Evil as a godparent then it would be called TLoU MP.

In cases where both parents die and there are multiple parties seeking custody, such as a godparent and grandparents, an individual will need to file a petition for custody with the courts.

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On Friday, Brown was joined by a large entourage, which included members of his own family and that of Chris and Andy Tripp, the godparents whom he regards as a surrogate mother and father.

To their surprise, Holly and Messer, the baby's godparents, are also named as the baby's joint guardians in the deceased couple's will.

According to the Jewish Journal, Stanley and Elyse were often, «hailed as «the godparents of the LA art scene.

Then, using the Messenger Kids bookmark in the main Facebook app, parents can approve anyone who is friends with them as a contact for their kid, like aunts and uncles or godparents.

Kinship care is commonly defined as «the full - time care, nurturing, and protection of a child by relatives, members of their Tribe or clan, godparents, stepparents, or other adults who have a family relationship to a child.»

hi peter... i had to google OSA, to find out it was, as i suspected as i read your post, sleep apnea... as well as going 2 school with kath, i was very close to kath & craig for many years (theyr my 20 year old sons» godparents)... after their 3rd child sarah died, & craig was pursuing medical reasons & whether they would be able to have a healthy child, a genetic specialist (cant remember his name) spoke to them about craig's sleep apnea & that it could be hereditary & linked to the cot deaths — this was a driving force behind them working to conceive laura — i remember vividly sitting in their family room at their singleton house when craig was almost giddy with excitement telling us about it...