Sentences with phrase «as a father figure in»

She begins to see him as a father figure in place of Samuel, who is constantly away on business.

Like a «typical» teenager, she rebels against her mother and most especially against Conroy whom she cannot / will not accept as a father figure in the place of her own birth father.

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With the great success enjoyed by SQC in Japan, and through his own abilities as a teacher and promoter of quality control and related management approaches, Deming became the iconic figure in the field, the «father of quality control.»

Like George Bush in the U.S., Harper has deliberately framed himself as the «strict father» figure — in charge, hard - edged, a firm guiding hand when things are increasingly uncertain.

As a kindly Mephistophelean figure, his future father - in - law sets his feet on the path.

However, Tyranowski may have stepped in as a tentative father - figure.

Just as Cromwell, after the death of his father - figure, Wolsey, throws in his lot with Anne Boleyn and the king, so Mantel, after her father's disappearance, throws in her lot with her mother and Jack (what choice did she have?)

It figures significantly in all five of his novels, usually as sons are haunted by the memory of their own fathers» refusal to go on with life.

In addition, several closely related and often interchangeable figures, known as Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, and Christkind, are associated with bringing gifts to children during the Christmas season and have their own body of traditions and lore.

It is not certain whether Matthew's designation of Jacob as the father of Joseph in 1:16 is intended to evoke the reader's memory of the Old Testament figure.

Although drawing on this Tradition, as well as on the Hindu advaita - vedanta and the Buddhist pratityasamutpada (the interrelatedness of all beings), he eventually comes up with an abstract form of «Trinity» as a figure — a unity in triple diversity, but detached from the economic manifestation of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Among converts to Orthodoxy, for instance, as well as among many cradle Orthodox of a particularly rigorist kind, Dostoevsky is especially honored for having held firmly to Chalcedonian orthodoxy and having introduced the greater world to the figure of Father Zosima, from whom all the light of Eastern Christian contemplative spirituality shines out; and, more generally, among Christians of many confessions, Dostoevsky is revered as a prophet, the great Christian anti-Nietzsche, the voice of ancient Christian truth crying out in the spiritual desert of the modern West.

When one adds this to the role of «father» as protector, guardian, and provider of the family and the life of the womb, it is easy to see the preference for father as the proper anthropomorphism for the role of God to mankind in care and love, rather than for a mother figure.

HappyMeal If you like to refer to God as a «Father», or parent figure, in people's lives then there comes a time when every child becomes independent, and no longer relies upon their parents, right?

The contemporary emphasis on God as father figure, he said, «in effect makes us deprived children of a one - parent family.»

It was also the belief of the Babylonians and As - syrians, as their monuments testify, for a figure of a guardian angel now in the British Museum once decorated an As - syrian palace, and might well serve for a modern representation; while Nabopolassar, father of Nebuchadnezzar the Great, says: «He (Marduk) sent a tutelary deity (cherub) of grace to go at my side; in everything that I did, he made my work to succeed.&raquAs - syrians, as their monuments testify, for a figure of a guardian angel now in the British Museum once decorated an As - syrian palace, and might well serve for a modern representation; while Nabopolassar, father of Nebuchadnezzar the Great, says: «He (Marduk) sent a tutelary deity (cherub) of grace to go at my side; in everything that I did, he made my work to succeed.&raquas their monuments testify, for a figure of a guardian angel now in the British Museum once decorated an As - syrian palace, and might well serve for a modern representation; while Nabopolassar, father of Nebuchadnezzar the Great, says: «He (Marduk) sent a tutelary deity (cherub) of grace to go at my side; in everything that I did, he made my work to succeed.&raquAs - syrian palace, and might well serve for a modern representation; while Nabopolassar, father of Nebuchadnezzar the Great, says: «He (Marduk) sent a tutelary deity (cherub) of grace to go at my side; in everything that I did, he made my work to succeed.»

- as an anti-theist i truly feel deep sadness for those that require a «father figure» in the sky to make them feel safe.

All throughout life she as basically my mother, father, and grandmother figure in my life.

Without his biological father present in his life, Dominic looked to Dennis as a father figure and mentor for life and sports.

He's concerned about how people view and will view him, but it's not entirely a selfish concern: A-Rod realizes he needs to get that same life in order before his daughters, Ella and Nataha, have to deal with the fallout of a figure like A-Rod as their father.

However, his daughter Corinne suggested to the BBC that her father is a victim of a scheme led by figures «behind the scenes» whose aim is to try and remove him from his position as president which, as it failed on Friday in the election, she believes will soon become old news.

Mike LayPort, who has the distinction of being the fastest roller skater in America, lives in a 22 - room mansion off Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, with (above, in descending order) his father, Lee, a realtor who in the mid -»40s converted the old Mack Sennett studio into a roller rink known as the Palace Arena; his mother, Vivian: his brother, Patrick, a former senior men's four - mile - relay roller - skating champion who now manages the family gift shop; Patrick's wife, Carolyn, and their children, Kathleen and Pat; his wife Donna, an artistic (or figure) roller skater; and Sam, a Labrador retriever.

Manchester City midfielder James Milner says having a baby has changed him and that he wants to become more of a father figure to his teammates in the dressing room as a result.

Wenger is at his happiest when developing youngsters who then view him, in awe, as a father figure.

«As a player you know that he totally has your back, he is like a father figure and, because you have that trust in him as a player, it makes you totally open to his methods and his ideas which, in the long term, you always see are for the benefit of your game and for the team.&raquAs a player you know that he totally has your back, he is like a father figure and, because you have that trust in him as a player, it makes you totally open to his methods and his ideas which, in the long term, you always see are for the benefit of your game and for the team.&raquas a player, it makes you totally open to his methods and his ideas which, in the long term, you always see are for the benefit of your game and for the team.»

This is important because it helps create a situation where dads (by which we mean the full diversity of men with a significant caring role in children's lives, including biological and other fathers and father - figures), as well as mums (in a similarly diverse sense), feel comfortable and valued — in the context of a culture which still privileges women as more naturally suited to caring, and more important as parents (and by extension, less important in other contexts, eg the workplace).

Out of this work has come a clear understanding of the barriers to better engagement with fathers / father - figures in child protection in England, as well as steps that can be taken to improve and maintain engagement.

As part of an ongoing project with the Children's Society, we are producing top tips on how to ensure fathers and father - figures in young carer families receive the support they need.

British Cohort Study interviewer instructions for sweep 2 in 1975 (cohort child at five years) state that «if the [birth] father is divorced, separated or has «deserted» the mother, he is not considered as a «father figure» even if visiting the child daily» (see page 68 of our full report)!

However, when it comes to child protection, routine engagement with fathers and father - figures has seemed a distant ideal: safeguarding policy has repeatedly failed to identify this as an issue despite the fact that Serious Case Reviews over a twenty year period (most recently the Ofsted Serious Case Review summary of 46 cases, as well as both of the Baby Peter Serious Case Reviews) have found failure by practitioners to engage with the men in children's lives to be a major factor in child abuse and deaths.

In child protection cases, fathers and father - figures are routinely ignored — putting children's lives at risk, as happened in the Baby Peter casIn child protection cases, fathers and father - figures are routinely ignored — putting children's lives at risk, as happened in the Baby Peter casin the Baby Peter case.

Children need as many supportive adults as they can get, and fathers and father figures often cooperate in children's lives.

Given how often the stereotype of the feral jobless teenager, fathering a tribe of offspring with different women, figures in the media, it is perhaps surprising that no statistics are kept on the number of «young fathers» — classified as anyone becoming a dad under the age of 24, and often much younger.

Father's are more likely to lean towards Authoritarian style parenting, probably because in past generations, the father was seen as the authority figure in the family, and children were expected to be seen and not Father's are more likely to lean towards Authoritarian style parenting, probably because in past generations, the father was seen as the authority figure in the family, and children were expected to be seen and not father was seen as the authority figure in the family, and children were expected to be seen and not heard.

The last limitations to the attachment model is that the mother is viewed as the primary attachment figure, when in fact, a father or sibling can have the same type of attachment with the infant at the same time.

«He was like a father figure to everyone at the beach, including myself,» said Ark Pachnik, who, as a teenager in the mid 1990s, worked under Mr. Nystrom at Foster Avenue Beach.

As Father's Day approaches, we encourage you to embrace every opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge the father figures in yourFather's Day approaches, we encourage you to embrace every opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge the father figures in yourfather figures in your life.

NCF will be providing content ranging from book excerpts, blog posts and Today's Father Radio in 3 minute audio files as well as other tools and resources to aid in inspiring and equipping fathers and fathering figures through the iDisciple app.

WatchDOGS are fathers, grand fathers and other father figures who volunteer to serve at least one day a year in a variety of school activities as assigned by the school principal or other administrator.

His father Rupert Murdoch was re-elected as chairman and chief executive by 86 % of shareholders in last week's meeting of shareholders, figures now released showed.

Alan Clark, the politician and diarist, had an ambivalent attitude towards his father, «K», or as Private Eye called him «Lord Clark of Civilisation», a figure of fun to a younger generation in his final years.

Donovan described Molinari as «a mentor... a friend... a father figure» and said «I owe everything in my political career to Guy Molinari.»

In her opening, Martins mocked the idea that Dean Skelos» actions were justified by Adam's need for help, referring to the son as «a full - grown man» who was making six figures annually selling title insurance when the scheme began and wanted «help» from his father to buy a $ 675,000 house with a pool.

But as I approach my tenth father's day as a member of the Dad club, I figure I can claim the title in naming this recipe!

In turn, you responded to this kind of news as a father - figure would.

Rookie cop Jimmy Hanley, who'd looked upon Warner as a father figure, is instrumental in bringing the crooks to justice.

Surprisingly limiting itself to a single passing prison - rape joke, the screenplay (written by Reynolds himself, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick) starts to fill in the outlines of an actual moral arc here, as Randall looks to Deadpool as a surrogate father figure, while Deadpool rebuffs every opportunity to play the protector — at least until the arrival of Cable (Josh Brolin, finally giving this franchise an iron - sphinctered straight man), a bio-enhanced super-soldier from the future, who smashes his way into the Ice Box intent on killing Randall.

While at Leeds the key points of focus are Clough's determination to replace Don Revie as a hero and «father figure» in Leeds.

Ellie grows up to become Jodie Foster, a dedicated / fanatical radio astronomer in search of funding as well as father figures.

The two have married, and Dovid is expected to succeed Ronit's father as the religious figure in the community.