Sentences with phrase «as a rite of passage for»

Potty training is as much as rite of passage for a parent as the toddler.

Although it's often thought of as a rite of passage for expecting moms, morning sickness can have some surprising health benefits for expectant mother

Although it's often thought of as a rite of passage for expecting moms, morning sickness can have some surprising health benefits for expectant mothers.

Any form of a SAT test is universally accepted as a rite of passage for students applying to college.

It is devastating that jail is seen as a rite of passage for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, part of the natural order of things.

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He describes the DAO attack as a «rite of passage» for Ethereum.

is a kind of rite of passage for clergy as they move into their midcareers.

My colleagues and I have come to view that structure and discipline as a kind of rite of passage for clergy as they move into their midcareers.

Before World War II, college was an expected rite of passage for persons of certain classes, such as professionals.

As well as campaigning for a more secular society, the BHA offers trained celebrants for weddings, births and funerals; for people who want meaningful but religion-less rites of passagAs well as campaigning for a more secular society, the BHA offers trained celebrants for weddings, births and funerals; for people who want meaningful but religion-less rites of passagas campaigning for a more secular society, the BHA offers trained celebrants for weddings, births and funerals; for people who want meaningful but religion-less rites of passage.

Growing up in a rural community, gaining the PRIVILEGE (we understood it as such) of getting your first hunting license was a rite of passage for a 12 year old.

We envisioned the liturgy as providing something like a rite of passage for the students, a kind of leave - taking from an extraordinary experience, a corporate act of closure.

This means in 2011 that VBS is as much a rite of passage for the average Nashvillian as little league and school dances.

Are faith transitions merely a rite of passage for 18 - 30 year - olds or is there something larger going on in the broader culture, something like what Phyllis Tickle describes in the Great Emergence as postmoderns picking and choosing the best elements from each faith tradition and trying to weld those elements into one?

While learning to balance a checkbook was once a rite of passage for young adults, it's just as important these days for kids to learn to digitally manage their finances.

In the late 1980s, I interviewed 12 obstetricians about their experiences of medical training for «Obstetric Training as a Rite of Passage,» an article first published in the Medical Anthropology Quarterly that later became a chapter in Birth as a an American Rite of Passage.

Despite being a natural rite of passage for small children, behaviors can also be brought on or exacerbated by what babies consider dramatic life changes, such as:

I am using «childbirth as a rite of passage» as a framework for understanding what is going on during the birth process.

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As Capital New York notes, the Israeli tour is a rite of passage for New York gubernatorial candidates hoping to gain support for reelection.

This behavior is essential to the well - being of plants, as the journey through the gut seems to be a rite of passage necessary for some seeds to germinate, says Kevin Burns, an ecologist at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Tapping into the tradition of hiking all 48 4,000 - footers in New Hampshire as a New England hiker's rite of passage, «Reach for the Peaks — the White Mountains» was created in the spring of 2014 as a new way to raise money for the Cancer Center and to bring a special experience to those who want to stand up and do something to fight cancer.

Thanks to their association with important rites of passage, such as an engagement or a 60th wedding anniversary, diamonds can be deeply symbolic, but you don't always have to reserve them for special occasions.

Moving in together is, at least, an adventure; it's a near - essential rite of passage for every couple and, as long as you're there to support each other through the sticky moments, an exciting new chapter in your lives together.

Michael Grant, who appears to have been cast primarily because of his period - appropriate resemblance to a young Tom Cruise, plays Danny, a small - town high school senior who joins his buddies for an annual rite - of - passage frolic known as Trout Camp.

Though her brother, Ashmol, was never the affectionate type, his concern at seeing his little sister become ill after Pobby and Dingan disappear quickly sets into motion an incredible journey that will serve as a transformative rite of passage for not just Ashmol, but the whole town of Lightning Ridge as well.

Soon enough, Swofford is introduced to his Marine unit, all of shirtless men wrestling with one another for the purpose of branding «USMC» (United States Marine Corps) on some honoured individual they have to hold down en masse as he's shoved headfirst through his rite of passage.

It's been referred to as the Great American novel and a rite of passage, while also being banned and derided for its whiny Holden.

Carried out as a cultural «rite of passage», girls are subjected to intense physical and emotional pain as they fall victim to one of four types of FGM, all resulting in the partial or total removal of external female genitalia for non-medical reasons.

Here, as in his previous books, he also shows that for teenage guys, vulnerability and bravado go hand - in - hand, that friendships and father - son relationships don't have to be treacly to be real and vital, and that buying condoms may, in fact, be simultaneously the most embarrassing and hilarious rite of passage that a young man ever has to undertake... (Reviewed by Norah Piehl).

Homeownership has been a cornerstone of the American Dream for decades and is something many men look forward to as a sort of rite - of - passage into adulthood.

Responsibility Pet ownership in general is one of those rites of passage that a lot of us go through as kids, whether it's taking care of the class hamster for a weekend, having your first goldfish, or adopting a dog or cat.

Whether you have a puppy or an adult dog, basic obedience is a rite of passage for a dog; it gives them structure as well as a small dictionary of words that you both understand.

As for the miracle of birth, well, there's another rite of passage occurring to 20 million dogs a year in this country, 25 % of them purebred.

The hike up to these mountain ruins — known as the Inca Trail — is a rite of passage for any backpacker in South America.

That is to say that it is nearly as fun as it is dangerous; a veritable rite of passage for backpackers all over the world and the bane of worrying mothers everywhere.

This process, almost a rite of passage for certain artists, had begun as early as the 1920s, when Stuart Davis first began to engage with Mondrian's art.

In a career spanning 35 years, Ms. Rosler, whose disdain for the normal rites of passage from galleries to collectors to museums struck many as indeed criminal, has clung tenaciously to a very personal art that refuses to separate aesthetics from politics.

Wrestling the energy boogieman has become a perennial rite of passage for U.S. presidents, dating at least as far back as Nixon.

Publishing a paper as the sole author seems to be a rite of passage for any respectable scientist, and I've finally crossed the threshold!

I tend to agree with a recent CoinDesk piece that argued the hard fork should be seen as a «rite of passage» for a technology still very much in the process of maturing (although while heavily under public scrutiny).

Varma, who joined McKinsey as a business analyst in October 2007, was taking the Myers - Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)-- a personality test that has become a rite of passage for millions of white - collar workers.

I've studied nature - based therapy for many years and am trained as a wilderness rites of passage guide.

Developmental Pathways as Rites of Passage The seeming paradox that exists between resilience and harmful behaviors can be unraveled by understanding the need for structured, multiple - component prosocial rites and rituals directed by adults and supported by community.

Increased opportunity for young people to participate in appropriate rites of passage may be achieved by updating traditional ceremonies, continuing and expanding rites of passage programs and including bibliotherapy as part of the high school curriculum.

Where self - prophesising behaviour is gifted to some parts of the wider Australian community, for Indigenous people it often described by outsiders as «rites of passage».

Bullying has always been around, but it is no longer viewed passively as a simple rite of passage for any child.

In fact, getting romantically involved in real estate is as much a rite of passage for adults as crossing the threshold.

She's big into Barbie right now (the rite - of - passage for most little girls) and I figured I may as well make it fun, so Jamin and I designed and built a dollhouse.