Sentences with phrase «as father figures for»

The Father / Male Involvement Preschool Teacher Education Program assists teachers in developing the knowledge and skills needed to successfully plan, implement, and evaluate specific activities that encourage program involvement by fathers and other males who serve as father figures for school children.

On the adult side, Connick, Jr. excels as a father figure for Sawyer.

Not exact matches

As for the balls, that's where the story takes on the sheen of a Hollywood potboiler: a talented protege oversteps his bounds and is thrown out of the company he helped build alongside a man he considered a father figure.

i am atheist, i served as an atheist and i will die an atheist because until your neglectful sky fairy father figure decides to show up he is nothing more than a quaint little bed time story for all the childish minded people like you.

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.

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.

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

It must be nice for them to see him as a father figure but it does not seem to be getting the best of them individually or on the whole, so maybe some tougher love is needed.

What emerged was a picture of a man who, for all his success and cool scientific inquiry, was a warm, caring father figure (just as his wife, Marge, whose lasagna recipe was served at Saturday team dinners, was a mother figure).

Evidently, there was a love hate relationship between both father figure and the man - cub, as Mancini sanctioned for Mario's sale to A.C. Milan while describing him as «like another one of my children».

«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.»

«Recent figures suggest many dedicated dads» groups are under threat from funding cuts ** — but all children's centres and similar services should, as part of their mainstream service, be routinely offering young fathers support around employment and training; budgeting; and preparation for fatherhood.»

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)!

As a new father, your most serious challenge is not comforting a crying baby or figuring out how to pay for everything, but learning to work together with your mate to form a family.

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.

I suspect it might be as Chris suggests, a lack of father figure searching «hungry for male attention.»

Scott Calvin (Tim Allen), who doubles as Santa Claus, has settled into his home at the North Pole with his new wife, Carol (Elizabeth Mitchell), and is preparing for another Christmas when he receives a visitor — Jack Frost (Martin Short), the cold - weather sprite who has been sent to help out St. Nick by Mother Nature (Aisha Tyler) and Father Time (Peter Boyle) after making a scene at a meeting of the Council of Legendary Figures.

Statham, as Safe established, makes for a charming father figure, and Vidovic elicits paternal feelings that clarify the threat Gator and co. represent, especially when she tearfully opens up to Phil that sometimes she misses her late mother so much her stomach hurts.

It goes without saying that Batman Begins is the best prequel of the summer, a film that allows Liam Neeson as Bruce Wayne's mentor / surrogate father figure to make amends for The Phantom Menace and offers a peek, along with Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring, at the full grim panorama of what the Star Wars films have squandered.

Cho gets another opportunity to display his dramatic prowess and endless charisma with «Search,» the thriller from Aneesh Chaganty that shows only what happens on computer screens, as Cho's father figure searches for his missing daughter.

If the strength of this kind of film is in its yin / yang father figures, Miyagi remains constant while Sato, who delivers his dialogue as though he's swallowed Toshiro Mifune, proves a hollow substitute for Martin Kove's terrifying Kreese.

, Art LaFleur, Kevin Pollak, Michael Dorn, and Peter Boyle are addressed as Mother Nature, The Tooth Fairy, Cupid, The Sandman, and Father Time, respectively, in «True Confessions of the Legendary Figures,» a 3 - minute blunder hosted by Lembeck — these videos have the adverse effect of increasing your respect for Tim Allen, who bowed out of the supplementary material completely.

It, in part, explains why Patricia Arquette is widely considered to be the frontrunner for her award, but her hirsute Boyhood counterpart Ethan Hawke is at best running a fairly distant second or third for turning in equally nuanced work as an only part - time functional father figure — and why Oscar voters gave Robert Duvall's far more flamboyantly flawed, piss - n» - vinegar patriarch a free pass to just be happy for the nomination once again.

The trailer for the John Curran - directed film stars Jason Clarke as Kennedy and Kate Mara as Kopechne as well as a roster of actors portraying all the WASPy figures involved in the event including Bruce Dern as the senator's domineering father Joseph Kennedy, Ed Helms as Joe Gargan, Jim Gaffigan as DA Paul Markham, and Olivia Thirlby as one of the «boiler room girls,» a group of single women who worked Bobby Kennedy's 1968 Presidential campaign, which ended with his assassination.

The long silences between bursts of violence allow for empathy for the film's characters (always reliable Irish actor Brendan Gleeson is particularly touching as a teddy bear father - figure).

Find reason there for the caricatured white trash pastiches serving as Maggie's family (and additional pathos in Maggie's need for a father figure), the boxing - trainer archetype, the old fighter Scrap (blind in one eye and living in a tiny room at the gym), the evil Drago Eastern Bloc nemesis, and the rags - to - riches sports story into noble - cripple tropes that worked in 1962 with Requiem for a Heavyweight.

Disney has really carved out a genre for itself: the underdog sports story as cultural melting pot, complete with the Middle American white coach / scout / father figure whose preconceptions are overturned by scrappy kids who overcome every hurdle with heart and hard work.

That allows for some interesting character pairings like Coyote looking up to Robert as a father figure, Sol playing kindly grandpa to Mallory's kids, Brianna (June Diane Raphael, still a massive scene - stealer) going into business with Frankie, and Bud (Baron Vaughn) desperately trying to make peace between everyone.

The film challenges most presumptions, with an ethnic array of individuals as well as a couple of doting father figures, aging body builders who gently and affirmatively help train younger charges (as well as one's working as some kind of new agey therapist for the bodily laity).

While I understand Ruffalo's nomination as he does a good job of playing the cool - guy father figure while giving some comedic relief, I do not understand Bening getting nominated for Best Female Lead over Julianne Moore.

Dafoe's Bobby epitomizes the moral conundrum at the heart of the movie, as he continually hassles Halley about her lifestyle even as he falls into the role of de facto father figure for her daughter.

A flag designed by Ned serves through its stick - figure symbolism to resolve Klaus's tortured relationship with his «father» (Steve) and «brother» (Ned)-- even as a missive that Steve unearths for Ned serves to reconcile Steve's own ambivalence with his late - life fatherhood.

The supporting cast are all great, too, with Robert Downey Jr. reprising his role as Tony Stark aka Iron Man, acting both as a bridge for the Marvel Cinematic Universe and this reboot series as well as Peterâ $ ™ s father figure since we donâ $ ™ t get an Uncle Ben this time around.

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For his role as Juan, a father figure to Chiron, the film's main character, Mahershala Ali won Best Supporting Actor.

For that he has Pine, just fine as the brainy American patriot, and Costner, perfect as the veteran soldier and father figure mentor, and Keira Knightly as well, playing Ryan's fiancée who gets pulled into the mission when she shows up to surprise Jack.

Deeper down, there are thematic parallels to Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums, with Dustin Hoffman equalling Gene Hackman's performance as a ramshackle but charismatic father figure who boasts refined skill for pressing his children's buttons.

Flattered by the attention and entranced by du Pont's majestic world, Mark comes to see his benefactor as a father figure and grows increasingly dependent on him for approval.

Comedian Katt Williams, in a small role as a chipper hitchhiker, injects about 15 minutes» worth of fun into «Father Figures,» an otherwise mostly dreadful road comedy in which Ed Helms and Owen Wilson play twins searching for a man to call dad.

But instead of making this kid a saintly soul just looking for a father figure to show him right from wrong, he's as psychologically wounded and as morally crippled as anyone else in the movie proves to be, his journey adding an intriguingly complex dimension I can't say I anticipated.

As an R - rated comedy, Father Figures is rather tame and unoriginal, straying away from truly raunchy or filthy humor in exchange for dropping the «F» bomb a few times and referencing their mother's long list of unprotected sexual endeavors.

Ramirez has the movie star charisma and devil - may - care glint in his eyes to pull off Duran's bravado (it's amazing he hasn't been tapped for a superhero franchise yet), while De Niro delivers a refreshingly subtle turn as the wise and kind father figure that Duran never had.

Like Will as a father - figure, Grace is a much needed and supportive mother - figure for Annie.

As Mr. Church's time with the Brodys extends from months into years, he becomes a father figure for Charlie during her formative years, nurturing her love of literature and making a lasting impact on her life.

Which is too bad, as both Julian Dennison — as Ricky Baker, a rebellious tween kid brought to a lonely farmstead foster home as a last resort — and Sam Neill (Backtrack)-- as the ornery father figure left to care for him — are good, with an easy and funny rapport.

Her fierce petulance as Addie Loggins is undermined by a subtle vulnerability, a primal desire for a father figure.

The apparent leads are fresh creations: The striking and self - possessed Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) hangs with an older, distinguished - looking father figure named Sir Malcolm Murray (Timothy Dalton), and the two of them recruit New World sharpshooter Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett) as a hired gun to help them scour the English underworld for Malcolm's kidnapped daughter, Mina Murray.

Just as you start thinking, «Wow, that send - off for Star - Lord's father figure, Yondu, was remarkably touching; this movie is a fascinating treatise on parenthood,» a whistle - controlled harpoon stabs Dave Bautista's Drax and then he screams a lot.