Sentences with phrase «as surrogate parents»

And now it's left to the courts to step in and act as surrogate parents where the parents have, for whatever reason, not been able to deal with that problem.

Surrogate agencies in California, such as Surrogate Parenting Services, provide personalized care and guidance for both surrogates and intended parents every step of the way.

There is such thing as surrogate parenting.

Coaches of superelites acted almost as surrogate parents, praising their athletes» efforts, emphasizing unwavering belief in them, providing positive feedback and taking an interest in personal lives.

San Diego Zoo Global has decided to take on the enormous task of using cryopreserved tissue for cross-species cloning to revive the Northern White Rhino, with southern white rhinos as the surrogate parents.

Is it any wonder, then, that so many might mimic the materialistic, misogynistic and self - destructive behaviors they see glorified on TV in rap videos or gravitate to the dead end path where gangs serve as surrogate parents?

Given the importance of teachers as role models, and sometimes as surrogate parents, this trend could certainly be a policy concern.

Dogs see their owners as surrogate parents, which makes them eager to please and respond to many types of training techniques.

Parenthood in the Twenty - First Century: African American Grandparents as Surrogate Parents (PDF - 163 KB) Bertera and Crewe (2013) Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 23 Discusses the trend of African American grandparents serving as parents, their assets, and their challenges in parenting.

John Bowlby, the psychiatrist who first wrote about attachment theory, viewed the therapist as a surrogate parent - figure who encouraged the client to explore their inner world from a secure base that the therapist creates.

They've fed, entertained, and generally acted as surrogate parents to my children more times than I can count.

It's a sobering thought — as surrogate parents, you and I are about as good as Jesus, on balance, is likely to find.

It seems at times as if everyone Chris met on his journey towards death wanted to protect him, to act as surrogate parents, perhaps having experienced a sense of foreboding about his ultimate fate.

The first step in controlling and treating bullying in a school environment is acknowledging that anyone in the building, especially the adults who are acting as surrogate parents, can bully and be bullied.

Even though I acted as a surrogate parent to twenty - three kids, I didn't always understand what they were going through growing up.