Sentences with phrase «biological relation to the child»

Not exact matches

We often hear the cornerstone of healthy parenting quoted as consistently «responding with sensitivity» to our infants» and children's emotional and physical needs in relation to their biological - developmental stage.

This has certain merits of its own; the child would not feel any urge to find his / her real parents later in life, and the biological relation would allow the parents to contribute in many medical emergencies, like blood and bone marrow donation.

However, Lukins is quick to note: «There is debate as to whether the ticking biological clock in relation to reproduction is a real physical and automatic psychological response, or a conscious wish for children and a socialised experience.»

In addition, this project sought to determine whether the timing of a maternal alcohol - related diagnosis in relation to pregnancy differentially affected a child's school attendance patterns, with the aim of determining whether this relationship was driven by biological effects of alcohol exposure in utero.

Various factors appear to compromise the development of supportive father - child relations among couple families, including a high level of family socio - economic disadvantage, adverse family events, an unsupportive partner relationship, a more disruptive or less cohesive family climate, and the presence of a non biological father figure rather than the biological father.

As our society now contains a wide variety of family forms, such questions are pertinent in relation to all men who find themselves in a position of fathering a child, whether or not they are the biological fathers.

In families with a non-biological resident father figure, the finding that a relatively high proportion of children perceive poor levels of supportiveness suggests that men who find themselves in the position of being a father figure may have particular difficulties in defining their role, both within the family and in relation to the child's non-resident biological father.

For example, there could be rivalry about the child's biological parent and the child could see the step - parent as a threat to the child's relation to the non-custodial parent.

Adding a child or children to the mix that one of you has no biological relation to, can easily become a point of contention as roles become confused or ill - defined.