Sentences with phrase «bonds of family against»

Inspired by a true story, and set against the backdrop of a country in transition, The Scavenger's Daughters is a sweeping present day saga of triumph in the face of hardship, and the unbreakable bonds of family against all odds.

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Enjoy every milestone as a tender bonding moment in your own little family without the pressure of measuring it against someone else.

This is a very raw and revealing look into the private lives of a family falling apart, pitting sides against one another in ways that contradict their bonds of love, until they find they must all protect themselves to avoid enduring anymore pain and suffering.

Adams's life story encapsulates the history of the founding era, for she defined herself in relation to the people she loved or hated (she was never neutral): her mother, whom she considered terribly overprotective; Benjamin Franklin, who schemed to clip her husband's wings; her sisters, whose dependence upon Abigail's charity strained the family bond; James Lovell, her husband's bawdy congressional colleague, who peppered her with innuendo about John's «rigid patriotism»; her financially naïve husband (Abigail earned money in ways the president considered unsavory, took risks that he wished to avoid — and made him a rich man); Phoebe Abdee, her father's former slave, who lived free in an Adams property but defied Abigail's prohibition against sheltering others even more desperate than herself; and her son John Quincy, who worried her with his tendency to «study out of spight» but who fueled her pride by following his father into public service, rising to the presidency after her death.

They are advocates against cruelty and neglect, encourage a strong animal - human bond, find quality loving families for otherwise homeless animals, and promote and facilitate spay / neuter procedures to reduce the over population and suffering of unwanted or homeless animals.

He is experienced in filing against the parent who has set out to alienate a child from the other parent, sabatoge the bond between the child and that parent, and in every possible way remove that parent and their family from the life of the child.

Advances in prevention in public health2 provide a model for prevention of adolescent health - risk behaviors by focusing on risk and protective factors predictive of these behaviors.3, 4 Research on the predictors of school failure, delinquency, drug abuse, teen pregnancy, and violence indicates that many of the same factors predict these different outcomes.5, 6 Recent research has shown that bonding to school and family protects against a broad range of health - risk behaviors in adoles cence.6 Yet, prevention studies typically have focused narrowly on a specific outcome, such as preventing substance abuse, and on attitudes and social influences that predict that outcome.7, 8 Previous studies on prevention have not sought to address the shared risk and protective factors for diverse health - risk behaviors that are the main threats to adolescent health.

While there has been little examination of any long - term impacts of FIFO / DIDO work on children, strong family relationships are a protective factor against suicide, and anything that weakens those bonds should be treated seriously.

He is experienced in filing against the parent who has set out to alienate a child from the other parent, sabotage the bond between the child and that parent, and in every possible way remove that parent and their family from the life of the child.