Sentences with phrase «by conflicting messages»

You're equal parts heartbroken and embarrassed by your dog's behavior, and confused by the conflicting messages you get about how to «fix» an aggressive dog.

On the other hand, if there's a bright side to Amazon.com's approach, it's that the Kindle brand does not risk becoming muddied by conflicting messages.

You're surrounded by conflicting messages in the media around diets and health and don't know what works best for your body.

Older adults are just as confused by the conflicting messages they read in the media or hear from well - meaning friends.

There's so much confusion these days about what a healthy diet that promotes fat loss really is... after all, we are bombarded by conflicting messages in the media about what is healthy and what is not, and you have all of these gimmicky diet books about low carb, low fat, high protein, vegetarian, fasting, atkins, south beach, liquid diets, and hundreds more.

«Members of this age group are trying to figure out who they are while being bombarded by conflicting messages from parents, peers, and society.

Women made up 51 percent of the study's volunteers, and African - Americans made up 52 percent, so the results have broad relevance, says Appel, who offers simple advice for anyone overwhelmed by conflicting messages about diet and health.

Not exact matches

Now the world's most popular app (in every country but the United States,) WhatsApp, found itself in the middle of the Arab - Israeli conflict when its website was hacked this past week by a pro-Palestinian group that posted a message given the title «You Got Pwned.»

The first bit is the conflicting food messages being put forward by U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle.

Don't send conflicting messages by flogging people for honest mistakes.

The evidence for this phenomenon is incontestable: the influx of non «SBC evangelical scholars into Baptist seminaries; the changing of the name of the Baptist Sunday School Board to the more generic LifeWay Christian Resources; the presence and high profile of non «Baptist leaders on SBC platforms, e.g., the closing message at the 1998 SBC delivered by Dr. James Dobson, a Nazarene; the aggressive participation of the SBC's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission as an advocate for the conservative side of the culture wars conflict; new patterns of cooperation between SBC mission boards and evangelical ministries such as Promise Keepers, Campus Crusade for Christ, the National Association of Evangelicals, Prison Fellowship, and World Vision.

The Koran (considered by Muslims to be Allah's literal words, perfect and immutable for all time) contains conflicting messages on how to deal with non-Muslims.

In this sense the East - West conflict unwittingly witnesses to the world - creating message spoken by Jesus Christ, the Word of God.

«May peace spring up for the people of Syria, deeply wounded and divided by a conflict which does not spare even the defenseless and reaps innocent victims,» the pope said in his traditional Christmas message, delivered from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.

The church's first contribution to the prevention of alcoholism at the grass roots, by helping to prevent emotional conflict and illness, is to examine its own message and approach to people to make sure that they are in conformity with the principles of mental health and the best in the Christian tradition.

Girls are also sent conflicting messages by our culture and by their peers: that it is acceptable for them to participate in sports, but they also need to maintain the figure of a super model.

«The Supreme Court has a responsibility to resolve the conflicts among the courts on the question of when «off - campus speech» such as hateful Facebook posts, phony caricature websites or bullying Twitter messages can be punished by public schools,» Holden said.

Exposure to high rates of conflicting information during an emergency is linked to increased levels of stress, and those who rely on text messages or social media reports from unofficial sources are more frequently exposed to rumors and experience greater distress, according to research led by the University of California, Irvine.

But all that potential is wasted by Phillips» conflicting messages.

Help them learn to resolve conflicts without acting aggressively by teaching them the basics of talking things out: staying calm; allowing each person to have his or her say without being interrupted, blamed or put - down; using «I messages» to convey feelings; and considering another's point of view.

xxiii Journalists can play a key positive role in conflict, including helping parties communicate when there is a lack direct communication; exploring conflict by carrying messages between parties; educating parties; convening parties; helping to evaluate by assessing possible solutions; acting as enforcers by monitoring agreements; legitimizing by encouraging parties and giving them moral support.

The 10 chapters begin with the definition of a difficult conversation, acknowledging that difficulty is relative to the person, be they conflict - avoidant or overly direct, followed by precisely delivered explanations of the steps of a successful conversation: self - reflection, research and fact gathering, clarification of the message, scripting the conversation, accountability tools and documentation, confirmation, and meaningful follow - up meetings with the attendant documentation.

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When scientists and advocates, motivated by these biased perceptions, take action by responding with tit - for - tat attacks on climate skeptics, it takes energy and effort away from offering a positive message and engagement campaign that builds public support for climate action and instead feeds a downward spiral of «war» and conflict rhetoric that appears as just more ideological rancor to the wider public.

The idea that public conflict over climate change persists because, even after years and years of «consensus messaging» (including a $ 300 million social - marketing campaign by Al Gore's «Alliance for Climate Protection»), ordinary Americans still just «haven't heard» yet that an overwhelming majority climate scientists believe in AGW is patently absurd.

The message to Premier Wynne should be: the «Aging at Home» and «Long - Term Energy Plan» (increasing supplies from expensive and intermittent generation from wind, solar and biomass generation) and time - of use (TOU) rates instituted by your government are in conflict, and create energy poverty.

The idea that public conflict over climate change persists because, even after years and years of «messaging» (including a $ 300 million social - marketing campaign by Al Gore's «Alliance for Climate Protection»), ordinary Americans still just «haven't heard» yet that an overwhelming majority climate scientists believe in AGW is absurd.

Malcolm Webb, chief executive of Oil and Gas UK, which represents the industry, wrote to Davey saying he was «perplexed» by the «conflicting and confusing messages» and accused him of making investment in the North Sea less attractive.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has revived a lawsuit by an Oklahoma man who objects to the image of a Native American sculpture on the state's license plates because its message conflicts with his Christian beliefs.

[123] In law firms policies that explicitly or implicitly provide messages about what is valued by the institution include, for example, various orientation information provided to students and new associates, website and other recruitment materials, policies regarding client recruitment and processes (including conflicts searches).

Mr. Kim has sent conflicting messages all by himself.

«I remember, one Saturday morning I got a phone call and we detected that people were trying to spread sensational messages through [Facebook Messenger] to each side of the conflict,» Zuckerberg said in response to a question by Klein about Facebook's alleged role in spreading propaganda during the Rohingya crisis, the «conflict» he was referring to.

In the review that follows, we summarize the primary types of messages used by couples to manage conflict.

This permits a test of the proposed mechanism by which financial conflict messages influence marital satisfaction, specifically through the mediating variable of financial communication satisfaction (Hayes, 2009; Preacher & Hayes, 2008).

Do not put the child in the center of any conflict you have with your spouse by asking her to convey messages or report what's occurring in your spouse's life.

An indirect effect on marital satisfaction, as carried by the mediator of financial communication satisfaction, was tested separately for each of the four financial conflict message predictors.

By beginning and ending your brief, informative message in a cordial way, the high conflict person has less ammunition to use against you and over a period of time may see the futility of trying to continue to embroil you into battle.

Unresolved conflict between parents may impact directly on children or on the effectiveness of their parenting (e.g., by giving inconsistent messages to children).

While you may feel that you are sending a terrible message to your children by limiting contact with their other parent, you are actually protecting them by minimizing the potential for conflict.

The the message for couples is: By all means do engage in conflict with your partner.