Sentences with phrase «challenges of growing up in»

Since, he has developed a deep personal relationship with the organization, as well as a personal yoga practice that has allowed him to navigate the many challenges of growing up in West Baltimore.

Burnham also raised eyebrows today as he spoke of the challenges of growing up in the north of England.

No brand is better positioned to help parents meet the challenges of growing up in the 21st century than Scholastic.

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In teasing the new duo of basic but useful YouTube copycat features — expected to debut after today — Facebook crowed that its video views have grown more than 50 percent from May through July, pumped up in part due to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge soaking everyone's news feeds, according to TechCruncIn teasing the new duo of basic but useful YouTube copycat features — expected to debut after today — Facebook crowed that its video views have grown more than 50 percent from May through July, pumped up in part due to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge soaking everyone's news feeds, according to TechCruncin part due to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge soaking everyone's news feeds, according to TechCrunch.

The old alliance between sensible LIBERTARIANISM and SOCIAL CONSERVATISM can't hold in the face of the vanishing middle class, the birth dearth combined with increasing longevity, the depoliticizing challenges of the 21st competitive marketplace, the irresponsibility of our techno - meritocracy, our inability to keep Locke in the Locke box on issues having to do with families and our erotic lives, and the connection between increasing individualism and growing dependency on the state summed up in the phrase «single mom.»

We must lead with sensitivity, engaging in conversation, challenging our brothers and sisters to grow up in every way into the fullness of Christ.

Having grown up in the conservative evangelical subculture that cast salvation as little more than a ticket out of hell that you cash in on Judgment Day, I've personally been enthralled and challenged by the emerging church's perspective on the Kingdom of God.

I'm not vegan, but I try to eat a plant based diet 80 % out of the week, having grown up in cattle country it has been a challenge, but stumbling up on recipes like this — traditional comfort food but with out the dairy is just the greatest, having moved away from my family and my grandma's cooking.

I can for sure say I fail as much as I succeed, but I think it's a growing up kind of pursuit that I need in the way that only big life challenges can ask of us.

When poor children grow up in an environment marked by stable, responsive parenting; by schools that make them feel a sense of belonging and purpose; and by classroom teachers who challenge and support them, they thrive, and their opportunities for a successful life increase exponentially.

I am musically challenged and grew up not learning any music in schools (let's just say the schools were drastically poor and music was considered a luxury) so I am in awe of anyone making music.

Growing up without a father is difficult for any young man, but one of the consequences of that challenge is learning how to be a great father himself without a solid male role model of fatherhood in his own life.

She will continue to surprise, to amaze, and to challenge you in her very own unique ways as she grows up and faces the challenges of the world she lives in.

If you would like to join me in the 30 Days of Hands on Play Challenge that Hands on as we grow and The Imagination Tree then you can sign up for e-mails to get the challenges daily to your inbox and play along.

Marissa grew up in the foster care system, and has navigated a myriad of challenges over the years.

He keeps bees and makes furniture, with his accomplished DIY skills — before I leave he shows me round his workshop and admits, rather ruefully, that he has no more tools left to buy — set to be given a new challenge after he bought a deserted lockkeeper's cottage in the same part of Oxfordshire in which he grew up.

A Buffalo real estate executive who this week was appointed Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's economic development czar said he understands some of the challenges facing Long Island, having grown up here in the 1960s and»70s.

He grew up in Mount Vernon, a city that faces many of the economic and governmental struggles that challenge urban areas throughout the state, and has since moved to Rye, one of the wealthiest cities in the country.

Howard Zemsky, a Buffalo real estate executive who this week was appointed Cuomo's economic development czar, said he understood some of the challenges facing Long Island, having grown up here in the 1960s and»70s.

It made a lot of sense in the world I grew up in, where new challenges, like in the economy and the environment, were increasingly calling into question the capacity of nation states to protect their citizens alone.

During a visit to Plattsburgh in July, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik was confident when asked about the growing number of Democrats stepping up to challenge her.

Food allergies are a rapidly growing problem in the developed world, affecting up to 10 % of children and 2 - 3 % of adults, yet allergens remain challenging to analyze accurately, making it difficult to legislate and manage risk.

The second challenge is that growing grains can be broken up in high - speed collisions, breaking them into a large number of smaller pieces and reversing the aggregation process.

During the evening, the team highlighted the GM's work to support communities across the Sahel in climate resilient development, as part of the Great Green Wall initiative and its efforts to scale up the Great Green Wall Initiative, to jointly «Grow a World Wonder», since the Great Green Wall is part of the solution to many global challenges, including food security, conflict prevention and environmental migration.

HPV is challenging to culture and grow in the lab, so researchers who study the virus use one of three stand - ins made up of one or both types of capsid proteins.

I dealt with many challenges and traumatic experiences in my growing - up years, but one of the good things my parents did is generally let me do what I wanted to do.

Players can also team up with other survivors in local and online multiplayer story and challenge modes to take on a growing array of the infected.

The wunderkind's previous two movies — 2013 Sundance darling Fruitvale Station, about the killing of Oscar Grant, an unarmed black man shot in the back by police while facedown on an Oakland subway platform; and 2015's Rocky reboot, Creed, about a young boxer who grows up in juvenile detention and learns to channel his anger in the ring — were both critical and box - office hits, leaving little doubt Coogler was up to the challenge.

Mason (Ellar Coltrane) and his older sister, Samantha (Lorelei Linklater), learn to face the realities of growing up, while their divorced parents cope with the ongoing challenges of parenting in an ever - evolving landscape.

At the film's recent press day in Los Angeles, Waugh and stunt coordinator Lance Gilbert talked about their longtime friendship and professional relationship, what it was like growing up together on the sets of «Smokey and the Bandit,» «Vanishing Point,» «The Blues Brothers» and «Bullitt,» why Waugh considers Gilbert one of the best stunt coordinators in the world, the challenges they faced pulling off practical stunts and capturing amazing action sequences realistically in - camera without CGI enhancement, and the entertaining Easter eggs they included as a homage to the classic car - culture movies of another era.

Growing up in London, two best friends since birth, Ginger and Rosa (Elle Fanning and Alice Englert), challenge their love for each other in light of the cold war and the Cuban Missile crisis; but, it's the yearning for love from boys, men, and fathers that will contort them both more than anything else.

The level design in 88 Heroes: 98 Heroes Edition is unfortunately extremely uninspiring and, as someone who grew up in the wonderful 16 - bit era of platform magic, most of the levels on offer here felt like more of a chore to get to the end of rather than offering a real challenge.

LOU director Dave Mullins and producer Dana Murray «As artists who struggled with the typical challenges of growing up and fitting in — thinking we were the only ones feeling like outsiders — this nomination is more meaningful than anyone could imagine.

Growing up in an African American family that had survived slavery and other challenges, education had always been treasured as a promise of the future.

The book reminds the reader of the challenges facing many African Americans today, including high unemployment, staggering neighborhood crime and violence, and large percentages of children growing up in low - income single - parent households.

Jenny Garrett, award winning author, speaker, coach and co-founder of Rocking Ur Teens said: «As a mum, I can see that it's harder than ever for teenagers growing up in our ever - changing, challenging world.

As a mother of twins growing up in New Orleans, Christine Watler understood the challenges her sons faced as African American males.

First of all, the challenge of helping teachers who grew up in the multiple - choice testing environment.

It's a really challenging world that our kids and students are growing up in — one few of us have a clear understanding of.

But for the children growing up in environments where these challenges impact their daily lives, the learning outcomes typically create another vicious cycle of divesting — through suspensions, expulsions and negative classroom experiences.

Her recent books include: The Growing Out - of - School Time Field: Past, Present, and Future (Information Age Publishing, 2018); The Future Directions of Educational Change: Social Justice, Professional Capital, and Systems Change (Routledge, 2018); «Empowering Teachers: The Role of School - Community Partnerships» (book chapter with IEL's Reuben Jacobson in Flip the System: Changing Education from the Ground Up, 2015); Leading Educational Change: Global Issues, Challenges, and Lessons on Whole - System Reform (Teachers College Press, 2013), The Futures of School Reform (Harvard Education Press, 2012, co-authored chapter with Jeffrey Henig and Paul Reville).

This is a beautifully written memoir of growing up in the black elite with its distinctive challenges of race and class.

Using poems and stories written in childhood, Brown explores the impact of her own learning disabilities on her growing up and challenges readers to take responsibility for themselves.

A horrible infection has fallen over a desolate town in this short horror story.The townsfolk are forced into action to protect themselves from further outbreaks caused by an addicting berry that grows amongst the base of large boulders.When Emmie returns home to find one of The Lost in her backyard, she suspects the strange berries have grown back, but confronting this horrible human creature unfolds a great realization — one that would challenge her beliefs of The Lost.This story is merely a glimpse of Kenneth W. Cain's work, so if you enjoy «Desolate,» be sure to pick up Kenneth's Embers: A Collection of Dark Fiction, available from Crystal Lake Publishing — Tales from the Darkest Depths...

I work closely with clients who often struggle to understand their dog's behaviour — from puppy stuff to the challenges of growing up, and behaviour challenges in senior and special needs dogs.

There were moments growing up in the 8 - bit generation that you couldn't help but compare life's daily challenges to that of a video game, from first crushes to having a fight against your own «bosses».

It is challenging, fun and brings back fond memories of the 90's and my days growing up with a controller in my hand.

By completing the Trial of the Sword challenge, Link will prove that he has grown worthy, and the Master Sword will be awakened to always be in its glowing, powered - up state while usable.

A young Arino is at your side to keep you company during your challenges, quite amused at the fact that he grows up to be so evil in the future to be the cause of your current predicament.

In his book, Growing Up Fast: How New Agile Practices Can Move Marketing and Innovation Past the Old Business Stalemates, Jascha Kaykas - Wolff identifies the «push and pull» between the desire for stability vs. the need for change as the core challenge of not only content marketing but our entire universe.