Sentences with phrase «child coming to terms»

This novel offers a sensitive, insightful portrayal of a transgender child coming to terms with gender identity.

Gino's debut is the right book at the right time: a sensitive, insightful portrayal of a transgender child coming to terms with gender identity.

Under the surface, this is a film about a child coming to terms with loss, and we get three incredible powerful scenes that pack a real emotional wallop.

Even more impressive, however, is Fessenden's ability to mix the objective with the subjective in the narrative, presenting his horror film as a very literal expression of a child coming to terms with the ugliness of adulthood.

Thus Sullivan notes that the existence of gay marriage would be an «unqualified social good» for homosexuals in providing role models for children coming to terms with their sexuality.

Books can also help young children come to terms with having a new baby in the house and the feelings hurdles that come with it.

An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love over the course of a tumultuous year.

His latest — which leaves behind indie cinemas for Netflix — is about the three Meyerowitz children coming to terms with the family's difficult artist patriarch (Hoffman) and hippie - dippie matriarch (Thompson).

For stories of children coming to terms with life and bullies, try Harriet The Spy, or Disney's The Kid.

An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teen - aged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.

VOLUNTEER WORK — Worked at SOS Village as a volunteer, helping homeless children come to terms with their situations by counseling them and engaging them in interactive programs

Thus, in order to help children come to terms with the fact of their parents» divorce, it is most helpful for them to hear only one mutual and consistent story of why their parents split up.

Not exact matches

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His truest function is revealed in terms of years and decades, as he watches children grow, marries them, and teaches their children in turn, and as he stands beside loved ones around the deathbed of a patriarch whom he has come to admire and respect.

By the time W finished his second term, I had graduated from college, come to terms with the fact that the criminalization of abortion is highly unlikely no matter the party in power, expanded my definition of «pro-life» to include Iraqi children and prisoners of war, and experienced first - hand some of the major problems with America's healthcare system, which along with poverty and education issues, contributes to the troubling abortion rate in the U.S. I remained pro-life idealistically, but for the first time, voted for a pro-choice president, hoping that the reforms I wanted to see in the healthcare, the economy, immigration, education, and for the socioeconomically disadvantaged would function pragmatically to reduce abortions.

To see this man so worried about his wife and unborn child, just like any other Christian or Jewish father / husband made me come to terms with my own misconceptionsTo see this man so worried about his wife and unborn child, just like any other Christian or Jewish father / husband made me come to terms with my own misconceptionsto terms with my own misconceptions..

Not to mention women who carry the baby of a ra.pe to term has all kinds of crap to deal with when it comes to the child.

Is there something to be said for sparing mother and / or child from public embarrassment, economic burden, disability and other «problems» that can sometimes come with carrying a pregnancy to term?

In terms of baptism, did not Christ say, «Let the little children come to me for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven?»

I think that is a very sincere email not only to her friends and family but to herself maybe to help come to terms with a down syndrome child.

A family in my church has suffered the loss of a child; many of the congregation are struggling to come to terms with what has happened.

Her story — of being the child of a widowed mother who did everything in her power and beyond to give her family a life worth remembering — helped her come to terms with the scene of Christmas excess that was before her on an afternoon years later.

Later he admitted that he had come to terms with his team's shortcomings many weeks ago, in the way only a parent comes to understand his child's limitations.

You may recall that the original impetus for focusing on this previously unexplored set of skills, in How Children Succeed and elsewhere, was the growing body of evidence that, when it comes to long - term academic goals like high - school graduation and college graduation, the test scores on which our current educational accountability system relies are clearly inadequate.

The trouble with children nowadays is that they seem to be up - to - date with whatever might be coming out in terms of products that are cool and, sometimes, absolutely worthless when it comes to how they can enrich their lives.

After five years of trying and five losses, I finally came to terms that I would only have one successful pregnancy and I could learn to be content with the children I have.

We discuss the origins of how «beating» (a term used to describe a form of discipline) your children came to be and how prevalent it is in all socioeconomic communities.

Coming to terms with the fact that a child's needs will not be sacrificed just because a single dad is looking for a new partner is still a challenge for some.

Until we come to terms with how we were treated as children, we will continue to perpetuate the same attitudes and treatment with our own children.

This person has her child's whole life to come to terms with the gravity of brain damage.

I loathe the term «mama», not coming from my children, but coming from other moms referring to me as «mama.»

For others, the empty nest is an impossible notion that they dread coming to terms with as their children leave home.

When it comes to a child's long - term emotional development, though, there are definitely better and worse ways to deal with these difficult and unexpected outbursts.

«I would like see more equality in terms of child care in the first couple of years of a child's life so that women don't necessarily fall far behind men when it comes to earning money and ultimately saving money for their older years,» Crowley said.

To put this in everyday terms, parents treat their children as they would a new coworker or employee, a new member of their church or community club, or their friends and adult family members — they would come from a place of great compassion, forgiveness, and patience as the child is learning about their place in the world.

My feverent hope is that more people will read this book and either not feel so alone in their quest to do what is so normal for their children, or will at least come to understand a little better why those of us who nurse long - term do so.

Sometimes, the thought of your child growing up (or maybe growing out of their adorable cloth diaper and / or wool stash) is hard to come to terms with.

This term is used in connection with the child's infection and illness, whatever the source and to recognise that not all children's infections come from the mother.

«We have come a long way in improving outcomes for babies born early, but more research is needed to understand long term developmental outcomes,» says senior author Julie Lumeng, M.D., a developmental and behavioral pediatrician at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.

You can support your child in coming to terms with a reality that is not exactly as he wishes but one that is still «safe.»

I believe that time - out gives a child that opportunity to regain their own composure and come to terms with the situation they found themselves in.

«If a child finds out later that his blood type is not consistent with his parents», something that might come up in a science class or in a medical situation, then it's a shock to parents and child in terms of presenting information at a traumatic time,» Molo said.

And then I kind of..., you know, just kind of came to terms with the fact and I've always been someone that has said, «Listen, my breasts are for my children.

I think you're right that the emphasis on bonding probably initially came about as a reaction to the behaviorist school of psychology that emphasized a style of child - rearing that, well, was probably not ideal either in terms of emotional development.

Put in the simplest terms, a speech delay has to do with problems forming the words that come out of your child's mouth, while a language delay has to do with understanding the words going into his ears.

And you may have another parent having a hard time coming to terms with it and is reluctant to have the child treated.»

Coming to terms with «I am not the person (s) ultimately responsible for this child, I do not have the authority or position to make this decision and must respect the people that do.»

Mediation is a great way to come to terms for a custody agreement instead of child custody lawsuits.

It is important to discuss with your doctor what went wrong, and to come to terms with any disappointment you might feel about not having a vaginal birth, or potentially not being awake during the birth of your child.