Sentences with phrase «children as an excuse»

Stephen — in short, I find your willingness to use your children as an excuse to say you know what actual persecution and exclusion is like to be deplorable.

When I saw an interview with Santorum about this he used his children as an excuse.

Many adults use children as an excuse to buy and serve processed junk foods.

What the bill does is tighten up the language surrounding judicial discretion, so that it becomes more difficult to use an antiquated interpretation of the best interests of the child as an excuse to rationalize a disproportionate percentage of sole custody decisions in today's family courts.

Not exact matches

It doesn't negate the fact that a judge can, within this last week, put equal blame on a 14 year old girl and the 49 year old teacher who had sex with her, and excuse it as her being «troubled», because apparently it's OK to sleep with a child if that child is troubled.

You'll have to excuse Bill, his comments are completely irrelevant so often that we tend to think he got a dictionary as a small child with all the definitions moved up four words.

actually there are approximately 36.3 million people — including 13 million children — that live in households that experience hunger or the risk of hunger... that is far too many people please do not use your blasphemy of the atheists / non-believers as an excuse for this especially given the number of innocent children involved

You'll see your child's recovery as an answer to prayer, and then you'll come up with some excuse to explain why God didn't answer my prayer to avoid admitting the fact that your kid's recovery had nothing to do with God, just as the death of mine had nothing to do with God.

apparently your lousy excuse for a god can't even get rid of something so small as a germ or bacteria that would cause such suffering for his children that he so - called loves.»

Follower... well... apparently your lousy excuse for a god can't even get rid of something so small as a germ or bacteria that would cause such suffering for his children that he so - called loves.

Of course, being abused as a child does not excuse the one who abuses children when they are adults (and I know you are not saying that), but it does make one wonder about the cycle of sin that happens in people's lives.

The fundamental (excuse the pun) problems with far - right Christianity are exactly the same issues our Savior spoke about to the Pharisees: judgmentalism, hypocrisy, intolerance, and the hyper - extremity of observing the letter of the law rather than its spirit (as evidenced by statements from various preachers that people such gays and disobedient children should be killed).

Feminism was financed by the CIA with the intention of «taxing the other half of the population» and «getting children into pre-school at a younger age so as to indoctrinate them»... there is nothing about «women's rights» involved... that is just the excuse.

Who I marry should be no one's chooice but my own, as long as I am not hurting anyone (such as a child, because I know someone will use the pedophile excuse).

There's a church in Oregon that has several cases of adults denying medical care to their children using faith as an excuse.

At the same time, individuals (or children) should have the right to miss holidays on a «religious observation» ground, provided it adheres to a prescribed date and not simply as an excuse to «not attend school on Mondays.»

I have been mistreated as such in my Church as a child & so on but Im not going to use it as an EXCUSE to blame God, that's ridiculous and I do not even blame my Church.

Yes, because it is relatively simple reconciling the peaceful, loving person of Jesus with the god of the old testament that orders the massacre of entire towns including women and children OR, the Israelites back in the day were using god (once again, just as recent events are showing...) as an excuse for mayhem and territorial takeover.

«I'd begun to feel as if I were building up a case... against my own child, an excuse... because I couldn't control him.

Here is the clue to «God - talk» if it is to be Christian; as I have argued in my Love Is the Clue (Forward Movement, 1968) and Life in Christ (Eerdmans, 1972), we have no excuse for perpetuating a picture, or pictures, of God that either make prayer impossible or turn it into an indecent effort to persuade God to be kind to his children.

You must excuse me now, I have much work to do rewriting Sunday school material so that our children are sure to be as enlightened as we are.»

Indeed, he does not shrink from taking a criminal as an example, perhaps one well known at the time, since the children of light can learn even from the children of darkness: that unjust steward who is put out of his office does not think of using excuses in order to hold onto his position; he thinks only how, with one final deceit, he can make his future secure while he still has the ability to do so (Luke 16:1 — 8).

The latest report from The Economist Intelligence Unit, «No more excuses — responsible supply chains in a globalised world ``, found that four in five respondent companies described their firms as having responsible supply chains, yet only under a quarter were actually addressing key issues such as climate change or child labor.

The Miz and Maryse also announced they will be welcoming a child into the world, which is as good of an excuse as any to highlight George Mizanin, who is the father of The Miz.

What happened in the Miami Dolphins locker room can be described as nothing else but a group of man - children hiding behind a veneer of alpha male - ism in a society that excuses their stupid actions.

Personally Jon I think that the team lack leadership as they are treated like children by AW who always makes excuses when they fail rather than giving them a rocket.

What do you think, if it snows this year and I drive my car as I normally do when it is warm and dry, would I be able to use the weather excuse if I were to hit a child because I was out of control?

The cry it out method is not an excuse to let your child scream it out, as.

I would like another child and he would too, and I thought great he now as an excuse to have sec with me....

how about a woman who cheated on her husband, twice, was forgiven, then had the husband get a vasectomy because she didn't want any more children, used that as an excuse for the lack of sex, I do it, and then she denies me sex for six years?

Of course marriage encompasses many other things such as child rearing but that is no excuse to not make time for sex, even if you have to give up some thing in order to make it happen.

I've been married nearly 25 years and been with my husband for 32 years, he was the first guy I slept with a he swept me off my feet, we have 2 children 23 and 19 and for last 1 years we have not slept together, he has gained so much weight from changing his job --(I'm not making that the excuse) but I have just fallen out of love with him, when we do talk we disagree with everything, I feel guilty for feeling like this, but sometimes I just cant be in the same room as him, I see all my friends and family happy and enjoying their time together now their children have left but all i see is a lonely life in my house.

«Your children want you to say «no», they want and need for you to snoop, they want to use «my mom won't let me» as an excuse, they want frank discussions in which they aren't treated like infants, and by the way they want you to put down

Just as we want to teach children to own their behavior without a lot of justifications and excuses, so should we model that behavior for them.

«Your children want you to say «no», they want and need for you to snoop, they want to use «my mom won't let me» as an excuse, they want frank discussions in which they aren't treated like infants, and by the way they want you to put down your phone and pay more attention to them.

But at least we have these stories and tips to help us work out with our children - or to use exercise as an excuse to get away from them.

Many people may see their story as an excuse to say, «hey — this high - powered survived a very public betrayal and still put their marriage and children first; you can do it, too,» as if maintaining a troubled marriage no matter what is the only or best thing to do when you have children.

Consistency is key all the time and this means not making excuses for your child such as saying he's tired or he was provoked.

Never give a child an excuse for bad behavior, as this will lead to a life of excuses and bad choices.

The book helps children understand that their feelings are okay, although they shouldn't be used as an excuse for bad behavior.

One of the best things about having kids is that they give you an excuse to do things you loved as a child but gave up when you became an adult.

As if that wasn't enough, it's an excuse to break out the glitter and glue, an approved way to delight children of all ages.

The most important thing to remember is that you will need to be consistent in your approach and before giving up on any approach give it time, as young children need to experience things a few times before the message sinks in (excuse the pun!).

We have found that schools that begin the conversation with excuses or reasons why it won't work to have your food allergic child as a student aren't worth pursuing.

There are no excuses now, your child is old enough to help with chores and other household duties, such as making dinner, watching younger siblings, attending to sick or older relatives, and even managing things for a little bit while you're busy or at work.

We were privileged to be able to use our child's health as an excuse not to vaccinate, while simultaneously putting the sick at risk.

§ 10.050 (1999) excuses a woman from acting as a juror if the woman is breastfeeding a child.

you can easily get in to a rut of the same old same old I like that you can «disguise» some some veg and fruit into the recipes and that way they get the goodness and what i plan to do is to show my child when he is a lot older when they kick up a fuss saying they don't like something when they take the puree as a baby I'll like to show them what they used to eat and how I made it so there is no excuses!

However, it also shouldn't be used as an excuse to keep a parent and child apart.

Although you may think of justifications as what your child gives you as an excuse when he's done something wrong, in math a justification is a statement that proves that a mathematical conclusion is correct.