Sentences with phrase «close emotional involvement»

Many fathers today expect to have an active and close emotional involvement in nurturing a child.

A functional sub-system may involve the children of a family as a sibling sub-system, or may cross generations to involve several family members in some close emotional involvement, for example, those concerned with some specific emotional issue, such as the sharing of intimacy or the denial of vulnerability.

Not exact matches

FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS by Brad Desch A woman recalls her close relationship with her famous novelist father while struggling to overcome her fear of emotional involvement with her first real boyfriend.

In Virginia, a court may consider any of the following factors, among others, in making a decision: The age and physical and mental condition of the child, giving due consideration to the child's changing developmental needs; the age and physical and mental condition of each parent; the relationship existing between each parent and each child, giving due consideration to the positive involvement with the child's life, the ability to accurately assess and meet the emotional, intellectual and physical needs of the child; the needs of the child, giving due consideration to other important relationships of the child, including but not limited to siblings, peers and extended family members; the role that each parent has played and will play in the future, in the upbringing and care of the child; the propensity of each parent to actively support the child's contact and relationship with the other parent, including whether a parent has unreasonably denied the other parent access to or visitation with the child; the relative willingness and demonstrated ability of each parent to maintain a close and continuing relationship with the child, and the ability of each parent to cooperate in and resolve disputes regarding matters affecting the child; the reasonable preference of the child, if the court deems the child to be of reasonable intelligence, understanding, age and experience to express such a preference; any history of family abuse; and such other factors as the court deems necessary and proper to the determination.

For example, researchers discussing the Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) model state that the intervention «targets multiple settings and determinants... is delivered in the community... and emphasizes the importance of the parental (or other caretaker) role in providing the youngster with consistent close supervision, limit setting, and emotional involvement and support.»

An assessment would be considered incomplete that had been concluded without understanding family strengths, what previous challenges had been experienced and how past problems had been dealt with, and without a reasonably full understanding of how family members relate at an emotional level (that is, affective responding — how distress is shown, comfort is provided and how they have fun together — and also the level of affective involvement between its members — from close to distant).