Sentences with phrase «despite adversity»

Getting to know you this past year has made it clear to me that — despite any adversity in your life — your great attitude will allow you to always come out on top.

Patterson [74] suggests that families demonstrate resilience when, despite adversity, they are competent in performing (one or more of) four core family functions including membership and family formation; economic support; nurturance, education and socialisation; and protection of vulnerable members.

This report presents evidence for HOPE (Health Outcomes of Positive Experiences) based on compelling data that reinforce the need to promote positive experiences for children and families in order to foster healthy childhood development despite the adversity common in so many families.

In my humble opinion, what gives the words «Lord» and «Doctor» true meaning is the attempt to stand by the Truth, at all odds, despite all adversity.

Despite the adversity and having to merge with another school, the students were energized to take on the Future City challenge again, saying «(Future City) helps me make a better city to live in.»

Their founding of the organization proves that, despite adversity and discrimination — which many feel extends to this day — women are an integral and valuable part of the arts community.

Over the past decade, he said, the Fred Rogers Center has gone into «settings where low resources and adversity intersect,» such as low - income family childcare providers, schools for the deaf, and youth residential homes, to figure out where, when, and how these simple interactions can help promote positive development despite adversity.

We're understanding more and more how these two concepts interact: A stable, supportive relationship with an adult can be the key to a child's health and resilience, despite adversity; conversely, when a caregiver doesn't have the capacity to provide that support, the child can face...

We're understanding more and more how these two concepts interact: A stable, supportive relationship with an adult can be the key to a child's health and resilience, despite adversity; conversely, when a caregiver doesn't have the capacity to provide that support, the child can face severe mental and physical consequences.

«Almost There reveals how an individual can connect with others and follow his artistic obsessions despite adversity, even (or especially) if that adversity is himself.»

Despite the adversity, Amber is a self - proclaimed princess of hope and girl of unyielding optimism, until a tragedy puts her optimism to the test.

Despite every adversity he faced, my dad worked his way up from nothing so that my mom and I could be comfortable.

But there was always that one that come along with resiiance despite their adversity.

Despite this adversity, fortunately Ramsey is at the age where he is approaching his prime and that can only be a huge boost for Arsenal.

The Jeremy Lin and Tim Tebow stories in my opinion, are less about their God given talents and more about their success despite adversity.

The foundation of Acknowledge Alliance started with the belief, that when a child has a caring adult in their life who holds high expectations and believes in them, they can succeed despite adversities.

Setting to introduce itself this month, the company hopes to leave a strong mark in an industry that continuous to flourish despite adversities brought by political, social and economic discord.

Not exact matches

Despite their (often helpful, but still much - critiqued) sense of entitlement, Millennial leaders are also no strangers to adversity.

It tells the stories of six extraordinary young people who, despite almost unimaginable suffering and adversity, exceeded almost everyone's expectations.

I'm here to tell you today, that despite it all, the pain — adversity — hardship.

Grit entails working strenuously toward challenges, maintaining effort and interest over years despite failure, adversity, and plateaus in progress.

She has faced so much adversity and still stands up for her rights despite constant threats.

Synopsis: Starring an extraordinary NZ cast; Cliff Curtis (Whale Rider and Boy), James Rolleston (Boy) and Kirk Torrance (Outrageous Fortune) The Dark Horse is an inspiring true story based on the life of a charismatic, brilliant but little - known New Zealand Hero and Chess champion - Genesis Potini (Gen)... An emotionally - charged, inspiring drama about a man who searches for the courage to lead, despite his own adversities - finding purpose and hope in passing on his gift to children in his community.

Despite being young and underprepared, she plows through adversities thanks to her unwavering belief that things will work out.

There seems to be a sort of calmness with the film despite the major adversities of both Jamie and Judy.

Children who thrive despite hardship usually have both a biological resistance to adversity and strong relationships with at least one adult in their family or community.

By emphasizing the importance of «working strenuously toward challenges, and maintaining effort and interest over years, despite failure, adversity, and plateaus in progress,» educators can help to encourage the habits of sustained effort and focus that increase the likelihood of achieving goals (Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, & Kelly, 2007).

Resilience has been described as the ability of students to bounce back from adversity or a quality exhibited by those who thrive despite coming from at - risk environments (Perkins - Gough, 2013), while grit has been explained as sticking with a goal over the long term despite obstacles (Edutopia, 2014).

Despite the extensive research showing the negative impacts of ACEs on children's academic achievement and overall wellbeing, many schools and communities continue to struggle to support children who have experienced trauma and adversity.

Despite considerable evidence to the contrary, many of us continue to act as though schools alone can remove the adversity propelled obstacles confronting children from low - income families.

One such loan option is to take an installment loan no credit check that will assist you despite your monetary adversities.

Since her accident, Si Bao has continued to fight on in the face of adversity and recently gave birth to four beautiful puppies, who she immediately doted on upon their arrival into the world, trying her best to be a great mother despite the environmental and physical challenges of her situation.

Loot boxes, microtransactions, season passes, DLC bundles, subscriptions and «games are a service» are all ways in which publishers can further guard against a flop which, when used in a successful game can feel predatory but can rescue a studio in times of adversity; a good example of this is Rainbow Six: Siege which has gone on to be very successful thanks to continued support through DLC, despite a sluggish start.

It managed to pull through, despite this initial adversity and stiff competition from rival portable, the 3DS and its less three - dimensional sibling, with Sony now reporting Vita sales have topped the 500, 000 mark.

Yet, despite being engulfed in adversity we deliver.

Vaziri portrays people who have rebuilt their identities despite extreme adversity.

Stefan Wenzel, Lower Saxony's Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection: «For the German Energiewende as well as for the state Lower Saxony as industrial location, I'm happy, that offshore wind gains momentum despite of all adversities and thanks to companies like DONG Energy.

Imagine a young, Indigenous law student who has overcome significant adversity, obtained an increasingly expensive legal education, landed a scarce articling position, all despite historic and systemic disadvantages.

The film takes a deep look into the lives of the men who race carts, the adversity they face and the appeal of cart racing despite the risk.

Though severely threatened — and in certain cases extinguished — by colonial forces, Indigenous culture, language and social systems have shaped the development of Canada, and continue to grow and thrive despite extreme adversity.

seek purpose seek change, internally, externally, not about to let the adversities distract us from our divine selves, reaching the highest of highs despite fear and the parts we can't control... reaching, grabbing, clawing in faith... it shall be where we shine divinely as we.

Despite its broad title, the report's principal focus was the role of early childhood adversity in shaping risks of addiction and mental health problems in adolescence and young adulthood.

However, despite the probabilistic associations between early adversity and later emotional and parenting problems, most parents who experienced extreme adversity, such as physical abuse, when they were children will not adopt the same pattern with their child.

A better understanding of why some children do well despite early adversity is important because it can help us design policies and programs that help more children reach their full potential.

The science of resilience can help us understand why some children do well despite serious adversity.

Resilience in individual development: Successful adaptation despite risk and adversity.

The concept of resilience and closely related research regarding protective factors provides one avenue for addressing mental well - being that is suggested to have an impact on adolescent substance use.8 — 17 Resilience has been variably defined as the process of, capacity for, or outcome of successful adaptation in the context of risk or adversity.9, 10, 12, 13, 18 Despite this variability, it is generally agreed that a range of individual and environmental protective factors are thought to: contribute to an individual's resilience; be critical for positive youth development and protect adolescents from engaging in risk behaviours, such as substance use.19 — 22 Individual or internal resilience factors refer to the personal skills and traits of young people (including self - esteem, empathy and self - awareness).23 Environmental or external resilience factors refer to the positive influences within a young person's social environment (including connectedness to family, school and community).23 Various studies have separately reported such factors to be negatively associated with adolescent use of different types of substances, 12, 16, 24 — 36 for example, higher self - esteem16, 29, 32, 35 is associated with lower likelihood of tobacco and alcohol use.

Grit is perseverance and passion for long - term goals; working strenuously toward challenges; and maintaining effort and interest over years despite failure, adversity, and plateaus in progress.

This is despite there being more children in these circumstances than are being raised in unrelated foster care and the children having faced similar adversities prior to living with their family and friends carers.

Only physical activity did not show a clear trend with increasing family adversity despite previous research suggesting such a relationship.