Sentences with phrase «difficult home lives»

When kids grow up with more difficult home lives, they can be more fragile.

They're an ideal combination of an exhilarating sports story and a heartwarming human - animal tale: Chris Platt's Willow King (1998), Jane Smiley's The Georges and the Jewels (2009), Ginny Rorby's The Outside of a Horse (2010), and Jennifer H. Lynne's Catch Rider (2013) are all enduring examples of girls wrestling with difficult home lives who find safety with horses.

Taking cues from films like School of Rock and Rushmore, the film is about young misfits trying to find themselves through music in the midst of difficult home lives, bullies and heartbreak.

«One youth leader brought twelve unchurched young guys, one of whom had a particularly difficult home life and responded to a word Ali gave concerning a parent having medical tests in the coming week.

Apparently the floodgates opened, and it turned out the girl had had a very difficult home life, beset by such expectations of beauty and success she felt she could never please that particular parent.

Both of them lead difficult home lives, with Rosa struggling without a father figure in her life and Ginger's mother tied to the four walls of their home while her activist father fights against the Cold War.

The semester is drawing closer to the end and that means they have less time to turn their work habits around and the holidays often bring out tough emotions for students with difficult home lifes.

It emerged that he came mainly to get some respite from a difficult home life, although he had indeed recognised something peaceful and attractive going on in the church.

And kids with a difficult home life aren't as likely to get those basics.

With the help of her new friend Sophia (Sydney Wade) and her school counsellor (Zoe Saldana), Barbara will learn to face her fears — tackling the mean bullies at school, coming to terms with her difficult home life and battling the mythic giants that threaten her world.»

In Lindsay Anderson's first feature, Richard Harris grimaces and bellows as a miner hired by his local rugby team and condescended to by the club's management while juggling a difficult home life as the tenant of a widow and single mother.

The students were identified by their classroom teachers based on a few different criteria: poor social skills, difficult home lives, need for extra personal attention, or achievement deficits.

There is something to be said for having a teacher look a student in the eye and offer praise for overcoming the obstacles of a difficult home life to achieve high marks on a recent assignment.

At Bartram High School, Richie Meeler had made a rough school into his refuge from a difficult home life, forming a group of friends dedicated to their studies and art.

When Carolina Bishop struggled with a difficult home life, Charter Schools USA helped her achieve her dream of high school graduation and college acceptance.

Readers will be moved by the raw portrayal of Rose's difficult home life, her separation from other kids at school, and her loss of the dog that has loved her and provided a buffer from painful experiences.

Seventh - grader Bart has a difficult home life but finds hope in his secret love of opera.

Anxiety like this isn't healthy and can lead to other behavioral problems and a difficult home life.