Sentences with phrase «family as we attempt»

But neither poses as much of a challenge for the wealthy Connecticut family as their attempt to have a third child.

Set during the winter of 1981 — statistically one of the most crime - ridden of New York City's history — A MOST VIOLENT YEAR is a drama following the lives of an immigrant and his family as they attempt to capitalize on the American Dream, while the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

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In addition to the internal challenges you might face as an entrepreneur, you'll also face pressure from your family, who may think of entrepreneurship as a distraction and discourage you from attempting it.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a former senator from Alabama, and other conservatives attempted to pass this provision, known as the Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act, on several occasions as an amendment to the tax code, arguing that it would save $ 4.2 billion in federal money going to undocumented families.

The Nordstrom family's attempt to take the retailer private has stalled as it deals with a tough financing landscape.

«We are seeing that our focus on the middle class, by putting more money in the pockets of hard working families, and giving less advantages to the wealthiest, is growing the economy,» Trudeau said, as he also attempted to distract the media horde from his finance minister's loose interpretation of what constitutes a conflict of interest.

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The movie's family seems to have it all when it comes to money and fame, but as their patriarch, Royal Tenenbaum, attempts to finally make peace with his children (in his own dysfunctional way), we see that the only thing that really matters is love and relationships.

It's heartbreaking to see religious folk attempting to exclude others from the discussion, as if love and family, peace of heart and mind were religious prerogatives only.

If the dying person wants to talk to a chaplain and seems to want to talk about a particular subject, such as his family, why should the chaplain attempt to force him to discuss something else?

He has attempted to link families with support networks in Cairo, and says they declined as the state is providing the necessary help.

I concluded at the time of the riots that of all the things the government now needed to do, it was the married family which most urgently needed to be rebuilt: I was and remain as certain of that as anything I have ever written, and I have been saying it repeatedly for over 20 years: I was saying it, for instance, when I was attacking (in The Mail and also The Telegraph), as it went through the Commons, the parliamentary bill which became that disastrous piece of (Tory) legislation called the Children Act 1989, which abolished parental rights (substituting for them the much weaker «parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smack.»

While I think it's irresponsible to blame family and friends for a loved one's suicide, I believe it's just as irresponsible to ignore the reality that gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth are four times more likely to attempt suicide as straight peers, that nearly half of young transgender people have considered taking their lives, and that LGBT youth who come from families who reject their gender identities or sexual orientations are more than eight times more likely to attempt suicide than those who come from supportive families.

-- The forceful attempts to convert the world to Shariah law and Muslim theocratic domination, that is the true goal of the radical terror, is unequivocally condemned, as is the promotion of Muslim migration to the West and the raising of large families there with the intent to sway democracies to Shariah Law.

The schooling system itself, set up in the last century, tore children away from their families in, as the statement puts it, an «attempt to assimilate aboriginal peoples.»

As we describe in our 2014 report for the National Marriage Project, «Facilitating Forever,» community organizations receiving federal funding approved by both Democrat and Republican administrations have attempted to foster stable marriages and families in at - risk populations for over a decade.

I do not expect nor wish for their approval, however as they stand on the street corners of America and call me the most vile of names and attempt to marginalize me and my family at the ballot box, I will and have fought back.

Just as our peoples, at a certain moment of their history, were mature enough to say «no» to all forms of political colonization, so too in our families we need to be very wise, very shrewd, very strong, in order to say «no» to all attempts at an ideological colonization of our families.

As controversy about religion at the academy became more and more public, Focus on the Family jumped into the fray and created a video, shown at its headquarters, that attempts to frame the debate.

The police treated the case as an «attempted suicide with suspicious circumstances,» in part because Ruth had attempted to prevent resuscitation by paramedics after she called 911, and also because of the family history.

Many evangelicals — especially those involved in television ministries, conducting family life seminars, and promoting or operating Christian schools — emotively inveigh against secular humanism, denounce the godless Supreme Court, attempt to censor textbooks, and trot out the shopworn Humanist Manifestos I and II as proof of an overarching conspiracy to expunge Christianity from the land.

A more likely source is the decline of the black family (approximately three - fifths of current black births are illegitimate) and the effect that liberal economic and social policies have had on encouraging dysfunctional social behavior and in undermining those forces within the city such as religion that have attempted to hold back the new urban barbarism.

``... Up to 40 % of all homeless youth identify as LGBT,» she writes, «and of those, almost 80 % left because their families rejected them when they came out... There are more than 1100 federal benefits denied to same - sex couples... LGBT youth are five times more likely to attempt suicide than their straight peers... That's a real injustice.»

As a victim of anti-Semitism decades ago that killed many members of my own family, I oppose their message and the terror and attempt to take away freedom that they represent.

This is a record of a child, odd and difficult from birth, in the grip of senseless obsessions, controlling the family with rigid rules and prohibitions, tearing through the house as fast and destructive as a tornado, grunting instead of talking, unresponsive to his parents» loving concern, their urging, coaxing, their vain attempts at discipline, their anger and spanking.

Sometimes we disagree when we attempt to summarize central themes of Scripture or try to provide a comprehensive overview of biblical teaching on a particular topic, such as the family or economic justice.

In the case of Mrs. R., these include an understanding of the nature of alcoholism (as it eventually became clear that Mr. R. is an alcoholic), the futility of her attempts to coerce him to stop drinking, and the importance of her changing her assumption that any improvement in the family situation is totally dependent on his sobriety.

Being alert to the possibility that some wives may attempt to sabotage their husbands» sobriety does not mean that one should use this as a general approach to helping the family.

There is an attempt still to maintain the original family structure, which is disrupted anew with each episode of drinking, and as a result the children begin to show emotional disturbance.

Liberal creativity, on the other hand, reveals itself in its attempt to redefine the family, as in Obergefell v. Hodges.

The Green family, owners of Hobby Lobby — whose religious freedom the Obama administration is attempting to violate with the HHS mandate — has posted a video where they speak for themselves, as business owners and Christians.

As a family, they are attempting to live a slower version of modern life.

However, I think articles like this have an agenda, and it's not to comfort the victims family's, but are a self - serving attempt at creating answers that justify a senseless act as somehow part of a plan.

But not having good guide lines to follow, never attempted it at home; now will do as soon as we have some family stay over.

My most successful attempts to overcome toddler mealtime indecision and for us eat as a family is to make deconstructable meals.

In her attempt to help her family get on a healthier snack track, Lisa became frustrated in her search for suitable options as most so - called «healthy» snacks she found contained as much sugar and processed starch as the regular commercial varieties.

Ronaldo defies this and attempts to live a normal life, enjoying time with friends and family, as well as taking on a number of other roles in his spare time.

March 15 — No British government ministers or members of the Royal Family will attend the World Cup finals in Russia this summer as part of the retaliation for the poisoning and attempted murder of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, Prime Minister Theresa May has announced.

Turned off by the alienation that many of us experienced as babysat, latchkey, single - parented kids of the 1970s and»80s, my generation is choosing to raise our children differently by attempting to integrate family, professional and social life into one seamless web.

Attempts to make the workplace more family - friendly will always be seen as intrinsically less efficient if they are to be studied from an antiquated platform.

Well, as an Australian I can't speak for the NHS, nor was I attempting to, but I have heard from a number of women in the US who have discussed mother and baby friendly hospitals that many of them are making a legitimate effort to try and appeal to women's needs, and of the three maternity units I have been to within my state, they have had beautiful birthing suites on offer in their family birthing centres.

Do not attempt it at a time of stress for you or your family such as a move or a new preschool or even a new baby in the house.

Or am I attempting to determine what path will lead to harmony for our family as a whole, balancing out each member's needs as best we can?

Thus, in an attempt to reassure children, adoptive families are frequently described as forever families.

Megan McCoy Dellecese writes about her life as a mom and her family's attempts at living a realistically green life at her blog Meg Acts Out.

Attempt to toilet - train only when it is appropriate for the whole family, i.e. periods of stress such as Christmas or exam time are not ideal.

Therefore, prospective adoptive families would greatly benefit by having extensive pre-adoption counseling and awareness of how an older child has grown up in an institutional environment and that providing a «good and loving home» may not be enough as specialized and practical treatment strategies may bring about a more positive outcome since so many families attempt to love and nurture the older child when, in fact, a gradual treatment process involving «reintegration into the family» must occur first.

The providers may be credentialed or certified professionals, paraprofessionals, or volunteers, but typically they have received some form of training in the methods and topical content of the program so that they are able to act as a source of expertise for caregivers.3 Finally, home visiting programs are attempting to achieve some change on the part of participating families — in their understanding (beliefs about child - rearing, knowledge of child development), and / or actions (their manner of interacting with their child or structuring the environment)-- or on the part of the child (change in rate of development, health status, etc.).

Engage others such as friends, coworkers and family members in their attempts to drive a wedge between the child and the other parent