Sentences with phrase «father figures»

Yet Trip has two or three father figures in the film: mom's sheriff boyfriend (Barry Pepper), his biological father (Frank Whaley) and the owner of the scrapyard where Trip works, Mr. Weathers (Danny Glover).

Archie was torn between two father figures as Riverdale «s mayoral race heated up — while Betty started having grave doubts about her own dad.

Father Figures Number of discs: 2 Rated: R Restricted Studio: WarnerBrothers DVD Release Date: April 3, 2018 Run Time: 112

Ellie grows up to become Jodie Foster, a dedicated / fanatical radio astronomer in search of funding as well as father figures.

Love, sex, survival, mothers and father figures are its themes, the last one foregrounded by the poignant absence of the fathers themselves.

It's been a bad year for Elle Fanning and cinematic father figures.

The motif of a faceless, imaginary spaceman following the boy around is overly precious, but what does work is Tipping's focus on sensitive boys hardening in reaction to their father figures (or lack thereof).

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Watching Father Figures is like finding a piece of food in the back of your fridge that you barely recognize, but know right away it's not worth eating.

Peace, the father figures, must be like that in his country, too, once the fighting started.

Most of the girls, if not all, share wonderful relationships with their parents and are certainly not interested in replacing their father figures with an older man with money.

You know the Dad's and Father figures in our lives.

«I grew up surrounded by women, and I've never had any real father figures around besides my uncle,» says Walsh.

The scientific community is like one big, extended family, full of close and distant connections, crazy old aunts, pontificating father figures, and distant cousins you've never met whose names you can't remember.

Yesterday, Jack Straw blamed the «continuing problem» of gang violence on the absence of father figures.

The Day is a time to recognize fathers and father figures who have influenced a person's life.

Without father figures, young men in his constituency have no decent role models to aspire to.

Those ten fathers and father figures were honored at the Father of the Year celebration at Kauffman Stadium.

WatchDOGS are fathers, grand fathers and other father figures who volunteer to serve at least one day a year in a variety of school activities as assigned by the school principal or other administrator.

NCF invites the media to attend, covering the celebration and speaking with the child essayists and their fathers / father figures.

This is my new normal, and it's happening all across our great country, from shore to shore as we fathers and father figures sign up, show up and become involved.

Here at the National Center for Fathering, our mission is to improve the lives of children and establish a positive fathering and family legacy that will impact future generations by inspiring and equipping fathers and father figures to be actively engaged in the life of every child.

The «What My Father Means To Me» essay contest was designed by NCF to raise awareness about the importance of fathers and father figures in the lives of children.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (June 17, 2014)-- On June 10, Kansas City's National Center for Fathering (NCF) held its 19th annual Father of the Year Celebration honoring championship fathers and father figures in the metro area at Kauffman Stadium.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (June 17, 2014)-- On June 7, Kansas City's National Center for Fathering (NCF) held its 20th annual Father of the Year Celebration honoring championship fathers and father figures in Minnesota at Target Field in Minneapolis.

NCF was able to not just honor fathers, but father figures as well.

And I must add, fathers and father figures can be part of the solution.

Applied social services may be concerned with the impacts of father absence on children's social development (including juvenile delinquency and engagement in criminal activities), on the reasons why men do or do not provide child support, or the role of father figures in child physical abuse.

NCF redesigned its website with the goal of providing easily accessible tools and resources for dads and father figures.

Your children and other children benefit greatly when mature men — father figures — acknowledge them, affirm them, challenge them, and live responsibly before them.

As Father's Day approaches, we encourage you to embrace every opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge the father figures in your life.

The Father of the Year Celebration event celebrates the dads and father figures nominated by children.

strives to improve the lives of children and establish a positive fathering and family legacy that will impact future generations by inspiring and equipping fathers and father figures to be actively engaged in the life of every child.

Both were male and for me I think having some father figures around me was useful during that time.

They're either militarised and violent (Terminator 1, Transformers, Robocop, Tron's MCP, Yul Bryner in Westworld), surrogate father figures (Terminator 2, The Iron Giant) or buddies (Star Wars, Silent Running, Moon, Interstellar — note how those next - gen droids formed an easy, bantery bond with Matthew McConaughey but barely spoke to Anne Hathaway).

But, research shows in point of fact that father figures do have positive and long - lasting impacts on their children just by engaging with them in affirmative and encouraging ways.

They see that engaged fathers and father figures can truly change the culture, because many of society's issues will be helped when caring, responsible men step up and care for children.

With Father's Day on the horizon, Gillette is putting the spotlight back on father figures around the world by encouraging guys to turn to the better source of wisdom, and Go Ask Dad this Father's Day, and every day; because taking a moment to seek out his advice will mean a lot more to him — and to you — than you might realize.

NCF also began holding the annual What My Father Means to Me essay contest to honor kids for writing about their fathers and father figures and the Father of the Year Celebration to recognize those dedicated fathers and father figures in several areas of the country.

At the National Center for Fathering, we work to improve the lives of children and reverse the trends of fatherlessness by inspiring and equipping fathers, grandfathers and father figures to be actively engaged in the life of every child.

NCF believes that every child needs a dad they can count on, and uses its resources to inspire and equip men to be the involved fathers, grandfathers and father figures their children need.

This program is a three - year initiative that partners with Early Head Start, Head Start and Kansas Early Head Start locations statewide to engage fathers and father figures with children.

Resources — Our website provides a wealth of free resources for dads in nearly every fathering situation including new dads and granddads, divorced dads and step fathers, adoptive dads and father figures.

Existing programs continued to reach fathers and father figures, with some adaptations to meet changing needs and opportunities.

• Adopt a «top down» / bottom up approach: obtain commitment from senior management to commit resources and to support front - line staff to engage better with fathers and father figures.

• Fathers and father figures can serve a protective role in the lives of at - risk children and can contribute to positive developmental outcomes (Zanoni et al, 2013).

Children need as many supportive adults as they can get, and fathers and father figures often cooperate in children's lives.

Engaging with father figures doesn't mean ignoring birth fathers.

However, when we talk about fathers in early years settings, we also include father figures: step - fathers, older brothers, uncles, grandfathers, mentors and others who may be the «lead adult male» in a child's life.

That's the key conclusion of this article by Fatherhood Institute safeguarding programme manager Mark Osborn, published in Child Abuse & Neglect in June 2014, which stresses that «serious case review after serious case review highlights... that children are dying in our country when we do not assess and work with fathers and father figures effectively».