Sentences with phrase «focused on the family instead»

It makes totally sense to focus on family instead of religion or God.

Dogs usually also become just a little bit more easy to handle as well as more focused on the family instead of other dogs.

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In contrast, family firms can make transformative decisions with a more balanced concern for their short - term impact, focusing instead on their long - term relevance.

«Following a recent series of hospitalizations, and after consulting her family and doctors, Mrs. Bush, now age 92, has decided not to seek additional medical treatment and will instead focus on comfort care,» spokesman...

Nine - in - ten (89 %) say that we should be working toward greater acceptance of the LGBTQ community, instead of focusing more on traditional family structures.

Focus, instead, on what's meaningful: are you making steady gains of the sort that will allow you to enjoy life, to make a difference in the world, and be rich with friends and family?

Instead, he brought me back to the basics... focus on your relationship with me first, and your family second.

You see, instead of working on the problems that really plague us — poverty, hunger, families» homes being foreclosed — the religious right focused on abortion and gay marriage.

Four years ago, NBC News caught some flak for saying that Wise — with his focus on faith and family instead of partying with his fellow athletes — was living an «alternative lifestyle.»

The author addresses this in her introduction, stressing that this work will focus instead on «those around her who would describe themselves as «lesser souls» compared to Therese, but who nevertheless put into practice her «Little Way», those who were part of her life, both in her family and in the monastery.

Its church hierarchies are often housed in organizations such as Focus on the Family and independent congregations instead of in denominations, and their relationship with government is more subtle and more private then that of mainline denominations.

If he's really honest with himself, he'll focus on his family, instead of trying to raise money for his church (the number 1 focus of the church elders), and stop trying to brainwash people.

This means putting aside political chimeras like flat taxes and focusing instead on conservative policies that will directly benefit working families around the median income.

Expressive individualism, for example, causes parents and children to focus on their own needs instead of those of other family members.

Instead of segregating youth from their parents in a «youth» program, Tahtinen says, churches should focus their energies on putting parents and youth together in family - based youth ministry.

Instead, we focus on what actually matters — family, faith, calling and close friends.

Instead, focus on what works for you, your children and your family.

Instead of focusing on creating perfectly Whole30 meals, spend your time making double batches of meals your entire family enjoys (leftovers are your best friend right now) or enjoy freezer meals you've made ahead of time.

Perhaps our public schools need to avoid solely focusing on their standardized tests, and instead outreach to families to teach healthy eating.

If your family situation prevents you from being able to share a room with your baby for a whole year, you could instead focus on keeping the baby in your room for the first six months of his or her life.

The kit focuses on using music, games, art, and movement to motivate kids and families to choose more fruits and vegetables, choose water instead of sugary drinks, get enough physical activity every day, and to limit screen time.

Instead of focusing on the poor families that do not qualify for Social Security retirement benefits in the first place, the remainder of this paper will focus on the families who are effectively denied full coverage because of their family forms and in spite of their input from taxes and participation in the labor force.

However, he quickly realized that he needed to focus on himself and his family instead of putting energy into an activity he did not have the strength to maintain.

So, let us worry about that, so you can focus on spending more time with your family instead.

Spitzer has shied away from the media glare, even as her husband is reportedly in talks to join either CNN or MSNBC for a show, and has instead focused her post-Albany life on her career and her family.

Instead, Kink said, the focus will be on «people power,» organizing a network he estimates will eventually be several million people strong when you count all the unions involved — from 32BJ, CWA, 1199 and the AFL - CIO — to advocacy groups like Citizen Action, Communities for Change and the Center for Working Families.

The natural human response to such emotional ugliness is to switch it off and make it go away, to focus instead on the friends and family and colleagues around you who provide better emotional energy.

He says that after much discussion, contemplation and prayer he has decided to instead focus on his current position, his family and his work as an advocate for people with disabilities.

He's been floated as a possible congressional candidate in years past, but has declined the entreaties, choosing instead to focus on his responsibilities in Albany and to his family.

Her paper says that instead of expanding such programs, the focus should be on the root causes of children being academically delayed, like growing up in single - parent families.

Instead of fixating on family dinners, Musick and Meier suggest, moms and dads should focus on building relationships with children at any opportunity, such as while driving in the car.

Dr. Brian Wansink says, «If you're trying to convince a friend or family member to join you in becoming a Tofu lover, don't belabor its health benefits; instead focus on it being quick and filling and cooking like chicken.

«Over the last decade, Brenner FIT has found that instead of just teaching quick and healthy recipes, families have better results with hands - on instructions focused on how to cook, how to grocery shop and how to plan meals,» said Joseph Skelton, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics at Wake Forest Baptist.

We decided to focus on family time, homemade gift ideas and Christmas Joy this year with our children instead of big gifts.

We wanted to lessen the focus on gifts, and instead place it on the meaning of Christmas and our time together as a family.

Instead of focusing on the health lost, deterioration created, energy decrease, immune system suppression and all the negative effects of nerve interference and not fulfilling all your requirements, at True Health Family Chiropractic, we choose to focus on the untapped potential for true health and vitality available for your body.

Instead of focusing on diet this year, let's make 2016 the year we focus on family time around the family table!

It is a game that instead focuses on skill and precision, making it the perfect game to introduce to your whole family.

I focused on spending my time on Easter with the family instead of working out.

Instead of one wealthy family, this film focuses on a group of middle or low - income individuals caught in the crossfire as the sixth annual purge begins.

Instead, they focused on a story Dickerson brought to the table based on a «glamping retreat» he used to go to with his family.

If you look at Disney under Iger's reign, the studio has moved away from making mid-budget movies and instead shifted its focus almost entirely on building brands within the Disney family: Pixar movies, Star Wars movies, Marvel movies, live - action Disney adaptations of classic animated movies, etc..

His use of space and time has theatre - like economical sense to it but instead of focusing on the dramatic structure he uses it as a pretext to tell a story of the most toxic and lethal of all human addictions — family.

It's a bit wonky at times, with titles sometimes bleeding below the matted frame line, but those distractions are generally lessened by Cass Warner's focus on her family's history instead of the company's.

Many criticized the film on its initial release for largely ignoring the plight of the locals while focusing on a privileged European family, while others lambasted it for further Anglicizing the project by casting Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor instead of Spanish actors as the parents.

Should Zombie attempt to turn the exploits of the Firefly family into a trilogy, here's hoping the filmmaker drops the needless emphasis on humor and instead focuses on the inherently horrific aspects of these characters and their shenanigans.

Instead, the film focuses almost exclusively on the relationship between Jeannette and her father, Rex (Woody Harrelson), a brilliant, stubborn, anti-authoritarian alcoholic who constantly moves the family around in pursuit of some ill - defined romantic ideal of freedom.

Instead of romantic love, though, the sequel focuses on family, especially found family — meaning a family of choice, rather than blood relation.

Undertaking to make World Trade Center just five years after the shattering events of 11th September 2001, Oliver Stone has angered many who feel it is too early to dramatise that time, and yet he has succeeded in making an effective film that, instead of focussing on the big picture, details the impact of that day on two young families.

How were you to know the show would shed that trendy premise almost entirely and instead focus on the hilariously dysfunctional relationship between overbearing, moderately alcoholic Jules Cobb (Courteney Cox) and her lovable coterie of neurotic friends and family?