Sentences with phrase «friend as a role model»

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Family and friends speak for themselves, and may also serve as mentors or role models.

And in 2015, Duncan, Obama's secretary of education, pointed to his old friend's district as a national role model and invited Runcie to speak at a White House panel called «Rethink School Discipline.»

The other day, still more Hazzard friends and celebrities in their own right gathered during a UCLA practice as the earsplitting squeals of the terrific role model, Prince, blasted from courtside speakers.

Your child should have friends of a similar age to play with, but it's also beneficial for there to be older children present to act as role models.

This might not always be a direct influence on the part of the friend acting as role model, but the fact remains that many children want to mimic behaviors they admire.

As Hanna's mom, I am sensitive to making sure Hanna has friends and role models that share her race and heritage.

Foster Grandparents act as a role model, a mentor, and a friend helping children learn to read, providing one - on - one tutoring, and guiding children at a critical time in their lives.

Mr. Addisson was one of many speakers honoring those who have made a tangible difference in the lives of our city school children as mentors, friends, advocates, and role models.

Before sailing off to Troy, Odysseus placed his son under the watchful eye of Mentor, a wise friend to teach the boy the ways of the world and act as his role model.

I want to be a good role model for my kids and my friends and family, and I want to be as fit and healthy as possible so I live a long and fulfilling life.

I am so grateful to have Caroline as a teacher, friend, and role model.

You can cheer each other on and serve as role models for friends, family members, and others.

Honestly, by the end of the night, many of my friends saw her as a personal role model.

The boys hide the body in an antique chest in the middle of their posh apartment, then perversely arrange to hold a dinner party around the chest, inviting the victim's family, friends and fiancee (Joan Chandler), as well as their intellectual role - model Stewart.

Paul Rudd (Role Models, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) stars as the soon - to - be-married Peter Klaven, a struggling real estate agent who has realized that has realized that every friend he's ever had has been a girlfriend and their friends, never having a best male bud of his own, and risks not being able to choose a best man.

The elementary students often bond with their college buddies, who are positive role models as well as friends.

Volunteers in this program are designed to serve as a positive role model and friend for the student they work with.

I can just imagine what my friend Richard will say when I tell him this: «Wait, they're looking at you as a dating role model?»

When and if you want a little help from your friends — as a one - of - a-kind affiliate model for online marketplaces — reKiosk allows your fan base to actually take an active role in also distributing their work.

Similarly, 55 % of women were encouraged by an entrepreneurial friend or family member who acted as a role model as opposed to 40 % of men.

Staff at the Best Friends Sanctuary, where many of Michael Vick's dogs were sent after their rescue, have stated that when Mya first arrived at the sanctuary, she was «afraid of her own shadow,» but has since blossomed into her role as a puppy socialization model, helping younger dogs to settle into their new lives and become comfortable around other animals.

She now serves as a role model, providing key socialization and training, for puppies at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.

As a foster carer, part of your role will be helping to maintain the child's significant relationships, such as those with their birth family, foster families, friends, role models and other extended familAs a foster carer, part of your role will be helping to maintain the child's significant relationships, such as those with their birth family, foster families, friends, role models and other extended familas those with their birth family, foster families, friends, role models and other extended family.

The American Cancer Society defines a caregiver as a family member, friend, loved one or other support person who lends physical, emotional or other support to someone at any time during the cancer journey.2 Importantly, they are part of a triadic model of involvement together with the patient and healthcare professional and take on multiple roles, from involvement in treatment decision - making in cancer, to acting as conduits of information between the patient and the specialist and vice versa and supporting the patient's decisions.3

Talk informally with married friends who may serve as role models and educators about how to create a fulfilling, lasting union.