Sentences with phrase «from dysfunctional homes»

We'll teach them personal hygiene... the personal things they don't get when they come from dysfunctional homes,» Paladino said.

The term is most often used to describe kids who have emotional problems that interfere with school performance, come from dysfunctional home environments, have had some problem with the law, and / or have been frequent behavioral challenges in school.

Not exact matches

While ODD can develop in children from loving and stable families, it's not uncommon for these children to have had a dysfunctional home life and / or exposure to violence.

Daddy's Home (PG - 13 for profanity, crude humor, suggestive material and mature themes) Dysfunctional family dramedy about the competition between a resurfacing biological father (Mark Wahlberg) and his ex-wife's (Linda Cardellini) new husband (Will Ferrell) for the affection of the kids (Scarlett Estevez and Owen Vaccaro) from the first marriage.

The mentees who participated in the program demonstrated lagging performance in reading, dysfunctional family structures, low socioeconomic status, and a lack of a print - rich home environment, based on the input from the school counselor, social worker, and classroom teacher.

This training will discuss risk factors for youth and adolescents from dysfunctional families, specifically homes where a family member suffers from the disease of addiction.

While the federal No Child Left Behind law «shined a spotlight» on the needs of the most disadvantaged students, says Petrilli, «let's not overlook their slightly less disadvantaged peers — the boys and girls who come from low - income but perhaps not as dysfunctional homes and who aspire to graduate from college and enter the middle class.»

Thirteen - year - old Karina, a member of a large immigrant family from Haiti, deals with growing up in an abusive and dysfunctional home dominated by her horrifying stepfather.

A group home, or her dysfunctional birth parents, or bouncing from home to home would never equal what the love of two professionals, one trained in medicine and one in education, could offer.

A child who suffers living in a dysfunctional family may try to run away from home and land from the frying pan, into the fire.

From creator Alan Ball (True Blood) comes this darkly comic series about a dysfunctional family running a Los Angeles funeral home.

Daughters with dysfunctional models of conflict resolution from their mothers may be at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to finding appropriate means of resolving conflict outside the home.

Child social workers must be aware that they will often work with dysfunctional families, that sometimes children must be removed from their homes, and that some cases will be emotionally difficult.