Sentences with phrase «good as a father figure»

I have a history of dating guys who would be no good as a father figure.

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

Not exact matches

Jenson's ambitious enterprise requires familiarity with the sources of Christian teaching through the centuries as well as with the biblical roots, and he displays an intimate knowledge of the Eastern Fathers as well as of Western figures such as Augustine and Thomas Aquinas.

They're still young (8, 6, and 4), but I figure that I better get a head start right now on learning about the issues and problems that growing girls face, and how, as a father, I might be able to help.

Although drawing on this Tradition, as well as on the Hindu advaita - vedanta and the Buddhist pratityasamutpada (the interrelatedness of all beings), he eventually comes up with an abstract form of «Trinity» as a figure — a unity in triple diversity, but detached from the economic manifestation of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Among converts to Orthodoxy, for instance, as well as among many cradle Orthodox of a particularly rigorist kind, Dostoevsky is especially honored for having held firmly to Chalcedonian orthodoxy and having introduced the greater world to the figure of Father Zosima, from whom all the light of Eastern Christian contemplative spirituality shines out; and, more generally, among Christians of many confessions, Dostoevsky is revered as a prophet, the great Christian anti-Nietzsche, the voice of ancient Christian truth crying out in the spiritual desert of the modern West.

It was also the belief of the Babylonians and As - syrians, as their monuments testify, for a figure of a guardian angel now in the British Museum once decorated an As - syrian palace, and might well serve for a modern representation; while Nabopolassar, father of Nebuchadnezzar the Great, says: «He (Marduk) sent a tutelary deity (cherub) of grace to go at my side; in everything that I did, he made my work to succeed.&raquAs - syrians, as their monuments testify, for a figure of a guardian angel now in the British Museum once decorated an As - syrian palace, and might well serve for a modern representation; while Nabopolassar, father of Nebuchadnezzar the Great, says: «He (Marduk) sent a tutelary deity (cherub) of grace to go at my side; in everything that I did, he made my work to succeed.&raquas their monuments testify, for a figure of a guardian angel now in the British Museum once decorated an As - syrian palace, and might well serve for a modern representation; while Nabopolassar, father of Nebuchadnezzar the Great, says: «He (Marduk) sent a tutelary deity (cherub) of grace to go at my side; in everything that I did, he made my work to succeed.&raquAs - syrian palace, and might well serve for a modern representation; while Nabopolassar, father of Nebuchadnezzar the Great, says: «He (Marduk) sent a tutelary deity (cherub) of grace to go at my side; in everything that I did, he made my work to succeed.»

It must be nice for them to see him as a father figure but it does not seem to be getting the best of them individually or on the whole, so maybe some tougher love is needed.

Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas described the Frenchman as «like a father figure to me» on his Instagram account, while Robin van Persie called Wenger «Definitely one of the very best ever!»

This is important because it helps create a situation where dads (by which we mean the full diversity of men with a significant caring role in children's lives, including biological and other fathers and father - figures), as well as mums (in a similarly diverse sense), feel comfortable and valued — in the context of a culture which still privileges women as more naturally suited to caring, and more important as parents (and by extension, less important in other contexts, eg the workplace).

Out of this work has come a clear understanding of the barriers to better engagement with fathers / father - figures in child protection in England, as well as steps that can be taken to improve and maintain engagement.

Many non-resident fathers are involved, as well as resident fathers, step - fathers and «father figures» (e.g. grandfathers, uncles and older brothers).

However, when it comes to child protection, routine engagement with fathers and father - figures has seemed a distant ideal: safeguarding policy has repeatedly failed to identify this as an issue despite the fact that Serious Case Reviews over a twenty year period (most recently the Ofsted Serious Case Review summary of 46 cases, as well as both of the Baby Peter Serious Case Reviews) have found failure by practitioners to engage with the men in children's lives to be a major factor in child abuse and deaths.

Over the past decade, the idea of a gay man choosing to be a father seems to have progressed from somewhat of a curiosity into a more familiar scenario, as concepts about family and parenting skills evolve.These days, there are a number of resources and a body of parenting advice available to support gay dads, as well as some public figures making... read more

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

NCF will be providing content ranging from book excerpts, blog posts and Today's Father Radio in 3 minute audio files as well as other tools and resources to aid in inspiring and equipping fathers and fathering figures through the iDisciple app.

If such a powerful figure as Kinnock Could take with him, the generation that Had his father, Neil as their hero, Labour first, those who realise he saved the Labour party, Roy Hattersley, Fabians, the Co-op, compass, as well as the 174 back bench MPS,

Observers see the move as a signal that the military government is trying to conform to global norms on the management of nuclear material as well as distance itself from a controversial figure regarded as the «father of the Islamic bomb.»

It goes without saying that Batman Begins is the best prequel of the summer, a film that allows Liam Neeson as Bruce Wayne's mentor / surrogate father figure to make amends for The Phantom Menace and offers a peek, along with Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring, at the full grim panorama of what the Star Wars films have squandered.

It, in part, explains why Patricia Arquette is widely considered to be the frontrunner for her award, but her hirsute Boyhood counterpart Ethan Hawke is at best running a fairly distant second or third for turning in equally nuanced work as an only part - time functional father figure — and why Oscar voters gave Robert Duvall's far more flamboyantly flawed, piss - n» - vinegar patriarch a free pass to just be happy for the nomination once again.

The trailer for the John Curran - directed film stars Jason Clarke as Kennedy and Kate Mara as Kopechne as well as a roster of actors portraying all the WASPy figures involved in the event including Bruce Dern as the senator's domineering father Joseph Kennedy, Ed Helms as Joe Gargan, Jim Gaffigan as DA Paul Markham, and Olivia Thirlby as one of the «boiler room girls,» a group of single women who worked Bobby Kennedy's 1968 Presidential campaign, which ended with his assassination.

The film challenges most presumptions, with an ethnic array of individuals as well as a couple of doting father figures, aging body builders who gently and affirmatively help train younger charges (as well as one's working as some kind of new agey therapist for the bodily laity).

While I understand Ruffalo's nomination as he does a good job of playing the cool - guy father figure while giving some comedic relief, I do not understand Bening getting nominated for Best Female Lead over Julianne Moore.

A quiet, thoughtful picture, Joe has Nicolas Cage giving one of the best performances of his career as a withdrawn man trying to keep his demons at bay by becoming a father figure to a troubled teenager (Tye Sheridan).

The supporting cast are all great, too, with Robert Downey Jr. reprising his role as Tony Stark aka Iron Man, acting both as a bridge for the Marvel Cinematic Universe and this reboot series as well as Peterâ $ ™ s father figure since we donâ $ ™ t get an Uncle Ben this time around.

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For his role as Juan, a father figure to Chiron, the film's main character, Mahershala Ali won Best Supporting Actor.

For that he has Pine, just fine as the brainy American patriot, and Costner, perfect as the veteran soldier and father figure mentor, and Keira Knightly as well, playing Ryan's fiancée who gets pulled into the mission when she shows up to surprise Jack.

The conventional good - guy - versus - bad - guy narrative vanishes as Bond, Silva and M (Judi Dench) become a symbolic family unit, reunited with an absent father / husband figure.

It's an appealingly out - there premise that's employed to perpetually captivating effect by filmmaker Gregory Hoblit, as the director does a superb job of establishing Caviezel and Quaid's respective figures and the irresistible father / son bond that slowly begins to develop between the two - with Frequency at its best when focused on the characters» initially - tentative - but - eventually - probing conversations.

This is a human story about a young man figuring out how to solve his identity crisis as well as his daddy issues while trying to create a legacy started by the father he never knew.

Gone is the continuation of that unsolvable Oedipal complexity that arose when the father figures were revealed as less than godlike in Yates's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (the best film of the series by a nose — and one of the best American films of that year).

After failing to find a father figure in local handy - man, William (Billy Crudrup), Dorothea enlists the help of Jamie's friend and crush, Julie (rising starlet Elle Fanning), as well as her second - wave feminist lodger, Abbie (Greta Gerwig), in raising the boy.

Which is too bad, as both Julian Dennison — as Ricky Baker, a rebellious tween kid brought to a lonely farmstead foster home as a last resort — and Sam Neill (Backtrack)-- as the ornery father figure left to care for him — are good, with an easy and funny rapport.

(The movie plays footsie with a potential relationship between the couple, which is just as well, since he is, to quote the sage George Michael, her father figure - preacher teacher.)

As Otto tries to find his bearings, navigates love, rediscovers sex and negotiates the difficulties of being a good father as a divorcee, he never quite figures it ouAs Otto tries to find his bearings, navigates love, rediscovers sex and negotiates the difficulties of being a good father as a divorcee, he never quite figures it ouas a divorcee, he never quite figures it out.

Both are drawn to the head gangster of South Boston, played by Jack Nicholson (in a performance that starts restrained and becomes weirder and more «Jack» as the film's sense of paranoid hysteria increases), and both have legit cops as potential father figures: DiCaprio has the ideal good father in Martin Sheen, Damon has amoral (and hilarious) company man Alec Baldwin, in a less frightening variation on his great Glengarry Glen Ross performance.

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Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good By Jan Karon Berkley • $ 16 • ISBN 9780425276211 The 10th installment of Karon's beloved series finds Father Tim back in Mitford, trying to figure out his place in the village since his retirement as parish priest.

For this poll, Goo asked 500 anime and manga fans which father figures they'd just as well avoid, and these were the results:

Profitability was recognized by the father of value investing Benjamin Graham in 1928 as a predominant driver of stock returns: It is undoubtedly better to concentrate on one stock that you know is going to prove highly profitable, rather than dilute your results to a mediocre figure, merely for diversifications sake.

So, with just over 2 months until it arrives, I figured now is the perfect time to put together this year's Father's Day wishlist post — of course, it has to have a retro gaming twist as well.

A closer look at these families during the prenatal period shows that fathers who are absent from the birth are largely absent during pregnancy as well [Figure 2.]

If one person acts as the father or mother figure, I don't think it is particularly healthy, but I guess if it works for them it is all good.

Peer relationships and romantic relationship are important, but so, too, is having a healthy mother or father figure in your life, as well as being connected to the younger generation and sharing your wisdom.

This quiz, based on the Experiences in Close Relationships - Relationship Structures assessment developed by R. Chris Fraley at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, is intended to help you explore and better understand your patterns of attachment in various close relationships (i.e. your attachment style, based on attachment theory), including your relationship with your spouse or romantic partner, as well as your relationships with your mother (or mother - figure) and father (or father - figure).

However, US research on older age groups found that length of residence, as well as adolescents» positive socio - emotional adjustment and relationship with the mother, all appeared to make it easier to relate to a resident non-biological father figure (King, Amato & Lindstrom, 2015; King, Thorsen & Amato, 2014).

Fathers from families where the parents enjoyed a good relationship with each other (high support) are around half as likely to have a poor father - child relationship as those with a poor quality relationship (low support)- see Figure 5 - F.