Sentences with phrase «grown adult children»

Addressing chiefly baby boomers, the couple describe the common fate of being «sandwiched» between grown adult children still on the family payroll, and elderly parents who require care.

I'm going to have to leave this woman although I love her very much, I just can't stand the dependence of these grown adult children that have become a burden on our lives.

Have 3 grown adult children, 1 amazing grandson.

Divorced father of two grown adult children.

Not exact matches

In a complicated family, the child - parent dynamic is flipped, and we are able to see all the black and white complexities of grown adults through family history and the stalwart love of children.

A growing opportunity gap in access to resources, opportunities, and adult investment has emerged over the last 25 years as income inequality has accelerated, especially among families with children.

Any gift that's «fun for the entire family» will be too childish for adults or too grown - up for children.

Conversely, a growing number of parents have brought on board their adult children.

As the children grew into adults they effectively had the creativity trained out of them.

And I think when people ask me about it now, as an adult — I actually raised my own children in the same business — it was just the most joyful way to grow up.»

Just as parents are responsible for guiding their child to become the best adult he or she can possibly be, it's your job to help your business grow into its brand identity.

Lorraine Marks - Field founded the Florida Inter-generational Orchestra in 2005 with the idea of bringing children and adults together as a way of motivating young musicians to keep practicing and growing.

And in his book, Children of the Great Depression, Glen Elder wrote that adolescents who experienced hardship in the 1930s became especially adaptable, family - oriented adults; perhaps, as a result of this recession, today's adolescents will be pampered less and counted on for more, and will grow into adults who feel less entitled than recent generations.

Finally, it bears mentioning that while all adults (our parents included) truly do make it up as they go along, for better or worse, traversing our world as young adults can present to us positive opportunities — opportunities that allow us to shepherd and encourage others in our churches and communities, even the wee ones or our own children who desperately want to grow up.

But when, by contrast, parental love is grounded in the facts of biological and historical bonding, the child lives in a setting offering the kind of acceptance human beings need in order themselves to become capable of adult commitment — a setting in which individuals who are separate but connected can grow and flourish.

Mathewes - Green believes that Baby Boomers» parents shielded their children from the trials of adult life, making us unwilling to grow up and assume our adult roles in society.

Sometimes I think it's easier for us to talk about «saving millions of babies» than it is to work at creating a culture that can sustainably welcome those babies as they grow into children and adults.

I've been accused of the things I've been studying to treat and grew up as an ACOA (adult child of an alcoholic).

A parent wants a child that can grow into a strong adult.

In a country where alcoholism, gun violence, and drugs lure a lot of young people (particularly young men) into destructive lifestyles, World Vision has implemented leadership initiatives, after - school programs, and peace programs that seem to be making a difference, particularly among sponsored children who grow into adults.

Without correction, these children will grow to become racist adults who harbor hate and perpetuate racist systems and structures.

Articulating a vision of the family centered on marriage but sensitive to the growing ranks of adults and children who do not live in conventional families is, of course, a challenging assignment.

Do we assume that children will not eventually grow up to be adults, or that adults will not eventually become elderly and need assistance?

If the article above was written by a grown adult about the existence of Santa Claus, and if that argument was essentially based on asserting Santa Claus» existence based on faith and the popularity of the Santa Claus myth, then anyone would be justified in scorning those beliefs, especially when that argument extends to declaring that recent findings confirm the existence of Santa (after all, children are still receiving Christmas gifts).

Ironically, the same children who were taught Creationism for the last 2000 years grew into the adults who brought forth Science to help explain God's creation...

Its cute when children hear these stories, but when you're an adult, its time to grow up, live in the real world, and actually contribute something.

Growing up, I never would have told you that I was abused but, as I recalled some childhood stories humorously to some friends as an adult, I've realized mid-story that I was telling a story of child abuse.

Even a small child knows it's fables and myths just like Santa Claus until adults continue the indoctrination telling them what to think until they no longer have the capacity to question and grow up to be... welll,... you!

Just because the child grows up into a well - adjusted adult doesn't excuse the sin that got him there.

That's the thing about religion, it lets grown adults act like children because they are so terrified of their own mortality.

A grown adult knows if they have have thoughts or inclinations about moleting children.

I had to grow up and be an adult... not the dependent child, the subject of a relegated religion, and not even the middle manager of my spiritual life.

Oedipus» discovery that «the child grows into an adult, who grows into an old man» releases Thebes from bondage to the Sphinx.

While Christian parents may rightly wish to prevent premature sexual experimentation and possibly disastrous relationships, a parent of a young adult actually has little control over the private life of grown «children.»

Yes, you are the epitome of the self - centered disappointment she is trying to steer clear of by helping her child grow into an adult who realizes it's not always about the money you make and what you pay for.

And many children have grown up confused about their identity, unclear about which of the various groupings of adults in their lives they should really regard as being their parents.

The child has grown to adult status.

Hmm, Yes, I heard similar fairy tales as a child back when I believed in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, but most of us grew out of those childish notions and we eventually became adults and joined the real world!

Often, money is a factor as well, so that rather than teaching to grow spiritual children into adults, they only teach to grow their own wallet and bank account.

On the other hand, the absence of an employed adult in the family increases the chances of a child growing up in poverty considerably.

This whole argument between creationists and evolutionists is equivilant to a group of ignorant children / teenagers arguing with fully grown, educated adults.

Children who were «born unwanted» prior to the legalisation of abortion not only grew up in more disadvantaged households, but also grew up to be more disadvantaged as adults.»

And these children are the same people who as adults will be called upon to make enormous sacrifices to support China's growing ranks of the elderly — for not only is China graying, it is doing it faster than any population in history.

All adults and children should eat more fruits and vegetables, whether they are organic or conventionally grown.

There is no recommended daily allowance (RDA) for lauric acid, but as a guideline, Dr. Mary G. Enig suggests adults and growing children can benefit from an intake of 10 to 20 grams of lauric acid per day.

Now their party has grown into a crowded affair, with more children than adults, but it is still just as much fun.

The lower levels of baseline sugar sweetened drink consumption in the UK compared with the US may in part explain why the effect on obesity that we estimate in the UK is much less than that estimated in the US.12 The differences with respect to other modelling studies may also be partly explained by their use of higher own price elasticity values for sugar sweetened drinks than we have calculated and used here.18 22 52 We can not make direct comparisons between the results of our study and the results of recent studies of the effect of reducing sugar sweetened drink consumption on body weight in children, 5 7 as the relation between energy balance and change in body mass index in children who are growing is different from that in adults.

Previous research shows that due to their weight and growing patterns children have a much higher risk than adults do from industrial chemicals and heavy metals, and that chemicals can have lasting effects on children's brain development and learning.

After all, a child's needs are vastly different from those of a full - grown adult.

It's really funny how children sometimes are much more grown up than adults (their parents) and can handle new situations better than them.