Sentences with phrase «important than father»

Also impressive is director Wenders» use of his and Lisa Rinzler's shoots in Assisi, black - and - white, deliberately faded and silent film, showing an actor playing St. Francis who at the key point in his life heard God tell him to restore a dilapidated church — which I believe he did thinking that God's will is more important than his father's rage at the saint's alleged throwing away his money.

In his book When Parents Hurt, Dr. Coleman writes, «Mothers who feel wronged in the marriage or divorce, who believe that mothers are more important than fathers, or who have psychological problems may directly or indirectly interfere with the father's desire to have an ongoing relationship with his children.»

Not exact matches

In the interview, Ivanka agreed with her father, saying his presidency and the state of the country «is so much more important and more serious» than the Trump business.

I would love to move to a state with enough land and a warmer climate for my sons to ride their race bikes, my daughter to have the horse she dreams of and me to finally be at peace, I also believe that there should be someone home with the kids no matter what their ages are and as a single Mom with no family support or father involvement being at home for me is even more important, especially now that they are teenagers, There are no more nap times or time outs and the things you worry about during this age are so much more dangerous than falling down and hitting their heads as toddlers.

Nygren gives an important suggestion about the history of doctrine when he says that the Church Fathers were saved from falling completely into a Greek pattern of thought by the three biblical assertions of Creation, Incarnation, and Resurrection.32 But rather than conclude, as Nygren does, that these themes require us to reject all metaphysics, why not say that they require us to reconsider our metaphysics?

Considered in this light, Mantel's mother's sins, which set Mantel at odds with the Church, may have been less important for her spiritual development than the loss of her father, which estranged her from God himself.

All this may sound well and good (or bad, if you remain convinced that dismantling patriarchy is more important than involving fathers in families, or if you think that James Dobson has the last word on family dynamics), but what next?

Jesus told a story about the Father seeing the sparrow fall to the ground, and that we should therefore be comforted that the Father cares for us... because we are more important than sparrows.

This doctrine was important to the Greek - oriented theologians and Church Fathers who were unable to explain the perfection of Jesus in any other way than absolute perfection.

What a father gives of himself to his children is more important than what he provides for them financially.

Nevertheless, one teaching attributed to Jesus might challenge any thoughts that God the Father is much more important than the Holy Spirit.

Sure, «saved» has other meanings in the Bible, but none more important than that of the salvation of our souls by God, the Father, through his Son, Jesus.

As a recovering addict and alcoholic, and also as a father, a husband and a son, nothing is more important to me than carrying the message of hope to those that need it most.

A forensic assessment of the filmed recordings by father and son team (Hypothetical Premier League) of every match played in the Premiership and the critical decisions made by referees shows that Arsenal would have finished top of the League (2 points more than they got) and Leicester should have been 2nd (9 points less than they got)-- if the use of video evidence had been used to review important decisions.

They amount to a de facto statement that a mother's child - rearing role is more important than that of the father.

How fathers spend time with their young children is more important to the father - child relationship than how often they are with them.

This is quite an unusual finding, since in most separated family research, it is the quality rather than the amount of father - child contact that shows up as important.

Fathers will undertake learning activities that they perceive will benefit their children through: ««a desire to build stronger relationships with their children ««a belief that helping their children to learn is important for their children's success (even when their own school experience was poor) ««a strong desire for their children to do better than they did (Fletcher, 1997).

Centre manager Karen Keenan says assessments, including residential stays of an average of 12 weeks, make no assumptions about whether children are likely to be «better off» with mum, dad or both, but take a firm line that fathers are important: «We start from the point of view of the child, and over many years we've found that often it's the father, rather than the mother, who is the more competent or promising parent of the two.»

Despite how far women have come, there remains a sort of unspoken belief that our daughters would be better off married than solo; at the recent wedding of his oldest daughter, one of three, the father of the bride repeatedly was told, «One down, two to go,» as if all his daughters will marry, all his daughters want to marry and — most important — he won't have to «worry» about that one.

A father's bond with a child is also important at this age, but often happens according to a different timetable than a mother's.

Her father's opinion is more important for a girl than her mother's one.

Moreover, Millennial fathers were more in favor of paid paternity leave than Generation Xers or Baby Boomers: 93 percent of Millennials said it was somewhat, very, or extremely important, compared to 88 percent of Gen Xers and 77 percent of Baby Boomer fathers.

However banal it may sound, those fathers who teach their sons that the skill and the joy they get from participation in various events are much more important than winning, give their children so much more.

Exiled natural fathers are important as well, but their issues are slightly different in focus than those of natural mothers.

Those fathers reported that being a breadwinner was less important to them than providing their children with love and emotional support, being present and involved in their child's life, or being a good mentor and role model.

Research conducted by BCCWF in 2014 looked at more than 1,000 fathers from 286 different organizations in the U.S. and found that paternity leave is important to them: a full 89 % of dads surveyed believed it is important that an employer provide paid paternity leave.

«fathers rather than mothers should do most of the important observations of the development of the child.

Job security rates as the most important job characteristic by fathers; in fact job security and a job that allows flexible working rate higher in importance than good advancement opportunities and high income.

Fathers of daughters had greater responses to their daughters» happy facial expressions in areas of the brain important for visual processing, reward, emotion regulation, and face processing than fathers oFathers of daughters had greater responses to their daughters» happy facial expressions in areas of the brain important for visual processing, reward, emotion regulation, and face processing than fathers ofathers of sons.

While it has always been important for tissue donors to have some control over what procedures are done with their samples — some donors might be comfortable with certain kinds of research, and others might not — informed consent will be more important than ever once a simple cheek swab provides the raw material for someone to be a mother or father.

This will be especially important for the children of older fathers, who are already contributing more than their share to the mutations in their offspring.

While I think that the founding fathers are sometimes put on a gigantic pedestal as one of the greatest men who ever lived, this notion that Calvin was more important in the history of the United States of America than one of the men who helped WRITE the Declaration of Independence is absolutely fucking insulting.

But perhaps more important than forging youngsters into a competitive, top - flight band capable of winning national championships was the fact that Prof simultaneously served as a father figure to so many who were being raised without a male role model.

So a man whose father was rich simply because his father was rich would be seen as more important than a man whose father was rich from being involved in industry.

The father / son storyline also appears to be more important than the trailers suggest, and between rising star Domhnall Gleeson and the always dependable Bill Nighy, it's that relationship (and not the one between Gleeson and Rachel McAdams) that will likely provide the careful balance of laughter and tears that Curtis has perfected so well.

Miranda must convince her father that love — be it for family or wild creatures — is more important than money when she tries to save her grandmother's bird sanctuary.

My father's library had probably once been a sitting room, but he sat down only to read, and he considered a large library more important than a large living room.

Though her father had become a mean alcoholic since her mother passed when she was very little, Jasmine loves him and does her best to take care of him.But when money becomes more important to him than anything, Jasmine knows she has to get out of the house, and as quickly as possible.

When it comes to their own children, mothers are more likely than fathers to say a major reason why libraries are important is because libraries help children develop a love of reading and books (90 % vs. 77 %).

And they are more likely than fathers to say libraries are important to them and their families (87 % vs. 80 %).

Mothers are more likely than fathers to say libraries are important to their communities (94 % vs. 87 %).

The Payne exercise (mother's motives for taking the child abroad, father's motives in opposing the application, impact of the move on father and child and impact on mother of refusal) were all part of the welfare analysis and none of the factors were deemed more important than the others.

If you are a father you will never be involved in negotiations more important than those which govern the terms of your relationship with your children and affect your rights as a father.

It is important to note that in sexual abuse cases involving immediate family dynamics, female children are more likely to be sexually abused or have inappropriate sexual contact with male siblings than fathers or even stepfathers.

«A study of 47 first grade boys and their married parents found that fathers who participated important childhood more in childcare had sons who were more empathetic than sons whose fathers did not participate often in childcare.

Together, these outcomes suggest that fathers» symbolic commitment to the fatherhood role may be more important than their doubts about paternity when it comes to the lived experience of the family.

This is not a «positive effect of fatherhood,» and is meaningless in that regard without adding first the unwarranted assumption that there is something important about the father being the child's role model, rather than his mother, a beloved uncle, or someone else.

«A study using a nationally representative sample of 1,600 10 - 13 year olds found that children who shared important ideas with their fathers and who perceived the amount of time they spent with their fathers as excellent had fewer behavior problems and lived in more cognitively stimulating homes than their peers who did not share important ideas or view the amount of time they spent with their fathers as excellent.

With more fathers seeking custody of their children than ever before, it is important to realize what things courts consider in determining children's best interests.