Sentences with phrase «lack of contact between»

Where there is a significant lack of contact between a parent and a child, there may be no bond, or emotional connection, between the parent and the child.

There appears to be a profound lack of contact between climate science and the street level herd of humanity as there appears to be little or no field work as a direct outcome of climate science research to bring climate scientists and associated science into regular contact and discourse with, down to earth, street level ordinary people and in the fields and the back blocks of human residence.

Symptoms in the eye itself include protruding lower eyelids, a lack of contact between the lower lid and eye ball, and exposure of the conjunctiva.

When the jaw is at rest, the mandibular incisors are situated behind the first larger set of maxillary incisors in occlusion with the peg teeth, and the cheek teeth do not touch (FIGURE 2).1 — 5 Lack of contact between the molars is due to anisognathism, meaning the mandible is narrower than the maxilla.1, 5

Because online relationships begin in a state of mutual absence, «disappearance» may be the wrong word for a sudden lack of contact between two people who meet this way; more, these are failures to reappear from the digital murk that came first.

Not exact matches

These records are evidence of continuous contact between you and your child if you don't have custody, or perhaps the lack of regular contact between your child and his other parent if your child is currently living with you.

Simpson argued in the complaint there is no «legitimate reason» why McEneny didn't return his calls or contact his reference between April 21 and May 21, and points to the city's lack of black males in various departments, including police and fire.

Such a lack of MUC5AC can be problematic in particular for those of us who wear contact lenses: Without a protective lubricant film between the eye and the contact lens, the tissue of the cornea can be injured.

They've also lamented the lack of distinction most people make between alien landings — which haven't occurred — and the possibility of future alien contacts (which could indeed happen).

Much more, of course, was involved in the shooting than the racial composition of the schools attended by Wilson and Brown, but it is hard to shake the feeling that a lack of contact and understanding — outside of confrontations — between white police officers and black citizens lies at the heart of this and too many other tragic encounters.

McNay writes: «it might be suggested that his lack of direct contact with the canvas meant there was no intermediary between it and the content of his mind — his canvas could be said to be at one with his mind.

Fermi is also famous for his paradox which is the apparent contradiction between the high probability of extraterrestrial civilizations» existence and the lack of contact with such civilizations.

There are a number of factors that account for why children in divorcing families may have difficulties — loss of contact with a supportive parent, fewer economic resources that lead to multiple changes, more stress, poor parental adjustment, lack of parental competence and conflict between parents.

The factors that identify families where alienation is less likely are: abundant positive contact between both parents and the children; sibling groups who all have good relations with both parents, good relations of the children with family and friends of both parents: free communication to the child by others of the good qualities of both parents: lack of defensiveness on the part of each parent as to the emotions, statements and criticisms of the other: ability of each parent to discuss schedules and parenting concerns with the other parent: ability of each parent to accommodate the schedules and desires of the other.

Other factors that were found to contribute to children's psychological difficulties included multiple family transitions, lack of contact with the non-resident father, poor family communication and ongoing conflict between the mother and non-resident father (Dunn, 2008).

Parental separation may also expose children to loss of social, economic and human capital.4, 14 Other explanatory factors may derive from characteristics typical of separating parents such as lower relationship satisfaction and higher conflict levels also before the separation.4 The rising numbers of children with JPC have concerned child clinicians as well as researchers on the subject.20, 21 Child experts have worried about children's potential feelings of alienation from living in two separate worlds, 20 — 22 increased exposure to parental conflict12, 22 and other stressors that JPC may impose on a child.22 Such daily stressors may be long distances to school, friends and leisure activities, lack of stability in parenting and home environment and a need to adjust to the demands of two different family lives.12, 22 The logistics of travelling between their homes and keeping in contact with friends has been stated as a drawback of JPC in interview studies with children.23 — 25 Older adolescents, in particular, indicated that they preferred to be in one place.23

We are also able to relate (lack of) any cohort change in the association between parental divorce and child outcome to changes in circumstances surrounding parental divorce, i.e., family conflict, loss of resources, child age at parental divorce, frequency of contact between child and absent parent, and family reconstitution.