Sentences with phrase «moral center of the family»

Rounding out the remainder of this Oylmpian ensemble is the always authentic Margo Martindale as Violet's salt - of - the - earth but nonetheless hostile sister Mattie Fae, her stunted, unloved son «Little Charles» heartbreakingly played by Benedict Cumberbatch whose slightly askew features seem evidence of the emotional battering he's taken, and finally Oscar winner Chris Cooper, as Mattie Fae's husband Charles, the moral center of this family and this drama, who balances his performance with equal parts heart and soul, laced with sly humor, tenderness, and unsparing truth telling when nothing else will do.

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Eggers is questioning the structure of family, the roles of each individual family member and the way religion can provide a moral center and ground a person's focus and yet still be a weakness.

The moral quandary at the center of the film may not be an original one — Danish commander Claus Pedersen (Pilou Asbæk) must go to court over a split - second decision made during a firefight in which his actions saved a comrade while unknowingly leading to a number of civilian casualties — but Lindholm takes seemingly ages to get to that point, allowing the audience to soak in the monotony and incessant - if - buried burden of Pedersen's position: serving as ersatz father for his unit while knowing, intuitively, that his family desperately needs him back home.

Center for the 4th and 5th Rs Founded by education professor, psychologist and CEP Board member Dr. Thomas Lickona, the Center is a part of the State University of New York at Cortland and aims to promote the development of moral and performance character in schools, families, and communities.

Center for the 4th and 5th Rs Founded by education professor, psychologist and Character.org Board member Dr. Thomas Lickona, the Center is a part of the State University of New York at Cortland and aims to promote the development of moral and performance character in schools, families, and communities.

In 1971, President Richard M. Nixon vetoed a bill that would have underwritten child care for everyone, arguing that the bill «would commit the vast moral authority of the national government to the side of communal approaches to child rearing over against the family - centered approach.»