Sentences with phrase «need of a father figure»

In this controversial indie drama starring Paul Dano and Brian Cox, a teenaged boy in desperate need of a father figure finds one in a...

(We learn that Duryea never knew his father and is perhaps in desperate need of a father figure who could show him the ropes, like teaching him how to drive.)

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In 1995, when Father Bernard McCoy moved in to the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank in rural Sparta, Wis., he had much more to do than pray for nearly five hours a day: He needed to figure out how to earn enough money to keep the abbey going.

Only infantile humans who seem to need some kind of invisible «father figure» gravitate towards this ridiculous fantasy called «god»!

I also think that many of the people who claim to be Christian are really just Pseudo-theists who just need that «God» father figure, and are not true devout believers who follow the Bible.

He's concerned about how people view and will view him, but it's not entirely a selfish concern: A-Rod realizes he needs to get that same life in order before his daughters, Ella and Nataha, have to deal with the fallout of a figure like A-Rod as their father.

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.

Perhaps the guiding father figure of Luis Filipe Scolari, victorious coach in 2002, will be all the experience they need.

As part of an ongoing project with the Children's Society, we are producing top tips on how to ensure fathers and father - figures in young carer families receive the support they need.

Maybe it's because she has a bad streak of self - destructive men, or maybe it's because her son needs a (grand) father figure (He does dub Blake a look - alike for Santa Claus at one point).

Writer / Director Ian Power wears the film's Spielberg heart on its sleeve, in particular the very strong E.T. - vibe (missing father figure, crash landing outsider, construction of something to help him return home), and the strong cast help bring the drama and comedy when and where it's needed.

«It's the last summer before college, and in the wake of his father's death, Protagonist needs to figure out who he really is.

The practice recently secured a six - figure damages settlement in a case in which a father of two died after being diagnosed with inoperable cancer three years after a growth was found on his bowel, which his doctors failed to tell him needed to be removed.

However, if you think seriously about what you want and need for you and your child then you might begin to get an idea of who would be the best father / parental figure for you child, who will work together with you to bring your child up.

Or, a new client comes in feeling victimized by his or her spouse and wants a judge (a father figure in the eyes of many clients) to mete out justice by punishing the other spouse or validating that, in fact, he or she has been victimized and needs to be vindicated.

Further study of non-biological father figures» needs is required in order to further our understanding of how best to support them.