Sentences with word «nonconfrontational»

Meanwhile, people like Jerry Falwell trouble us because they refuse to find some religiously neutral or nonconfrontational way to state the social implications of their religious convictions.
It really meshed with her uber nonconfrontational nature, and they were married 25 years before dad ran off with someone younger and mouthier.
It really meshed with her uber nonconfrontational nature, and they were married 25 years before dad ran off with someone younger and mouthier.
Despite his harsh words, Feeley said he is willing to have «respectful and nonconfrontational dialogue» with those who support Trump's immigration policy.
«A balanced, nonconfrontational discussion can help both the progress of the science and progress toward enacting effective policies based on the science,» Parkinson said.
In short, there seems to be a strong preference for nonconfrontational strategies and a deep reluctance to consider more muscular approaches (Johnson, Arumi, & Ott, 2006, p. 18).
And although cobradors are nonconfrontational by design, murder follows soon after, leaving Sûreté Chief Superintendent Gamache caught up in the center of a dilemma, trying to balance a homicide investigation with his months - long goal of shutting down a massive drug operation.
The positive abnormal returns also are consistent with the work of Brav et al. (2008), who find positive market reactions for a sample of confrontational and nonconfrontational hedge fund Schedule 13D filings.
Begneaud diverges from his Robert Rauschenberg roots with his own nonconfrontational, nonpolitical, organic nature.
Among adolescent mothers who had nonconfrontational relationships with their own mothers, the association between infant temperament and parenting satisfaction was less strong (see Figure 1).
Media analysis is another strategy to bring controversies into class in a deliberate, nonconfrontational way.
A form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), collaborative divorce is a process in which all parties meet in a nonconfrontational manner to develop the options and enter into negotiations.
I was molded to be compliant and nonconfrontational and «don't talk back».
Their nonconfrontational feud exists solely on the internet and clothing, and it's beautifully petty in every way.
Or ask him directly in a nonconfrontational way as you are massaging his penis, «I notice that you come with your hand more; what can I do to help you come inside me?»
That's my story, my very own mother, as nonconfrontational, kind, and thoughtful as she is, did something that seemed so hurtful and invasive to me as a young adult that to this day it still stings.
Together, our team reflected on the emotional intelligence skills necessary for hard conversations and on the nonconfrontational language that principals can use to communicate expectations.
Again, the coach supported Ms. Garcia in stating her expectations in a nonconfrontational way that would invite participation.
The goal is to provide a nonconfrontational forum for students to talk through their problems, address their underlying reasons for their own behaviors, and make amends both to individuals who have been affected as well as to the larger school community.
But there was still a recognition, particularly law students had a certain amount of respectability if things were being done in a nonconfrontational manner.
However, children in the intervention group displayed a significant increase in the percentage of solutions that were nonconfrontational, indicating self - control (15 percent versus 8 percent).
One means of enhancing this relationship is to help adolescents and their mothers develop effective strategies for communicating openly and effectively, in a nonconfrontational manner, to reduce conflict that may develop when both share responsibility for child rearing.
Addressing such issues in a nonconfrontational way, with fair housing law as the framework, can help.
«We wanted to create a nonconfrontational, easy - going place to help the customer,» Ciepiel told us.
By providing a forum in which the parties can tell their sides of the story in a nonconfrontational way, the mediation officer helps find common ground on which to resolve the dispute.
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