Sentences with phrase «not cultural norm»

For example, it would be unfair to discriminate against the child of a working mother who was unable to help clean the church hall because of her employment hours, he said, or to expect parents to have had their children baptised in the first six months when this was not the cultural norm among Eastern Europeans of a given denomination.

In 2008 the American Academy of Family Physicians did its part to try to destigmatize nursing toddlers and older children, applauding the WHO guidelines even as it acknowledged that extended breast - feeding «is not the cultural norm in the United States and requires ongoing support and encouragement.»

For the record, the American Academy of Family Physicians has said: «As recommended by the WHO, breastfeeding should ideally continue beyond infancy, but this is not the cultural norm in the United States and requires ongoing support and encouragement.

«As recommended by the WHO, breastfeeding should ideally continue beyond infancy, but this is not the cultural norm in the United States and requires ongoing support and encouragement.

The American Academy of Family Physicians recommends that breastfeeding continue throughout the first year of life and that «As recommended by the WHO, breastfeeding should ideally continue beyond infancy, but this is not the cultural norm in the United States and requires ongoing support and encouragement.

Offering your baby meat as a first food can be intimidating or feel weird — it's just not the cultural norm.

That is not the cultural norm in our society now, and hasn't been in the past few centuries.

Generally, breast - feeding is not a cultural norm in many low - income communities, mostly because of the absence of knowledge and support, «she said.

Not too shabby, but definitely not the cultural norm.

Because feedback was simply not a cultural norm at that church.

Not exact matches

There are way too many adolescents who live with adults who don't look out for them, or who are ostracized because they don't fit certain cultural norms.

They provide all of us with a sense of purpose and hope; moral validation that we are needed and part of something bigger than ourselves; comfort that we are not alone and a community is looking out for us; mentorship, guidance and personal development; a safety net; values, cultural norms and accountability; social gatherings, rituals and a way to meet new people; and a way to pass time.

The guiding principles are that the Community Standards should reflect the cultural norms of our community, that each person should see as little objectionable content as possible, and each person should be able to share what they want while being told they can not share something as little as possible.

Fearing that a culture pushed from the top down wouldn't get buy - in from employees, Khosrowshahi invited his people to write Uber's new cultural norms instead.

In addition, we all react in a slightly different fashion: responding positively to the sun and warmth and negatively to the snow and cold is the cultural norm, but a percentage of us may not react this way at all.

These types of cultural norms could make or break certain product launches if brands don't know about them.

With a community of more than 2 billion people, all around the world, in every different country, where there are wildly different social and cultural norms, it's just not clear to me that us sitting in an office here in California are best placed to always determine what the policies should be for people all around the world.

However, overcoming a cultural norm is quite difficult for a group of people who are not well - informed about the advantages and disadvantages of banks, but also of holding virtual money, rather than cash.

A book, written by greedy patriarchal elite, re-written, edited to fit the cultural norms of the day says so... so why not buy it hook, line, and sinker?

Theo, you said, «Mary's age is a question of cultural norms and standards, not of morals.»

Mary's age is a question of cultural norms and standards, not of morals.

So in certain cases, like statutory ra / pe, it isn't a question of objective morality but of cultural norms?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infanticide It is not acceptable in current culture, due to changes in cultural norms.

This book does not address Scripture, but it sheds important light on the cultural norms and practices that would have shaped early Christians» understandings of same - sex sexuality.

Sloppy theological arguments based on transient cultural norms and individual opinions do not hold up when we take an honest look at whether Christians should participate in or watch boxing and MMA.

The Hindu statement was just an off the cuff example of a cultural norm that is «moral» in every sense, but that doesn't jive with American values.

Restraint of any of these activities is understood to be the domain of the state's exercise of positive law and not the result of cultivated self - governance born of cultural norms and institutions.

They can not, among other things, «awaken the child to cultural values» or «affect [children's] hearts and minds» in a way that will lead to a society where racial justice and reconciliation are the norm rather than the happy exception.

The prevailing cultural norm across the globe is not only to excuse males who objectify women but to also celebrate such conduct as if it exemplifies true masculinity.

Anyone failing to acknowledge the lives of early believers as set apart from the cultural norms surrounding does not comprehend their new birth transformation nor Acts 2 - 29.

Morality does not arise from Religion Religion appropriates already extant cultural norms.

Unfortunately, instead of reading the exhortation I wrote, «Act like men — be a man of God,» some seemed to read, «You should adhere to some cultural norm of hyper masculinity and this verse does not apply to women.»

And it is that hope which we are commanded to share with the world, whether Christianity is the cultural norm or not.

While we can not strictly say that various people groups carry the traits of X, Y, & Z, it is true that different cultural norms do come with different groups of people.

Cherry isn't calling for a restoration of first - century cultural norms, such as women covering their hair in worship, or a rigid dress code.

But if we interpret such texts in their appropriate context and with due regard for their cultural setting, and if we regard the argument from natural law as lacking content (even if Aquinas» generalized summary of that law as «doing good, not evil» is formally true), we must acknowledge the goodness of homosexuality when and as it is practiced with due regard for the genuine moral norms, to which I shall refer at the end of this chapter.

«While some parts of the Bible address cultural norms that do not directly apply to modern societies, all of Scripture is «useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.»

«I discerned this care not because I was caving to cultural norms, but because I was seeking to follow the Jesus I know, who healed on the Sabbath, thus breaking a long held religious rule, one in fact written in stone, in order to heal a man's image of himself and his image of God.»

He went on: «But including Christian in our list [of principles] does not imply any requirement for individual faith, but it reflects the Judeo - Christian classical and enlightenment origins on which our laws, our social systems and our cultural norms have been built over two millennia.

«Interestingly, [our] study did not find significant clustering of muscle - enhancing behaviors within schools,» said Eisenberg, which suggests that, «rather than being driven by a particular sports team coach or other features of a school social landscape, muscle - enhancing behaviors are widespread and influenced by factors beyond school, likely encompassing social and cultural variables such as media messages and social norms of behavior more broadly.»

Going against the cultural norm isn't easy so everyone that does EC is probably best served by not behaving like a berserker defending the cause.

Currently, the cultural norm of first foods isn't meat.

Cosleeping and Biological Imperatives: Why Human Babies Do Not and Should Not Sleep Alone «In Japan where co-sleeping and breastfeeding (in the absence of maternal smoking) is the cultural norm, rates of the sudden infant death syndrome are the lowest in the world.

So even if you have not personally struggled with an eating disorder, it is impossible not to be affected by the cultural norms and expectations about weight and diet.

Although it was not my mother in law's cultural norm, it was mine.

Also, even if America is overly puritanical about the human body, don't we, as a culture, have a right to have those cultural norms?

But you don't have to do the cultural norm to raise your children to be respectful, well - behaved and with good character and moral values.

but let us stay focused on culture... If we only base our judgment on cultural norms, it is equally if not more important to state that African toddlers are never left alone... even some Africans experience being alone when going to study in Europe or in the USA.

Whether breastfeeding is your cultural norm or not, attending a workshop like this led by a passionate doula provides the education, troubleshooting and positive thinking for a head start in the learning curve.

Though the family bed, or co-sleeping, is still the cultural norm in other parts of the world, it is not something that is seen as a normal practice in the United States, despite the fact that many families choose some form of co-sleeping for themselves.