Sentences with phrase «of an absentee parent»

The Nix by Nathan Hill A fairly extreme case of an absentee parent, hippie protestor Faye Andresen - Anderson abandons her son, Samuel, when he's only 11 years old.

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Meanwhile, the principal of Alvin's school suggested that the father and son get professional help, and referred them to John Cayton, a counselor with the Mental Research Institute of Palo Alto, a family - therapy clinic that does a brisk business in absentee - parent cases.

I am eldest sibling to what amounted to a small army of kids, in a nearly constant absentee parent household.

Instead of assuming she's an absentee parent, assume she has a good reason for what she's doing, like a family emergency or needing just a minute to herself.

It's the teaching and example of parents which will help children be successful, and so many of this generation and the generation to come do not have parents that are giving them tools they need because they are absentee parents in so many ways.

As Brown's aged, long - estranged mama, Davis — with the aid of terrific star Chadwick Boseman and some pretty expert makeup artists whose numbers Clint Eastwood should find immediately — manages to reinvigorate a set - up familiar from any number of tortured artist - biopics (i.e. absentee parent comes groveling years later to abandoned child - turned - superstar at the peak of his fame) with the same smart, electrifying clarity of character and tender yet tough - minded emotionalism that should be long - recognizable by now to anyone who has seen Doubt or Antwone Fisher or Solaris or Won't Back Down, or else Fences, King Hedley II, or Seven Guitars on Broadway, or, more likely, witnessed Davis» extraordinary, one - woman rescue job on Taylor's The Help.

Fonda's career, an act of psychological compensation for absentee parents, is examined in thorough detail.

It's fun to live in this world, and see these hard drinking, heavy smoking creatures of an older generation, but the show also suggests there are consequences, and how that comes out — how divorce and absentee parenting comes about is well played.

It's what his father did, because screenwriter Derek Connolly knows that any movie in which a kid befriends a fantastical creature must contain an absentee parent of some sort.

Inconsistent housing, absentee parent (s), lack of resources, and violence are only a few examples of what some of these students have to face every day.

Parents can ask during a visit about turnover of staff and the rate of student transfers, as well as student and teacher absentee rates.

The days of the father receiving every other weekend and the mother receiving the majority timesharing are typically over, unless one party has been an absentee parent, has drug or alcohol issues, or there is a documented pattern of abuse.

In his recent book, «The Epidemic: The Rot of American Culture,» child psychiatrist Dr. Robert Shaw contends that America's decadent culture — combined with absentee and permissive parenting — is corroding children, breeding a generation of sullen and joyless youth.

The collection of outstanding child maintenance payments is still a major problem for families, with more single parents struggling to obtain the necessary support for their children from absentee parents.