As the most stigmatized group due to their lack
of biological ties, adoptive families would be expected to show lower well - being and poorer relationship quality than would the other family structure groups, and two parent biological families would be expected to look the most well adjusted.
Not exact matches
But even when we understand why, for example, the New Testament writers went to great pains to confirm Jesus» birth in Old Testament predictions
of a Savior, or to relate his
biological lineage to King David, or to
tie his betrayal and death to other Old Testament prophecies («so that the scriptures might be fulfilled»)-- we still are left with a fragmentary puzzle instead
of a clear picture
of the «real» Jesus.
Third, Hindutva asserts that as a result
of this
biological community, all Hindus (must) share a common culture: «the brave and loving defense
of the Hindu culture have been incorporated with and bound to us by the dearest
of ties — the
ties of common blood.
They grow up with a belief about the nature
of the embryo, so events in their lives lead them 10 believe that the embryo is a unique person, or a fetus; that people are intimately
tied to their
biological roles, or that these roles are but a minor part
of life: that motherhood is the most important and satisfying role open to a woman, or that motherhood is only one
of several roles, a burden when defined as the only role.
Thus, children are exposed to the risk
of coming into the world as strangers, in which the
biological ties that form the natural family are arbitrarily broken.
Surrogate Margaret, who has no genetic
ties to the babies she carried, told the Daily Mail that the
biological mother
of the babies said she was embarrassed to tell anyone that a white woman was her surrogate.
(Another side note: I have childhood memories
tied to my
biological mom also since I was raised in an open adoption — but that would be a post in and
of itself!)
«Poor grades
tied to class times that don't match our
biological clocks: Schedules
of night owls, morning larks and daytime finches may predict their educational outcomes..»
Just two days after the state's highest court expanded the definition
of a parent to include caretakers who did not officially adopt or do not have
biological ties to their children — a Manhattan mom was the first to benefit from the new ruling in a custody case yesterday.
«We have to see how this
ties in» to other
biological and genetic theories about the origins
of autism.
The point is that no child conceived with the aid
of assisted reproductive technologies should be denied the lineage and
biological ties to two parents that all children born «naturally» have.
«Poor grades
tied to class times that don't match our
biological clocks: Schedules
of night owls, morning larks and daytime finches may predict their educational outcomes..»
But the success
of an in vitro procedure is far from guaranteed, especially when the mother is in her mid-thirties or older, so cloning one
of the parents may be their final hope for having a child with a
biological tie.
REU participants will conduct original research via specially designed student projects within three main foci: 1) Microgel and Hydrogel Nanoparticles: Designing environmentally sensitive nanoparticles for a variety
of applications and fundamental studies
of volume phase transitions; 2) Anisotropic Soft Matter Thin Films: Driving self - assembly
of soft matter to develop thin films with unique properties
tied to the shape anisotropy
of the materials; and 3) Soft Matter Fluid Flow: Striving to better understand and to improve mixing in liquid soft matter systems and use liquid flow to test and understand
biological phenomena.
In keeping with both the social and
biological factors that appear to have intimately
tied red and romance, studies show that men regard women who display this shade more appealing across a range
of situations, such as hitchhiking and waitressing.
Where the plot fails to add complexity, it delivers in its message: reminding us that in the face
of mindless violence and intolerance (and the threat
of biological warfare) we must focus on what unites us to rise above those who would rupture the
ties we have crafted.
The inconsistent pricing decisions
of these insurance companies illustrates CFA's concern that
tying auto insurance rates to factors that a customer can not control and have nothing to do with their driving safety record — such as one's
biological sex — leads to unfair discrimination and indefensible claims
of actuarial soundness.
The only reason children usually have strong
ties to
biological fathers in our society is that in most nuclear intact households, our cultural ideal, there are two full - time resident adults, and the father happens to be one
of them.
The notion
of automatic
biological paternal
ties is irrational, and the claim to its importance is political.
Today, approximately 41 percent
of children are born to unmarried parents and nearly one - third
of children live apart from at least one
of their
biological parents.1 These changes in family structure are cause for concern because unmarried fathers have no automatic legal
ties to their children, and children living apart from at least one parent are considerably more likely to live in poverty and spend less time with the noncustodial parent.2
Nurturing the family
ties and relationship skills
of the step - parent and the
biological parent.
As a rule, courts impose
biological paternity on a man who has no
biological ties to the child when he presents himself to the world as the father
of a child.
Lawrence M. Berger, Marcia J. Carlson, Sharon H. Bzostek, Cynthia Osborne, Parenting Practices
of Resident Fathers: The Role
of Marital and
Biological Ties, Journal
of Marriage and Family Volume 70 Issue 3, Pages 625 - 639 (2008)
Perception — Fathers tend to direct their energies toward the children
of the woman they love, unrelated to
biological ties.
«The stronger association between adolescent outcomes and
ties to nonresident mothers compared with
ties to stepmothers stands in contrast to the results reported in prior research on resident mother families where close
ties to resident stepfathers are more strongly associated with positive adolescent outcomes than
ties to nonresident
biological fathers (King, 2006; White & Gilbreth, 2001), suggesting important differences in the role
of nonresident parents and stepparents by gender....
Yet, gender imbalances in father - stepmother guidance and daily care
of children tended to dominate in these interview findings despite
biological fathers» longer term relationships and
biological ties with their children that their current wives did not have... fathers» work obligations sometimes created situations in which children were left for long periods under the sole care
of the stepmother.»