Sentences with phrase «of stable families»

Families do, of course, come in different shapes and sizes but marriage is at the heart of stable families and financial incentives are important in contributing to family stability.

A community of stable families has fewer problems with crime, antisocial behaviour and isolation than a community in which short - lived relationships are the norm.

In the interview, Kenney scoffed at that suggestion and suggested a combination of a stable family background and skills training could ensure a path to success for Canadian youth.

First, it extends the logic of the redefinition of marriage which the earlier legislation on no - fault divorce required: Marriage is no longer a lifelong, monogamous bond between two people of the opposite sex intended for the raising of children and the provision of a stable family environment; rather, it is a relationship of mutual convenience, to be dissolved as and when it becomes inconvenient to the contracted parties to maintain it.

Family breakdown and poverty The breakdown of stable family life, and the consequent rise in single - parent families, usually run by the mother, is one of the greatest contributors to poverty.

But it is impossible to understand the crisis of trust among working - class young adults without considering the loss of stable family structures.

Speaking later to BBC Breakfast, the new Labour leader, who is an atheist, insisted that marriage was not an essential part of a stable family life.

Like all wolves living in a pack, dogs must be part of a stable family and feel safe.

Besides the risks associated with excess alcohol intake, the underwriter also considers favorable historical items such as: active participation in Alcoholics Anonymous, voluntary initiation of treatment, single period of treatment or hospitalization, maintenance of stable family life, sustained employment, financial solvency, and good health without reports of violence or arrests.

Organisation Y believes that children and young people, in the absence of a stable family life, have the right to a secure base for daily life which provides for basic human needs and is conducive to their physical, emotional, and spiritual growth.

These difficult behaviours put those children and young people at risk of being excluded from the benefits of a stable family environment, creating a cycle of worsening behaviours and catastrophic outcomes.

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These families are well respected and praised because of the large number of jobs that their companies offer to people, giving them stable salaries and security in pension plans.

A close friend of the couple's told Vogue that «Family is very important to Jeff, and he absolutely relies on her to create that stable home life.

New Democrats proposed: New Democrats will work to improve health care and home support services for seniors, making residential care more stable and ensuring the needs of seniors and their families are made a priority.

«Stable, affordable housing is intimately linked to the health and success of families, workers and the economy as a whole.

«A focus on long - term strategy, the agility to invest in innovation and a solid and stable capital base have always been hallmarks of family businesses, wherever they operate,» says Marnix van Rij, EY's Global Leader for Family Busfamily businesses, wherever they operate,» says Marnix van Rij, EY's Global Leader for Family BusFamily Business.

From Carlson's view, it was the resulting liberation of lots and lots of women to be wage slaves just like men that struck a decisive blow against the big and stable American family.

Even if one chooses to completely ignore the historical foundations of inequitable opportunities in America and tries to eliminate any discussion of race, we are still faced with the fact that millions of kids have grown up and are growing up in places where the economic incentives and social supports don't favor stable work and families.

go take sociology courses... stable relationships and such affect the whole of society... family is the BASIC FOUNDATION of society... when the homes go unstable and all..

He was redefining family, not in terms of the need of society for stable families, but of persons to be members of a community that seeks to serve God.

At the adoption hearing, the presiding judge honored Patricia by expressing his hope that one day loving couples like Ann Marie and Patricia will enjoy the legal right to share in the adoption of foster children who desperately need stable, nurturing families.

The young face a more atomized world than did Americans fifty years ago, but even in young people's support for free college, we see their hopes of entering a world with steadier employment and more stable families.

Provision for a stable family structure usually has in view the protection of children.

As for marriage, study after study has shown over the years that from the point of view of the child it is the best and most stable basis for the family.

Our society is not the same as that of first century Palestine, where families were close - knit and stable and elders were respected and those few who lived to a ripe old age could count on living out their years as an honored member of an extended family.

Most family scholars think that children are most likely to thrive in stable, two - parent families, regardless of their parents» sexual orientation.

As recently as the 1950s the parents of today's middle - class baby boomers had the benefit of welfare supports like the GI Bill, government - protected union activity, and various checks on corporate greed as they provided a stable economic foundation for the family.

But if the conditions of trust and communication so critical to viable, meaningful and stable family life are to be created and nurtured, violence must be stopped.

Biblically speaking, marriage is the lifetime union of a man and a woman, primarily for the purpose of building a family and providing a stable environment for that family.

The authors point out that this all - too - common «wage and time squeeze» makes the establishment of stable and nurturing families a Herculean task.

Men have an instinctive drive to have sex with women (most men, anyway); many women have an instinctive drive to care for their own offspring; but the formation of a stable and enduring traditional family is anything but instinctive.

= > result of liberal policies and again children without stable traditional families.

A skyrocketing percentage of our children lack any chance of having a stable, two — parent family, and as a result, are increasingly at risk of abuse and of following a life of crime.

It is a small book, and the supporting sociological evidence is mainly referenced in the footnotes, but Greeley does propose evidence that, among other things, Catholics have, compared to non-Catholics, a significantly higher appreciation of the arts and high culture; they have more satisfaction and fun in sex; they better understand the uses of leisure; they have a deeper and more stable relationship to family and community; they have a greater respect for the life of the mind, with educational achievements reflecting that respect; and they understand the nuanced connections between freedom and authority.

Yet not too many of us think that we need to throw our children to popular culture willy - nilly, I can't think of anyone who denies the importance of a stable and loving family for a child, anyone who thinks that by creating a strong community we are abdicating our roles as parents, not at all.

The family needs to maintain hope instead of feeling that little can be done to help the person find a stable place in society again.

Here, there is usually a stable core of members who provide ministry to family members in times of need.

In the Jewish tradition, the blessing of God was strongly associated with a stable and prosperous family life.

Among more prosperous and / or educated Americans, the family is actually getting a bit more stable, as careerist couples get less blinded by romantic illusions and more centered on the shared responsibility of lovingly raising a couple of kids.

The warmth of the Pentecostal churches and their opposition to drinking, gambling and womanizing by the husbands has helped to create stable families, Miller said.

The family becomes more stable and organized in a manner to minimize the disruptive behavior of the husband...

George's model clearly predicts that the rise of Hugh Hefner and the Playboy empire was a direct, even if ironic, result of two decades of stable, highly fertile American family life.

In a pontificate that has reminded us continuously of our responsibilities to the poor, for whom God has a special care, preparations for the World Meeting of Families are also an opportunity to remind our society that stable marriages and families are the most effective anti-poverty program in thFamilies are also an opportunity to remind our society that stable marriages and families are the most effective anti-poverty program in thfamilies are the most effective anti-poverty program in the world.

In the words of Benedict XVI, «the first form of communion between persons is that born of the love of a man and a woman who decide to enter a stable union in order to build together a new family» (Message for World Day of Peace, 2008).

Since it is, in fact, the basic unit of communion best reflecting the dynamic of faith itself, the family has been privileged from the beginning of salvation history as the cornerstone of all human society: a stable sign, born of love, acknowledging the complementarity of human differentiation, in which the spouses» promises of mutual reliability in the engagement of the whole of their lives beget fruitfulness and endurance for the good of all.

As the oldest child in a stable middle class family, Luther endured a childhood of strict discipline at home, school and church that left him with a sense of inferiority, and emerged into university life at a time of great intellectual ferment that challenged the entire educational system as well as the corruptions of a politically powerful church.

People left the warm cocoons of family and school for the stable world of marriage and work.

Marriage vows make fulfilling the minimum requirements of a stable household a debt of justice to one's family and set the bar of spousal behavior at benevolence rather than desire.

One of the best - known labels is Fairtrade, which certifies products that support farmers, their families and communities in receiving more stable and secure incomes and better working conditions; and that enhance investment in product quality and local environmental sustainability.

«We're extremely grateful to Brick House Tavern + Tap and their guests for assisting Operation Homefront in building strong, stable, and secure military families,» said Brig. Gen. (ret) Robert Thomas, chief operating officer of Operation Homefront.