Sentences with phrase «relationships by distraction»

I've become concerned that many children today are learning to cope with their feelings and relationships by distraction, and that screens of all kinds have become easy substitutes for the inner life experiences and personal interactions children need to have.»

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The comedy is supposed to be grounded by Aaron's relationship with his med school sweetheart Daphne (Elisabeth Moss from «Mad Men»), but it serves more as a distraction than as a source of heart.
It tries, with those crumbs of trivia and through Winston's relationship with his wife Clementine (Kristin Scott Thomas, as overlooked by the movie as her character), but such moments feel like a distraction from the core of this particular story.
The issue has been, and remains to be, the relationship of laxity that is demonstrated by forcing the heads of the femurs away from the acetabula by palpation or a fulcrum / stress device (i.e., a distraction device) to abnormal laxity (functional laxity that occurs in hip dysplasia.)
Aided by new minigames (Gunner's Gauntlet is particularly addictive) and new spins on older distractions (like Blitzball), a new game plus option, and the infamous Vai Infinito 100 - floor tower, it's clear Final Fantasy X-2 was built for a long term relationship between product and player.
Monika believes that Steven's distraction means he isn't into her at all, that he's bored by the relationship.
A follow - up study by Chinese scientists assessed 243 married adults with similar results: Partner phubbing, because it was associated with lower marital satisfaction, contributed to greater feelings of depression.In a study poignantly titled, «My life has become a major distraction from my cell phone,» Meredith David and James Roberts suggest that phubbing can lead to a decline in one of the most important relationships we can have as an adult: the one with our life partner.
These studies suggest that siblings of children with cancer have decreased opportunities for social encounters and while friends are an important source of support and distraction for siblings, relationships can be disrupted by attention toward the child with cancer.
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