I always hoped I'd have good
relationships with our children when they got older.
You know you have a secure
relationship with your child when they play and interact well with other children.
You create a stronger bond and a richer
relationship with your child when you are attuned.
Be sure to focus solely on
your relationship with your child when you are talking or spending time with them.
However, if fathers build a strong and connected
relationship with their children when they are physically together, this bond is maintained and felt by both father and child, even when away from each other.
Not exact matches
But
when I was there, I developed a great
relationship with Under Armour and we ended up repurposing their extra materials to make donated headbands for John's Hopkins
Children's Hospital.
And
when the couple goes to divorce, that lack of rights can stand in the way of the nonlegal parent continuing a
relationship with the
child.
When your
children recognize
relationships between new and prior knowledge their brains can link the new information
with a category of existing knowledge for long - term storage.
The movie's family seems to have it all
when it comes to money and fame, but as their patriarch, Royal Tenenbaum, attempts to finally make peace
with his
children (in his own dysfunctional way), we see that the only thing that really matters is love and
relationships.
It often seems as the «share» the details of this
relationship that Jesus is more like a
child's imaginary friend who is always on their side
when any conflict occurs
with others rather than the Jesus who loved people enough to tell them, without accusing or withdrawing affection, the hard truths they needed to know to encourge them to make more meaningful choices.
I was raised atheist and now I am agnostic,
when I was a
child I had way more issues
with Christians trying to save my soul, but never as an adult did my lack of belief effect a job or a
relationship.
When parents lovingly provide for their
children's needs, they model God's love and lay the foundation for their
child's future
relationships — including marriage and his or her
relationship with God.
What would that
child have to do to make you choose to be separated from him / her for eternity —
when you had the power to heal their brokenness and restore him / her to wholeness and loving
relationship with you and the rest of humanity — and eternity to wait for them to respond to your love?
Since the quality of the marriage sets the feeling tone for the family, parents should look at their own
relationship when they are considering whether something is wrong
with their
child.
Those of us who have been blessed
with children know all to well that our
relationships with them will mean we will always have strong connections
with them even
when they are far away, it's no different
with God and his
children.
My personal
relationship with Jesus Christ has nothing to do
with my disgust for men of the Church who have been exposed and are being hid or transferred
when the church is aware they are preying on
children.
That fact, plus the possibility of striking out for new territory
when things got tight, and a religious attitude which emphasized the individual self in
relationship with God, made it pretty hard for a father to maintain control over his
children.
When reforms have been pressed, for example
with reference to
child marriage, or the problem of permitting divorce, a strong appeal has been made by Orthodoxy to the Laws of Manu as having permanently fixed these
relationships.
A break in one connection, such as attachment to a stable community, puts pressure on other connections: marriage, the
relationship between parents and
children, religious affiliation, a feeling of connection
with the past, even citizenship, that sense of membership in a large community which grows best
when it is grounded in membership in a small one.
Kenneth agree
with you totally its not just adams and abrahams problem its us guys we give in to our wives to keep the peace we should learn that the best way is always Gods way not our way or mans way.That to me is the message behind the story.The issue is rather than taking on the burden of his wife Abraham should have taken it back to the Lord its in our weakness he strengthens us.In the end he did what any married man would have done in order to please his wife.We are no different we put our wives or
children church work before the Lord just as he did and loo at the consequences that came from that decision the arab nations became a thporn in there side.In my mind we need to put him first always.
When we please the Lord he will bless us and our
relationships when we do it our way there will be consequences.brentnz
When the Power Within flows through one's
Child, one's
relationships with God and
with people become more trusting and loving.
(followed closely by: - «I have a personal
relationship»
with «God / Jesus» and - «If you are a good parent, don't you discipline your
children when they misbehave?»
The third period often occurs during the middle years — the forties and fifties —
when the exodus of the
children confronts the couple
with their own
relationship, in the context of their feelings about aging.
When people are dealing
with deep depression, the anxieties of life, ruined
relationships, lost jobs, the death of a
child or spouse, or ongoing health problems, the last thing they need is the idea that God hates them.
I've had a lifelong
relationship with it; it was a foul - language deterrent
when I was a
child, and it evolved into a seasoning component in multi-starred restaurant kitchens.»
Lance has had an on - and - off
relationship with his 18 - year - old daughter, Alanah, from his first marriage, and he has started to take the fishing trips
with his father that should have happened more
when he was a
child.
When we make our
children aware of our experiences
with racists, we scare them and deprive them of their innocence and opportunity to forge a resentment - free
relationship with their white peers.
When these fathers are in employment they are more likely to see their
children and to pay
child support; and the quality of their
relationships with them is often better, too.
What is it
with men,
when I was younger no one wanted anything serious because I was divorced
with children, by the time I was in my 30s no one wanted a serious
relationship then either because I was a promo model and they didn't like other men looking at me (the exception being creeps who did nt care about me they just wanted a trophy wife or those who wanted «good breeding stock»), now my kids are grown and I have my own business no one wants anything serious because I'm «too old».
After having usually spent at least an hour, and sometimes an entire day or more, discussing and exploring the kaleidoscopic complexity of the parent -
child relationship with great depth and sophistication (at least from my perspective), how was I supposed to be able to condense everything that I had so earnestly conveyed into a simple tip or maxim — and not sound clichéd
when doing so?
Detailing research into extensive leave for fathers in other countries, Professor O'Brien said: «We have found that
when a father spends weeks / months in solo care of young
children, his long - term
relationship with them is closer.
Generally speaking, women who seek their own
children have been leery of beginning
relationships with me (at this point I avoid them like the plague for my own reasons, but that's only been the last couple of years,
when I became relatively certain I won't have more
children).
Getting out together, by yourselves, is
when us dads develop that special
relationship with our
children.
«Parents have to realize that
when you have a close
relationship with your
child and your
child knows what your values are, based on what you say and what you do,» Cohen - Sandler says, «there's very little chance your
child will be led astray by some peer and do something completely antithetical to your values or their values.
When parents have mild to moderate conflict that involves support and compromise and positive emotions,
children develop better social skills and self - esteem, enjoy increased emotional security, develop better
relationships with parents, do better in school and have fewer psychological problems.
Some day
when your
child becomes an adult, your
relationship may become more of a friendship, but for now, it's your job to be his parent: his teacher, coach and limit setter — not the buddy who lets him get away
with things.
When a healthy parent —
child relationship exists, the desire to play
with their parents continues as well.
When you enter the classroom on the first day, calmly reintroduce the teacher to your
child, then step back to allow the teacher to begin forming a
relationship with your
child.
This is a great option for situations
when the adults involved struggle to get along
with each other but want to continue a
relationship in the best interest of the
child.
But someday
when they're grown, I believe it will translate into their
relationships with coworkers, spouses, their own
children, and others they encounter in their lives.
Fathers will undertake learning activities that they perceive will benefit their
children through: ««a desire to build stronger
relationships with their
children ««a belief that helping their
children to learn is important for their
children's success (even
when their own school experience was poor) ««a strong desire for their
children to do better than they did (Fletcher, 1997).
When we have good
relationships with our
children that are filled
with respect and trust, that is a good base for them to grow from and as a parents we know we can trust them because we know them well and they do have balance from their upbringing and they can bring that forth into the world.
• The father -
child relationship is especially important in disadvantaged families where
children suffer more from a poor
relationship with their father and benefit more
when this is good (Dunn, 2004).
The
children of young parents — who tend to be amongst the most disadvantaged — may benefit particularly from a positive
relationship with their father: «
When young men do not take on the responsibilities of fatherhood, it has serious consequences for the
child's development, the mother's resources and consequent social costs» (ESRC 2002).
• 8 out of 10 people (80 %) think fathers should feel as able as mothers to ask for flexible working • 8 out of 10 women (80 %) and more than 6 out of 10 men (62 %) agree that fathers are as good as mothers at caring for
children • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 42 % strongly, that society values a
child's
relationship with its mother more than it values a
child's
relationship with its father • Almost 6 out of 10 (59 %) agree
with the statement that society assumes mothers are good for
children, fathers have to prove it • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 50 % strongly, that there should be a zero tolerance approach if fathers do not take on their parenting responsibilities • Almost 7 out of 10 (67 %) agree that dads should be encouraged to spend time in school reading
with their
child • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 50 % strongly, that dads should be able to stay overnight
with their partner in hospital
when their baby is born.
Young dads are some of the most marginalised parents in the UK; apart from via a few enlightened services, like Young Dads TV, they often lack support from families and professionals — even
when in a close
relationship with the mother of their
children.
Although it is generally agreed (Dunn, 2004) that
children in separated families do best
when they retain a strong, positive
relationship with both parents, many studies have found no significant association between the frequency of non-resident father -
child contact and more positive
child outcomes (Amato & Gilbreth, 1999).
Based on extensive and regular reviews of international evidence, the Fatherhood Institute's vision is for a society that acknowledges and acts on the powerful research evidence that suggests
children thrive
when they have a strong and positive
relationship with their father and any father - figures.
In its response to the review, the Government committed to introduce new legislation which emphasises the importance of
children having an ongoing
relationship with both of their parents following family separation,
when it is in the
child's interests.
(This last is significant, not only because low - conflict parental
relationships are positive indicators for
children whether couples live together or not, but because a well functioning mother - father
relationship is strongly connected
with positive and substantial father -
child contact, especially
when parents live apart).