Sentences with phrase «roles as big brothers»

We also can provide assistance caring for and affirming older siblings in their new roles as big brothers or sisters.

It might help you to realize this: what your toddler finds difficult about a new baby - i.e. adapting to their new role as big brother / sister - is not so far removed removed from the other intense developmental changes that characterize this age group.

Not exact matches

Big Idea: Likely to be looking for a new role now that she will be stepping down from Shine, the independent TV production company she founded after a successful but tempestuous spell as No. 2 at her father's U.K. satellite broadcaster BSkyB and then sold to 21st Century Fox in 2011; now being merged with Big Brother - maker Endemol and American Idol producer Core Media; seen as more business - proven than Lachlan and not phone hacking - tainted like James.

As our relationship with Big Brothers Big Sisters has grown, we've seen firsthand the important work they're doing to help match kids with a healthy role model that will help them learn and grow into a valuable contributor in our communities.

Don't rush the move to Big Kid Once there's a new baby in the family, our temptation is often to start expecting older children to immediately embrace their new role as «Big Brother» or «Big Sister,» says Cindy Smolkin, a Toronto - based parent and child therapist with Connected Parenting.

«As a big brother, Nigeria has an important role to play in securing and stabilizing the region, and we will always look up to you,» he said.

While Boseman and Jordan hold center stage, the women's roles are especially meaty and muscular, with Lupita Nyong» o as T'Challa's self - sufficient former flame, «The Walking Dead's» Danai Gurira — stealing every scene she's in — as the fierce leader of the king's guard, and Letitia Wright as T'Challa's brilliant sister, whose gift for gadgets essentially makes her the Q to her big brother's James Bond.

In subsequent years, the thespian played Willoughby in John Alexander's U.K. television miniseries Sense and Sensibility (2008), adapted from the novel by Jane Austen; cut against type as an imprisoned white - collar criminal in the Wyatt Brothers» thriller The Escapist (2008); and essayed a supporting role as Sky, Sophie's (Amanda Seyfried) fiancé, in Phyllida Lloyd's big - screen ABBA musical Mamma Mia!

At twenty - eight, Jones already has more than a decade of experience on the big screen, having made his début at sixteen in the Coen brothers» Oscar - winning No Country for Old Men as a teenager who stumbles upon Javier Bardem's Anton Chigurh after a car accident, a role he landed after his first - ever audition.

It was adapted into a 1986 movie starring Sean Connery as Brother William Baskerville and a teenage Christian Slater as his assistant, the novice Adso, in one of the actor's first big - screen roles.

There's also Kevin Dillon as his big brother, Johnny; Jerry Ferrara as his chauffeur, Turtle; and Kevin Connolly as his manager, Eric, aka E. Besides that tight - knit quartet of BFFs from Queens, Vince's agent Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) and Ari's former, long - suffering assistant, Lloyd (Rex Lee), are among a number of other popular characters reprising their roles.

Before the rom - zom - com became a certifiable cult classic, however, Simon boosted his profile with small roles in «24 Hour Party People» and HBO's «Band of Brothers,» as well as a starring role on the British sketch show «Big Train.»

Jeff Bridges will always be best known as an actor, iconic for his roles in films including The Fischer King, Tron, True Grit and the Coen Brothers» 1998 cult comedy The Big Lebowski, where he played the White Russian - sipping pacifist known as the Dude.

«William Hurt, as his brother, has a small role, but makes a big impression.

Today, Bowser has returned to his role as the big furry brother to his human siblings and is back to enjoying his friends at doggy day care.

LACMA's first architectural gift, donated by former resident James Goldstein, is a historic house designed by James Lautner, which has played an extensive role in the cultural life of LA (it is best known as the house from the Coen brothers» 1998 film The Big Lebowski).