Sentences with phrase «than supportive family»

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Fewer than one - third 73 % said that they didn't get help establishing themselves as freelancers yet 95 % said their family has been at least somewhat supportive about the decision to go freelance.

If anything I believe the NDP is probably way more supportive of the family farm than farmers really know.

This style of living emerged in the mid-nineteenth century and offered men who were dislocated from family — usually immigrants or young workmen looking for opportunities in a new city — a supportive environment with more than just a room and bed.

There are few places at which a minister can invest his pastoral time more helpfully than in a supportive ministry to the mentally ill and their families.

While I think it's irresponsible to blame family and friends for a loved one's suicide, I believe it's just as irresponsible to ignore the reality that gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth are four times more likely to attempt suicide as straight peers, that nearly half of young transgender people have considered taking their lives, and that LGBT youth who come from families who reject their gender identities or sexual orientations are more than eight times more likely to attempt suicide than those who come from supportive families.

(You can also add in «substitute family» for friends you consider closer to you and more supportive than biological family.)

One says that there is sexism, one that we have moved past that, another that there are less woen than men because women are more inclined to focus on family and another that she has known the men to be supportive and the insults she has experienced have been form women who expect it to be a man that is on stage.

This isn't to say I'd be thrilled to join other pumping moms in a communal Mothers» Room, but if work culture continues to skimp on providing supportive environments for raising a healthy family, including flex time, paid leave, subsidized quality care and just the basic humanity that allows us to see each other as more than just workers boosting a bottom line, I'd take the company of other moms like me so I wouldn't feel so alone as a working parent.

For the overwhelming majority of families, the childbearing experience is one of health rather than illness, and there is a need for preventative and loving supportive care that is not only safe, but also sensitive, compassionate and empowering.

Because authoritative parents are warm, responsive and autonomy - supportive as well as power - assertive, their children are motivated to restore family harmony by complying or else by constructively dissenting in an effort to change their parent's mid rather than to defiantly or evasively disobey.

The first couple of weeks were painful, and I had to pump a little milk when my milk would first come in so that the newborn could latch on, but other than that, we had no problems other than the fact that some of my family were not supportive of me nursing for over 6 months and my husband was jealous, but I am so glad that I stuck with it!

More often than not, the symptoms of RAD lessen or disappear completely when the child is moved to a consistently supportive and caring family environment or to caregivers who are emotionally available to respond to the child's needs.

Children of parents whom Kim classified as «tiger» had lower academic achievement and attainment — and greater psychological maladjustment — and family alienation, than the kids of parents characterized as «supportive» or «easygoing.»

Even among low - income families, mothers with greater social and economic resources were more supportive in parenting their children than those with fewer resources, which...

At 11 a.m., supporters of a «Campaign 4 NY / NY Housing» coalition of more than 130 community, disabilities, family, homeless, housing, legal, mental health, minority, social services and youth organizations call for city and state officials to expand supportive housing for residents with disabilities and other special needs; steps, City Hall, Manhattan.

Rather than being tired after a week of work and traveling, I came home feeling rejuvenated and ready to tackle a very hectic schedule, as well as being able to be supportive to many friends, family, and patients in need.

Learning how to cope You'll need to cope with added health costs, diabetes burnout (a point when the daily grind of finger pricking, food monitoring, and exercise may get you down), social functions like the office holiday party, and family members who may be less than supportive — or overzealous in their support.

Some of my friends are closer to me and more supportive than my actual family.

Predictably, her step - family is less than supportive of her, there is no way that she is getting her wish if they have their way.

Mayer found that a supportive family structure (a stable, two - parent home), a culture of learning within the family and neighborhood, and natural abilities were much more important than income.

If the new information surprises respondents by indicating the district is doing less well than previously thought, the public, upon learning the truth of the matter, is likely to 1) lower its evaluation of local schools; 2) become more supportive of educational alternatives for families; 3) alter thinking about current policies affecting teacher compensation and retention; and 4) reassess its thinking about school and student accountability policies.

This is why movement conservatives not engaged in education discussions are naturally be more - supportive of measures such as the expansion of school choice (because they conform to their views that markets and private actions by families should be the deciding forces in education) than of other reform efforts that seem to involve what they may perceive more - robust federal or state government roles, or involve what they consider to be an abrogation of roles they think should be in the hands of families or local governments.

Illinois, on the other hand, uses student and teacher data from the 5Essentials Survey to differentiate schools.65 A 10 - year Chicago study found that schools that were strong in at least three of the five survey elements — which include effective leaders, collaborative teachers, supportive environment, involved families, and ambitious instruction — were significantly more likely to improve student learning than schools that were weaker in these domains.66

It stems from research showing schools that are rated highly on measures of effective leaders, collaborative teachers, involved families, supportive environment, and ambitious instruction are far more likely than others to show improvements in students» learning gains.»

«My mom and family have been very supportive of my publishing and CreateSpace was more than willing to put me on track with my books,» adds Renee when asked how much CreateSpace was able to work with her minor status, falling back on parental guidance and permissions for any legal issues that arose in the process of self - publishing.

But if you think you have all the money you want and need, both for your benefit and for the benefit of subsequent generations; you have no fear of losing it; your family relationships are warm, unconditionally loving, and supportive; and your future is even bigger and brighter than your past, then please still read this book.

For example, Brent et al19 reported that in the absence of maternal depression, cognitive behavioral therapy was more effective for adolescents with major depression than either systematic behavioral family therapy or nondirective supportive therapy; the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy was mitigated by the presence of maternal depressive symptoms (ie, mothers with Beck Depression Inventory scores > 9 vs ≤ 9).

The effect was small, but was identified in the whole program group, instead of only in a smaller subgroup.86 In Memphis, more positive interactions were observed in the subgroup of women who possessed low psychological resources.87 Likewise, home - visited mothers in Early Head Start were rated as more supportive during play with their children than controls, though the effect was small.88 Maternal sensitivity was also examined in Hawaii Healthy Start, the Healthy Families evaluations in San Diego and Alaska, and the Comprehensive Child Development Program, though none identified significant effects.

A relational approach to healing family relationships focuses on forming quality connections in which each member feels they can express themselves and give from a place of love rather than fear, and non judgment allows each to grow in a supportive context.

The literature on these placements suggests that although kinship families are much more vulnerable than unrelated foster families, children living with relatives are more likely to remain in the same placement and to have longer durations in foster care.78 Given the large numbers of kinship placements occurring across the United States, it would behoove the child welfare system to provide supportive services to these vulnerable kinship families to enable them to provide quality care to the children in their care (see the article by Geen in this journal issue).

Beginning my own journey to build a private family mediation practice was met with a fair share of naysayers and less than supportive professionals at the local, academic, and organizational levels.

Various factors appear to compromise the development of supportive father - child relations among couple families, including a high level of family socio - economic disadvantage, adverse family events, an unsupportive partner relationship, a more disruptive or less cohesive family climate, and the presence of a non biological father figure rather than the biological father.

These aspects included father involvement in play and care when children were younger, whether parents have a mutually supportive partner relationship, home organisation (the extent to which the home atmosphere is calm and ordered, rather than noisy and chaotic), family ethos (the extent to which family relations and activities are mutually supportive and co-ordinated), and positive parenting (the extent to which parents are involved in the child's activities and use praise and other positive reinforcement of the child's behaviour).

Personal therapy had positive effects on broad components of social adjustment but had few differential effects on symptoms, and these patients remained more anxious than those receiving family or supportive therapy.

Personal therapy had few differential effects on symptoms, and patients receiving personal therapy remained more anxious than patients who received family or supportive therapy.

Interestingly, although the trials were primarily aimed at assessing personal therapy, the often advocated family therapy2 does not seem to be any better than supportive therapy (this is an inference rather than analysis).

In this respect, for example, the prominence given to child sexual abuse in the first tier «headline» indicators appears to be indicative of a negative emphasis in the indicators, rather than a balance between negative results and positive developments in building the capacity of families and communities to function in a supportive and caring way.

For patients living with family, personal therapy led to better outcomes in overall performance than did family or supportive therapy.

Patients receiving personal therapy remained more anxious than those receiving family or supportive therapy.

When Isaiah's school continued to discipline him despite clear signs that he needed support rather than punishment, Jennifer was fortunate enough to be in a position where she could relocate her family to a supportive setting that has helped Isaiah thrive.