As a mother of boy, I remember the feeling of wanting to encourage my son to be active, to develop those "boy" qualities I thought were so important, like athleticism or strength.
"He has a little-boy quality.
Mr. Rosen is fine as the handsome young doctor, although he radiates a golden-boy quality to such a degree that we expect more from his character than we get.
He had plans, big plans: a National Football League game, Universal Studios, a swig of tequila with his boys, quality time with the wife and kid, maybe even sky diving.
There's a frat-boy quality, a gin-room feel, to "The Club".
It takes away the manic-pixie-dream-boy quality that the film teeters on.
Eddie's voice, lyrics, publicity shots, all had an authentic brooding bad-boy quality to them, almost akin to James Dean.
And if sometimes the exposition grows oversaturated with details about, say, beach-side concession stands or boy-quality zombie talk; if the language doesn't quite lift off the page as much as it might; if, at times, the action slows just a bit too much, Preller makes us care about these people.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child, born 20 years ago in 1989, upholds and protects this right for each child, demanding that every girl and boy receive quality education in a safe, healthy and protective environment, even during emergency situations.
Is the world a better place for children: The right to education for all children Irina Bokova is the Director-General of UNESCO, she writes that 25 years after the groundbreaking Convention on the Rights of the Child, we must not relent in raising the flag for the right of every girl and boy to quality education – especially the most vulnerable.
