Although Hank and Gertie have a loving home, their parents (Kelslan Scarbrough and Alvin Chan) soon become harsh and rejecting under the influence of the witch's magic.
In fact, harsh and rejecting parenting styles lead the child to appreciate the world as an unsafe place, others as unreliable and untrustworthy.
In one, a federal judge, using extraordinarily harsh language, rejected the rules that the union and the Justice Department had developed to run next year's Teamsters election.
George W. Bush took an opposite tack, rejecting harsh rhetoric toward immigrants and courting Hispanic voters, if largely through symbolic gestures.
Harsh, abusive, and rejecting behavior by parents toward their children is associated with increased risk for many developmental problems for youth.
Instead, they argue that they can have it both ways by staying in the euro and rejecting the harsh budget-balancing measures Europe has demanded in return for the money Greece needs to remain solvent.
Less than a week after they triumphantly gave international creditors a bloody nose by rejecting a harsh austerity plan, angry and bewildered Greeks are left wondering how they now find themselves swallowing an even worse deal, writes The Daily Telegraph's Nick Squires.
Demonstrators converged on Syntagma Square, calling for lawmakers to reject harsh new austerity measures.
About 2,000 policemen stood by as demonstrators – including labour groups, anarchists, Communist Party members, and youth organisers for the ruling Syriza party – converged on Syntagma Square, calling for lawmakers to reject harsh new austerity measures included in the bailout package.
