Sentence examples for parent figures from inspiring English sources

The small keyboard's raised rubbery keys are backlighted, enabling I.M.-ing in a darkened theater or under the covers — unless a parent figures out the parental controls and limits access hours.

The aim of the current paper is to assess: population-level changes in salivary cotinine concentrations following the introduction of Welsh smoke-free legislation; children's perceived exposure to SHS pre- and post-legislation; and potential displacement of parental smoking amongst subgroups defined by the number of parent figures who smoke within the home.

The discrepancy between the non-significant change in reporting of exposure in the home on the previous day, and significant change in frequency of parental smoking in the home may be due to persons other than parent figures smoking in the home.

There were no parent figures, only brothers and sisters.

We nibble ice cream bars into parent figures and bite off their heads.

Some may posture as heroic teens, others as idealized parent figures.

"We've got a show where the parent figure is imperfect, and so are the kids.

When I interviewed him, in 2012, Braun seemed anxious to prove that he is more of a parent figure than a yes-man.

The principals have all had trouble with a parent figure (in Gloria's case, a father-in-law who drowned a basket of kittens).

During the years I lived in Washington Heights, the A was a reliable parent figure when it appeared promptly, an infuriating no-show adolescent when it kept me waiting.

For a parent, figuring out what approach to take with behavioral therapy can be confusing.