Sentence examples for substitute children from inspiring English sources

Merkin makes all the right arguments against the coddling of pets and their treatment on anthropomorphic terms, and I was in agreement -- that is, until she undermined her own arguments with the observation that pets are embraced "as status possessions, or substitute children, or displaced love objects".

They may utilize the dolls as substitute children, or forever babies who will never grow.

What will happen when A. J. crosses paths with a substitute child, Franny, whose mother isn't minding her?

At the Newseum Our improvised schedule then led us to another substitute child pleaser that deserves to be in the family sightseeing starting lineup: the Newseum.

Yet its image of goblins with black voids for faces coming in the window and leaving a substitute child "all made of ice" won't quite go away.

Substituting children's ratings for adults' may not have been an optimal strategy; particularly because there was no explicit evidence that adults' subjective visual similarity ratings were a valid proxy for children's ratings.

In the first and best section, "The Book of Ephraim," they discuss this with their psychiatrist, who rather than chastise them for creating a fantasy suggests their conversations with the dead are a kind of "folie à deux," the gay couple's substitute for children.

So why would PHE recommend them as a suitable substitute for children?

Considering these concerns, scientific organizations recommend the use of an age-appropriate milk substitute in children younger than 2 years of age and food counseling.

My dachshunds are not substitutes for children.

Vietnam last year passed legislation extending maternity leave and banning advertising of breastmilk substitutes for children up to 24 months.