| He was part of our family celebrations for decades, an adopted pater familias. |
| In Colombia the Familias en Acción program, pays a small subsidy to mothers who ensure that their children go to school and receive regular medical check-ups. |
| He clearly sees himself not just as political leader, but as the conservative pater familias of the whole nation and the guardian of morality. |
| A traditional expatriation for one or many jobs, involving the pater familias followed by his family, wife and kids, is not the unique pattern anymore. |
| Yet even though the relationship between him and his father constitutes the novel's central conflict, Trevor is not exclusively haunted by a pater familias. |
| As lavish a minstrel as the pewee pater familias is under most circumstances, that morning he was too busy to tune his wind harp. |
