We all dream of that “perfect” loving family environment where everyone gets along and life goes along smoothly. In real life, it often is not that way. In any family there are going to be times where there is conflict…
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When you have more than one child, inevitably one of your children will accuse you of favoring the other. This is normal and any of us who grew up with siblings feels that mom or dad favored one of the…
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It can be ironic how sibling rivalry can exist between two children who are not blood-related but children will be children and dealing with sibling rivalry in a blended family is similar to a traditional family. Especially when the step-siblings…
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January 16, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Divorce is not only the end of a marriage, but for a child, it is the end of their world as they have grown to know it. This simple fact is something that many divorcing adults take lightly. For a…
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January 16, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Divorce is difficult for the couple who is breaking up but it also has repercussions for the relationship between a daughter and her mother. The family unit changes because of the marriage ending and the children of divorce need to…
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January 15, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
I married a man who was a bachelor for many years. He was not starving when I met him and his clothes were clean. We got married and he seemed to forget how to cook and do laundry. I became…
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Can you really get to know someone in a bar? The answer to that question is sometimes, yes you can. If the bar is a place that you frequent on a regular basis and the other person is also a…
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We all wish for a loving, supportive family but often our reality is nothing like our fantasies. There may be a family member who has caused you great emotional turmoil and although you have tried to work things through with…
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A child who finds themselves part of a blended family is often fragile from being a child of divorce. Divorce is hard on adults but it is harder on a child especially when the divorce was ugly. If there was…
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December 3, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
When a family breaks apart due to divorce, determining custody of the children can become a battle. Although courts are supposed to take into account the best interests of the children, for a parent, the fear is that they will…
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December 3, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Dealing with the innocent victims of divorce is something that many people fail to put enough emphasis on. Divorce is disruptive to a childhood, no matter the age of the child. While some parents are too focused on the messy…
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December 3, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Divorce is the death of a relationship.It is sad and it can be painful. No matter who you feel is to blame, you both are to blame when a marriage fails. One person can try to hold together a relationship…
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November 28, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
At first thought, a couple having separate bedrooms sounds like a couple whose relationship is in trouble. The truth is that separate bedrooms may actually help to strengthen a relationship, not end it. The idea that a couple must share…
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November 27, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
In some religious faiths, premarital counseling is mandatory if you want to be married in the church. No matter what your religious faith or even if you do not practice any form of organized religion, premarital counseling can help you…
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November 25, 2013 Crisis Support
Your wife (or husband) hasn’t been sleeping well lately, her appetite is low and she cries for no apparent reason. She has started to neglect doing things that she used to do and seems to be going through her day…
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November 24, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
When parents divorce there can be a lot of anger present. The problem with many divorcing parents is that they are so wrapped up in their feelings that their judgment is clouded when it comes to the needs of their children and that is…
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Even if you know that it is for the best, breaking up is always hard to do. Adapting to living alone is a change that becomes easier in time. At first, loneliness sets in quickly once you realize that you…
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November 9, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
When you take your marriage vows you promise to love, honor and cherish another person. The two of you are a couple and you trust that your love will be respected. When your spouse breaks your trust by cheating on…
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October 27, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
When you made the choice to get married, you believed it would be “til death do us part”. Sometimes it just isn’t meant to be. Sometimes love isn’t enough. As painful as it can be, the choice to end your…
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October 27, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
There are so many reasons why marriages fail that entire books have been dedicated to the subject. Even though the reason your marriage failed may seem unique, there are several universal causes of marriage failure. Rushing into marriage There is…
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October 26, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
The emotions of divorce are as varied as the many different reasons people get divorced. Divorce is the death of a marriage. It is the end of a partnership that was entered into with the idea that you would be…
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October 26, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Divorce breaks up the family unit and changes it forever. Even once your children are grown, there are still details that should remain private and kept from the children. Telling your grown children “the truth” is not always necessary because…
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October 11, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Once the honeymoon is over, and you get into the routine of living as a married couple, your relationship can become dull in time. Marriage is work and a relationship that gets pushed to the back burner will show signs…
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October 5, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
It is difficult to be the world’s best husband if you don’t have the world’s best wife. What I am trying to say is that marriage takes equal effort. If your wife truly is the world’s best and you are…
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You may be dating an alcoholic for a long time and not even be aware that he/she is an alcoholic. Your boyfriend/girlfriend could be someone who has gone through recovery and is no longer drinking. He/she may go to meetings…
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September 11, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Alimony was necessary back when women were not a part of the workforce. The typical woman of the 1950’s who took care of the home, the children and neglected to further her education in exchange for marrying young is the…
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