Tips to Reduce Family Stress During the Holidays Holiday time can fill us with anticipation and excitement. Family members and friends have a chance to reunite at home or go on a trip away together to share a family experience….
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It is not unusual for the roles of the parent and the child to be reversed when children grow up to be adults. They seem to think they have to watch out for you like you watched out for them…
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Face it. Most of the time your parents will probably not agree with your choice of a significant other. There are various reasons for this: 1. You are their baby. It doesn’t matter whether you are the first child or…
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My parents were married at 19 and 20 years old. Although in those days, marrying you was rather common, the issues surrounding marrying before one is ready to do so were ultimately still the same. Not surprisingly, my parents were…
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There are many factors that affect the type of relationship that you will have with your stepchildren.There are ways that you can ensure a healthier, less stressful relationship with them. Take it slowly – Step parents sometimes try to rush…
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You will need to take measures to assist your kids to deal with the impact and stress these changes bring. While physical violence among children is unacceptable no matter the reason, it is likely that your prospective spouse’s kids beat…
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Stay-at-home moms have had a hard reputation to break from the beginning of it all….just remember back when television first debuted: June Cleaver, Harriet Nelson, Donna Stone; they were all the perfectly coiffed, pearl-wearing moms who could put together a…
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DISAPPROVING PARENTS In the old days before mankind created romance and mutual attraction, it was parents who chose their children’s spouses. Marriage was a contractual affair between elders; the agreement, for reasons of business or land holdings or dissolution of…
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Maybe it’s Not the Kids Mom Who is the Problem. Maybe It’s Your Husband… It was about 12:15 a.m., and my husband and I looked as if we had fallen asleep playing a game of Twister. My right leg was…
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Before I married my second wife, I was excited to tell my youngest daughter about my marital plans as we stood in our kitchen preparing to eat a delicious fried chicken dinner. I said, “Sweetie, Denise and I are planning to get married…
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Blended and extended seem to wander hand-in-hand in today’s society. The new norm are parents who divorce, remarry and begin new families multiple times. Many times families also move in together outside of marriage. It is not uncommon for families…
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Many feel as much love for their adopted child as they do for their biological children. They may feel that the child is a child of their heart, and that they were meant to be together. It can be very…
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When it comes to complaining, my mother takes the cake and if complaining were a sport, she’d be the team captain! For as long as I can remember, my mother has complained about anything and everything; from the man who…
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Becoming a step-parent can be one of the most challenging endeavors you will ever take on, so having some guidelines of what to expect may prove very important. Unfortunately, many marriages end with a great deal of anger on the…
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My Mom died of brain cancer shortly before my parent’s fifty-fifth anniversary. Dad spent nearly every moment with her after her diagnosis right to the morning she passed away. So, how on earth were my sister and I supposed to…
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I have great passion for this topic! I am proud to say I have a happy and successful blended family. My husband and I have his, hers, and ours. We have made it a point not to use words like…
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Blended family happiness is definitely possible, and even rewarding. Often times the displaced spouse or new spouse simply needs to sit down with themselves and evaluate their life, and where the people involved fit in it. Blended families are complicate…
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Opinions of whether or not it is the parents fault if their child goes astray is always up for debate. It is believed by many that if you “raise” your child to be a certain gentleman or young lady, they…
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A child should never be put in the middle of a parent’s discussion. Children are a bit omnipotent, extremely empathetic, and already know there is a problem. There is no reason to compound upon them any added emotion and confusion;…
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There comes a time when any child has to wave goodbye to their parents and ‘fly the nest’ so to speak. Many families have a Christmas tradition in which the family, especially parents and children, will gather to spend the…
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No. There is no ‘mother’ or ‘father’ past the point of moving out. The job of parent is over once the child has moved out of the house. To assume otherwise keeps adults from being adults. At no other time…
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So your parent is moving in! The first thing you need to do is invest in black garbage bags and go through your entire house and throw away all things that you do not want your parent to know about…
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I am voicing my opinion based on my background experience in both the criminal justice system: corrections, and as a social worker in child protective services. Prior to that, I was usually of the opinion that parents did the best…
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Sometimes one of the most difficult things about being married is not the marriage itself, but the in-laws that come with it. If you have been having a hard time dealing with a critical or overbearing mother-in-law, here are some…
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My Father, My Hero I was always close to my Dad. He was always the one I ran to for comfort and to treat my boo boos when I got hurt. I sought his advice for life’s dilemmas and cried…
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A lot of things come to my mind while I start to write on this topic.It is a beautiful thought to write about The very first thing that comes to my mind is under normal circumstances who would think that…
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My best friend is a stay at home mother. She has two children in school and one toddler who is with her 24/7. She gets up every morning gets the kids ready for school, packs their lunch, prepares her husband’s…
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th it becomes a commitment that should come before any thing else in their life. The father should fell the same way. How ever it seems as though it is always the mother that is taking up the role as…
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You can tell straight away if a child has been brought up well by their behavior and the way they speak within minutes. We as parents are responsible for our children’s behavior from the minute they are born right up…
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As children, we are taught to respect all adults, parents and others. We often feel that the adults in our lives are not being fair with us or are being too harsh, when in all actuality they are only trying…
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