The notion that a parent could look upon their offspring as a failure in life calls into question where the perceived failure lies. Is the child considered a failure due to a lack on its own part or is it…
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Dealing with anger in the family…every family has heightened moments of anger displayed at one time or another by mother, dad or siblings. Anger is a beast because it brings out the worst in a person. Anger can be scary…
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Dealing with a bully can be quite a challenge for you depending on the kind of bully that you are faced with. However when it comes to dealing with a bully in the family, there are several ways to go…
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The dynamics of adult children and relating to them as parents is a complex situation at best. Sometimes they want a friend. Some times they want a parent. Some times they want a cheerleader. Other times they want a grandparent….
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How do you deal with family politics? How do you even define ‘Family Politics’? It involves conflicting relationships among family members whereby they disagree with each other; are at loggerheads with one another; or have ulterior motives to hurt each other…
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Few things in life are more difficult than trying to break the cycle of abuse in families. Typically, these behaviors have been going on for several generations, and with most family members “sweeping everything under the rug”, the chances of…
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Over and over again you keep trying to say what you need to say only to find that you are not being heard. It’s like you are talking but they have their fingers in their ears. How can a grown…
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Currently, your teen may be passing through a very vulnerable stage in his/her life. It could happen that with the pressure of keeping up with his/her peers, your teen may be driven into perilous situations. You, as a discerning parent,…
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Tension. Every family has some of its own, whether it may appear so to the outside world or not. No family is perfect, no family is the Brady Bunch. At least, no family that this writer has ever met. There…
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There are many signs that point to a controlling spouse. Sometimes it happens so subtly that we may not even recognize these signs. These signs, once we are aware of them, are easy to spot in a controlling relationship. In…
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In the dangerous society our children are born into nowadays, they have to be protected from everyone. Yes, in far too many cases even their parents. Children should have the information to be free to report “spanking” to someone, because…
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Driving your brother or sister crazy is an art worthy of perfection, also an art that must be perfected if you don’t want to be the one slowly going crazy. You don’t have to mean or destructive to make a…
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Bullying is always hurtful, but family bullying incurs a special flavor of pain. Family bullies have more access to their victims’ personal lives and information, can often successfully divide family members against each other, and can hide behind false pretenses…
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Why do siblings lie? The majority of the time, parents are more angered by the lying than the actual event that is being lied about. Mothers and fathers can almost tell something is not right and your lie will eventually…
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Whenever two people decide to get married and one or both comes from a home where their needs were unmet, we have a likely start of a dysfunctional family. It is not written in stone, but it usually occurs since…
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It is sad when one feels like there is a favorite child in the family, and it is not them. Although you cannot control the situation, you can control how you deal with it, and this will make a big…
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Over the last five decades, life has been changing for the average family. The traditional roles of mother and father have altered dramatically since the end of World War 2. The reasons are diverse, but all contribute to changes within…
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The relationship between a Parent and a Child changes constantly, and possibly it is the one relationship that goes through the most dramatic changes. The protective, loving relationship that a parent has toward their child becomes for some more of…
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In France, surnames were not used at all until the 11th century. Even then and for centuries afterwards, surnames were mostly used to distinguish between people who had the same given name. The census from 1292 and even later was…
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Screaming. Arguing. Cursing. Blaming. Crying. Hurt. When someone mentions the term dysfunctional family a person may imagine those exact actions. That’s one side of the coin though, and a dysfunctional family can also be one of quiet resentment and hostility,…
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A common complaint of children is that their siblings do not respect their privacy. Of course, you want them to learn about these principles to create a more harmonious household as well as to teach important lessons that will last…
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Many families have a wide range of ages between siblings, and in every case where there is more than one sibling, there is an older sibling, except when the two siblings are twins. If the older sibling is not mature,…
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Life is full of challenges, both minor and major. Sometimes just having someone to listen to us can help more than anything and more often than not, our first instinct is to turn to a family member for support and…
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A brother is someone who plays his music loudly, at all hours of the day and night. A brother is someone who likes you, until his friends come over. A brother is someone who does things wrong, and you get…
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Do you enjoy riding a roller coaster? Do you enjoy the excitement of the first time on a new one and being surprised when it goes up or down or every which way? For those who ride a roller coaster…
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The National Incarcerated Parents and Families Network states that there were 1.5 million children with a parent or parents in jail in 1999. That is roughly 2.1% of all children and the numbers have almost certainly risen since that time….
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Sibling rivalry isn’t necessarily a negative trait. The Kennedy family is an example of positive sibling rivalry. The father, Joe, always pitted each of his four sons against each other in sports, education and achievement. He groomed his oldest, Joe,…
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It can be difficult to distinguish between identical twins. If you do not know them well, then they may look completely exactly alike to you. The following tactics may help you tell the difference. Look for hair differences Oftentimes, identical…
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The Trees Look Wicked Tonight What follows is mostly true, mostly because where things start and where they are now stretches across not only time but generations. Things were different then, that’s usually the way then is supposed to be-the…
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Growing up and dealing with family problems can be an interesting and sometimes infuriating experience. If you’ve got siblings around your age, that can complicate things a bit. And if you have a twin, well, that can be pure madness….
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