Befriending your step child is a goal of every worthy step parent. When you enter into a relationship with someone who has a child from a previous partner there are many factors to consider. First and foremost, you must understand…
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Making your stepchild feel loved and secure is pretty easy once you get over the initial fears and anxieties that come with welcoming a child into your heart from a family that started before you met her. The evil stepmother…
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How to Be A Good Mother-in-Law Familial relationships are never particularly easy so it is particularly satisfying when they work. For this relationship to work, both the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law or son-in-law must first have mutual respect for the other….
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When will my father treat me like a grown up? The ultimate answer to this question is never! Especially for daughters who have a very close relationship with their fathers. Ever since the day I was born, the first time…
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Stepchildren come in all shapes, sizes, and ages. Even when they are grown, their feelings toward you as the stepparent seldom change. It’s the “we against him/her ” mentality, where the unsuspecting new spouse encounters enemy camp, and whatever you may do…
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Do they get the recognition? What a loaded question that is. There are two sides to every story- and I can attribute to both in various ways. Although, I truly believe that stay at home parents do not get the…
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Step-parenting is, beyond a doubt, one of the most challenging jobs in the world…at least if you’re doing it the right way. It can also be one of the most rewarding, but often, that reward will come many years into…
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Children are individual, even children within the same family are individuals. People have no trouble treating adults as individuals with their own characters and needs, but children are individuals too. Many parents believe that they should treat their children equally,…
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“It’ll Take Dyin’ to Get It Done”, A Story of a 40 Year Forgiveness Sideways, in the back, running away, standing still and about any other way one could get it, I did. Don’t be confused here. We’re talking mental…
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I love questions that make you really sit back and think before you are able to give an honest answer. The questions in which you can identify with both sides and really make you weigh the options while taking in…
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As hard as it may be to grasp for some parents and children who love each other unconditionally and unequivocally, I have learned to realize and have met parents who have never grasped the concept of being a parent. My…
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The importance of honoring your parents is a principle embedded in the Ten Commandments; the fifth commandment specifically, says “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives…
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It can be very difficult to cope when in-laws interfere with parenting style. Usually this happens because they believed that the children are not being given the proper quality of care. Standing up for what the parents feel is the…
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The bond between a Mother and her son is something special. Now, don’t take me wrong, I love both of my children as much as I can but each love comes in a different package. A girls love drifts as…
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Being the mother of a son, I understand the sacred bond between mothers and their boys. With that said, when you marry a boy he will always have a mother who is protective and domineering and maybe even a little…
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Having a close and happy relationship with your mother-in-law is extremely rewarding and can help improve your own relationship with your husband. There is nothing more damaging to a marital relationship than having a situation where you have to compete…
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There is not a rational human being on this earth who does not want to be loved, valued and respected. And, without a doubt, that would definitely include a mother-in-law. It can be a very challenging task to be a…
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Although, the title of this article is a bit ambiguous, I will expound upon and specifically address the need of raising children in a traditional (male & female) 2 parent home. A child can not be conceived without both male…
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Should parents be responsible for decisions their adult children make? And at what age should these children be adults? I felt a solid moral family life that modeled good work ethics, responsibility for decisions, caring for others and becoming a…
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Although all teens differ greatly in their desired amounts of each, almost every teen needs two things from their parents: the first is space. The second is support. Parenting a teen is a delicate balance of enabling them to have…
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At some point that helpless baby that once needed you for everything will turn to you and say, “I don’t have to listen to you.” Welcome to life with a teenager. Teenagers have a tendency to distance themselves from parents,…
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There is a primal reason why children need two parents. Each parent teaches them different things in life; all children need their mother and father to help them grow as a person. The mother was brought up one way and the…
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Children learn everything from their parents in early childhood. Parents are the biggest influence. Because of that fact it is easy to say yes to parents being responsible for how their children act as adults. We learn from our parents…
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Sons view their mothers as a role model for what a woman is supposed to be. Loud and boisterous or meek and mild, a son will view the attributes of his mother or lack thereof as “right” – the way…
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Parents – it is not acceptable for a parent to vent to their kids about the other parent. Though my parents never divorced, they should have. And, though not intentionally, they got me mixed up in the middle of some…
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For a woman to be considered a wonderful daughter-in-law, she shouldn’t have to work very hard, in order to have the praises of her mother-in-law. In fact if you genuinely love your husband, it will show in all the things…
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Whether you think so or not, children need both of their parents. They deserve two people, with different opinions and experience, to help them through life, in their times of need. They deserve to know who are responsible for them…
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When a child is a product of a once loving relationship that is now dwindling, or has already gone sour, there are many things parents should do to ensure the child’s security remains steadfast; that most definitely includes not pulling…
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Obesity makes big news these days as overweight people are becoming more prevalent in western society. It is not just a problem for the United States but a similar pattern is emerging in the United Kingdom and other European States….
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Parenting is indeed an art of moulding, regulating and designing a budding life. It’s a ‘trick’ or ‘knack’ of making the child to move through a desirable track. It’s through parenting that children learn the first lessons to become a ‘social…
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