After six months of not talking to my own mother, I was suddenly faced with my mother-in-law. There she was standing in my doorway completely without warning. This meant one of two things. Either she told my absent-minded husband who…
Read more
Everyone’s parents are different. For some, their parents are open and easy to hold conversations with. For others, their parents can build walls between them and their children. However, once you become a mature adult or once you have become…
Read more
You have raised your kids through the years and now your day has come. They are finally grown and at least should be ready to be on their own. Maybe you have even prepared them for this time in life…
Read more
“Children learn to care by experiencing good care” – parenting expert, author and educator, Barbara Coloroso. Parents are responsible for how their children act as adults in so far as they are the people who have the most influence over…
Read more
To suggest that parenting skills properly applied will somehow produce an absolute result, is to suggest that each child is somehow like the other. An interesting thought, but extremely shallow from my perspective. There are as many ways to parent…
Read more
Whatever religion or race or culture you have, you know that respect for your parents is an important virtue to have. Showing respect for your parents not only shows your upbringing, but it also says something about your parents, too….
Read more
How to avoid the mistakes your parents made in love? I’m writing this article on the mistakes parents made in showing show love to their children. I’ve noticed that a lot of people who have a large number of children,…
Read more
When people get married, they expect that they hold all the responsibility of their marriage in their hands. At the same time, they want to be able to feel like adults who can make decisions on their own. So, when…
Read more
No, it is never fair to vent your bad feelings or frustrations about your spouses to kids. For kids, both their parents are idols in their own ways. This is the reason why you would find many kids in school…
Read more
Why is it important that we respect our parents? There are many good reasons to respect your parents, and it is important that you respect them for everything that they do for you, despite any flaws that you might think…
Read more
If you are beginning to think of fleeing the nest, beware. You will need to prove to your parents that you have the resources to make that move, especially if you don’t want resistance to the idea. What many young…
Read more
Remember all those times you thought, “Someday I want to…” The time has arrived to shift gears. Instead of allowing feelings of loneliness and perhaps worry to fill your soul, celebrate your achievements. That’s right – celebrate. After all, you’ve…
Read more
English parish records contain a wealth of information about births, deaths and marriages that family history researchers will find useful to trace the family line back, or augment knowledge of a line. They are hand written records made by parish…
Read more
You can choose your friends yourself, but your family is a gift from the Creator. So how come it is so hard to treat all family members with love and respect? No matter how picture perfect the family appears from…
Read more
The first step in determining how to establish boundaries in a dysfunctional family is to answer a few questions. What is your definition of a dysfunctional family? Aren’t most families dysfunctional on some level? What about familial unit is dysfunctional? …
Read more
Sometimes it is easiest to grab something on the way home from work for your evening meal or just get a take out meal. This may seem to be the simplest option all around. However, there are also many advantages…
Read more
Placing a loved one in a long term care facility is usually a painful decision. Unfortunately there are circumstances when placement becomes a necessity as the level of care required and equipment needed far exceed that which can be given…
Read more
If you are looking into a nursing home for yourself or a loved one, there are some key things to observe while touring the home(s). It is not good enough to read fancy brochures or checking out a website. It…
Read more
The temperament meltdown of out of control drunks, is unhesitatingly highlighted in guest management report, the volume of alcohol guzzle down will eventually take its toll on a person; it encourages them to continue in a manner far from brilliant….
Read more
Being a stay at home dad isn’t easy. There is the stigma that they face for not working and providing for their families in the traditional way. Then there is the job of filling each day with something meaningful, something…
Read more
Life can be hectic and you can feel busy most of the time. When it comes to taking care of yourself, shortcuts can seem to be the only option but the lack of long term benefits may be grossly overlooked….
Read more
Keeping your aging parents happy can be quite a task, given the fact that you are likely to be weighed down with other responsibilities such as, work and looking after your own family among other things. The following are some…
Read more
Most parents realize that their children are individuals with separate needs. But it can be difficult to treat them as such within the family unit. While everyone should be expected to follow the family rules each child may require different…
Read more
There is so much talk about the need for parents to treat their children equally. To a point this is true; to a different degree it is cruel. You simply cannot treat each child the same way because they are…
Read more
Everyone will get old. It is a fact of life. As you grow older, you may find yourself needing help to do even some basic things, like grocery shopping, house cleaning and even cooking meals. But this is when the…
Read more
It is an honor for a family member to pursue a dream and succeed in accomplishing that certain dream he or she has. It could have seemed to have been an impossible dream to achieve. However, with supportive and loving…
Read more
Grown children returning home due to debt, job loss or the economy in general is a growing trend. “Boomerang Kids” is the term given the return of young birds to the nest and it is a consequence of today’s world…
Read more
Some parents suffer from “Empty Nest Syndrome” when their children are all out of the home and starting their own lives. Other parents may, in their own way, celebrate by taking up new hobbies or traveling. What happens when one…
Read more
This writer has been doing part-time caregiving gigs for almost 4 years here in the US, mostly in the New York City (NYC) area. As such, this write-up is based on the actual experiences of this writer. He happens also…
Read more
The idea of a hope chest in the past was to place items in a large box, generally cedar, in preparation for marriage. The items included clothing, dishes and blankets among various other important items. In the modern world, this…
Read more