The world is a very busy place and sometimes the stress involved with hard work and the day to day needs that families have to undergo can make the family get burned out. When the parents are busy working with…
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Before any family makes in plans for their family vacation, the first thing that they need to do is plan a realistic budget. The best thing to do is to go online and Google “Disneyworld Vacation Budget” or whatever type…
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As much as it has been said over and over again, the economy has takes its toll on everyone. Unfortunately, due to rising gas prices, most other goods have been forced to raise their prices as well. Then, coupled with…
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Families often go through rough times in their relationships, and sometimes even reach the point where they become considered a dysfunctional family. There are certain factors that would qualify a family as such including, but not limited to, a family…
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The spring shifts to summer, the kids are home and it’s time for everybody to go on a vacation. It’s time when everyone is eagerly watching for a change of climate, adventure and relaxation. But what if you have a…
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Many families have their own challenges, and it is possible that sometimes, a family may be called a functional family because of various characteristics, while another may be called a dysfunctional family. There are some pointers to define a functional…
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Rising costs, for gas, dining out, and hotels are changing vacation plans for many people. If you are being forced to trim back your plans or maybe forgo traveling at all, don’t despair you can still have a great vacation. …
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As parents age and go through the progression of change the offspring in many cases will tend to their needs, and take on a sort of reversal of roles from having parents looking after them, to taking on the role of…
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“Memories fade, but pictures remain!” It’s no wonder that people love taking pictures at a family reunion. The relatives get together after many years and everybody wishes to take a picture back home when they leave. With the development of…
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In many homes and households, the family staycation is beginning to take the place of the family vacation. There are actually many reasons for this. The reasons include an unstable economy, where even those people who have jobs cannot be…
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While some families plan for their vacation, others plan for a staycation. For those who don’t know, a “staycation”, simply put, is a vacation spent at home in opposed to traveling to another destination for the vacation. Staycations are steadily…
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I believe step-parents should have parental rights because in some cases they’re more fit to be the “parent” then the blood mother or father. I don’t look at my future step-children as they are only “related” to me through marriage….
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Some families seem to be running seemingly without effort. House is clean, clothes washed and food cooked almost by itself. True? No, not at all. A well-functioning family is also a well-organized family. When a family is organized, things work…
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The family unit should be upheld by values, it is these values that will shape the family into being a functional family which will make it a stable family. The family values will set the pace for the growing children…
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Family is undoubtedly, the most important thing in your life, but sometimes family lives can become strained, fading into the background of your busy and hectic lives. This can escalate into much more serious family problems if the distance between…
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No, it is never acceptable for one parent to vent to their children about the other parent. Issues between the parents should be kept between the parents and the children should not become involved. Why would any thinking parent want…
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I feel that every mother has a bond with all of her children, whether or not she recognizes it. I have two sons and one daughter. My middle son, my god the bond we have is extraordinary. We could actually…
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I don’t think it is acceptable for a parent to vent to their kids about the other parent. I believe that negative venting can help to destroy the love, respect, and relationship with the parent being talked about and this…
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When one person addresses an issue with anyone other than the one he/she is upset with, it is called “triangulation”. This is a passive/aggressive way of dealing with problems and it rarely ever accomplishes anything except for making things worse….
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Unfortunately in all of our lives at some point we’ll become involved with someone that our parents dislike. It might be because they are correct and the person we’ve become involved with is bad for us, or it might be…
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Oh, don’t even go there! I’m sorry, but this habit of blaming the parents for everything their children do and say is ridiculous. Parents are human; they make mistakes when raising their children. Maybe they spoiled them a little too…
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It would be so easy to wash our hands off the adult that leaves our house and behaves irresponsibly; after all, we don’t have any control over that adult. But fortunately for children and the society, parenting is not a…
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Parents contribute significantly to the shaping of a child’s inner sense of security, value system and assumed response to the challenges and successes of life, but they cannot be held fully responsible for that adult-child’s behavior. Adulthood, in society’s view,…
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Is it never acceptable for a parent to vent to their kids about the other parent!Venting your feelings of anger towards the other parent will create many problems between you and your child/children. Most children have two parents. Normally children…
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I can’t remember what my father looked like. From the photos that have survived over the generations, he was a tall, handsome young man with an Errol Flynn smile and thin mustache. I often wish I had just a few…
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How do you stop doing what you have been doing for many years? When your children are young, and start fighting with each other over toys, or television, don’t you step in to stop it? Don’t you try to teach…
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Recent research concluded that adolescent or young adult children brought into the middle of a high-conflict marriage between their parents contributes to those children internalizing their own problems and causes a weakened relationship with their parents. If those parents divorce,…
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I will never talk bad about my daughter’s father to her, and I won’t teach her to dislike/hate her father. She won’t be able to blame her feelings toward her father on me. When she’s old enough to understand that…
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Yes parents are responsible for how their children act once they have reached adulthood. My argument revolves around the idea of example. It is important that parents set an example and are mindful of their actions, for children imitate those…
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A very big no-no in most parenting books is to complain to your children about your spouse. Children do not need to hear these things, whether both parents are still living under the same roof, or if they are living…
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