Sometimes it can be hard to figure out when she went from being the little baby in your arms to the strong, independent-minded teenager standing before you. You find yourself realizing you have no idea what her favorite color is…
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I spent my entire life trying to talk to my parents. They promised to listen as I grew, to always have an ear to my problems or concerns. But when I brought to them my troubles they turned a deaf…
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If you are a parent of anyone over the age of eight, you have probably heard that special phrase, just leave me alone! As a parent, it is then up to you to decide if they really mean it or…
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It can be very difficult to be in a relationship with a narcissistic person. According to the Mayo Clinic, the symptoms of narcissism include feeling that everything centers around you, having an exaggerated sense of your abilities, feeling superior to…
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All of the animals upon the face of the planet have a unique way of communicating with one another. Whether trying to make a point to those among their own kind, or attempting to create understanding between separate species, each…
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The best way to improve communication with your children, especially teens, is to show them RESPECT. This may not always be easy, especially when you are at the receiving end of sullen grunts, blank silences and plain rudeness! However, when…
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It is all too often that parents of teens and young adults complain they just don’t know their children any more. I would ask the question. Did you ever know your children? Getting to know your children is an ongoing…
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I know it seemed easier when she was a little girl. Before the days of cell phones, dating, and too much time spent online talking to her friends. When you were her Daddy, and it was your job to protect…
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Optimism is the name of the game. If you want to be a dream catcher for your child, go out and snatch your own dream, or at least pursue whatever you are pursuing with vigor and a sense of accomplishment….
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Teenagers and communication- to most this might seem like an oxymoron, or an impossibility. I am here to clear up that wretched misconception. Relationships between parents and teens have been immortalized through film. The parents are either overbearing or don’t…
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Father knows best…daddys little girl…fathers son… I think that as a child communication with mom is probably easier. When you get hurt you cry to mommy and when daddy says no thats where you go. But as an adult it…
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Conversations vary immensely. They can range from simple, to complicated, to elevated, then to deep and meaningful. Quite often it’s women who are more willing to delve into the deep and meaningful category. Part of that is our nature. We…
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Men and women were created to complement each other. If both sexes had identical traits, skills, talents, and abilities, there would be even more conflict within marriages. God knew best how to divide the skills needed for a man and…
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Children grow up in the world that parents create for them. What an amazing responsibility and calling. Many parents are facing with a disadvantage when dealing with their own children’s dreams. This being that they came from a home where…
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How do you talk? In contemporary society, conversations seem to be very limited and to the point. Email, texts, and computer messages seem to have replaced the traditional form of having a conversation – talking. In addition, we live in…
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Effective parenting begins with an abil­ity to get your point across when dis­cussing issues with teens. Setting rules and consequences means little if you have not made yourself clear to your kids. We all know about selective hearing that abil­ity…
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If you, as a reader, are of the feminine persuasion, it’s likely that there will be many times within your lifetime when you ask how guys think. It’s not clear to women because men see things from a much different…
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Being the mother of a large family with three girls, I am a true advocate of girls-night-out with dad! Finding activities that both father and daughter will like may be easier than you think. Here are five ways to improve…
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It’s a difficult trick to pull off, but you can be friends with a man if you really want to. A Psychology Today article, “Can Men and Women Be Friends”?, says male/female friendships start with “defining the relationship.” Defining a…
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As a 16 year-old male, I often find myself seeking and longing for the advice of my father. To me, my father is able to think on his feet better and due to his male attributes is not swayed in…
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No matter how old you are, men have issues making conversation on the phone. No girl cares about what you ate for dinner or what level your Jedi Knight is on “Star Wars: The Old Republic.”If you’ve managed to get…
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PARENTING TEENS Many of us remember Redd Foxx in the 1970s sitcom Sanford and Son. He and his son co-owned a junk yard and interacted with various comedic individuals on a weekly basis. Fred Sanford had a trademark gesture for…
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Finding yourself vulnerable is something that not all women want to let happen. In most cases women who have let themselves become vulnerable have at one point or another been hurt by a man. Either intentanally or by accident. There…
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MySpace: How to Create a Safe Online Profile Recent headlines are shocking and horrifying parent’s young adults are getting sucked into the mySpace trend and forgetting the “Don’t take Candy from Strangers” rule that has been instilled in their minds…
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At the conclusion of a relationship, survival instincts kick in which allow us to lick our wounds, heal and move on. Unfortunately those same instincts resurface when beginning a new relationship, in an effort to protect ourselves from suffering any…
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Love(unconditional), listening, and laughter are three massive components of raising well-adjusted, contributing, sensitive children. Without one of these actions in amazing abundance, parenting is a lackluster and lowly chore. And the children who spring from love that tries to control…
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How to be vulnerable Vulnerability requires taking risks. It requires you take a leap of faith. When I was a child, my father taught me to show no emotion, which meant being invulnerable. That meant incapable of being hurt, wounded, damaged;…
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What causes a dog to bark? The external subjects can sway him, or he can be in need of the responsiveness. Additionally, the same goes for the reason why children respond to life situations in different understandings. Besides dogs, young…
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Vulnerability is one of the feelings that can absolutely destroy a relationship if both sides do not respect the other’s vulnerability. It can make people fear their partner and as time goes on, force them to close out, become quiet,…
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