Articles and resources related to children, parenting, childhood behavioral issues, and family problems.
In this post we’ll discuss the complex ways in which being raised by a critical parent can impact adult relationships. We’ll also help you with how to communicate important issues while also taking into account your partner’s sensitivities.
Boundaries for couples often become strained during the holiday season. We’re spending more time with our relatives and have added family expectations that surround holiday traditions. Without having clear boundaries for couples, you can wind up feeling frustrated and misunderstood. And, couples can face struggles with boundaries with in-laws and extended family throughout the year…
Your Blended Family Means Everything This marriage is another chance for love for both of you — yet your blended family has quickly become wrought with issues you had not anticipated. You and your partner may find increased arguing, your new marriage is strained and you’ve both started to feel increasingly hopeless. What you may…
By Kristy Vergo With all of the recent high school and college graduations happening around me recently, I can’t help but ponder the effect this has on the empty nest parents of the graduate. Your marriage or partnership is a living thing, and when it goes from including children on a daily basis to not…
On December 20th, a childhood friend of mine was killed in an accident. Her nine year-old daughter Sarah was orphaned just before Christmas. A tragic and sudden death leaves everyone reeling. Knowing how to help young children cope with death can be difficult given that everyone else is also in crisis. The adults have to…
Simple Steps to Create Healthy Relationship Change So, if you can bring about positive change by focusing on yourself rather than by trying to change the other person, how do you do it? There are two major things you need to do in order to change your dance: Get clear on what the real issue…
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