Parenting Alone Today
Problems of Parenting Alone
Many of the problems that single parents have are the same as
those for two-parent families. But these problem...
Are you losing a Friend or gaining an Enemy?
It’s easy to forget how important friendships are. Many extend beyond our personal lives into careers and family relationships. Having a friendship wi...
Change Is All We Have
What is it about change that we human beings deplore? Why does an altered course of direction leave us unsettled until it becomes routine? As parents,...
Deciding on divorce ........
Deciding on divorce is a big decision. You should
understand that you aren't a bad person just because you
think you want a divorce. Your sp...
Develop guts to achieve glory
It is just amazing the amount of people who don't have the
courage to go after their dreams.They sit around living a life
they are not happy with an...
Do you have a wholesome family?
In an email survey of 1,400 recipients, persons including parent educators, day care providers, nurses, church and school personnel were asked to resp...
From Singing to Signing
"Rachel Coleman is my best friend, and just happens to be my little sister as well," jokes Emilie de Azevedo Brown about her 27-year-old sister. Refe...
How to use your pain to gain
Pain. All of us have felt that emotion some time or the other. And
most of us fear that heart-wrenching feeling that pain brings.We
all have...
If You Divorce You Will Have To Plant The Seeds
If you're considering divorce you are not alone. There
comes a time is most marriages when the decision to
stay together or divorce must be...
Learning From Life
Do you ever find yourself thinking, "Life has taught me some tough lessons, and the scars do not heal easily."? This article can help you learn valuab...
Mama Squared
I knew having one child would change my entire life. I never thought adding a second to the equation would bring so many additional changes -- and cha...
Moving On
Moving boxes make me think about the time my parents just got divorced. It was second grade and just after Christmas. (I guess spending Christmas of '...
My Daughter's Crayons
"Daddy, I want to color!" These are the first words out of my daughter's mouth every day when she dashes in our front door after kindergarten.
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My Divorce Experience
When my parents got a divorce I was at the age of 4 it was hard for me having one of my parents leave. My father left me and my brother and sister. I ...
MY JUDGE HAD A BAD DAY!
My judge had a bad day
when I went to court
I had my documents in hand
all I wanted was child support!
Perh...
Parenting - The Irrational Vocation
There are some grounds to assume that a cognitive
dissonance is involved in feeling that children are more a satisfaction than a
nuisance. Why do pe...
Should Children Work?
Should children work? Many do, and the structure that allows this is surprisingly prejudiced. Political Correctness is keeping many others from a job....
Sometimes a great notion from the Vatican
One thing about being pope: You can call a spade a spade and not lose a wink over your popularity ratings. Thus, Pope John Paul II came right out and ...
The Good Enough Family
The families of the not too distant past were oriented along four axes. These axes were not mutually exclusive. Some overlapped, all of them enhanced ...
Thoughts on Parental Alienation Syndrome
A single parent writes: "I am the custodial parent of a son. I am having trouble with how to deal with parental alienation syndrome, being infl...
What Are You Creating?
Before you left school, did any of your teachers sit you down, and ask: 'How will you use your unique gifts in the world? Did they even explore the te...
What Happens When Dad Disappears?
"In virtually all human societies, children's well being depends decisively upon a relatively high level of paternal investment."