Earthquakes and Tsunamis When two lives are split asunder, especially as in divorce, it could be compared to an earthquake. Unfortunately, if there are any little islands around – perhaps as in children? – they are swept up in the following tsunami. Unfortunately, other than … [Read more...] about Emotional Baggage of Children with Divorced Parents
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Help Your Kids and Teens Understand Fire Safety Basics
IntroductionFire safety basics are often left up to the school system to teach. And while the school system may do a fine job at teaching the basics of fire safety they cannot teach each and every child about the specific fire dangers that they may come across in their own homes … [Read more...] about Help Your Kids and Teens Understand Fire Safety Basics
Parents Anonymous is Not a Twelve-Step Group
Parents Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous sound a lot alike but that is where the similarities end. Alcoholics Anonymous is a Twelve-Step program like many others: Clutterers Anonymous, Debtors Anonymous, Families Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Overeaters … [Read more...] about Parents Anonymous is Not a Twelve-Step Group
Lady Justice and My Children
Human beings are creatures of emotion and being a parent often enhances those feelings. I cringe yet thinking about things I may have said as I discovered vegetables stashed between cushions or a VCR tape with its film pulled out into a pile. “Oh my God look what you did!” Now … [Read more...] about Lady Justice and My Children
In Terms of Ten Years
My grandmother Mur was only educated to the third grade but she was one of the wisest people I ever knew. She raised eight children while carrying water from a stream to cook and do her daily laundry. She lost her husband when he was in his fifties and managed to survive and … [Read more...] about In Terms of Ten Years
Parenting viewpoints from parents in the trenches, because parenting doesn’t come with a manual. In addition to