Family Problems & Conflicts

Stumbling through the terminal illness of a sibling

Strategies for recognizing and dealing with toxic family members

Americans boast about protecting their children from dangerous predators. However, lawmakers never seem to do anything to prevent kids with abusive parents from being disinherited. These kids deserve much better than an adulthood of poverty and homelessness. Parental testamentary freedom must go!

My family curse has helped shape me into the person that I am today. I can only hope I can use it to help others.

As a mother, you want to keep your family intact. In your heart and mind, a complete family makes up the greatest part of your children's development. You didn`t get married assuming you'll be looking for signs that your marriage is over.

A family could have avoided a major tragedy if they had made the right choice. However, the youngest adult child was about to be uprooted from the only home he had ever known, and he, therefore, went over the edge and took matters into his own hands Disinheriting offspring should be illegal.

Meeting a man who should form his own crew

This blog highlights the frustration, contradictions, and stress many parents experience, while also hinting at the political undertones faced in society.

A son who never faced reality nor grew up

Making the wrong decision thinking it was right

How most elderly abuse slips beneath the radar

Learning you aren't alone, that others have shared your experiences is a life changer

Why Shouldn't they Enjoy Life

What happens when you try to denigrate another by elevating a third

Infidelity is painful and challenging. It is an issue that can profoundly impact any relationship. If you suspect your partner might be cheating, you should approach the situation carefully and thoughtfully.

All right. You recently got into an argument with one of your adult children about how soon you feel they should get married and start a family. Fact has it that they don't have to do any of those things, unless they want to do them. It's not your decision to make for them. Leave them alone.

What to do about proverbial "monster-in-law" when quiet suffering doesn't work.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard was abused by her mother Dee Dee for years to keep up the fraud that Gypsy was a sick child, even allowing her daughter to be named "Child of the Year" by a charity organization. Gypsy arranged her mother's murder in 2015 with her online boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn.

Most people don't realize the effect that birth order has on a multitude of factors in their lives from how they were raised to how they will act in their own relationships. I dive into all the details of this twisty turvy topic and include my own personal experiences as well.

Marriage binds a man and a woman as husband and wife. Marriage systems and customs differ from country to country, and from people to people. The Okrika-speaking people's custom is unique to themselves.

Manage your stress and anxiety with this simple 3R strategy to get your life back on track.

Our children will experience problems in their friendships. As their parents, we can best help by lending a listening ear, and reflecting back to them the feelings that they express.

Every family has problems, no matter what their constitution or circumstances. Rather than looking at what we don't have, we need to look at what we do.

What began as My mothers' eulogy, written by my father for her funeral, has now blossomed into something much greater, and much sweeter. This is now the story of an extraordinary woman!

We returned from living in Thailand to care for my elderly Mum. This turned out to be quite an adventure.

How Daddy not getting the promotion was a gift

This is the second part of caring for my mother and of our returning from Thailand to help her through the last years of her life.

Omission is not always punishment

What happens at meeting of the Bad Mammas Crew

When you design a scheme to hurt another, it might just destroy you

Kevin Franke from the now-defunct 8 Passengers YouTube channel obtained an injunction to prevent Jodi Hildebrandt from selling her home and property and to compel her to provide restitution to his children for the harm she caused them. Could Mr. Franke be finally cleaning up his act as a father?

While no two marriages are alike in their beginnings or biggest problems, you and your spouse can create a safe, nurturing, and communicative environment by implementing some of these strategies.

A spiritual journey of a father-son relationship until the very end. My son, Kenny Boy, came to this world to teach me life's profound mysteries. His mission is accomplished. He is free to return to where he came from. Thank you, Kenny Boy.

Productive Strategy Of A Single Woman. As we struggle to take care of family, a somber feeling is to accept and welcome and help not only ourselves but also others. A strategy indeed of a single woman who helps other family members productively.

Living in a fiction, adding and subtracting, truth is mislaid

Events in the lives of others provokes reflection on one's own, and sometime, revelation

Shah Jahan loved Mumtaz since he was 15 years old, but he was only allowed to marry her five years later when he was 20. Throughout their marriage they were inseparable. After she died, he devoted 17 years to building the Taj Mahal.

Helping children cope with grief and loss: Understand the stages, use age-appropriate communication, and provide support for your child. Learn more here.

Children need to learn how to deal with narcissistic parents in a healthy and empowered way.

Section One outlines my personal Mother-In-Law story. Section Two highlights way to protect yourself from Stalking, Harassment, and Mental Abuse caused by the Mother-In-Law.

Anyone can be more than the life that they were born into... I did and you can too. One thing most people don't know about me is how much I had to fight to be 'more than I was born into'. Alcohol, drugs and violence were all around me when I was younger. But not as an adult.

Learn tips for navigating a marriage that is going through changes in sexual attraction and connection.

Jodi Hildebrandt's niece and Ruby Franke's cousin have both spoken out to the news media about these two women's true nature and the abuse tied into it. You will find it shocking that Ms. Hildebrandt has engaged in such abuse for years, and Mrs. Franke is not much different from her in that regard.

A touch, a smile, a knowing glance, Can lift us from sorrow's trance. In the company of friends who care, We find the strength to mend, repair

Sibling rivalry is common and natural among kids. However, it does not mean you should ignore it. Turning sibling rivalry into sibling companionship and support is a wiser endeavor for parents.

In modern society, it seems as though the individual is who matters most in relationships--with the normalcy of divorce in world culture. Oppression and mistreatment of women and children have caused a civil world revolt of women seeking opportunities outside of families because of the distasteful acts committed in the past that spurring this cultural phenom. This article reviews and suggests challenging changes needed to reverse the tide to save society.

Our greatest joys and deepest sorrows are experienced in the family. Savoring the good times fills us with a reservoir of memories that keep us afloat when the storms of life threaten.