When Adult Children Move Home
It seems to be happening increasingly these days. Children grow up, leave home, work, and then move back home. Sometimes it's after five years. Sometimes it's after 25 years. I've been there as a...
View ArticleWhen is just getting an education more practical than a specialized degree?
I grew up in a world where young people were urged to stay in school and get an education. It didn't matter what in; just get an education. At that time about 10% of high school students went on to get...
View ArticleWhat Type of Emotional Legacy Are You Leaving your Family?
I had remarried a couple of years before and was busy at home trying to establish a new consulting business. We had a typical family life with three teenagers at home with lots of distractions and...
View ArticleA Tribute to Parents
This is the time of year where we think about parents because Mothers' Day and Fathers' Day are in the early summer. I don't do anything special on these days, but I do wonder sometimes just how much...
View ArticleLaugh Your way through Your Family Vacation
It's vacation time. Two days from now you have about 1 ½ weeks off work. You, your spouse and two teens are heading off on a camping road trip. You find yourself working like crazy to get ready — there...
View ArticleBeing in Control of all Aspects of Life
There are two kinds of control over other people: wisdom-based control and fear-based control. The most obvious example of wisdom-based control is in child rearing. You are in total control of your...
View ArticleThe Child may not be the Problem: Children of Alcoholic Parents
It has been said that parenting is the most difficult job in the world. Contributing factors such as alcohol and/or drug abuse by a parent can skew the entire family dynamic system and the child may...
View ArticleLearning to Deal with Adult Alcoholic Children
In one of my articles I talked about how addiction and codependency can be two sides of the same coin. That generated yet another request for an article about dealing with alcoholic children. Having to...
View ArticleBullying: Where does it Begin?
Recent suicides by adolescents and children in the wake of ongoing bullying have got us all thinking about bullying. It's an uncomfortable topic, because so many of us at one time or other have been...
View ArticlePersonal Legacy: Remembering and Being Remembered
Think about it. As you look back over your life, do you remember the people with the most prestigious credentials, the most money or the most accolades? Or like me, do you remember those souls who...
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