Internet Bullying
"If you can't say something nice...don't say nothing at all." ~ Thumper (from Bambi)
I recently heard an ad on the radio about bullying. It was not the big, tough mean boy that was doing...
Calming Children After a Burglary
A reader asked if I would write something about the fears children have after there has been a break-in at their home. Most adults feel uneasy and violated when this has happened. For children...
Anxiety in Children
“Anxiety in children is originally nothing other than an expression of the fact they are feeling the loss of the person they love.” ~ Sigmund Freud
It is not only adults who suffer from anxiety....
When You Don’t Like the In-Laws
“Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring and integrity, they think of you.” ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr
What do you do if you do not like your in-laws? Do you constantly...
Men Are People Too
"A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.” ~Helen Rowland
I recently had an e-mail from...
Family Estrangement
How nice it would be if everyone could have a storybook family. Unfortunately, few do. Many families suffer from the pain of having one member who wants nothing to do with the rest. Often...
Caring for Aging Parents Brings Up Many Complex Issues
“Elder care is a lot easier if you talk to your parents early on, plan way ahead, and get help from a big and growing network of resources.” ~Brian O'Reilly
The question of care for...
Caring for Aging Parents
As our parents age there comes a time when the roles reverse. When we were young, our parents cared for us and tried to anticipate our needs. As we got older, they tried to...
Aging Parents – Be Prepared
"If I'd known how old I was going to be, I'd have taken better care of myself." ~ Adolph Zukor, on approaching his hundredth birthday
If you have aging parents sooner or later you are...
When Teens Won’t Talk
"The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention…. A loving silence often has...