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Separation or Divorce: Should I leave him? Should I leave her? We have kids, what do I do?
So many people make this decision far too quickly and with very limited and or biased information. After working in the counselling field for over twenty years, I have grown increasingly “pro family”. We often hear the following two main thoughts...
Co-operative and Positive Parenting (CAPP)
Most of us take parenting skills for granted – that we will somehow instinctively “know” what, when and how to parent. We are gifted with the sage advice of “elders” and (at times) conflicting words of wisdom from friends who claim to have “been...
Barking up the Wrong Tree ?
I'm just back from camping and refreshed with a sense of awe at the magnificence of nature. It appears as though God has this amazing multimedia brush that he simply swipes across the canvas and before our eyes, around every corner there is a...
Stop Your Kid From Becoming A Young Offender
BAD BOYZ BB is the pen name of a 16-year-old who has been in and out of custody for a variety of offenses. He is currently serving a lengthy sentence for armed robbery and wrote the three pieces while in a secure custody facility. Workers were...
Express Yourself Fully
People express emotions and concerns so many different ways. Some lean toward expressing themselves verbally and others more nonverbally. Most draw upon one style or the other to a greater or lesser extent. Some vent softly and quietly while others...
My Dad Married a Rage-Aholic: So Did She
Entry #3 of 3) Step-parents are often both "easy targets" for blame and extra stressed in their attempt to join with others in the family who already have well-established relationship bonds. This dynamic, along with past conflict resolution...