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Growing Pains

Growing Pains

by Finding Solutions Together | Apr 19, 2025 | Children & Adolescence, Crisis, Family, Parenting, Stress, Teens

  Probably the single most challenging issue we face as humans, compared to other mammals, is the length of time it takes us to raise our young. Depending on the area of the globe you live in, this can range anywhere from sixteen to twenty years. In most...
Loneliness, Moving Through a Dark Place

Loneliness, Moving Through a Dark Place

by Finding Solutions Together | Jan 29, 2025 | Anxiety, Change, Depression, Love & Relationships, Sexuality, Teens

I Feel All Alone Sometimes, we find ourselves in a place where we feel we cannot go on. The people in our lives do not seem to be enough, or we aren’t enough? What are we to do in this #dark place? Writing or expressing our emotions artistically can help both...
No More Grounding Teens Please

No More Grounding Teens Please

by Finding Solutions Together | Jan 27, 2025 | Children & Adolescence, Family, Parenting, Teens

While taking stuff away and grounding children from going out may be common and an easy approach (possibly one our parents used) it is really a “last resort” discipline strategy. When we think of adjusting our children’s thinking to improve emotional...

Co-Parenting Meeting Number One

by Finding Solutions Together | Jan 24, 2025 | Anger Management, Change, Children & Adolescence, Conflict, Family, Parenting, Problem-Solving, Separation & Divorce, Teens

Composure Under Pressure “After months of not hearing from my co-parent [trust me when I say it is difficult to use this term ‘co-parent’ rather than other names which easily come to mind… including “ex”], he makes contact with meet regarding the...
A Take on Pornography and Masturbation

A Take on Pornography and Masturbation

by Finding Solutions Together | Nov 27, 2024 | Addiction & Substance Misuse, Family, Parenting, Sexuality, Teens

The pornographic industry has been at my fingertips since I began to develop an interest in it, at the age of 13.  With the progression of technology, it has only gotten more accessible.  To date, it’s as easy as checking my “new follower” notification on...
“I Can’t Take It”

“I Can’t Take It”

by Finding Solutions Together | Nov 18, 2024 | Conflict, Depression, Family, Grief, Love & Relationships, Sexuality, Teens

  I Feel All Alone Sometimes, we find ourselves in a place where we feel we cannot go on. The people in our lives do not seem to be enough or we aren’t enough? What are we to do in this #dark place ? Writing or expressing our emotions artistically can help...
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