by Jeff Packer | Feb 10, 2024 | Change, Children & Adolescence, Family, Parenting
We can do a lot to help our children be more truthful and honest. As parents, our response to children, both when they are honest and when they misbehave, has a significant impact on their inner thoughts, feelings and choices. Sometimes we just get into a pattern of...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 8, 2024 | Change, Conflict, Crisis, Family, Love & Relationships, Mental Health, Parenting, Stress, Teens
Family: composed of many unique individuals, with varying thoughts, beliefs, opinions and pursuits for life. We don’t choose our family; they are pretty much assigned to us. We may assume that we were destined to be in the family we are in; that the individuals...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 3, 2024 | Anger Management, Change, Children & Adolescence, Conflict, Crisis, Family, Love & Relationships, Marriage, Mental Health, Parenting, Problem-Solving, Stress, Teens
Perhaps This Is Normal In life we are faced with many challenges and obstacles to overcome. At these difficult times and during trying situations, it is imperative to have people to assist us, to provide support and guidance and to encourage our efforts to improve. In...
by Jeff Packer | Jan 27, 2024 | Conflict, Crisis, Family, Love & Relationships, Parenting
Whether you are a parent who appears to have a teenager “running the household,” or you are in a romantic relationship and feel you’ve “lost who you are as an individual,” they both may stem from the difficulty of setting effective boundaries in your relationships....
by Jeff Packer | Jan 25, 2024 | Anger Management, Change, Children & Adolescence, Conflict, Family, Parenting, Problem-Solving, Teens
“I Hate to Admit It” They tease each other, pick on one another, make fun, wrestle, and yell. Their confrontations always end up with one crying, or bleeding, or slamming doors. Will they ever get along? Can we ever achieve serenity in our home? I’ve heard...
by Jeff Packer | Jan 22, 2024 | Anger Management, Children & Adolescence, Parenting, Teens
Teens Test Tolerance! Sometime our teenagers seem to give us such a hard time we can feel like strangling them or just simply like giving up. It is common to feel like this. You are not alone when you feel frustrated and overwhelmed by this stage of family life....
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