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Don’t Give Up Your Life
If your family will not be kind to you this holiday season, please: be kind to yourself. A holiday can be a minefield of triggers, expected and unexpected, for those of us who grew up in...
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What if Your Failed Marriage Was Really a Success?
Emma Johnson has a premonition about her first marriage, then gathers a lesson following its end.I have a story that used to be a confession.On the day I got married I wore a pretty, white silk...
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7 Steps to Surviving Dysfunctional Holiday Gatherings
You’ll thank Thomas Fiffer for this helpful guide to surviving hellish holiday dysfunction.___They’re heeeere!The Holidays.Mr. and Mrs. Holiday are like a dysfunctional married couple (Mother...
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5 Reasons You Need to Stop Complaining About Your Family During the Holidays
Think your family is annoying? Maybe it’s time for YOU to get over yourself._____By Rick Clemons for YourTangoBe careful what you bring to the Thanksgiving table this year. Karma is a powerful “return...
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Five Helpful Tips to Surviving a Dysfunctional Family
We’ve become a nation of dysfunctional families. But Kenny Porpora survived being raised in one and explains how you can, too.——We have become a nation of dysfunctional families.When I was...
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Time Takes Time
Father Time is a weekly column dedicated to the concept of time in a parent’s life, particularly a father’s life. The point of view comes from a father of two young sons, both under three-years-old,...
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The Time You Knew … Part II
… family did not come first.I was raised with the understanding that family comes first, that the world revolves around your loved ones. This was all fine and good, but in a large, Hispanic and...
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…It was all meant to beKids are curious. They want to know what’s in things, under things. How things work. They’ll keep tinkering and toying with something until they get it. Later in life, that can...
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Dysfunctional Family Dynamics: Don’t Talk, Don’t Trust, Don’t Feel
If you grew up in a family with a chemically dependent, mentally ill, or abusive parent, you know how hard it is — and you know that everyone in the family is affected. Over time, the family begins to...
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How to Set Boundaries in a New Relationship
—This piece by Dr. Samantha Rodman was originally published on Talkspace.As a couples therapist, I see many couples who are enmeshed, meaning that they have very poor boundaries. This means that both...
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5 Toxic Parenting Mistakes You Must Avoid at all Costs
— A few years ago, I worked with a husband and wife who hated each other. Frank and Janet* had a 9-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old son. They had a bad habit of screaming at one another in front of...
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Is Your Family Dysfunctional?
— Probably, and you’re in the majority. The term “dysfunctional family,” once used only by professionals, has become popular jargon in America where dysfunctional families are the norm due to cultural...
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8 Characteristics Shared by Dysfunctional Families
— The family environment where one grows up can tremendously impact an individual’s emotional, psychological, moral, social and overall development. The year was 2004 and the news of A’s death came as...
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Sibling Bullying and Abuse
— Sibling abuse is the most common but least reported abuse in the family. Prevalence is higher than spousal or child abuse combined with consequences well into adulthood similar parent-child abuse. Up...
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Just Because It’s Family Doesn’t Mean It Isn’t Toxic
We are buried in “shoulds” when it comes to what we’re supposed to do with family members who treat us badly. We’re taught that we should feel grateful for family—no matter what. The fact that a...
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