This may seem like a crazy question–or one you think refers to a really crazy situation–but it’s a good area of debate. How close is too close? Kids need parents, no question about it. They need reliable, attentive, concerned parents who watch out for them when they’re little and stay up with them in the […]
No one else can tell you when its time for you to move on, to leave a relationship behind. Lots of people may want to, the individuals to whom you’ve complained about your mate or the one’s who’ve patched you up when things got rough. Still, they don’t get to make this decision. I see […]
A few weeks back my husband, Dr. Roger Doss, and I gave a continuing education workshop for about 100 professionals in the mental health field. The topic was grief. Because Roger and I enjoy presenting workshops in an interactive style, we started this one by asking the participants to write down–anonymously–their greatest losses. We asked […]
“My family is constantly squabbling. We’re more or less obsessed with being right and pointing fingers at the person who’s wrong(always someone else). It doesn’t really help that my son and husband…get so incensed that within seconds of the start of an argument, they’re already shouting. They never actually listen to the other person’s side […]
“My daughter and I seem to be constantly at odds. We have always had a very close relationship until about 18 months ago. She went to college about 30 minutes from home, living in the dorm for the first year. Then she returned to attend a local college, living at home. Now, she stays out […]
Being alone can be a relief after a bad relationship, but most of us don’t want to live our lives without a partner. Being with someone can be difficult, though. Most individuals would rather have a significant other than be alone. Just look at all the dating websites that have sprung up in the last […]
“My mother and I–along with she and my sister–have been fighting. She is erratic and moody. Today things took a very bad turn. I had planned to visit my parents today (they live about 8 miles away), but my mother called while I was preparing to leave and said my father was sick with a […]
“My girlfriend and I have been together for two years no. In the beginning, we had our ups and downs and we both made mistakes and cheated. I cheated because I was still immature. It was no fault of hers. She cheated because I was being so neglectful, which we now know is because I […]
Whether you marry or live together or just date, relationships are one of the hardest things we humans do. Most adults have a string of relationship experiences of various durations. Some are longer; some shorter, but the theme of “this is hard!” ties it all together. And it is hard. Just finding someone you like, […]
“I have an eleven year old sister that is very disrespectful to our mother. My mother has three other children and all have different fathers. My mother has messed up in the past with drugs, but is currently improving! Hannah, my sister, comes home from school everyday, does her homework, eats, and watches television. She […]