Thriving as a Single Parent Family
By Barry G. Ginsberg, Ph.D.
The Center of Relationship Enhancement
Most people would agree that family is what makes our lives meaningful,
our most valuable resource. Family is multi-dimensional: it’s
what we’re born into, develop out of, and continue to create
throughout our lifetimes.... MORE
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Got Teenagers? Perilous Passage: Navigating
Through the Teenage Years: A Survival Guide For Parents
By Pete Stollery, CCI
After bringing home an almost unbroken string of A’s and
B’s for several semesters, the 15 ½ year old received
a report card with two D’s in core subjects (in addition
to three B’s). His trained-in-the-Perilous Passage-Language-Of-Power
mom said nothing.... MORE
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The Older Adolescent Leaving Home: Building Awareness
and Resilience for all Family Members
By Marge Nocton-Barr, MS, CRS
Professional Counselor
The older adolescent leaving home for college has two life tasks:
experiencing the loss of the familiar of family, friends, and
high school, and simultaneously transitioning to the experience
of college, meeting new people and meeting the academic requirements....
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Sibling Rivalry: What Happens to Me When My Children
Fight?
By Marge Nocton-Barr, MS, CRS
Professional Counselor
What happens to me when my children fight is a very important
question. For many of us our breathing, muscles, thoughts, emotions,
and even our self image can be affected, and at times deeply affected.
As parents, we may feel agitated and anxious over our children’s
fighting with each other.... MORE
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What You Need To Do in High School If You Want To Graduate
from College
By American Educator
Let’s start by getting the cold, hard truth out in the open:
Less than 40 percent of students who plan to go to college actually
earn a two- or four-year degree within 10 years of graduating
from high school.... MORE
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It's Time To Tell the Kids: If You Don't Do Well in High
School, You Won't Do Well in College (or on the Job)
By James E. Rosenbaum
American Educator
Let’s start by getting the cold, hard truth out in the open:
Less than 40 percent of students who plan to go to college actually
earn a two- or four-year degree within 10 years of graduating
from high school.... MORE
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We are a Team
One of the most important things to consider as a parent is the
notion that you can’t do it all, and you can’t do
it alone. It’s important to let some tasks go; for others
you need to find ways to enlist the help of your children....
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The Decision to Divorce and Its Impact on Children
By Reb Brooks
Licensed Psychologist
Researchers and health care specialists have tried to answer such
questions as whether it is better for the children if parents
avoid divorce even if it means living in a “bad marriage”,
the classic example of “staying together for the children”,
or if divorce is a better alternative for all involved..... MORE
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Dads Can be Experts Too
By Reb Brooks
Licensed Psychologist
It appears that we have experienced a significant shift in family
dynamics over the past several decades. In the past father’s
tended to be the heads of families and we watched television shows
such as “Father Knows Best”..... MORE
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10 Tips for Single Parents
By Barry G. Ginsberg, Ph.D.
& Darrin M. Hoffman
1. New Paradigm - Let go of the old model
It doesn't matter where you came from you are here now. Forget
about the past, make the best about the present.... MORE
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