How many of you would have died happy going to see your favorite band/singer at the age of 7? How about Learning at lightning speed how to maneuver and fly through that new video game? All the while spending some…
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Coming from a fatherless family myself, my views may differ from the views of most people. I wouldn’t have changed a thing about my childhood, my mother did the best she could with what she had. I know that I…
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Well, the car is almost packed and you are reviewing the check list. Make sure you remember,the great snacks,good music and if your are lucky, there may even be a few DVD’s to watch.But this trip will be the beginning…
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If you ever want to find out exactly how little your family members know you, here’s a simple test: send them to the store to pick up something for you. It’s an acid test of sorts, in that it doesn’t…
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There is one road trip I’ll never forget. It wasn’t the typical two hour drive to my pap-paw’s farm. No, during those trips, I remember fighting with my younger brother who got to sit in the front seat, what radio…
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Anger in the family is always stressful for everyone involved. I am writing about someone in my own family that has anger issues. This person in my family has always exhibited mean behavior with the usual door slamming, yelling and…
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We’re not that much different from other animals. We protect our young until they are ready to go out on their own. We nurture, teach and set examples of behavior for them, just as we see in families of tigers…
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In today’s day and age, all parents, at some time or the other, get anxious imagining the possibility of their children getting involved with Drugs. The fear of Drugs is probably the number one fear in our minds. And closely…
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“Blood is thicker than water” so they say. I say, blood cannot be thicker than water when one of the parties involved has bad blood, bad character, and bad agendas. This is what happens when a family member takes advantage…
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You always hear stories from people saying, I didn’t feel liked I belonged in my family. I felt like an outcast. Everyone liked football and I liked the xfactor! Or I was the middle child I always felt forgotten or…
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The Cycle of a Dysfunctional HomeFamilies and Co-dependency What is happening to our Christian families? Codependency has become a major dysfunction. Families are experiencing a famine in the area of healthy nurturing. Let’s begin to break generational cycles of codependency….
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My friends were amazed when I told them that my family was planning a reunion. Did anyone do that anymore, they asked? When I was young, my family met regularly with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. I remember listening to…
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A parent that feels their child is a failure, needs to take a second look at how they are raising that child. If you are a parent and think that your child is the failure, I hate to be the…
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As a parent of young children no matter what you do there will always be some sort of generational gap, after all they are not from your generation and you are not of theirs. Researching and keeping up with the…
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