I used to live an extremely carefree life. For years I had only my loyal cohort, Khannor, the best pit bull the world had ever seen, to answer to. Drinking was my thing back then, and I did a lot…
Read more

Sometimes one is forced, through circumstances of health or other issues, to liv in an environment of an extended family. Often this involves bring parents, or relatives to live with the family. This can be very difficult and challenging and…
Read more

Being a single parent comes with many challenges, though I believe also has given me the blessing of being a strong and independent woman. I know many times I have questioned why I was meant to be a single parent….
Read more

You are a child. You come home from school and mummy (or daddy) is there, and you know that daddy (or mummy) won’t be coming home that night. If you are lucky you will see the absent parent at the…
Read more

You’re about to bust a blood vessel arguing with your stepchildren for the fourth time this week. You want them to clean their rooms and they yell at you and tell you that you are not their father or mother. There…
Read more

It means a lot to not be able to have your father teach you the ways of being a man. I have spent years wondering what it would be like to meet my real father. What it would have been…
Read more

Does “remarriage” affect your children? I believe it does. Whether it’s for the better or the worse, remarriage destroys a child’s ideal of family. I grew up with a mother that remarried. My sister’s have done the same. I don’t…
Read more

We all know that divorce is often times like an emotional train wreck. It causes resentment, anger, and often times, jealousy. These emotions can surface immediately after the divorce, or may not surface until one parent or the other has…
Read more

“Mum, Dad, I’m going to marry and become a Buddhist,” says the child you have raised in the Christian traditions. After the initial shock, you then have to start thinking about how you will cope with this sudden change of…
Read more

The Brady Bunch, television’s first blended family, is from days long forgotten, unless you catch a re-run on cable. We live in a different, more active time, and let’s face it – there never really was an Alice, was there?…
Read more

Family Court and child support can be a pretty sticky issue for some. When parents can not work things out between themselves, family court is an option. Depending on the issues at hand, family court can help resolve visitation, custody…
Read more

Life is rarely fair. Parents always have high aspirations for their children. A part of that dream is that they will marry someone who will round out their life. Too many times, they watch their children fall into a love…
Read more

Having respect for your step-children also requires you not criticize the real parents, even if the real parents are unfit. When most children meet their step-parents they don’t automatically take a liking to them, in fact it takes them time…
Read more

Remarriage has a huge effect on the children involved. Children may be happy to finally have a family unit or rebel in the fact there is another authority figure introduced into a lifestyle they are used to. The age of…
Read more

When parents don’t agree with your choice in a significant other it could indicate several things. Perhaps they haven’t accepted who the real you is, and therefore are totally unprepared to accept who it is that makes you happy and…
Read more

“Learning to forgive your mother ” Forgiveness! That is a very, very hard thing to do. And about fourteen years ago If asked if I would ever forgive my mother. My answer would have been a flat out no! To…
Read more

I remember one day, when our children were babies, my husband said, “Today we are changing their diapers; one day they will be changing ours.” I thought about that. We should care for our children in such a way that…
Read more