How Does Blood Clot?
Overview Blood clotting, also called blood coagulation, occurs in reaction to a wound to halt the flow of blood. This happens so that blood loss will stop and also so that the wound will be closed and no bacteria or…
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Going Home again when Parents Treat Adult Children as if they were Kids
“You’re Always Seventeen In Your Home Town” Credit to Cross Canadian Ragweed for the title, but for the behavior, all the credit goes to me. I don’t know what it is about spending time with your parents, but invariably, if…
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Parentifying Children Complaining about the other Parent to Children – No
IS IT ACCEPTABLE FOR A PARENT TO VENT TO A CHILD ABOUT THE OTHER PARENT? Absolutely not. First of all, the child is in all probability powerless to intervene in the relationship in a way that will bring a solution….
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Don’t Argue in Front of your Kids – No
No, I don’t believe it’s acceptable for a parent to vent about their partner to their children. “Oh your mother is such a whiner!” or “Oh your father is such a slob, he never picks up!” Comments like these are…
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A Divorced Toxic Parent Starts a new Life
I am a divorced “toxic” parent! I was divorced by my entire family because I was ordered to place my wife in a nursing home after she was afflicted by Alzheimers and I took care of her at home for…
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Childrens Responsibility towards Parents
This dilemma of responsibility towards ones own parents varies based on cultural expectations and the role of the State. The role of the State varies based on the government of the day, where the welfare policies may not be consistent…
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Are Parents Responsible for how their Children Act as Adults – No
Parents are responsible for their children up until the time the children become adults and are officially and legally responsible for their own actions. After that if their children make the right or wrong choices and decisions in life then…
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Responsiblity Caring for the Elderly
The question of when a child’s responsibility to their parents outweigh their responsibility to their own future is more of a moralistic one. On the one hand, most times your parents gave you life, raised you, gave you shelter and…
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Being Responsible for your own Actions as an Adult and you go about getting to those Decisions – No
Who is Responsible for Adult Behavior Since we are talking about the behavior of the adult I think it is clear that the adult acting appropriately or inappropriately is responsible for their own behavior. I believe the focus is who…
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Are Parents Responsible for how their Children Act as Adults – Yes
When thinking whether or not parents are responsible for their child behaves, consider an example. You are starting a new job. You are assigned a trainer who is showing you how to do your job and how the company operates….
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Why some Mothers Choose not to Work Full Time
Decades ago, cultures and traditions dictated that women should only stay at home and take care of the family. It was the general belief that men are supposed to work and provide for the needs of the family while the…
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Problems non Custodial Parents Face
March 11, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
While the famed parental alienation syndrome that was popularized by Richard Gardner has turned out to be largely a farce, there are still parents that purposely alienate children from their non-custodial parent. It may not be a syndrome, but it definitely happens. …
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Meddling Grandparents Custody Emotional Abuse Jail
Meddling parents, who do not respect or have faith in their own children, often cross boundaries that should never be crossed. It is this type of parent who uses criticism, manipulation, and threats to gain and keep control over their…
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Tips to help Reduce the Trauma of Divorce for Children
March 11, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Divorce is often emotionally devastating to one or both of the couple separating. It always is to their children! While the children may have developed the ability to hide their feelings during the stressful period leading up to their parents’…
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How much should you help your Parents
A good barometer of when a child’s responsibility to his parents outweighs his or her responsibility to their own future would be right up until that child begins his or her own family. While under the care of your parents,…
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Should Women be Legally Allowed to Deny Visitation because of Unpaid Child Support – No
March 11, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
When two parents end their relationship, custody proceedings usually follow. The judicial system maps out a set of rules each parent is expected to abide by, with the unspoken threat of contempt of court should either parent fail to live…
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When does a Childs Responsibility to his Parents Outweigh his or her Responsibility to their own f
There was a time when the close-knit family all stayed in the same community, sharing each others duties and burdens. The Twentieth-Century brought that time to an end. Children leave home, move far away, and seek divergent life styles of…
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How to Introduce Children to a new Partner
March 11, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Introducing children to a new partner can be tricky to say the least, especially since you might not know for sure where the relationship will lead. Of course, a lot will depend on the age of the child, since you…
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When does a Childs Responsibility to his Parents Outweigh his or her Responsibility to their own
At no other time in history have we enjoyed the longevity of life that technology has made possible and as wonderful as this may be, it raises many issues, that often, we would rather not deal with, such as when…
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Is it ok to tell your Child about Cheating Parents – Wrong
March 11, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
When your spouse is cheating on you, it is heartbreaking; for a moment, the world stops and the pain of an infidelity seems to be scratching the wound making it deeper and deeper. Why would you have your child go…
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Putting your Future on Hold to Care for Parents Assisting your Parents
A child’s responsibility to their parent can outweigh his or her responsibility to their own future when the parent is in need. A parent would move heaven and earth to help one of their children. They probably did it on…
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Children and Divorce
March 11, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
When you go through a divorce, it is a hard process no matter how you look at it. No matter how hard it is for you it is even worse for any children that may be involved. While the adults have choices the…
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Steps to help your Child through the Pain of Divorce
March 11, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Divorces happen! It is an unfortunate fact of life. Unfortunately in a divorce it is the innocent children who end up being the ones to suffer. A child will often be traumatized by divorce and believe that it is their…
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In Divorce should the Father have Equal Custody Rights to his Children – Yes
March 11, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
I’ve throw my opinion’s into tons of debates over the years, but this one is possibly one of the most ignorant. Do you believe that in divorce, the father should have equal custody rights to his children? Personally I think…
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How Divorced Parents can Make Life Easier for their Children
March 11, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Divorce is a particularly hard time for children, mainly because everything is out of their control. It is easy to forget how hard it is on them, but it is harder to remember how to make it easier for them…
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How to Explain to your Child that the Absent Parent Loves them
March 11, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Daddy Still Loves Here: How to Explain to Your Child that the Absent Parent Loves Them. An absent parent is the reality that many families struggle with along side the daily grind of life. Often times the custodial parent (the…
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How to keep Kids from being Hurt by Divorce
March 11, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
As parents, we need to make every effort to reduce the traumatic affects that divorce has on our children. The majority of divorces aren’t amicable, which is why we must take steps to ensure that our child’s emotional well being…
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Is it okay to tell your Children about a Spouses Infidelity – Wrong
March 11, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
When you have just found out that your spouse has thrown your wedding vows out the window, the first thing you really want to do is get even, let’s be honest. You hurt and as human beings, our first response…
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Is my Child being Alienated by my ex
March 11, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Parental alienation and alienation of affection are phrases receiving a lot more attention than they have in the past. With divorce rates on the rise, the opportunity is there for bitter parents to alienate the children from their ex spouse….
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In Divorce should the Father have Equal Custody Rights to his Children – Yes
March 11, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
What is it about a divorce that makes us question which parent should have custody rights? Are we just continuing to follow the past norms of society, or is there foolproof fact that one parent is definitely better at doing…
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When your Children Reject you
March 11, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Being a non-custodial mother is difficult in any situation. You are unfairly judged by people who believe you don’t have your children because you don’t care about them, or because you didn’t fight hard enough. This problem is even further…
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