Healthy Families Posts

If you have been in an abusive relationship, you may think you do not know how to answer that title question. Lets ask some questions to get you thinking. Do you love your children, your parents, your siblings? How do you treat them? How do you treat the person who abuses you?You love your children. Lets look at overall patterns, not single events. Most mothers are in the habit of being patient an...

How did your relationship go from loving to abusive? The abuser does it gradually. He breaks down any positive image you have of yourself.In the beginning he says he loves youyou are beautifulyou are intelligentyou have a good personalityhe likes an independent womanyou have so many good qualitiesAnd you feel like a queen. So you start loving him for the way he builds you up.Then one day he gets m...

It appears that a celebrity incident has brought domestic violence back into the limelight. Domestic violence is one kind of unhealthy relationship. Research reveals some basic facts about domestic violence.Although some women are abusers, men are the perpetrators a greater percentage of the time. This article focuses on male perpetrators. Women can do the same things.Domestic violence begins with...

Teething is a natural developmental stage for babies and children. In fact, adults experience some of the same feelings when they get their wisdom teeth. Not teething would be a red flag.But when does teething begin? What are the common indicators that baby is teething? What can parents do to minimize baby's pain? And what can parents do to maintain their own sanity? The article, "Teething Time," ...

On October, 8, 2008, I posted "Family Dinners for Emotional Health," in which I discussed the power family dinners have in forming children's lives. The other day I thought my grocery store receipt was a lot longer than the single item I purchased. Upon perusal I found the following printed on the receipt:"THE POWER OF FAMILY MEALS"Pulling the family together for dinner at night is the best gift y...

Have you noticed the way people tend to stop what they're doing to smile at a baby? A happy child in a restaurant or the mall can create many smiles.Years ago I heard the story of a tribal woman on an Indonesian island who went into the woods to have her baby. There appeared to be some shame involved, as it was not normal for women in that tribe to give birth alone. After the baby was born the mot...

Ron and Sandy did start throwing garbage back at the neighbors. They talked a lot before and after they made the decision, because they knew they did not have much support in the city. They looked over the fence and saw that the neighbors had stockpiles of garbage. Indeed, the neighbors were bringing garbage in from all over town, and hiding it under their children's toys and the patio furniture. ...

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