Archive for the ‘Family’ Category

The Hero

Family A father can be a Hero in the work place or on wall street, but if he isn’t a Hero to his children, then he is missing out on a great opportunity. more

Having Balance

Family Balance is a key factor to success. It’s important to make sure you are spending enough time with your family. Having a balanced life will help you to be more focused at work and other important areas. more

Job Addiction

Family It’s very important to have balance in your life. One problem that happens in many marriages is that one spouse has a job addiction. It’s important to shut off your work mind when you’re spending time with the family. Listen to what Beth has to say about it. more

A Call For Fathers

Family Dads, please let me encourage you to change some things in your life. A recent University study found that the average father in America spends less than sixty seconds per day in conversations with his children! The actual number was 47 seconds per day. How in the world does... more

Controlling Family Chaos – Time Management for the Family

Family By Tracy Lyn Moland, B. Ed. Balancing a family’s varying schedules can be near impossible. Soccer, hockey, dance, skating, Brownies, Scouts, skiing, swimming, school activities, homework, not to mention play and sleep time, fill our children’s lives. Now add in the parental activities, including work, fitness, volunteering, and home... more

Managing Your Stepfamily

Family By Garrett Coan, Psychotherapist If you are a member of a stepfamily, you know how difficult it can be to integrate all of the new members and adjust to the new boundaries and rules. The following ideas may help you make a successful transition during this challenging process. Have... more

Non-Compliance in Your Children? Some Tips for Parents…

Family Non-compliance is the family therapist’s big word for your child not obeying you when you have asked him or her to do something. It is helpful because it is descriptive, and because it may also motivate us as parents to move our kids from being non-compliant to being compliant.... more

The Five Best Gifts to Give Your Family

Family When we think of giving gifts, we usually think of things to buy for people. Yet if you think back on gifts you’ve been given, it might not be the material gifts you received that are foremost in your mind – it might be the kind of gifts that... more

Why Is Your Child So Entitled?

Family Demanding children – children who have entitlement issues – seem to be common these days. Like the obnoxious child, Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, who was constantly demanding that her father get her whatever she wanted (“I want an Umpa Lumpa! Get it for me... more

Navigating in the New World: Parents and Teenagers Growing Together

Family One of the most prevalent myths of our modern culture is the one that says, “Adolescence is a time of inevitable conflict.” You will hear doctors say it, and teachers, and therapists, and pastors, and even parents. It seems that nearly everyone has bought into this myth. The thinking... more