How Adult Children Can Set Boundaries With Their Parents
Adult Children Set The Rules for How They Live. Adult children often ask me to coach them on how to deal with parents…
Gold Star Mother Laments Trump’s Comments About the Fallen.
Recently, I was traumatized by former President Donald Trump, and it wasn’t the first time. My son, Marine LCpl Benjamin Whetstone Schmidt, a proud scout sniper, was killed in Afghanistan on October 6, 2011, almost 12 years ago, becoming a war hero and breaking our hearts. Benjamin’s family members are now part of a group no one wants to be in — Gold Star Families. During World War I, families of fallen war heroes began wearing black armbands with a gold star on them, hanging banners and flags with a gold star in their windows and yards, and ever since, family members of fallen heroes have been referred to as a Gold Star Family.
Why is it So Hard to Divorce Your Toxic Biological Family?
“Toxic relationships bring out the worst in you.” — Anonymous Families fighting one another happens every day, in every corner of the…
Your family is nuts and you still visit for the holidays?
How to manage obnoxious, unkind, unfair and disrespectful kin. As the season for family get togethers approaches, numerous clients reach out to…
Stepping stress-free through life, and the holidays, with step kids
Impudent step daughter, unreachable video gaming step son, and your spouse’s ex who doesn’t help the situation at all. No one told…
Avoiding in law disaster – Navigating the holidays in your family’s territory.
One thing young American couples have in common is that in the first years of their marriage, they usually continue past Christmas…
Holiday wars damage Marriage Town
Holidays are difficult for families because of all the things we plan and how they clash with what other people want and…